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Copy.
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Memorandum
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35250
posals:-
A.
The Governor puts forward two separate proposals:
The establishment by Government of a school for European children.
B. The establishment, with the assistance of Government, of two schools, one for the boys and one for the girls of the more well-to-do Chinese families.
A. The former scheme originates in a petition signed by "over one hundred of the principal British inhabitants of the Colony". The signatories include the Anglican Bishop, and some clergymen; the Major General commanding, and several officers: a few Government officers, and several names familiar as those of past and present Unofficial Members of Council.
The petitioners point to the fact that there are 379 European children in the Colony between the ages of 5 and 16, a very large proportion of whom are the children of parents who cannot afford to send them to Europe or give them a private education.
As regards existing schools, the petitioners state that there are only four which have English teachers and give instruction in English. One of these is the Queen's College. In these four schools European and Chinese children are educated side by side. The progress of the European children is retarded by the fact that the medium of instruction is...
T0-8·0008~69294−(1) 1 ? Z
Copy.
C
Memorandum
664
35250
posals:-
A.
The Governor puts forward two separate pro-
The establishment by Government of a school
for European children.
B. The establishment, with the assistance of
Government, of two schools, one for the boys and one
for the girls of the more well-to-do Chinese families.
A. The former scheme originates in a petition signed by "over one hundred of the principal British inhabitants of the Colony". The signatories include the Anglican Bishop, and some clergymen; the Major
General commanding, and several officers: a fer
Government officers, and several names familiar as
those of past and present Unofficial Members of
Council.
The petitioners point to the fact that
there are 379 European children in the Colony between
the ages of 5 and 16, a very large proportion of whom
are the children of parents who cannot afford to
send them to Europe or give them a private education.
As regards existing schools, the petitioners
state that there are only four which have English
teachers and give instruction in English. One of
these is the Queen's College. In these four schools
European and Chinese children are educated side by
side. The progress of the European children is re-
tarded by the fact that the medium of instruction is
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