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Educational Report for 1883 by the

Eitel).

Inspector of schools (Dr Citrit),

2.

From this interesting Report -

it will be gathered thost the progress of Education in Hong Kong continues

to be

of a very satisfactory nature.

Dr. Eitel states "that both the

"nuouber

"Gover

of Schools sunder

ment

dec

"Colony,

apervision in the

and the numbers

ber of Scholan

" attending such Schools have been

"more than doubled in the last

" decade ." It is moreover

corcover particularly

gratifying

to note that this

"

increase

yes

increase extends to the female,

as

well as to the male, portion of the

population.

مجھے

Though Q = Eitel's remarks

___

upon the respective merits and.

Government and of the

cost of the

Grant-in-Aid Schools are

deserving of attention, it is considered

here that the tince is not

4 got ripe for the practical discussion of the sweeping changes suggested by him, nor has the Municipal

Mashivery which Q. Eitel

foreshadows been hitherto preated.

The