CO129-304 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [1-4] — Page 396

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will be a consequent increase of expenditure but a large part if not the whole of it can be met by raising

the school fees. These are now 50 cents a month an absurdly

small sum. No European who sends his child to the school

would have much right to grumble if the fee was raised

to $2.00 a month, whilst the Eurasians and Chinese who

attend are the children of persons who are comparatively

well-to-do, and who have no claim on the Goverment as

far as I can see for a cheap English education for their

children.

8.

Should the fee be raised to $2.00 a

month or indeed only. to $1.50 the Government can safely

adopt Mrs. Bateman's recommendation and engage a European

teacher in addition to filling up Miss Long's place. If

the fee is raised only to $1.00 a month, it will have

to be decided whether the small extra expenditure that

would be incurred is really called for by the present

state of the school.

I can see no objection to the fee

being raised to 8.00 a month but the question of a further

increase is one which requires consideration. In the

meantime however there is nothing to prevent the engage-

ment of a European teacher in the place of Miss Long and

I recommend that the necessary steps be taken without

delay.

I have etc.,

(sd.) A. W. Brewin,

Inspector of Schools.