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and Chinese; and it will be seen that, in my reply, I enlarged especially on the importance, in this heterogeneous community of the study of the English language. Of the three hundred (300) pupils of St Joseph's College, about seventy (70) are Chinese, while the remainder are chiefly of Portuguese origin, sprung from the families of settlers in the neighbouring Portuguese Colony of Macao, which have established themselves at Hongkong since the British occupation of this island.

There are also, at Hongkong, under the general supervision of the Roman Catholic Bishop, two spacious and largely attended Convent schools, under the management of one of Italian Sisters and the other of French Nuns of Charity. In both, English is taught alike to the girls of European and of Chinese extraction. Monsignor Raimondi informed me, with well-founded satisfaction, that of the Roman Catholic population of Hongkong, which does not much exceed four thousand persons of all ages


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and Chinese; and it will be seen that, in my reply, I enlarged especially on the importance, in this heterogeneous community of the study of the English language. Of the three hundred (300) pupils of St Joseph's College, about seventy (70) are Chinese, while the remainder are chiefly of Portuguese origin, sprung from the families of settlers in the neighbouring Portuguese Colony of Macao, which have established themselves at Hongkong since the British occupation of this island. There are also, at Hongkong, under the general supervision of the Roman Catholic Bishop, two spacious and largely attended Convent schools, under the management of one of Italian Sisters and the other of French Nuns of Charity. In both, English is taught alike to the girls of European and of Chinese extraction. Monsignor Raimondi informed me, with well-founded satisfaction, that of the Roman Catholic population of Hongkong, which does not much exceed four thousand persons of all ages Page 375
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and Chinese; and it will be seen that,

in

the

my reply, I enlarged especially

on

in this heterogeneous

importance, in this

community of the study of the English language. Of the three hundred (300) -pupils of It Joseph's College, about ___

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remainder are

Chinese, while the

chiefly of Portuguese

origin, sprung from the families of settlers in the neighbouring Portuguese Colony of Mazao, which have

established themselves at

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since the British occupation of this

island.

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ages

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