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costing $4,500, The School received a special Grant of $100 from the Government. St. John's Cathedral Sunday School was attended by 46 boys and 31 girls. The Colonial Chaplain's night classes appear to have been discontinued. The C. M. S. Chinese School at St. Stephens had an at- tendance of 75 boys and cost $2.400. As to the Baxter Schools, under the direction of Miss Oxlad, the Staunton Street School was attended by 56 girls and cost $160; the Taipingshan School numbered 58 girls, cost- ing $216; a Second Taipingshan School, at- tended by 28 girls, cost likewise $216; and the Saigingpun School, attended by 44 girls, cost $180. At the Berlin Foundling House School as many as 40 girls were under Miss Schroeder's instruction during this year. The Basel Mission School had an average attendance of 2 boys and 58 girls (boarders) and cost $852. The two London Mission Schools at Wantsai and Taipingshan had an aggregate attendance of 120 boys, and cost $362.
Among the Roman Catholic Schools, St. Saviour's College sow disappears from the records, the Christian Brothers of the Order of St. Joseph having, in 1875, substituted for it three Schools, viz. one in Pottinger Street, attended by 110 bogs (under the Grant-in- Aid Scheme, still retaining the name St. Saviour's Day School), and two sepurate Schools in Wellington Street, one of which had an attendance of 24 and the other of 25 boys.
The cost of these three Schools amounted to $2880 (of which sum $240 were recouped by tees and $144 by the Grant earned under the Grant-in-Aid Scheme). The Propaganda Society still continued its Seminary with 12 students, costing $600, and its Spring Gardens School, attended by 28 boys, at a cost of $120. The Reforma- tory, now under the management of the Christian Brothers, had 45 boys under instruction at a cost of $750, but received a Government Grant of 850 a month. The Italian Sisters now divided their Schools among 3 different localities. In Caine Road
(Convent) they continued their Boys School, attended by 45 boys (under 10) years of age) at a cost of $600. In Hollywood Bond they had an English School attended by 28 girls, and a Portuguese School of 20 girls, the two Schools costing $600. At Spring Gardens (St. Joseph's Street) they continued their former Boys School of 20 children, and their Girls School of $2 children, at an aggregate cost of $780. The Sisters of the Asile de la Sainte Enfance conducted a Chinese Boys School of 20 and a Chinese Girls School of 125 children.
It will be seen from the foregoing statis- ties that in 1875 there were (apart from the Cathedral Sunday School) 517 children (220 boys and 297 girls) attending Protest- ent Schools, and 492 children (509 boys and 173girls) attending Roman Catholic Schools. The activity of the ladies among the Pro- testant Missions is now becoming conspica- ons, and there was great need for it, for female education was everywhere in the Colony in a very backward condition.
The Government Schools, 30 in number, were attended, during the year 1875, by 1927 scholars (1747 boys and 180 girls), costing $18,695.99, the cost per scholar being $20.44 at the Central School, 88.45 in the outside Government Schools, and $3.60 in the Aided Village Schools. During the same year the Government spent, on account of 679 scholars (430 boys and 249 girls) in 9 Grant-in-Aid Schools, the num of $1451.00 or $2.19 per scholar. In bis report for the year 1875, Dr. Stewart now urges the separation of the offices of Inspec- tor of Schools and Headmaster, on the ground that in the Inspectorate alone there is now ample scope for one man'a energics.'
1876. St. Paul's College School, was re- opened by Bishop Burdon in the year 1876 and placed under the Grant-in-Aid Scheme, having an attendance of 102 Chinese aud European boys under the tuition of Mr. A. J. May. The Diocesan Home and Orphan- age School, under Mr. and Mrs. Arthur, had, during the year 1876, an attendance of 24
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bays and 12 girls (all boarders), costing $1500. It received from Government a special grant of $100, At the Sunday School of St. John's Cathedral 25 boys and 16 girls were in weekly attendance. The Church Mission
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twp Chinese Boys Schools, viz., the former St. Stephen's School attended by 72 boys a new School in and costing $180, and Queen's Road West, Saiyingpur, attended by 53 boys, costing $240. There were still four Baxter Schools. One of them, the Baxter Memorial School, was ducted in a new building, erected in 1876 by public subscriptions on the premises ut the Church Mission at St. Stephen's this (Taipingshan).
working of School, attended by 63 Chinese girls, cost $108. The other Baxter Schools were con- tinued as before. The Staunton Street School, attended by 54 girls, cost $325; the Taipingshan School, attended by 38 girls, cost $168, and the Sayingpun The School, with 35 girls, cost $192. London Mission Schools at Wantsai and Taipingshan were attended by an aggregate of 152 Chinese boys, and cost $250). The Basel Mission School, attended by 5 boys and 65 girls, cost $930, and a Branch School at Shankiwan was attended by 17 boys and 5 girls, costing $132. In the Berlin Founding House School, 42 girla were under the instruction of Miss Schroe-
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As to Roman Catholic Schools, Joseph's College, under the direction of Brothers Hidulph, Bernard, Edmund, Adolphus and Anthony, now took the place of the former St. Saviour's College. It was attended by 169 boys and cost $200, but it was not, like St. Saviour's Day School, under the Grant-in-Aid Soleme, and it was attended only by non-Chinese scholars. For the benefit of Chinese sobolars, Mr. J. W. Terry opened in 1876 an English School, attended by 15 scholars and costing $500. The Propaganda Society continued its former institutions, the Seminary under Father
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Longo with 10 students costing $400, the Wellington Street Chinese School, with 39 boys, under Mr J. Leang, costing $200, and the Spring Gardens Boys School with 32 boys, under Mr Leang, costing $100. The Reformatory School, under the tuition of Brothers Istrid, Peter and T. Achin, at- tended by 31 boys, received a Government grant of $50 a month and cost the Christian Brothers $199 (per mensem ?). A new Ro. man Cathulie Girls Señool was opened this year by Mrs. Hanlon under the name Vic- toria Girls School, with 34 girls, and ad- mitted to the privileges of the Grant-in- Aid Scheme (22 June, 1867) under the management of Mr. J. J. dos Remedios. This School appears to have taken the place of the Italian Convent Schools, for the only School under the direction of the Italian Sisters during this year was the Girls School at Spring Gardens under Sisters Tresser and Josephs, who had 34 girls under instruction, at a cost of $1,400, but they received from Government a special great of $10 a month. The French Sisters of the Asile de la Sainte Enfance had 1 boy and 121 Chinese girls under instruc- tion.
Leaving ent of consideration the Catho- dral Sunday School and Mr. Hanlou's Vic- toria Boys School (which was still nominal- ly a secular School under Mr. Ryrie's management) there were, during the year 1876, 739 scholars (425 boys and 314 girls) under regular instruction in Protestant Schools and 489 scholars (300 boys and 189 girls) in Catholic Schools.
The Government Schools were attended by 2171 scholars (1958 boys and 239 girls), costing $18,524, the cost per scholar being $18.50 at the Central School, 7.30 at the outside Government Schools and $3.24 in the Aided Village Schools. On 11 Grant. in-Aid Schools (viz. 1 Secular, 1 Catholic and 9 Protestant Schools) with 751 scholars, the Government further spent $1697, or $2.12 per scholar. The withdrawal of St. Joseph's College (St. Saviour's) from the
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