CO129-328 - Governor Nathan - 1905 [1-6] — Page 149

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Hongkong, 18th. February, 1905.

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Referring to Mr. May's Despatch No. 114

of the 16th. of March, 1904, I have the honour to transmit for

your information six copies of the Head Master's Report on Queen's College for the year 1904.

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In my Despatch No. 394 of the 7th. of November transmitting copies of the Report on the Annual Mid-

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January, 1905.

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summer Examination I dealt with the principal points connected with the education given at the College and in my Despatch No. 39 dated the 16th. instant I gave you my reasons for not at present pressing the Head Master to alter the nature of the instruction now given in History and Geography to meet the requirements of the ordinary Oxford Local Examinations.

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The present report shows that Mathematics are the weakest subject with Queen's College scholars. I an- nex a report of remarks I made at the prize-giving on the 25th. January to impress on the students the importance of this sub- ject and the means of avoiding the blunders which at present frequently vitiate their work. I have arranged with the Head Master for a class in Trigonometry to be held in future for selected boys in Classes I and II.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

ALFRED LYTTELTON, K.0., M.P.,

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