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At present, St. Joseph's College consists of a European

Division and a Chinese Division.

In both of these English is taught ; but in the European

Division, there are very few Chinese boys, perhaps three

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or in each class, whilst the Chinese Division which gives

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instruction only as far as the IVth. Standard, is attended

exclusively by Chinese. The few Chinese boys who wish to

'continue their studies above the 1V-th. Standard, enter

the European Division to complete their education.The

Chinese Division until this year occupied two rooms on the ground floor of a building in the

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compound of the Roman Catholic Cathedral, and the teachers

were Chinese, Last year the number of pupils presented for

the examination was 34 and in 1897,35. But owing to the de

mand among the Chinese for an education in English, the

presure on the accommodation in the European Division was

so great that the Manager decided to enlarge and improve

the Chinese Division and place it in charge of three of the

Christian Brothers. This was done at the commencement of

the year. The Orphans who occupied the top floor of the

building were removed, and the whole building was turned

into School-rooms. At the annual examination last year,

there were presented 87 Chinese who had been taught by

three European masters and two Chinese Assistants, The

only gain in school accommodation effected by the additions

to St. Joseph's College is as I shall now shew the top floor

of the building occupied by the Chinese Division.

The accompanying tracing shews the

changes in the actual building of St. Joseph's College. The

building consists of one block. The central portion was

originally of three storeys, the two wings of two. The

addition consists in raising the two wings one storey.

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