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our opinion.

(6) The Head Master comments on

"The undue length of the papers far exceeding previore years, for which csufficient time was allowed." In

many was allowed. Only

Chwa

longer time than usual

Nice

there

any

sign of complaint during the examinis . tion that the time was insufficient, and then the examiners offered to take the suéject again giving

enquiry, paper, but the stead Master, on unconditionally withdraw the

complaint

another.

and expressed himself as quite satisfied.

siways open to the Masters in

If war

charge of classes, and to the Head Master

to whom copies of the papers were sent

and

They

were given

given out, to ash

for a

longer time than that allowed, or to

many

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uw=

comment upon them. In tances we asked the Assistant Masters.

if the time was sufficient, and we

assured were worst that it was. the noheed,

fov,

too, that most of the bays had com.

pleted their work long before the time. for collecting the papers.

(c) The stead Master

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Zahe

there

was a want in several instances of surection of plain simple English in

"The questions? To his we would

remark that in several instances the Chinese Masters were asked to make

any points clear to the pupils, which in their opinion might be obscure by reason of wording;

the

while it wer

greokreslut,

open for them to do so to a if they had thought it necessary act permission to do 20. Perhaps,

Head Master was

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on the

generally in his Office at the time of the Examination he

was not aware that ther

were offered.

opportunities

(d) " The giving of alternative

- questions, complained of is recognised

in certain subjects

a

fair method becoming comme

in

of examining, and is