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elders did not care for the teacher proposed, each man wish-

-ing to bring in his own friend or relation, or nothing could

be done till the building had a roof on it which they were

not prepared to pay for themselves; and so one's plans fell

thrown.

In a few cases great entimsiasm was shown, and there was a

frantic desire to secure the subsidy either on the part of

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the teacher himself, or on the pert of me elder for a friend

in which case the present teacher was of course an opium smoker and most wantisfactory in every respect.

In other cases complete indifference was show, and in a few

cases great reluctance. This was partly due to the fear of inspection: parents (they said) very often refused to let

their children come to school if they wanted them to work in

the fields, and then if an inspector came round they would

get into trouble. In all cases the teachers seemed to realize

that as soon as they were promised a subsidy the parents

would refuse to pay such high fees as before, and that their

last state would be much the same as if not worse than, the

first.

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In the Taipo, Sha Tin, Sheung Shui, She Tau Kok and Sai Kung

districts 23 schools (with a total of 425 pupils) were

selected, 10 Punti and 13 Hakka. It would have been better to

have a preponderance of Punti Schools, but owing to local

conditions it was impossible to arrange tuis".

With all these obstacles, and in spite of prejudice and ignorance, I can feel no doubt that a few years steady effort will

produce good results.

The subsidy system is justified as a temporary measure. It is

undesirable to engage a number of man on salaries until more experience is acquired on both sides, and it is already clear that however much the Government pays is more likely to go into the pockets of the parents than of the teachers, until a point is reached when school fees disappear. But judging by experience in Hongkong a supply of good education produces a demand. Before long|

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