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CORRESPONDENCE.

[We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our correspondenta.]

THE PROPOSED PLAGUE HOSPITAL

FOR QUARRY BAY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PRISH," 14th July. B18,--As responsibility for the rejection by the Sanitary Board of Mosers. Butterfield and Swire's proposal seems to have rosted mainly with Dr. Bell, Mr. May and Dr. Clark, with your permission I will venture to criticise the action of these gentiómen, and after doing so will leave the public to judge as to whether such action was founded upon commonsense or not.

I will take each of the above members of the

Board in turn-

First, Dr. Bell:-This speaker in the coness of the debate laid particular stress on the point that he was quoting and arguing from facts I will take this lius of argument, and coniae my criticisms to fact

Dr. Bell knows that there is one and caly ene real abjection to Dlessrs. Butterfield and Swire's application, and that is the risk of

infection being spread. Now in the name of

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THE INSANITART POLICE COURT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "DAILY PREBI."

1th July. Sta-Some time age the filthy endition of the Supreme Court raised considerable criticise, no much so that at last the authoritim bestirred themselves and had the place shaned, the carpets being dusted" for the first time in the history of the Court."

THE FONGKONG DAILY PRESS. MONDAY, JULY 15гx, 1901

will remain under the over improving rule of the | Provisional Government. I verily believe that if a plebiscite could be taken, the people would vote for the continuation of the P.G.. Now

that it has expertones as well as honesty of latention, it is doing remarkably well. During the last seven months it has improved the vity of Tiantain out of all recognition bud has done more than the Chinese would have complished in as many centuries. At the praat moment

spread organisation of thieves which has fattened like a vampire on the trais of the Port for thirty years and which has reduced river piracy to a fine art. Tos Provisional Govern experiment in the way of opening something Dai'yment is also about to make an interesting like a free library in the City, and I for one should not be surprised to see attacking the education question shortly.

Take

POLICE COURT.

Saturday, 13th July. BEFORE MR. HA2ELAND.

TWO BATOHNS OF GAMBLERS. Worship for gambling at Tokwawan. Each Sergt. Gauld had four man up before His was fined 84.

mon

Bergt. McHardy brought troep of twelve

gang got a $15 fins, the rest $3 each.

YOUTHFUL BOGUE.

Now that the Supreme Court is somewhat its energy is largely directed on that wide-for the same offence. The watchman of cleaned up, I think it is time that attention be turned to the Police Court, the stuffiest, un cleaneat and most ill-smelling publie office in Hongkong-which maye a great deal. first the so-called "big cont from fifty to seventy-five half-naked, unwashed and perspiring Chinese crowd bekud the rail reserved for native spectators. Then the top

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windows are closed, and therà is not ́s breath of air, except what is produced by a parkah laziły palled. The prisnars' box is likewis crowded like a sheep-pon, and you can imagine what affuria arise therefrom. The court is for the purpose for which they are mod, being just as bad. In foot, both rooms are unenit to amoil sud not sufficiently ventilated. But if the authorities feannot afford to have larger

to Ly his cases in, as in Singapore or Shanghai,

R.VED IMPROVEMENT,

A Chinese lad, asrenteen years of age, was charged with stooling a gold chain, a diamond ring and a blanket, total 862 from Miss Doberck of MacDonnell Road, Kowloon, and secondly $28 from Mr. E. Brown also of MacDonnell with stealing a gold chain and loeket valued at

weeks hard labour, the sentences to run con- Road. For the first offence the young thief received six months and for the second six Bacntively.

The receiver of the stolen articles, a pawn- shop keeper, was ordered to return the property to their

the Managers of Grant-in-Aid Schools it will | LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. be the daty of the..Government to undertake the work.

2,441

The subjoined table shows the present posi- tion of the onsided schools for Chinese (Kai-tong Schody compared with their position in 1800.

Unaided Schools for Chiness.

1899.

1900. Soboole. Sobolars. Schools. Sokolava, Victoria

...... 110

2,009 104 134

239 Village of 'kong 17

131 Kowin ............ 17

3C5 15

Totak............ 144 2,590 126 Thrichools in Victoris have maintained their position very well and the only way I account for the loss under Villages of Hong kong is by the increase in Grant-in Ald Schools there during the last seven years. In fatum caro should be taken that the Grant-in- Unaided Schools, and the masters of the latter Aid Schools do not interfere unduly with those schools should be encouraged to report con where their pupils have been attracted from them by the opening of Free Grant-in-Aid Echool

cami

SOHOOT, ATTENDANCE.-The average daily attendance in 1900 was 4,630. That in Grant-

touchra to "the" »chemes for elective river His wepective owner. He tried to persuade {in-Ail Schools alone was 3.871. The corres

forship that he ought to be repaid the said: Not a cent. You knew well enough you money he gave for the jewelry. His Worship wore receiving stolen property, and really deserve to ba

be punished,

INFRINGING QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.

pending figures for 1809 are 4,418 and 3,483,

and for 1890, 5,105 and 3,373.

COMMONASNÁo which does Dr. Boll consider the f and better furnished rooms for the magistrate to in principle, and only one or twodetails have charged with entering the harbour of this was only partial and very soon passed away, bat

why in the name of common some are all the windows kopt shut?

more wise proceeding-to have all the cases of plague collected in one building and under constant observation and treatment, or to have them hidden white an inspector is near, and with the friends of delinquents, and even there Again, the verandali is overcrowded daily subsequently, when opportunity offers, snuggled away? This last is what has admittedly socurred the smell is often something awful. And the over and over again throughout the colony slurption of chloride of me which is sprinkled ing the present spidounic, and it is a direct three or four times a day over this same undoing of the labours of the Sanitary Board. Ferandah, though no doubt a good disinfectant, when mingling with the smelt emanating from the unwashed humanity around, is certainly anything but pleasing.

This constitutes fact No. 1.

With adequate disinfection of dejects, sputam and bedding (which could be done effectively at Quarry Bay), and with careful supervision of the cases under trantment, the risk of infection being spread vanishe—wholly, absolutely, and entirely. This, sir, is fact No. 2, and I challenge dunial of it, though not perhaps as vigorously as Dr. Bell! Fact No. 3-This supervision could be entrusted to any well- trained strlent of the Alice Memorial Hospital, who would resido constantly at the proposed Hospital, and would be under the direct control of the manager of the Itefinery and the staff of skilled analytical chemists, in addition to Dr. Kwan.

Were the court room and verandah doors daily well washed out, a few electric fans put into the rooms, and the top windows xept open, it would make the place a little less obnoxious to those who have the misfortune of daily hay- ing business there. As it is the place is certainly not a thing of beauty or joy, but a disgrace to the colony-Yours, etc.,

VENTILATOR.

TIENTSIN.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

Tientsin, el July. TUNG FUHSIANG'S REPORTED REVOLT.

If Dr. Boll denies that aneh supervision could be relied upon, then I eballenge him to give adequate reason for the existoum of the Thoroj has boon some local exeitoment dar Tung Wak branch of the Plague Hospital ating the last few days over rumours that the Kennedytown, which is only visited at 24 hour | notorious Tang Fusiong was deseouling from intervals by the Medical Officer in charge of the unthern borders of Shansi on Taiyaantu, Kennedytown Hospital, who cannot be aware of and was giving a froo hand to his wild anything that may occur in the interval between

borderlami sallywaggery in the looting of the his visits

traversed countryside. The roport came in

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Next, Mr. May-This speaker was entirely opposed to the application, because the Board requires European supervision for the same reason that it requires an European to supervise the Tang Wah and other Plague Hospitals. What is the reason? The speaker failed to point it out.

Does Mr. May really imagine that the Medical Officer in charge of Kennedytown makes a bacteriological diagnosis of every case in the Tang Wah brauch-for this can be the only logical argument running in his mind

The Ministers are busy putting the final

are to be embodied in the treaty of peace. Our conservancy in Tientsin and Shulghai. Thoy

Tientsin schoue is practically a going conesra; the organisation and finance have been agreed to be settled. The first Commissioners are General Waack, representing the Provisional Governinent, Mr. L. H. Hopkins, presenting

Commissioner of Customs: to this is added a the Consular Body, and Mr. G. Detring, the

consultative body, which will her on baye co-administrative power and which is formed of nominees of the Chamber of Commerce, the Municipalities and the Shipping Companies. The constitution of the Conservary is open to criticism, but everybody concerned has shown fine self-repression in withholding thin lost delay should be caused in the all importost matter of getting to work. The great cuttings will be begun the day the rainy season ends. The Provisional Government is to find the funds for the first instalment of the work. Tls. 250,0.0

THE ALLIED VILLAGER,

The Allied Village system, of which we are now hearing so much is somewhat obscure in its origin, its aims and its work; as far as we can make out it is a sort of Cavoof-Adullam movement, very catholic in the spirit with which it includes all who will refin to be sat apon and to pay now or extra taxe. In some

The master of the 8. Marie Jebacs was colony on the 8th of July, having a plague patient aboard, and failing to hoist the yellow lag and anchor at the guarantine station, contrary to regulation re infected ships.

The Crown Solicitor, Mr. Bowley, prosecuted, and Mr. Hastings, of Messrs. Deacon and Hastings, appeared for the defenes

The plague patient was removed to the Chinese Hospital, and died within twenty-four hours of the arrival of the ship.

Mr. Hasting's plea was that it is possible for a man to contract plagae and die of same within six hours, and consequently the man taken from the Maric Jebsen zaight not have shown any symptoms till long after the ship had dropped anchor.

Dr. Thompson and Ho admitted correctness of this statement, but both declared that in six hours time the bubo could not have developed to the sise it attained on deccasvil

The charge was finally withdrawn and the case dismissed.

BEFORE MR. KEMP.

CRUELLY MAINING A BULLOCK.

The Chiaman who was arraigned last week for cruelly injuring a bollock by cutting it with a chopper on the right hind leg. was brought up for sentence to-day.

His Worship Artenced him to one month's

It is

I acot find any very clear evidence of attendance having been affected by the report which was current towards the end of May that a ckill was to be sacrificed to strengthen the foundations of a railway bridge. The scare not before it culminated in a serious commotion at Aberdeen on the night of the 31st May, when the boats in harbour fired off their gus be mide to carry of their children. under the impression that an attempt was to satisfactory to learn that the influence of the Bisters on the children attending their school at Aberdeau was so great that the children instead of absenting themselves from school weut there for protection. I visited distur and Stanley one or two days after the ance. At Aulichan the attendance was a little below normal. One girl who returned to after. noon school when I was there did not dare to come further than the top of the staircase, and when some allusion was made by the mixtress in conversation with me to the rumour she ran but most of the girls ware absent. off again. At Stauley the boys attended school,

ROBULIM OF THE ANNUAL EXAMINATION. reported fully on the results of the examinations of Government District Schools in my letter No. 27 of the 5th March.

In 1900 there were 136 scholars, oxamine in the three highest standards of the Grant-in-Aid Schools in class III compared with 155 in 1899. But as the total number eximined was only 938 a sgainst 1,180 in 1893, there is relatively no falling off.

BELILIOS PUBLIC SCHOOL-The Head. mistries, Mrs. Bateman, returned from 19

which left here on the 13th fast, arrived at The Imperial German mail steamer Hamburg, Genos, on Friday, the 12th inst; p.m.

The E. & A. steamer Guthrie, from Sydney, &c., left Manila for this port on the 13th inst.

The H. A. L. steamer Sithonia, from Ham- barg, left Singapore for this port yesterday, and may be expected here on or about the 17th instant.

The N. Y. K. steamer skinja Mara

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cases it seems to be pro-Bore:, in others hard labour, and to pay the owner of the ani tal mentis leave in October. The annual examin. NEW PIANOS

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anti; but in all its proximate object is self. protection from the impositions of every body-oficiais, foreigners, robben, &c. ower much of its success hitherto the remarkable example sal i Chibli last szamer, when the Fathers in serial places wet about the fortification of the ages and

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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR

OF SCHOOLS.

The report of the Inspector of Schols, for the year 1000, is published in the Guzette. We

by their skill and the stont hours of their manke the following extracts:

converts defed the Boxer power indefinitely.

idea if one village could do this a fortorican The Chibli peasant seems to have sisen to the

there is one element of the problem with which a whole series of villages do better still." bat

they have not reckoned and which I fear will make short work of their resistance, riz. artillery.

THE TIENTSIN ANNIVERJILY,

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ation of the school was held on the 18th, 19th and 20th July, and my report on it will be found in Lettor No. 61 of the 7th August, There were 155 scholars present in the English Division as against 99 in the previous year. Of dhong, 53 were in the Upper School and 102 in the Infant School. The corresponding Sigures for 1899 w.re 50 and 49. Out of 194 scholars on the register 33 were British or Americans and & were Chinese. There were 39 Eurasians.

GENERAL STATISTICS.-Compared with the Miss Long, the senior pupil teacher, resigned

Portuguese schools, a decrease in the enrol former pupils of the school to undertake the year 1800 there is, except in the Goverment | her post at the end of Noveinler, and the Head- English schools and in the Grant-in-Aid | mistress reports that after asking several of the meat in each class of school. In the case duties she could not with no success, until Mike of the English Grant-in-Aid schools this may Chun Yut as a personal favour consented to be accounted for by some schools, hitherto take charge of the classes nutil such time as a fres, charging fees. In the case of the Chinese teacher could be found to take the position per- schools it is partly due to an actual decrease in maneatly. So far no one has been found and the number of schools at work during the the prospect of Buding anyone seems as far off as

Year, as although there is a nominal increase of one ever. Theexamination of the Chinese Division was

the roll of Grant-in-Aid schools there is an heid in October, a more suitable time for judg increase of nine in the number of schools ing the work done

during the year than The following tables July. The number examined was 128 compared temporarily closed.

GOVERNMENT DISTRICT number of schools remains the same. The average daily attendance at the Chinese School- was 24 and at the English 444 compared with 240 and 484 respectively in 1899. The work in the English Schools was interfered with by- changes in the teaching staff. The attendance at the Yaumati Government

Bohool has donbled, and will no doubt continue to increase. The erection of ■ schoo: build- ing, the need for which was referred to in my last report, has been sanctioned. The

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when he refers to 50 per cent. of cases in the Tung's ruffians had asked for German help. some very gracious and kindly work in tending cusble a more detailed comparison to bedrawn with 37 in the previoue yo SCHOOLS-The Address-Care of Meara. Kwong Sang & Co.

Chaton native hospitals not being cases plague ut all.

of

In this connection I will quote the words of a speaker at a recent meeting of the Epidemic logical Society in London.' The meeting was hold as recently as May 17th, 1901, Dr. Manson occapied the chair, and the subject was the **Dinguosis of Plague":----

Dr. Cantlis admitted his inability to diagnoso clinically any cases of plague he led scen in this country except those at Glasgow, Clinical diagnosis is the equivalent of diagnosis from symptome only, ie, without bacteriological confirmation.

Now wherein does Mr. May's objection to Dr. Kwan lie? Surely if European doctor's are not infallible is it to be expected that Dr. Kwan should be so ? Seeing that the majority of Chinese cases are well marked, would not Dr. Kwan be capablo of disgnosing at lezat over 90 per cent. No, Mr. May's arguments will only hold as much water as a Bhanghai bath "with the plug out!

The nort on the list is Dr, Clark, This worthy gentleman did not speak (according to "Silenco is goiden" perhaps to report). thought, and under the circumstances I think it was; for what an extraordiary spectacle is presented to the public gaze, Mr. Editor. Here we have the Dean of the School of Medicine for Chinese refusing to recognise the professional qualifications of a. diplome of the school. I had really thought better of our BLO.H. The inconsistency of it! Is it not astounding, for Dr. Clark actually holds the post of Lecturer on Publio Health at this same College of Medicine! Does he then so under- rate the pupils he himself has trained?

And yet again maro inconsistency, as for some time the Board refused permission to allow Messrs. Butterfield & Swire to disinfect their own promises auch disinfection to be carried out by the staff of skilled analytical chemists in their ploy, men whose equal

ever such inconsistencies ?

the fist place from Paotingiu, and took the form of a statement in a missionary's note to his agent in Tientsin-a letter lus beets received fromi Taiyuan. stating," ke Tho careless man does not my if bis informant is a nativo, trustworthy or untrustworthy, nor does he criticiso the authority of the writer. It is but fair to add that Bishop Favier in Puking has received similar intelligence from his agents, and that the news is inherently probable. The Pantingfu writer added that the military lenders of Yuan Shih-kai's brigade who were to oppos It is only to be hoped that it is all tree. Tung is a crussly ignorant fanatic, and has had swelled head ever since he put down the Mahommedan rebels in Kansa thres jears age; he has verer men foreign soldiers, and is a Ruperstitious believer in the fallacy of numbers. It would do him endless good to meet u stronger force, numerically one tenth of his own, and to get a sound thrashing. It is extremely probable that he is now on the accult rebellion policy; that is, raising the standard of revolt with the well understood condition that if he meets with success his work will count for the Manchus and will be approved by them, however much, in the meantime they may decry him to the Ministers.

THE MILITARY ERODUA Meanwhile the report has made difference

between the year 1890, the year 1893-the last normal year, as the statistics for every year since have been affected by the plague--and 1990.

We have been busy socially commemorating the great delivary of last year. The ladies did the graves of our two hundred ode fallen heroes. Then there was a banquet in Gordon Hall, with Consul Zimmermann in the chair in the absence of Major-General Wognok); this was followed by hugo garden party in Victoria Pack at night. place in which a lot of dummy Boxers wat the when a bombardment of amimic Gordon Halitook

fate they meant for us. Lastly unduly 14th the children are to have their own little com memuration by a picnic at the Race Coures. Although the files were a suceau, a goodly

Victoria number abstained from them on the ground Villagon of H'kong that the time has hardly yet coms for rejoicing - Kowloon ..... and celebration.

MR. MABAH'S CONCERT. Under the auspices and leadership of Mr. Alec Marsh we have had two brillat concerts in which musical high-water mark has been

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Victoria Villages of H'kong I Kowloon

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Government and Grant-in-Aid Schoole

Chiness.

English. Schools. Buholare, Schools, Scholare.

51 3,340

15

2,489

181

D

180

487

1

38

86 4,111 Portuguese.

19 2,716

Total

380

17

Total

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Schools.holars. shoote, Scholars, system of partial payment by results has worked

70 5,900

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109 7,107

Portuguese,

Total Schools, Boholars, Schools, Scholars.

180

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GRANT-IN-AID SCHOOLS-The number of DENTISTRY schools on the rolls is 97 compared with 96 in 1899. The following schools wore closed during the year-1. The Roman Catholic Mission Nova Escola Portuguesa, a School for Porta- goose children. 2. The London Missionary Bocisty Kwa-i-fong, girls school for Chinese (Class). 3. The Victoria English School for girls (Class III).

The following new schools have been opened: -1. The Church Missionasy Kan-u-fong, girls" school for Chinese (Class Ï), 2. The London Misalonary Training Home for girls, a school

Total

Victoria Villages of a long 10 Kowloon

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Chinese.

English. Schools, Scholars. Schools, Scholars,

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278

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12

387

985

Total

1900.

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126 186

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English Schools. Scholars, Schools, Solalugu.

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8,006

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in the exodus of the Allied Chins feld-force, reached. The brilliant baritone has been much which is going on all the time. This week ene | impressed with the high level of musical thansand Germans sailed for home and the culture among Tientsin amateurs. Japanese battery of artillery left us two days ago for good. Nineteen transports are engaged to ran back and forward to Calcutta between this and October, some of which will make three trips. A large portion of the baggage train has already left, two thousand mules having been shipped in the last ten days. Our

Victoria people do not, like the rest of the Allies, sell An extraordinary general mesting of the Villages of H'kong 18 their horse and wale flesh; on dil that the shareholders in the above company was held on

KOWLOOD.... balance left ent of the 9,000 horses brought up Saturday at noon in the offices of the general Total from Australia for the Germans last'satoon at managers, Messrs. Jardine, Mathan & Co., 4, a cost of £90 a piece is to be disposed of here.' Fedder Street, to confirm the resolutions Victoria and much need it; in horse-flesh alone are they held on Thursday, 27th ult. The Hon. J. J. The Japanese have so far been heavy buyers, | adopted at an extraordinary general meeting

at a ludicrous discount in the military art. Bell Irving acoupled the chair, and there were Their guns are painfully dragged by also present the Hon. C. P. Chubor, C.M.G. tempered antive stallions which spend most of and Mr. A. Haapt (conauiting committee), and their time in fighting each eher. Their cavalry Messrs. C. W. Dickson, K. M. Ross, A too is in painful contrast to that of all the Shaw (manager), V. II. Deacon, A. Brook Allies, but especially to that of India

Smith (secretary), Ho Fook, Ah Hes, On Lan, Ho Kom Tong, Tuen Hop, and He Yn Shang The notice convening the meeting and the resolutions concerned having be read, the CHAIRMAN Said:--Gentlemen, sɛ you are aWBIO,

I note that the civil residents of Tentsin arg all getting well mounted, and no warder when,

for the price of a China pony.

is only to be found in Mr. Frank Browne if one is alert, he may pick up a full sized horse -and yet I have seen disinfection by the

CHINESE RULE RECOMMENCING. Sanitary Board in the central and crowded districts of the city relegated to a coolie

There are many proofs that we are at last in brigade, sometimes ander and sometimes a transition stage, and that the Chinese are not under European supervision. Were there about to renew the civil administration of much of Chikli Already Peking is in at under native police, and the refugee offens are now to be met on all hands. This week iz Tisntain, I have seen General Mei and the territorial Tatai going around making oficial calls. Their rag-tag and bob-tail following is pro- vocative of the greatost vender among the foreign soldiery; this is not surpring when they see a brave, riding under an unbrella or keeping guard with a minute one cost fan.

Is this disinfection by the Sanitary Board of such value as to warrant their denial of the right of others to disinfect their own premises Was not its worthlessness proved at Wild Dell, when European lives were twice endangered through inadequate disinfection P

It is greatly to be hoped, Bir, that the Board may yet reconsider its decision, and not stultify itself by rofusing to rosognise am honest effort to diminish its labours-Tours; &,

MEDICUS.

It is a highly contentious point whether Tientain, will come under native jurisdiction or

Portugucno.

Total. Schools. Sokolarn. Schools. Bebolara,

161

Villages of 'kong Kowloom

Tobul

101

76

6,125

19

800

15

550

110

7,491

in

Class II for giving a European education in Chinese. 3. The French Convent School, schod of very old standing for European girls. 4. The Diocesan Girls School, a Church of England School, principally for Eurasian girls. The schools formerly maintained by the Female Education Society have now passed

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management of the Church M-PLATED GLASS & CROCKERY WARF: donary Society. Out of the 7 schools Also FOOCHOW LACQUERED WARE. on the roll only 80 were examined. Of the rezauluing 17,2 were dispersed before the date of examination; the premises occupied them became unsafe for habitation and they by were unable to find now quarters. Eight of the others are closed owing to procuring teachers; another is closed A comparison between the two years 180 and the section of a permanent school 1900 shows a decease of 5 in the number of and the others are unable to find suitable Chinese Schools and an increase of 63 in the quarters. A special grant equal to 30 por apt. number of scholars in attendance at them, of the rent is now maile to schools occupying There is an actasi decrease ander every head leased premises and will, I hope, afford the except that of the number of scholars in the Chinese Bohools in Victoria some relief, but ronts Hongkong Village Schools. The increase are riding with such extraordinary rapidity that under the latter head is due to the closing of question whether this extra grant will indues Government Schools in small isolated villages tea

teachers sad the

aro #vers Landlords opening of Grant-in-Aid Schools in the closed to re-open the schools which have been leasing their Thus in

in 1890 there larger villages.

werk three schools in Shaukiman with an enrolment of 147 Pris for longer periods thin a month, and the object of this meeting in to confirm or other scholars, in 1900 five schools with an enrument from chary of incurring an, expenditure no return ean be expected till the of 244. The decrease in the number of end of the It is only the other day that English Schools in the Hongkong villages is the reply of a landlord to an application from English Schools at Stanley and Shaudwan. year's lease was one month's notice to quit, and sansed by the closing of the Goverment the Manager of a Grant-in-Aid School for a The decrease in the number of scholars stand. the reult is that a useful little girls school has ing Portuguese Betools deserves notice. With disapeared. All landlords are not like that, 1993 of course 3900 compies still worse. There and I am pleased to be able to report an instance is a decrease under every head except in the of a badlord foregoing a large increase in rent number of English Schools and in the number in order to enable a school to continue its work The CRAIEMAN then said-Work at the mill of schools in the villages of Hongkong. In till the end of the year and thus earn the will be resumed on Monday next ind shortly 1892 number of Government village schools Govenment Grant. after the Supreme Court has suctioned the

were closed and in the following year the reconstruction scheme, applications for the new

Grant-in-Aid Schools which ultimately took their place had not been opened. The free issue of capital will be invited, dus notice being Chinese Schools in Victoria have been very givos. New share sertificates will then he adversely affected by the general rise in rente. exchanged for the old scrip at prent hold by ↑ There is a demand for more Chinese Schools in shareholders. That is everything, gentlemen.

the Kowloon Peninsuls and unless it is met by

wise the special resolutions which were passed at an extraordinary general meeting leld a fort. night ago. I therefore propose that the resclz. tions which you have just heard read by the secretary be now confirmed:

The Hon. C. P. CHATER Boonded, and the

proposal was carried unanimously.

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