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LEC !
GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
HONGKONG. 7th. November, 1911.
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Sir,
I have the honour to inform you that early in this year I discussed with the heads of the missions concerned and with a number of influential Chinese gentlemen a scheme for co-ordinating the lower grade or primary vernacular schools in the Colony. So far as these are conducted by missions it appeared to me that there was much room for improve- -ment and economy. The schools were mostly very small and badly located, several being close together, while other large districts lacked any school at all. They were consequently un- -duly expensive. It seemed to me, moreover, that the Government grants-in-aid were much too high in proportion to the class of education given, for it was admitted that a superior education could be obtained in the vernacular side of Belilios Girls' School at a cost of $5.24 per pupil, while the cost to Government per unit at the grant schools was over 7. In these views the Director of Education and the Colonial Secretary con- -curred, and I did not find that they were seriously disputed by the missions concerned. I proposed, therefore, to reduce the grant under Article 39-A of the Code from 86, 87 and 89 to 83, 34 and 85, viz.;- from a total of $19,979 to $15,866, and to abolish grants-in-aid of rent. The missions accepted these
reductions, but decided to continue all their schools. This sets
free
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
LEWIS HARCOURT, M.P.,
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