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8. The Kowloon Residents are not among the wealthiest in the Colony, and it is undoubtedly a great hardship that while many lack the means to send their children home to be educated, they should have to endure the burden of educating Chinese, aliens or otherwise, and be restricted, by the choice of their abude, from having their own children educated. It is not benithful, nor even safe, to send children across the Harbour to School under the local climatic conditions.
9. In view of the fact that the Committee now ask for a Government School, the attitude of the Government towards their former proposals is of less importance, but the Committee think it well to state their objections to the conditions which the Government stipulated for their assistance towards a Grant-in-Aid School.
10. The first condition of the Government was that the Committee should themselves erect the School building, the Government providing the fixed sum of $8,000. The Government produced no plans and gave no indication of what could be erected for $8,000, but in response to their invitation, the Committee had previously produced plans of a build- ing estimated to cost $12,000. As, however, the Committee profess no knowledge of the building trade, they were naturally reluctant to undertake the erection of a building at all, much less to erect it for $4,000 under its estimated cost. Such work, the Committee consider, could best be undertaken by the Public Works Department.
11. The second condition of the Government was that the Committee should be personally responsible for the expenses of the School, Le, of the teaching staff. The Conumittee feel that they have only to suggest that the Unofficial Members of Council should consider how they would welcome a proposal that they should be personally responsible for the revenues of the Colony. The Committee regard the cases as analagons. The governing body of Queen's College are not, as far as the Committee kuow, responsible for the salaries of the teachers there, and the Committee see no reason why such a principle should be specially introduced in their case.
12. Such treatment as the Committee have received from the Government, is, they consider, unworthy of a Government sincerely desirous for the equal benefit of all classes of the Community, and the unbending attitude of the Government, as shewn by the correspondence, as well as their refusal to adroit any discussion or interview (after the presentation of a Petition by the Kowloon Residents had been staved off by an illusive promise of help) leaves the
Committee no choice but to invoke the aid of the Unofficial members.
13. In other respects, such as the matter of the residence of the Medical Officer of Health for the Colony, the Government have ehewn a lack of appreciation of the growing importance of Kowloon; and the Committee feel, therefore, that they are not importunate in asking for some measure of attention to their present wants
Statement showing the number of European Children, under the age of 15, resident at Kowloon.
AGE NEXT BIRTHDAY.
15
* P R R 2
11
Boys,
GIRLS.
TOTAL.
3
7
3
3
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1
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13
2
2
4
4
3
7
10
3
2
5
3
3
$
4
5
9
4
4
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26
30
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t
$
t
10
4
f
10
4
2
&
9
3
*
3
8
2
6
8
14
1
4
4.
8
52
68
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I am, Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
H. S. COOKE,
Hon. Secretary.
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