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NOTICA.

A WATSON AND CO.

FAMILY AND DISPENSINA CHEMISTS,

THE DAILY PRIAR, SATURDAY, MAY 28an, 1885.

By Appointment to His Excellency the Go, fue haych liable to seizura aj rovonue.ramit.stroot. On the 11th inst. she met with anziante be referred to the Public Works Com-together with the 60' conta das in the first int attended by 1050 children; the Government expenses.

FERVOR and His Royal Highness the

DUKE OF EDINBURGH," WHOLESALE AND RETAILDRUGGISTS,

PERFUMERS," PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS,

And

DEVOES' SUNDRYMEN,

ERATED. WATER MAKERS: --- SHIPS MEDICINE CHESTS REFITED

FASOENGES SHITS SUPPLIED Norier. To avoid delay in the exertion of Orders it is particularly requested that all business cora-zucictions be addressed to the Birz, A. S. WATSON and Co., q

HONGKONG DISPENSARY. |21 BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. EA AND PERRIN SAUCE Phu Original and finale.

Autrich, eignature of

A BESPERACE PRISOVER.

į to the circumstances onder which rice would An ingdest was held yesterday afternoon Wharf would be placed upon the estimates for Doen. On the faith of this statement oam- Government Schools, also giving an Anglo-to rednos the earning power of thew or would not be spasiderat contraband. The the fortancy to investigate the elrom-1820, and the Public Works Committee would plainant supplied the defendant with fuel to Chizat education, and anchoring 331 boys dat inexpensive Chiness Schools, which hitherto stances attending the cmath of a woman named omsidor whether it abonld be of wood, iron, or the value of $2.60. Prouently thaman came back the Government, in 1884 $1,000.0 or 8574 earned abnormally high grants as comparel tributo rise annually tent from Shanghai to Kwok Aytu. The deconsed was abour: Go stone.

and paid $2, and he said the saga pareon would por head. On twenty-nine other Government with the grants earned by English Selonla the north is clearly government property and of age, and lived at No. 80, Wellington. The COLONIAL Bechfrazy moved that the take a larger quantity, and would pay him for it Schools, giving a parply Chinese education, and covering generally 90 per cent, ef fhtul

accident which resulted in fatal macognonood. miltos,

A and object, which the docente. shortly. The fannot was supplied, and it was spent, in 1894 $3.70935 or $3.40 per head mont hat in view in making sheer chance, was ted in the form of treasure; rice shipped from She Went out in the dark to fastan, the trapdoor The Hon. A LITAR sounded;

net until a day or two afterwards, when the The Government apзnt, this on 1875 ahildren to give these Chinese Bobools grostor en rege- the Yangtage porta southwardeis equallyclear-dous she put out her feet to stop ana it. Un-in conversation when the votes were passed, recovered the defendant had not loon antherised Average 310,12 par head. In addition to this ex of the higher Standards (IV, V. and VI), be the stairs, and ballerjog tha doorto bá aloned | Tas Hon. P. BERIE, who had been engaged complainant mot Chorak Doen, that he disin 35 Government Sohcols, $19,887.84 or on an ment to being more children under the senolitr If an article of lawful merchandise which fortunately the door was up, and consequently she quested permission to make a few romarks with to bay the fannel by that indicial. He then penditure incarved for Coserament Schools, the use a tondener had been observed. for many can by na stretch of the imagination be con had a fail from top to bottom of the athense, which regard to the role of 83,500 for the repaire and caused the defoedsat to be arrastud.

Government paid for the year 1884 the sum of years past, of training obildren chicity in the The defondant alleged that he did not obtain 314,6313) 67 way of Grats-in-Aid for 3,907 forror Standards of the Scheme in which passes sidered contraband of war: The effect of was a deep ins. She was picked up anconscious additions to Murray Pier. He said Nough a

and taken to a friend's house, where stovastrantoi tasmber of the Finos Committee may vote for the flared in the manner describe, and ho salt children educated in denominational Grand-in could be obtained at the azamlustion with com the Fronch notification was to atop entirely by Chinese medical practitioner, but her nondi- the passing of votes in committes it is still he was engaged by the complaint to sell for Aid School or $13.70 per head. Altogether. parative case, but to bring forward na fow the trade southwards as well as the trans-Boa bending worse, she was removed to the open to him to make some remarks upon him upon commission. The flantol was supplied, therefore, the Government spent, for the year scholars as possible into the higher Stand part of tribute rice. The British Government ng Wah Hospital, where she died soon after any of the items on the mafter coming him for this purpose.

1984, in direct payments for the education of in which the risk of failure wha much grantz, wards from franture of the call. A-verdiet of before the Concil. I should like to say The complatanut doaied haylag over given 5,832 children the sum of $33,650.14 or 35.71 Now this first year's trial of the working of han protests in order to reserve ita rights; accidental death was returned.

few words with regard to this minuts. Load that the defendant anything to sell for him.

per boud. The original cost of school-buildings, Schema in its revised form a not sofhent to it would have been mora dignified if it

thora ia a vary great smount of disantafmotion The dose was rezanded. Among the ass, reported under our police among the public of Hongkong after the manding

the cost of repairs, and the expenses of the In-form a couglasies opinion as to the practical and bad enforced those rights instead of re-intelligence will be found one of irony and of the minutes placed upon the table at the last Long Afakt, coalis, was charged with steal-figures bare given.

spectorate of Solicole, are not included in the permanent value of the changes mado, and I

defor thorofore. expressing any eprpionas to. serring them. The reservation has been of wanding. The evidence of the Indian watch meeting, by which it appass that the repairs and ing a pleca of frou from the Haig Ham Doak As to the nature of the education given in whether the objects aimed at havo been per no practical value whatsoever, except as

man shows that a most savage and auprovoked extendous of Marray Pirare to take prodenco promises, on the 21st inst, and abo with loving the various Schools supported or aided by the manently achieved or not, creating a precedent which it is within abis in charge of hun in quitat for an act of will not be satisfied unless something is done to attsok was made by the prisoner up the con-

But this much I may those of Poddar's Wharf. I think the public assaulted a watchman named Alto), and Chi Gororamont, there were, in 1984, as many as sy at once, that the Managers, who previously, the bounds of possibilits, may be used with kindness The lokang is terribly disfigured Todders Warf, even if it is only monsthing duty

nese constable No. 187 in the soution of their 933 chikirea receiving a paraly Chinese educa-scknowledged the need of a change in the direc

tion in Grand-in-Aid Schools, and 1,090 children tion above mentioned, but were afraid that thes more or loss doubtful effet de some fqiure a wonda fullcted. Thers was a master lichts used in comparison with Pedder's to act of atosling a piece of frau. The man hooks Thers ware 55 shildren receiving a mulisa of the grants that they would bo unable abeat is bis nosa bang setered across, temporary, when they see Murray Fier, which is Abdool stated that he asught the prisonar in receiving the sune education in Government changes might result in spol a serious di cocation. The position is simply abis, that desperate struggle, and it is fortunnts some one Wharf, is to be first put into a state of repair ran away, but he chased and caught Chine ofucation in the Chinese language, but to continue their Schools, are all willing to con the Government have allowed in perfectly was not killed if the priwaer madethattok with and extended. Paddar'a Wharf, as we al know, him, and took him to the Tang Ham Station. with English in addition, and 97 children recei-tians working their Schools under the revisad

the object of escaping, he was excordingly foolish, is a very miserabla sort of affair. Logitianto trade to be totally stopped, and because he had all chance of ancas, or the bare to go alongside it, one has to wait until charge of the Indian and a Joksng to Yuuasti ness language. There were, farther, 62 children Schools and especially in the Boys'-schonis If the boats The prisoner was there handenfd and sent in ing European education by the use of the Chi-Sehome. I may also add tuit in Taost of the bio dona nothing more to prevent it than Indianbad already proved himself too fast a ran the other Inves, and if two launshoe cony Station. On the way thither, when Text & shop receiving a European sinition in some arc-affected by those changes the prontv of to unter a protest in order to reserve their neefor him, and as this kind of theft, which is very together, one has to wait perhaps les mi where engar cane, sweetened water te, was sold, pean languga (either English or Partngasse) pass obtained in 1891, as compared with the WORCESTERSHER 410 beare right. Having decided that the trade (of Police Court, tus bjool to be gained as our nuts before it con go alongside. If any money the prisoner complained of thirst uni suket to to Grand-in-Aid Bahools and 639 children percentage obtained in 1833, has been enddar. the object was oor- is to be spent in this direction certainly souze be allowed to have some of the sesatened watoe roeiving as Anglo-Chinese education inably reduced, the diminution ranging from 2 to Tres and Perites on a red course excluding tributà rice) was not containly not worth the risk of the serious conse- thing ought to be done to imprors Padder's at this shop. He was allowed to do so, and at his Government Schnala. The languages and dis-37 per cant. It was owing to this diminution bol bold wholesale by ta traland, but perfectly legal-which is what is the miscreant wil hare brought upon Wharf, use if it is only of a temporary nature. request the lokang released as of his headset taught in Schools under Government saper in the earning power of the purely Chinese

himself. Crosse & Blackwok, Londons) the decision amounts to-the Government

The CoLOVIAL SECRETART-I think it is from the tandcuffs to anable bim to convey the vision and brought under antimination, are Eng-Schools that the sum voted for Grants-in-Aid quite impossible, at the present moment to do any drink to his mouth. The prisoner drank some lish and Portugues, and the Chinese language ($17,000) has not only proved amply suficient AND PERRINS SAUCE to bave refused to recognise the juris- OHURCH OF ENGLAND SERVICES FOR TO

thing to Podder's Wharf, because thero isa geast of the water, and having done so, tu suddenly in the Panti, Hakka and Hekla dialgate. The bat left an anapanded balsace of over $2,000 of Greats and Offendiation of prize courts in the utter at all,

desl of consideration to be given to the question wastobed up a knife lying close by, which the subjects of examination are in Chinese Schools in hand. The following details may alan he thron hunt th world. The duty of a prize court would be to decide

of whether the new Wharf is to be constrated af stall koopar maid for vatting aurat caso, and reading, writing, ropeating, composition, prosody on as illustrative of the effects which the wood or stone or iron. If it is to be of iron, the without a word of warning whether the wezare in any particular mass-de-Sorving. Morning Prayer and Sermon,atono, it will take a long duo to erect and Your the

or the smallest geography. Nonrithmetic intangutin paroly above mentioned obruges in the Grant-in-Aid NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

materials have to be got from Bugisol, if of provocation, he clashed the lokang oross Chloess Schools. In Scheets which give a En-Scheme bave so far brought to the surface. wus leucloc itbegal. The Goverurnent luis- the Military Chaplain.

face with it, sovuring his появ ropean adacation in the Chinese language, the The number of children brought under evomia- Communications filed "untfors daxali tə

This Editen, was thats on bringing stready chaded not to abide by the demostrial Chain, and Holy Commu- stating that the matter is to be referred to the constable about whorever he could gat at him. of prosody for which arithmetic and history are under sack separate Standard of Schools i Cless achfredsed

Excellency has laid before the Connoil a minute soroes, and followed the blow up by fitting, the foregoing subjestu ora taught with the exceptionation in the years 1883 and 1851 rigeticely nion, Colonial Manngar” and not windividuals by mama.

cision of the court if it should be adrone, ip-Ered Prayer and Sarmon, the Colonial Public Works Committee. I do not think any Abdool at once went to the lokarg's assistance, substitute, and the nae of romanized writing is giving a purely Chineas education), at the Carrespondeatz argreywasted to forwar I thoit náma ought simply to have notified the French Chapisin.

thing can be done to Pedder's Wharf bis year, andadesperate strugglaensned bolween themand combined with reading and writing Chinase cha sus earned by them (apart from Capitition and dross with count alires the Government that the trade must not be in-

bat it will be undertaken next year. As to Mar- the prisoner. The latter fought like a fondok The subjects taught in Beboels which Grant and Nettowork) under each Standard, Rel tor, not for pabilation, but na svidence of goal terfered with us all. The effect of acknow. 7.30 pm Soldiers Tolantary Serving, the Military the other is net in each a dilapidated state.

GARRISON INTATGE.

ruy Pier, it is actually tembling down, whereas and before the kuifs could be get from him he gives Earopean or Anglo-Otipase sacation are are exhibited by the subjoined Table..

had gashed the lokang in sight plans, and severe (in addition to the above mentioned Chinos sul ledging the jurisdiction of the prize courts

The HON. P. Rrere-I simply express the ly cut the Indian across the ldt upper arm.jacts in the case of Anglo Chinese Sphools), Eng-

SCHOOLS IN CLASS L opinion I fear ontsle, and I am perfectly The knife also was brokean in the struggle, and sis (or Partngtiose), reading, writing, grammar, has been to entirely stop a trade which the

satisfied that Pedder's Wharf is mirabls the prisoner racoivad several cas. He was composition, history, grithmetic, goography, phy- Government claims to bet-legal one. No 7

atruancro, and a 'disgries, to the colonj. private merchant could be expected to incar

length overpowered and taken to Yumati Station, al geography, map drawing, algebra, censura- The COLONIAL SECRETARY-It is outainly where the three arrived covered from head to tion and Euclid Latin sud book-keeping haro. not large enough; I admit that.

foot with blood. Their cuts at ces received at been addet, in 1884, to the extra-subjects of the the risk and expense of establishing the Is.

tention, sad the lobang was so badly gathed Grant-in-Aid Scheme, but none of the Grant-in- gality of the trade in a foreign prize court;

about that it is expected as will not be abls to Aid Schools has as yet taken advantage of these and the Government only bound itaalf totzke

leave the Civil Hospital for a condiderable time. new subjects In Girls-schools, needle-worksito

The case was remanded for a week.

is tanght as one of the subjects of the Grant-in- action after the question had beer go tried.

Aid Scheme. Some impatience was at one time expressed that the local Government did not promise an !conditioax) support to the merchants. How helpless the incal Government was in the unstter may be gathered from the action of thu Tuiperial Government. Even Sir HABET PARKED's notification, the wording of which was as diplomatic as it well could be, was

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LONDON, 1st May. MOVEMENTS OF BRITISH TROOPS

The Guards have been ordered to stop at Alexandria.

In another golume we reproduce an article from The Times on the correspondence which has passed between the Governments of objected to, and when Britist shipowners now going on between Eagland and Russia. Great Britsia and Francer respecting the rasked bin whether they would be pretasied cant hostilities in China. The opening senin dase of seizure of rice cargoes, all he could AN INTERVIEW WITH A RUSSIAN

STATESMAN.

KIA VIEWS ON ETSSZA AND ENGLANTY.

The Hor T. JACKSON-Ignite approw of the money being spent upon Murray Pier boause it is tambling down, and repair is thurefoy abso- lutely necessary. Bab I quite agree'ah with the remarks of the novine" unəfficial member 19 |to Peddor's Wharf. As be mys, Padder's Wharf iss miserable affair, and I think we ought at once to proceed to have plans made for now harf, one which will mast the requirements of important in the colony, and ought not to have the colony. Pedder's Wharf is far the most

been noglented ec long.

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Connell go into Committee upon the Bill for tence of this tide will be read with sur-tell them was that All seizures are subject

extending the privileges granted to French Mail prise and grim amusement by those who are to prize law, and owners should be careful

steamers for another year. acquainted with the facts of the casa. The

The Bill passed through Committes, was read not to infringe it." Had Sir HAERY-PARKES

́ (CONTRIBUTED). grant London organ thinks it would be heen free to act on his own judgment the

a third time, and passed." Since tearing your colony some months ago I

PRESERVATION OF GAME. well for this country if out of all resent no reply would, we feel couâdent have been have had the opportunity of a conversation with standing next on the uolies (the second reading The ATTORNEY-GENERALmare that the order gotiations with respect to foreign affairs we very different. It may well be asked what one of the leaders of "Young Russia," of learning of the Bill for the protection of game, to, in the had come with an intoh credit as we have is the use of maintaining for the pro-the views of this informal persilage on theology) should be postponed to the next meeting, done in the case of this, correspondence." tection of dar trade if any Government by a

Anglo-Russian question, and of diseasing them and he said the Bill would, in the meantime, be

published in the Government Guette. The "credit" à lise Falstaff's men in buck-simple nutitication is to be allowed-to-mop with him. I will give you in a fur lines the Carried. ram, and existent. On paper no doubt the any branch of that trade, notwithstanding opinion expressed by this gentleman, an infiuential

ADJOURNMENT.. parition of the Government is sound and that their action in so doing is opposed to and who is in the host passible position to form statesman ocupying an important appointment, dignified, but what has it been in prae. the dictates of common sense and the deal- sina? The Government announced that sions of international law, so far as interna.

sound judgment en affairs. it could not consent to rice "generally" tional law can be said to be decisive. baing considerad contraband of war, but no ospluation was given as to the circum. giances onder which the article would or would not be considere-1 contribuel, and while protesting na paper the Government stood quietly be and allowed the grin trade to be entirely stop 1. Had the Government, justend of protest, given a full and un. conditional agent the notification of the

the Conncü adjourned to next Friday afternoon. On the zotion of the COLONIAL SECRETARY

SUPREME COURT.

ASSAULT BY A EUROPIAN, Willy Defauota, seams, of the P. & O. stgamer Brindisi, was charged with dronkenness and nasalting a shopkeeper namel Le Hi on the 21st instant.

ntent left.

Standards. Scholars amisit by Sobolory nedr Number off Ambuat Ngaberuf Amount

foxmined, presin srammed, passos in 181 1933. iz 1991 1384

VI.

423

20

$1,598)

$ 149

3,501

2,085

470

2,25

520

120

21

21

57%

Total, 1,433 37,850 - 1251

crowiled

these

And IV. A that.

8The proportion of hoye to girls enrolled in the Schools under Government expervision is stently, though slowly, improving your by 14-It will be seen from the above figures year. Thers is, indeed, at a very slight im- that the number of children brought and ex Queen's road when the defondant eam ip to preceding yeng for in 1883 there were on the maller by 187 than in 1889. This reduction in The complainant ed ho za walking in proretaal visible in 1884 en compared with the amination in Schools of Class I. wh in 1884 him, seized him by the hand, and after sayings of those Schools 4120 boys and 1477 girls the aamber of children was canted by accidental His EXCELLENCY The matter will now be re-something, he commoned to best him with a whilst in 1886 there were 491 boys and 1,488 etroumstances unesansated with the changes The Daily News publishes paraph.statingferred to the Public Works Committes, who will walking stick he was surrying. The defendant girls in the ama Schools, showing se indrage mods in the Soheme It will further be sen that this order is connected with the negotiations porn upon it, and by Count will take zottom boat him saferely, giving him marks about the of only 174 boys and 11 girls. But as in drenge that, whilst in 1963 out of 1.433 children 25 cou

according to the report of the Committe, next legs and Lady which be showed. A constable becomes apparent if we compare the state of as 423 were examined in Standard I., only Friday.

esme up and arrested the defendant. Complain. things in this respect as it was 5 and 10 years 76 wore examined in, that same Standard, which THE FRENCH MATI STEAMERS' ORDINANCE.ant said he was a shopkeeper in Jervoise-street-go, when the 4.294 boys and 1.489 girls attend-indicates, what I otherwise observed as a fact, up in a handkerchief, which he was carrying 1884 compare very favorably with 2,850 boys dard I. too low, put into Standard If, the bighor -The - ATTORNEY-GENERAL—moved thet. the The defendant said ho had a lot of rupees tied ing Schools ander Government supervision in that the teachers, considering the value of Stan upon his shoulder, when the complainant au 610 girls qurolled in suck Schools in 1879, one, children who would otherwise have been ezme up and stitched the handkerchief and with 2.282 boys and 281 girls enrolled in placed in the lower Standard. This is a resalt from hin, and handed it to another man wan 1874. It appears, therefore, that the proportion of the above changes, by no means to be deplored, got-away with it. He defendant) caught the girls-to-boys-was-1 to 8 in 1873, 1 to 4 for it is one which rather tends to raiss the ge complainant, and held him. Hedonied having 1979 and 1 to 3 in 1884 But as there are hardly

wore old ones. beat the man, and aid the make ho showed more than 200 girls attending Schools in the al standard of education. It will further be Colony apart from the apre mentioned School from the above figures that the taashore The lokang who arrested the defendant said under the supervision of the Government, so inte Standards III.

ES TE0uy children as they don he saw his beating the complabant severely that the above given figures sirtually cover the whilst in 1833 only 381 children were with his stick.

whole area of forasle education in the Colony, and excined in Inspector Mathieson said the complainsut was the proportion of male and female children many an 590 were examined in the same tru Standards, ay respectable, and the defadat was so pars from the census to be about equal, it is Standards in 1884. This appears to be likewise drunk when brefight to the Station that he did.deut that there is much room for improves rather favourable result of the revision of the not know what he was doing.

Hie Worship sentenced the defendant to four

of children examined in Standard V. in 1986, as Tables that there was an incresce in the number Sobame. It will finally be even fram the above tosa inya' hard laboar,

parod with the previous year, but a daarons in 1884 and 1882 by the Schools is, of course, in Standard VI. The amount of money earned in proportion to the ramber of children whe were oramined, passed and failed, tatit sobrions that the number of failures was greater in 1854 than in any previous year, which was exactly what was intended, and hence a dorgase of $1,278 Lai Po, master of the Ching store junkios may, however, be of interest. Chan Achaung, he was convicted of larvay Wing O, was charged with friebiag untrutoramined by myself, as usual. in concert with arned in 1884... I need barily add that the to

in the total amount of grants earued by this... 10.The Government Central School var Class of Souls as compared with the amount whether found in the one or the other. This is had a considerable number of envious convic tone which ought to put the hearer his on guardar clothing. So, from dwelling house, was articulam at the Shankiwan Harbour on the Headmaster who used the results of my sms, in audias children inte certain Stand

brought up to reesive sentense. The Lefendant the 18th fustant.

Inspector Mackie stated that the defendant wart of the annual prizes and scholarships. Ofrals of the Sohams that en scheite our be oza examination for the purpose of determining the ards were not allowed to deviate from the strict Bons recorded against him, and His Lordship came to him and made his raportun anival on 379 boys of the Central School examined in mined in a lower Standard than that ander which French Government, the fivet to merchants Banks will be closed for the tranmotion of public [sary and inevitable. The cause is a holy ono, Mr. A McClymont at Stonehenge as substituto, two afterwarda witness wout on to the junk and for cent, of paspas, as compared with 98.93 per seme Standard unless he has failed to pass in

"Russia look: on war with England as necessatonced him to seven years' penal servitude. the 18th instant, and among other things he re- ald shining call not has been more nd business on Monday, owing to the Queen's birth and the war will came some day or other. It who pleaded guilty to stealing a watch, shain, found eight muskets and a good stack of powder, very slight falling off in the total renita, as details seem to indicate that the changes Chan Ashr, a house boy lately in the suploy of ported that he had no arms on bod. A day or, as many as 32 pasted which gives 95.58 he has been privivusly presentel, aur in the

sent. blained in 1893. There was, therefore, a verse than it be sepally been. When the

two or more subjects. Although those will be a foarfal sad bloody was but it will and other things to the value of about $560, the balleta percession caps, &c. late Sir HARRY Pizzes ied his notifica-.

The "Mascotte" Opera Company, who are

come. If Russia now seems to hesitate, if she property of his smployer, was sentenced to three

The defendant said he forget to report the compared with the previous year. The English made in the shame hare, as far as the your 1894 bjects in which this dizainution of results is is concerned, on the whole wacked benefitially, it tion to the effect that her Mjeste's Govern- shortly expacted is Hongkong, ars at present, fielās a point, it is only beans suczas for her Fore imprisonment with hard labour,

DISCHARGED DY PROCLAMATION.

He was fined $2.

specially apparent are the following, rin. arith will be advisable to watch the results of these ment did not admit the right of the French we note from the Straits Times, playing to becomes more curtain with crazy day and every

Yang Acho was discharged by proclamation,

lic (especially in Class VI, VII, and VIII changestoraneor two years longer beforemaking Government to tral rice illy as con- aness are most favourably spoten of. The com wuld have beex hazardous, would has been to with larveny on board the steamer Torkshire, on orowded houses in Singapore, and the perform-hour that passes. To have declared war yesterday no information being fled. He was charged

etation and algabra (in Class L, where the sub- traband of war, Land GRANVILLE telegraphed pany consists of five ladies and eight gentlemen.

Jants sen out ware, perhaps, slightly moro dial desilon as to any farther modification of the zone. The sotaal working of the schemas de valt than ia former years), translation (especially pan ton great extent on the tactics adopted by to the Mister to the effect that such i

which office he had bean convicted, by Mr. engage in a doubtful exterprise; dokre it to

Wodelionse, batho devision was reversed on ap

in Class XIAsad grammar (Class VIII). Die the teachers in endeavouring to obtain as high s notification arians Create a false impression tored into batween the Imporis Post Offes and

An Indian paper says "The agroment en morrow, and succosa ja euro.”

peal, and the case ordered to be committed for

week side of Class T., where & failed out of 33, by thent without regard to the bearing such tactics tation was in 1894, as in the previous year, the that Her Majesty's Government would for the Post Office of India for the establishmentbere unfolded a map showing the trans-Asiatic

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grant as possible, and these sectios are adopted but the composition was rather good in Classes, may have on the general interests of education in ADJOUENED. bly oppose sizarea af rice, and that be of a parcel post between the United Kingdom

T. IT. and E. Classes II. and VII spoolally the colony should argains the Chinese Gavernment and this country is published in the last Issue

distinguished themselves by obtaining the high- of the Gazette of Tulia. We observe that one

The Offhose gunboat Peng-chas-hei arrived here yesterday fram Canton,

The French ceniser Duchasfaut, Captain Moassoux, left here yesterday for the Pescadores.

Schering, left here yesterday for Singapors on Ts Garman corvette Elisabeth, Commander her way home.

We would remind our readars that the local

day and Whit Monday holiday.

When I asked him about the design of Russia aderisive smile crept this lips. The diplomatist understood that what I requested was confes sion, and like a good Catholic with his priest. he complied. After a moment's meditation, as if to collect his thoughts, he spoke, in that soft tane which sometimes suggests & resemblan» hotwesz the voics of a Russian and that of a woman, u

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This serpent completed," he said, pointing at thas the legality of any seizures of rice ship.chase of the agreement holds out a prospect of to the windings of the iron road on the map, ments must be decided by the Frenel prize an overland parcel past is harmvilles Brindisi and the existing order of things in Europe will being established in the future. This is an in courts, viljant te uterier diplouratie nation, noration which will be welcomed by the public, ha greatly disturbed. Commenced by Skoholnfi, and that to the moanwhile Her Majesty's as great honvenience is sometimes caused by continued by his successors, the caitray, will the fact that parcely take at least a week longer be finished in a year. Then we will strike.. The

22nd May! CRUFINAL BEIONS.

BEFORE MR. E. J. ACEBOYU, ACTING CHTER JUSTICE,

DEFERRED LENTENCES.

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The case of Ng A. Ip, charged with burglary

Mong Kok Tani, was postponed 1 mert ses- The sessions then adjourned.

MARINE COURT:

May Rand.

BEFORE COMMANDER R. M. Romaey, B.N.

ars.

UNTE-JE PARTICULAR.

THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS" REPORT

The following report by Dr. Eitd was laid be fere the Legislative Council yesterday after

noon.

IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION. D. Musso V. No How PUL $317.10 Government couldnot interiére, táogh toe! | to regik India than letters. In the case of books Military party, which is also the Pan-Sclavist note. The note, which was given in evolders scholars enrolled, dering the yar 1881, in

Mr. Holmes appeared for the plaintiff. had felt bound to protest in order to reserve and magazines the overland agency will be a party, he only to give the sign in order to betion of money lent, was for 3450, of this instal The action was for blanes due on a promissory their rights." Now, as no shipowner or mer great boos, and ladies will appreciate being able obeyed this-is-the party that declder, and the ments had been paid leaving the balance claimed chant would under ordinary circumstances and gilisers, litorally in post haata." Similar Emperor will bow to their decision. The white die.

to provare the latest novelties of the dressmakers koowingly subject bis ship or cargo to facilifiss would be much welcomed in Hongkong. bear dogs but sleep; Jat us at wake him at pre-and dad was given for the plant for The defendant did not pat in an appearance, seizure-notwithstanding that he faight be From another Indian paper we gote that the sent." able cltiaately to establish the illegality of wonder will be required to furnish a Custom Hanse declaration, furnishing an avarate state- the seizure and recoVET the value-ment of tus contents and vine of the parcel. follows that a foreiz Government has only |

& prudens ran would not issue: The Times part consisted of one of the so-called drawing

SIR ALBERT.

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Schools under Government supervision, as 9. The resully of the teaching given in ascertained by the annual emminations, are, as far as the Central School in concurand, embodied in the Report of the Headmaster which will be found below; and, as far as other Government Schools and the Grant-in-All Schools are con arcel, the results of the ampiantions are given in detail in the Tables appealed to this Report. The following additional detaile and obsera

Education Department Hongkong, 25th February, 1885. est average of paasas. The stemination of the

15-As to the remainder of the Grant-in-Aid Sir,I have the honour to formed herewith Chinese Classes, though not displaying anch Sahools, there was a signal failure in composition the Annns Report on Education, and the Bine high results as the English laughing given in in the upper classes of St. Joseph's College and, Book Returns for the year 1884.

The total number of Schoes-subject to resnits But the Chinese teaching given in the tower classes of St. Joseph's College, the Diocesa this School, shewed, on the whole, satisfactory tainer axtant, also in the Berlin and Basel

Miestor Girlsschools. On the other hand the aupervision by the Government amounted in the Anglo-Chinese Classss contidaes, year by year, year 1884 to 913, as compared with of in 1879, to yield unsatisfactory restita. Bren apart from School, and the Italian Convent School specially

Schools subject to supervision and annual and in the year 1874 The total unmber of the meagre results obtained at the examination, distinguished themselves in various subjects, the the teaching itself that appears to have been laudable offnete in bringing forward, year after Diconkan School especially also by continuingity examination by the Government, amounted to Live. The whole year's tuition amounted in Pua, od proportion of its pupils in extra sh givou in the Classe geams to have been defeo- 5,863, as compared wit 3400 anreled in 1879, in fret division of the Anglo-Chinese Classenecks (id, etc.) None of these Schools, bow- now 51 moro Subcols and 3,322 more scholars 22 pages in the Shing--bau.d4 pagee in the exception of St. Joseph's College. and 2,567 enrolled in the year 1974. There are to reading 13 pages in the Angents of Confucins, ever, calls this your for special remarks, with the under Government supervision than there were Sit-yuk (vocabulary). In the second division the 16.-9. Joseph's College is not only wall ton years ago. It appears thoenfro that hoth year's teaching cupaisted in ronding. 30 housed now, hụt the discipline and method of The claim was for money alleged to be duo the number of Schools ander Govoramont super nages of Mencius, learnings eingle moaning this School appear also to be very good. There for board and lodging. Bruen alleged that vision in the Colony and the number of scholars of sadli of 250 Chinese ebaracters, and has also been an improvement in the regularity up for a time at his house, boarding and lolging the last ten years. when the defendant came to the colony he put attending suck Schools Lave been doubled within Frief-English sentences with curions Chi.of attendance, and the staff of Masters has also Rese rendorings in a style mixing together been increased during the last few years. But with him. There was no stipulation as to price,

3-The number of children attending Schools book-style with the lowest olloquial. In the year after year I have to complain of its low onerospt that he promiset Lemon he would not in the Colony 5 steadily increasingfrom year to third division the Sam-te-king was, read rasnite obtained in the highest Standards in Plaintif charged 50 cents par das He danied prezant ao increase of attendance chaervable in worde) and 150 Chineas radioals were taught composition. When it is considered that the slurge him A munhas $1 pur day. Fear in the Ghut-in-Aid Schools. There is at (without explanation of the meaning of the Standards V and VI, in the subjrot of English that he received Lemon as a friend, and that the the Government Schools, but an ennal decrease, Much of the defect of the teaching given in subjects of the Grant-in-Aid Scheme, and. or that he had received any manner from Lamon kept by the Government, all available space is absence of properly trained teachers haring scholar ander this Scheme in order to en- latter paid for the food and the servant's rages, because, in the case of the Anglo Chinese Schools these Anglo-Chinese Classes is caused by the the amount of proftalenty coquired of a The defendant stated that he went to Brown's already overcrowded, and, in the mase of those sufficient knowledge of both the English and title him to pass, do not represent the maxi- shelter of his roof. During the tima et was teaching, the teaching given in the Government terest in binase studies generally displayed by lish education, and when it is found didlozit to house as a friend, and all he had of him wa the Government Schora which give purely Chinese the Chinese languages, and by the want of in mam but the minimum of an elementary Erg- there he not only found his own food, but that of Schools is less appreciated by the people than that un-Chinese boys (Indians exempted).

obtain in composition more than thres corrently,

the amount claimed, with costa.

JOHN BROWN V. GRORGE LEMON, 850

time

Thus he spoke. It was he longer a celke that of a woman I board; tha: tono had been of short duration, the Solay had esme uppermost to declare any artiste contraband, or any iron as the City Hall Theatre by Ridgway's sharp, and charged with hate.

On Thursday aroning an extertainment was and bis concluding words fell upon my Mrs keen, trade illegal, 50 order 10 alunce Variety Troups. The attendance was not a large Bacara itz object. The British Government one, and was considerably below the marits of

We then passed on to the Soudan affair, my protest, but the protests are Earnless the entertainment, which was really an excellent which he expressed original and singur views. * non-effective. A herdhaut who had bis of its kind. It is soms years since any par sad we separated.

formances of that nature bave been given in the property seized would have to wait probably City Hall, and the novelty of the thing should stars, with the fire Ales dancing around me, I fell Then night fall, and andor the light of the for years before the question of the legality of the weather, however, was against it, and into a reverie in which I thought of the white have prevelo additional attraction. The hest of the seizure was scite, and if, after all there had also been bat stort native of the bear-but always facing him I saw the ion, with the law's delay amd uncertainty, the decision affair, otherwise there would probably have been his pars outstretched, calm, bellected, sad ready was ultimately given in his favour, the full konte The programme was a pretty amount be would receive would very pra-aorobatic quadrilla by the Ridgway children, lengthy one, the first part, insinding a kind of

the plaintiff, and he provided him on bed. When giver in the Grant-in-Aid Schools, where the 11-The subjoined Tables exhibit in detallformed sentences in Standards V. and VI, and he first wont there Ee gave Brown $10, and just bonus. allowed to the teacher acts so powerful the results obtained by the orszination of the when a Schoot, otherwise well organized and well bably be far from sufficient to recompense some juggling by Mr. T. Francis, faxta of HONGKONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. for leaving he paid the wages of plaintiff stimulant upon the otleisney of the teaching several divisions of the Central School, both in taught, rear by year exhibits pour resulte in

boy, and since then he had given Brown various But when once the long-expected row Victorin English and Chinese subjcata, him for the original loss and the accrued. quilibrium on the invisible wire by Miss Nellie

composition, there mixet, be Ridgway, and a horizontal bar porformance by

A meeting of the Legislative Counoi was held swell sofas of money. He did this because the College building are completed, and the Govern

(Here follow the tablas.)

wrong. The dafont lies, I believe, in the fant, interest. At all grants, the risk is one that Messrs. Gregory and Ridgway. The second yesterday afternoon. There were prosent

plaintiff was sick and out" of employment it thetar of attendance will resume its normal dévalep outside the Central School, which give the sacro | Portuguese to wina the English language is ment Central Bohool moved into them, the mat- 12-There are five other Cernment School that nearly all the scholars of this College are His Excellency the Governor, Sir GEORGE Family, followed by the "Cannon King's sen room acrobatic performances by the Bidgway FERGUSON BOWEN, G.C.M.G.

The ente had been adjourned to enable Brownmont so far as Anglo-Chinese Schools are cookind of aducation as that raprocented by the entirely foreign, bat who, atrage to say, do not to call evidence to support- his claim, but Brown cerned. Hos. W. H. MARH, C.M.G., Colonial Secre. now stated that he had bren unable to Sad the sational fest of catching a canon ball fired from fary

Flower half of the Central School. These Schools first learn to express thought and feeling cor 4-0f the shore pantioned 5,86 children in made good progress in 1884. They act as food-rectly in their own mother-tongus, nad, in fact, a gun, som fring trapeze performances, somG

boy, who was not now in his service, and he had Schools under Government superviion, as maryers to the Central School, and I sa glad to he learn neither to read now write-Portuguese, no other evidence to prodas.

1-3,907 children were placed by their parents in able to report that the Hendember of the Gen Lowing their own language only velloquially. His Lordship said he did not consider the denominational Grant-in-Aid Soboch where they tril School had socasion lately to express his They make very good progress in the low plaintiff bad mads but his claim so clearly a ceosive a Christian education, whilst 1978 at catisfaction with the solidity of the elementary Standards, because they devote all their school- was necessary to entitle him to judgment store tended the secular Government Schols. Of the training giros in those outside Schools, which time to English sudies, whilst in other over the defendsut's story seemed the more latter, 558 attended the Government Central evidenced itself by the rapid and steady progress Schools half the time is devoted to teaching probable, and judgment would be for the de School, 975 attended vikur Govucument Schools mada in the highest classes of the Central School the scholars to master their respective native Pendant,

in town and in the yilingos, and attended the by boys wiginally trained in those qutaide Go-language; but when these Portugasse youths. Aided Mohoola in the villagea

vernment Schools. The reminder of the Go-reach the higher Standards, though excelling in 5-Comparing the number of scholars in town veramont Soboole, giving a purly Chinets edu acitamatic, grammar and history, they appear and in the villages with the popaktion, it ap-cation, call for no special romark.

to think and fool not in English bat in Portu- pears that out of a papulation of 146,398 people 13-The Gract-in-Aid Schools came with gusse, and having no przetion idea of the in town 4,616 children or 4.34 per out. altorded the beginning of the year 1864 under the opera difference in, structure and jĉion which dis Schools undor Government expersion, whilst tion of the ubangos which were unde in the tinguish the two aguages, they find themsofran in the villagos, out of a population of £5,595 Sohome in the year 1889, the required notice signally at a loss when called upon to expresa Schools under Government superviion. I asti. changes affected principally the Bchools which correct and idiomatic English on any given soula 1,269 childean or 2.78 por cart. attended having been given some months before. Thase their thoughts and feeling independently in

100 private. Schools in town and villages, not and which gire a purely Chinese education, the the momody, lios in applying the policy of educa therefore the total of children attending Schools now extra subjects (Latin and book-keeping)tions of my Annual Reports, a portion of the under Government supervision, at 2000, and other Schools being only so far affected as to which, in accordance with previous sugges were allowed. But in them perely Chinese Portuguese Community adopted in stueting about one-third of the children of rivolguing

isgieright when it says that" of the various forme of charlatanism, one of tas most shallow is that somewhere there exists a per fect system of intestinal law." There is on a rolling globs, by Miss Ross, and na

tional-danees-by the young Ridgways. Tho no euoli esiem. Governments was wish concluding item was a pantomimis farca. The to see justice done to their subjects must if Ridgway children show si themselves very elever needs be crnot it. To expect the subject to a sailor's hornpipe wonderfully well

Jittle dancers, specially one youngster, who did Me. incur the risk aticoding seizure sololy on Frands's juggling was very well dong, and thạ the promise of the Government that the defeata of equilibrium, both on the wire and the globe, were clever and very neatly executed...

on. E. L. O'MALLEY, Attorney-General, Hon. A: Látsz, Colonial Treasurer. Hoa. J. M. PRICE, Surreyor General Ham. H. STEWART, Rogistrar-Generat Hon. P. KYLIE Hon. T. JACKSON. Hoa F. D. SASSOON.. Hon. Word BRING-

MINUTA.

and condrmed.

The minutes of the last noting vero reed

FINANCE.

cision of the prize court will he subject to Messra. Gregory and Ringway showed them

POLICE COURT.

ulterior diplomatication is absurd. The Bri.selves great adopts upon the horizontal bar.

Dand May. tial: Government took up the position, en paid-most of the work, while Me. Eidgway wan Ilia Bxcellency the Governor I hate to sy some of the evolutions being uniquo; the former The COLONIAL SECENTARI-By direction of

BEFORE ME. H. E. WODEKOUAL. per, ttatrice" generally" was out contraband glowa, out avortheless the latter put in some certain minates upon the table.

......OBSTRUCTING TEX HARBOUR of wa, and that the trade-in-it-saving alperformers were also good in the fiying trapezs, ConCIIS, and contained recommandations from den on a charge of obstracting the fairway to mate the number of children attending about the Scheme designates "Schools in Class L,” jsubject. Im therefore clearly of opinion that

exceedingly-good-work as a gymnast. Both The minutes were real by the CIERE OF Four Lastpeople were summoned by PC. Had ways the reservation implied in the word a number of foate being executed very gracefully. His Excellency that the Cannail should sate an Pedder's Wharf by their sampaus or junks. "generally" was therefore entirely legal. The Ridgway Family also gave innen satisfaction allowance of $200 per annum to the Colonial From this position it seems to us a certain, the audience in the drawing room aerobatic Surgeon and 31,200 to the Health Oficer in their beats out of the proper limits, blocking up Hadden said the pocple persistently anchored

of applause.This fire ester loaded a brooch bills of health to vossels; also that a vote or attention to his directions. Government has neglected, with the result Toading gun on the stage, and facing it at the $414.25 should be passed for the expenses attend- Que dṣfondant was food $1, and the net 50 are living in the Colony, about 5 per cent.troduced. The value of a pas in Standard I.. Colony, to a rirganisation of St. Joseph's that instead of coming out of the corres opposite corner he gave the signal to the air the defence of D.B. Butlin on a charge of costa oseb. pondence with credit, as The Times says they jectile in his hands as

of the whole population. It will sees from was redased from $5 to $2 in Standard II. College. The Head Master endeavoured to do tendant to fire, wid he caught the pro- manslaughter in commotion with fatal gambling

Table XVI, that I estimate the number of un- from 36 to 6, in Standard III. from 87 to $6. this, hat met with opposition on the part of it came about on afraid last year. de, the reverse taie case. This day wasto ex-Loval with his head. It is needless to say tho

educated children in the Colony : 12115, bat In Standard IV, the valus of a pass was left many parenta. I believe it highly desirable that The COLONIAL SECRETARY id test minutes

the enthusto is not a reliable one, as the archanged, bal in Standard Y the role of all Portugeese youths, to whom the English plicitly declare te ftor what circumstances cice theless the ball was projected forward with anti-rittse, and he moved that they, together †charge used was asta-battering one, but nevey:" hai disały béen approved by the Fitline Com-

itsalloient data to go upon. lat we may pase was increased from 39 to $10, and in language is not their mother-tangas nor would or would not be considered contraband cient foros to deter anyone among the audience with other vetas referred to the Finance

safely assume that most of the children withheld | Standard VI. fmm $10 to $18 In addition to language of their home-life, shond first of all of war, and to inform the French Gavernment from essaying to catch it, though the merch of Committee at the last meeting of the Council,

frota sobool are Chinese girls.

these changes the pensum of each Standard be set to master the Portuguese Innguage before As regards the expenses inerred by thewan xtended, so that more work had to be dons, they are put to znore advanced English studies: plat Her Majesty's ships of wat would, if the gun offered £100 to suyone who would do should be passed.

Sheikh Abraham, watchman, was charged Government in 1884 in rapporting Government in writing and repetition, and especially in the what he did. The concluding fares was laugh- The COLONIAL TRASER Seconda

17-The needle work of the Girls-schools was nead were, protect British vessels engaged able, as stated on the programs, though the!

with obtaining flauel to the value of about $5 Schools and Grant-in-Aid Schools, the following | subject of geography, which was made to include this your examined by two reparate sets of in a trade which the Gazarument bad thaired by the antience, and if the ovar The GALEK OF COUNCILS' alsò rend à minats The complainant soid that the defendert came and was attended inst year by 558 boys (mostly writing) was made obligatory in its highest palastsking examination of the needlework sub by means of false pretences from a shopkeeper Istalla may audios. The Government Central the gutoral catanes of the map of the world, Ladies' Committens, to the rammbers of which fan was somewhat broad. Everything was woll

unrad Bajet Babs, on the 18th ist.

School, which gives an Anglo-Chinese education aud in Girl's-schools na subfoot (letters the thinks of the Government are due for the decided to be legat. There would have been pany perform again here, they should be more of IL E the Governor informing the Council to bis sing and stated that he had been sent Chine) opet the Government last your Standard. little difficulty in making the definition as largely patronised.

that the extension and resowal of Pedder's to buy in Ramuel by polles wageant Cherak $13,978.60 or $24.97 pr head, Five other these changes was in the retinatanos, arrange for a public exhibition of the arodie The obligt in riew in asking Huitfed to them. It was found impracticabile ta

day necessarily followe...a duty which the business, while the Camor King raised a storm Hon of the fece rooently charged for issuing the approaches to the wharf, and they paid no of any desorption at 7.885. This is per Schools (Class I.) important diages word in- soveral oiementary Portuguese Schools in the

Carried.

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TAZE-NA, GAN BLING.

Tak Ki, of 23, West-atroot, was charged by Inspector Quincey with keeping an agency for the sale of time-fo lottery tickets. fined $50, which he paid

The ouse was prozed, and the defendant was

LETE ALLEGED VLLAR FRETENCES.