This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[31039]
No. 1.
23 SEP 08
[September 7.]
SECTION 3.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received September 7.)
(No. 329.) Sir,
Peking, July 21, 1908.
WITH reference to my despatch No. 165, Confidential, of the 2nd April, 1907, in which mention was made of the arrangements for establishing a school in Peking under the charge of a foreign Commissioner of Customs, for the training of Chinese youths to serve in the Imperial Maritime Customs, I have the honour to report that all the preliminary steps have now been taken for the inauguration of this school, which has been organized during the past six months by Mr. C. H. Brewitt-Taylor, an Englishman of some seventeen years' standing in the Customs service.
An entrance examination was advertised in the native press on the 26th June, and, from the rules and regulations of the school which have been published, it appears that this examination will be held simultaneously in Peking, Shanghai, Hankow, Foochow, and Canton, under the superintendence of the Revenue Council, the Customs Commissioners, and Customs Superintendents. The candidates must be between 16 and 22 years of age and of good physique. The subjects of examination are to be the Chinese classics, the English language, and arithmetic.
The school course is to last four years, after which the students will be appointed by the Revenue Council to such positions as they may be qualified to take. They will be obliged to accept the positions that are assigned to them, and will not be permitted to resign before the expiry of five years.
During the course of training students will be supported entirely, with the exception that clothing is not supplied, and, as a safeguard against this expenditure being wasted, each student has to find a guarantor for his good behaviour, who may be required to refund the expenses incurred by the school in the event of the student being expelled.
There are to be thirty-six of these studentships in all.
I have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.
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[This Document is the Property of His Britannic Majesty's Government.
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
[31039]
No. 1.
Res
23 SEP 08
[September 7.]
SECTION 3.
Sir J. Jordan to Sir Edward Grey.—(Received September 7.)
(No. 329.) Sir,
Peking, July 21, 1908. WITH reference to my despatch No. 165, Confidential, of the 2nd April, 1907, in which mention was made of the arrangements for establishing a school in Peking under the charge of a foreign Commissioner of Customs, for the training of Chinese youths to serve in the Imperial Maritime Customs, I have the honour to report that all the preliminary steps have now been taken for the inauguration of this school, which has been organized during the past six months by Mr. C. H. Brewitt-Taylor, an Englishman of some seventeen years' standing in the Customs service.
An entrance examination was advertised in the native press on the 26th June, and, from the rules and regulations of the school which have been published, it appears that this examination will be held simultaneously in Peking, Shanghae, Hankow, Foochow, and Canton, under the superintendence of the Revenue Council, the Customs Commissioners, and Customs Superintendents. The candidates must be between 16 and 22 years of age and of good physique. The subjects of examination are to be the Chinese classics, the English language, and arithmetic.
The school course is to last four years, after which the students will be appointed by the Revenue Council to such positions as they may be qualified to take. They will be obliged to accept the positions that are assigned to them, and will not be permitted to resign before the expiry of five years.
During the course of training students will be supported entirely, with the exception that clothing is not supplied, and, as a safeguard against this expenditure being wasted, each student has to find a guarantor for his good behaviour, who may be required to refund the expenses incurred by the school in the event of the student being expelled.
There are to be thirty-six of these studentships in all.
I have, &c. (Signed) J. N. JORDAN.
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