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I have the honour to be,

My Lord.

Your Lordship's most obedient-

humble Servant.

Wan Rhy

{ Confidential

315

Concerning Queen's College, Honghing.

C.0.

8th February, 1894.

8793 24 City retained in

4799

Dec 10 M47 34.

I. Education.

So bem offici

1. What the Queer's College

is and what it was meant to be are

still very different things; and the results obtained by this expensive Establishment come seriously

short

of what might be expected. These results, as shown in the Oxford Lveal Examinations and in

in compite

ition for

those

the Goverment Scholarship and other prizes, are not higher then

of other far less pretentions" institutions in the Colony such cas the Diocesan School, St Joseph's College or the Bretonia English School; and it may be doubted whether the success in teaching English Comes up to that of the earlier Schools of the Colony, at St. Paul's College, the Anglo Chinese- College, and the Central School under 2 . The College must for

Dr Stewart.

years

to come be in great part Elementary English School, though

doubters it ultimate aim should to

Secondary