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tem of Grants-in-Aid in these Schools ia slowly advancing. The future proved that this observation was based on a delusion, as Dr. Stewart himself was not slow in finding
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1870. The ebb-tide of the Protestant educational movement of the Colony con- tinued throughout the year 1870, and in- dred for nearly two years after. There were 20 boys and 9 girls under tuition at the Diocesan Home and Orphanage under the charge of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, the ex- penses of the institution amounting to $3,750. In forwarding to the Government the statistics of this School, Bishop Alford added the curious remark that previous to the absorption of the pupils of St. Paul's College, this School was called the Diocesan Female School. Miss Riekomartz continu- ed to teach 15 Chinese girls in the Baxter Vernacular Day School, which cost the Baxter family $450. The London Mission, having clused their Girls School, continued their two Chinese Boys Sebuols, attended by 25 boys in Taipingshan and 35 boys in Wautsai, At the Berlin Found ing House, Miss Siss had 24 Chinese girls under her tuition.
Among the Roman Catholic Schools of the year 1870, St. Saviour's College continues in the front rank. There were 114 boys under the tuition of Messrs. T. Terry, V. Pereira, P. Senna, Sam Mat-chi, Chuu Fat- chi, and Father T. Mourn, and cost the Propaganda Society $2,112. At the Re- formatory, under the direction of Father Burghignoli, 56 boys received an industrial education at the cost of $1,860. The two Seminaries also continued in working order. At the Propaganda Institution there were 12 students under the tuition of Father Iugo costing $660, whilst 16 students were under Père Lauesigne at the French Insti- tution on Caroline Hill (Sookonpoo). The Propaganda Society's Chinese School at Spring Gardens, under Mr. T. Leang, was attended by 87 Chinose boys, costing $144. The Sisters of the Italian Convent had 120
girls under tuition in their threa Schools (English, Portuguese and Chinese) in Caine Road, costing $3.600, and in their Spring Gardens Schand they had 20 Chinese girls, costing $120 The Sisters of the Asile de lu St. Enfance continued their two Schools, one under Sister S. Mary who gave instruc- tion to 10 boys and 82 girls, whilst in the other School Sister Marie Theresa taught 4 boys and
girls.
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The Government Schools increased very considerably during the year 1870. the Central School there were only 225 scholars in average attendance, eosting the Government $31.24 (or $26.19 per enrolment) for each scholar, but at the Village Schools (now 23 in number) there were 548 scholars in average attendance, costing the Government $3.81 per scho- lar. Another notable mark of progress
is found in the fact that 11 girls were included among the scholars of the outside Schools. At the Central School the elements of music were taught during the year 1870 as an experiment which, unfortunately, was not continued in subsequent years. Dr. Stewart reports favourably on the English department of the Central School, but states with reference to his management of the Chinese department that a good deal of latent opposition has to be encountered in the teaching of Chinese in the School,' a complaint which naturally has perpetuated itself to the present day and must continue so long as Chinese is not taught according to Chinese principles. At the same time Dr. Stewart has now discovered one good trait in the Chinese character: the extreme docility of Chinese boys, which makes 'a school of Chinese boys a disciplinarian's paradise. As to the Village Schools, Dr. Stewart already finds now that his hopes as to the applicability of the Grant-in-Aid system to Village Schools are a long way from their realization and that the villagers use the system to plunder the Government and to squeeze the Masters, In the same Report, Dr. Stewart makes a suggestion
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which unfortunately has never been adopted though often since urged upon the Govern- ment. He stated that, in spite of the facilities offered by the Roman Catholic Schools, the greatest educational want in Hongkong is that of a School or Schools for European and American children,' (a want still unsupplied in 1891, and that the Government might fairly charge itself with providing the expenses of the site and the building, whereupon the fees would go far to make the School self-supporting.
1871.
finally 20 Chinese girls under the tuition of Miss Siss at the Berlin Foundling House. But these were all the Protestant Schools of Hongkong.
With the year 1871 the Proteal- ant Schools reached at last the nadir of their deoline, after the passing of which they rapidly increased and soon outstripped both the Cathalie and the Government Schools. The consus of 5th May, 1871, proved the existence in the Colony of 74 Schools with 2,706 scholars, of whom 245 were of British or Foreigu extraction (19 buys and 96 girls), the remaining 2,461 scholars being Chinese (2,091 boys and 380 girls). The subjoined statistics, compared with the cen- sus returas, will further show that there were in 171 at work in Hongkong 31 private Chinese Schools with 684 scholars (650 boys and 34 girls), 26 Qu- vernment Schools with 1,293 scholars (1,201 boys and 91 girls), 13 Roman Catholic Schools with 61 scholars (293 boys and 320 giris), and 4 Protestant Schools with 117 scholars (56 boys and 31 girls).
As to Protestant Schools, there was in the first matauce the Diocesan School, now fas ever since) under the management of a Committee of which the Bishop (and in his absence the Colonial Chaplain) was chair- mup. There were 18 boys und 11 girls under the tuition of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. B. Arthur and a Chinese teacher, the expenses being $4,000. There were further the two London Mission Schools at Taipingshan (the best permanent of all Frotestant Schools, for they exist to the present day ever since 1868, forming thus quite au exception of the rale), with an aggregate of 68 Chinese boys and costing $500. And there were
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At St. Saviour's College, the R. C, Pro- paganda Society had 142 scholars, under the tuition of Messrs, J. Terry, V Pereira, M. Baptista, R. Pinto, Chun Tat-chi, and Sam Mat-chi, at 痣 cost of $2,301.
the Italian Convent 60 European and 110 Chinese girls were under in- struction in the usual three divisions (English, Portuguese and Chinese). The cost is not stated. But there must have been at this time some dissatisfaction felt among the Portuguese cnamunity as re- gards the methods of both St. Saviour's College and the Italian Couvent, as four separate private Schools, designed for Portuguese children, were started at the beginning of the year 1871. Mr. T. Crosby opened, in Pullinger Street, an English School for Portuguese' attended by 16 boys, at a cast of $840. Mr. J. M. da Silva e Souza conducted an English and Fortu- Mrs. guese School' attended by 20 buys. Ferraz, in a separate Portuguese Giris Sohool, had 13 girls, and Mrs. Baramta bad, in another School, 14 girls under in- struction. At the Westpoint Reformatory, uuder the direotion of Father Barghignoli, 54 hays received an industrial education at a cost of $2,400, The French Mission re- moved their Ecclesiastical School from Soo- kospoo to Canton, but the Propaganda Society continued their Seminary at Pot- tinger Street, where 11 students were under the instruction of Father Longo, The same Society continued also its Chinese School at Spring Gardens, under Mr. T. Leang, at- tended by 38 boys. In the same neigh- bourhood the Italian Sisters continued their Girls School where Sister Matilda hud 20 girls under instruction. At the Asile de lu St. Enfance 12 boys and 78 girls were under the tuition of Sister S. Mary, but the other School of the French Sisters appeurs to have been closed.
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