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distinguished itself by marked general improve ruent, and the Preparatory School, taught by acting papil teachers under the charge of a senior pupil teacher, has maintained its usual bigh level.

standard of intelligendo.

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Geography-Good. I expected that mora boys would have bean scquainted in Class IV with the draining operations of the Emperor Yu, qul iu Class V with the diurusl and anual motions of the earth,

Map-drawing from Memory. Excellent, The maps of Hengkong. Africa, and the 1 Provinces of China, that obtained over 80 per cent marke, were wonderful specimens of handiwork and feats of memory.

CompositionVery good indeed. The am- ployment ofnitable phrases, not distated by mo, was very successful and praiseworthy.

Chinear to English-Satisfactory, Moro boys made laudable attempts to translate the unseen pince that formed the fifth question in each paper. English to Chinese-This subject was, as usual, marked by the escond master (Mr. A. J. May), who found himself able to award a vary large proportion of high marks.

14. I do not know who is responsible for the extraorlivory statement in the L'olonial Office List that several valuable Government scholar. ships are attached to Queen's Vollege. The following is a complete list of the scholarships, all locally promoted and maintained without apy assistance from the Government:-Morrison Senior and Junior Scholarships, each tenable for three years; Stewart Bobolurship for one year; Hefilios Senlor and Junior Scholarships,

each tenable for two years..

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 23RD 1903

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Mooney, R.; N 4-White, H.; TEL A Cheung Ting-shoug; III B-Wan Hong-un;! III C-Chu Po-lam.

MATHEMATICAL PRIZE-IA-Eung Kwok- MACHELL MEMORIAN IBanje, C.

tevog.

CLASS PRIZES.

IA- Ho Yuik (Morrison); 2 Hang Kwok loung (Mathematical); 3 Li Ho-ching (Stewart scholar); 4 Chan Sz-yai,

IB-1 Cheung Kinz-shang

N 1-1 Bunje, H.; Bunje, C.; 3 Dalbarah, A. K.; Alarakie, U.

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JAPAN.

: [FROM OUR CORLESFONDENT]

Tokyo, 1th Jannary. · SOMA DEFECTS' IN JAPANESE EDUCATION. Bpeaking at a meeting of his party in the early part of December last, Marquis Ito mundo an attack on the Provincial Governments for the way in which they are spending money.

"The

EASTMAN'S

FILMS. KODAKS AND ACCESSORIES

central Governmout," he said, took the prison DEVELOPING AND PRINTING UNDERTAKEN.

N2-1 Ahwer, A.; 2 Mooney, W.; Judab, J.xpenditure off their shoulders some time ago, II A-1 Lai Chia-kon; Fong Pak-lio; but they have now spent two or three times Tong Shak-fan.

the amongt taken off. If wo eaquire into the

GOOD WORK. PROMPT RETURN.

II B-1 Wong Wai-tsing; 2 Chan Pak-way in which they thus angmented their local keng 3 Chan Shiu-las.

N3-1 Galuzzi, U.; 2 Galozzi, R.; Tolzel. C expondituce, much may be found to have N-1 Yamasaki, M.; 2 Buffaid, A. M.; paid out in order to meat political necessities; but to me it seems that they have diverted a Aronlli, A.

good deal of it toward perfecting the system of education." This seems a singular statement, but the traneletion of the sposeb| FOR DEVELOPING AND PRINTING THAN ANY HOUSE IN THE COLONY.

I A-1 Lui In-choung (Belilios, Jan.); 2 Wong Man-you'; 3 Lo Ping-ñ.

DIB-1 Un Kwong; 2 Lan Chenk-wing. III C-1 Chi Po-lam; 2 Leung Shi-kan IV A Chan King-leak (Mor. Jun.); 2 Chau King-kwong; 3 Luk 1-yan

is that of the Japan Times, the Marquis's own organ (according to the genstal report) and its correctness has never been challenged. The translation gees on as follows:-

"Indeed there are some people who seized by

IV H-1 Chong Kwan; 2 Won Hoi-Man, IV C-1 Le Teik-kü: 2 Chan Kam-tung. VA-1 Mak Shiu-yik; 2 Wong Tio-fang. VBI Fung Chenng: 2 Lam Kwok-san.

C- Le Kar chang; 2 Pang Trung-ling.what I can only call an education manis, would VI A-1 Un Ng-tanng; Kwok Tean-kong; go so far as to say that they would sell their LivoBay, H.

farms in order to obtain money wherewith to VI B-1 Wong Walsham; 2 Yon Wan. VI C-1 Lam Ming-chnog: 2 Wong Ping, satisfy their craze for education. This is absurd : chin

even in arcivut (sage) said that with clothing VII A-1 Leung Wing; 2 Chung Kom-and food provided for him, a man (on matter how poor) will know how to bo deseist and moral." tong: Hyndaian, H.

VIL BI Wong Lam-cho; 2U Yuk-shunghe Marquis had probably in his mind the VII C-Chi Kong-m; 2 Chan Un-chi. VII D-1 Ng Tang-sing, 2 Chan.kwon. VIII A-Teng Chuk-ping: Li Luu-kwas, VIII B-1 i Taog; Li Ting-so. VIII C-1 Fung Kam-tong; 2 Ho Wing ebui

PAKHOI.

[FROM OUR COREESPONDENT]

Pakboj, 17th January, FIRATICAL ATTACK FRUSTRATED.

A passage-boat, from this pert to Hamchow, was attacked by three piratical junks on the evening of the 11th instant, scarcely cao hour after she had left the barbour. The passage- bont, having temporarily managed to resist the attack, and being probably a foster sailer, oscaped from her assailants and returned to port the same evening.

text I Timothy 6; 8: and having food and raiment let us be therenith content.")

Why do we pay so mach attention to-day to education? It is the ultimate end of all kinds of education to build up the wealth of a nation. No one wants to turn out an army of dreaming theorists by encouraging education at the oxpense of the national wealth."

WE HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT SOLELY DEVOTED TO EXECUTING WORK FOR AMATEURS, AND WE HAVE LARGER AND BETTER FACILFFIES

ACHEE & CO.,

PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS STORE, 17A, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.

FEW DOORS EAST OF HONGKONG HOTEL.

Hongkong. 15th November. 1902.

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VICTORIA

LITHOGRAPHIC PRESS.

3, DUDDELL STREET,

LITHOGRAPHIC AND MUSIC PRINTERS, PAPER AGENTS, &c.

EACH DEPARTMENT UNDER TRAINED EUROPEAN SUPERVISION. LATEST

MACHINERY FOR PRODUCING FIRST-CLASS WORK. AGENTS FOR~-

MESSES, PARSONS BROS. PAPEL MERCHANTS, London, New York, and Sydn.y

Leading lines kept in stock.

This shows precisely how the Japaneso idea of education differs from sura, or at least from what we regard as ours. For I must insist on The restraints under which the old Samurai the fact that, though the Japanese beliovo they lived, lod as each restraints often do to the are copying us perfectly-with the exception of production of a high and striking type a few useless formalities such as church-going, of character, but now these restraints have all religious instruction, &c-lhe piolure they been removed and replaced by a fear of poverty and richess Japanese present to our eyes is that of a profcuudly the only holt a Japanese child knows--and a materia istic people, as different from us as desire for saccaES can be imagined. In short, we find ourselves child's only benven. 'I mean that the tendency Irish friend of of the present system of education is to make in the position of mine who was perfectly convinced that his a child regard poverty as synonymous with hal English pronunciation was free from the sad riches as synonymous with heaven; but slightest trace of the brogue until end of his needless to say the work of centuries of abnega Japanese pupils once asked him, in the serious tion and restraint cannot be undone in a day, and most respectful manner camion to all and the Japanese child still occupies a high Japanese students, what he meant by the word rank among the children of the world. There "foight."

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recently a Director of the Seiyu-kai, Marquis flo's party, and a rast number of mon of light and leading in the odacational world. As the arrests are still taking place daily, there is no knowing how the affair will end.

Taking the latest scandal as a text the Araki, one of the leading papers in Tokyo, traces the corrupt practices of all kinds that have become so common in Japan to the adoption by the Japanese of the material side of Western civili- sation without what it onlis the counteracting spiritual side, and to the understanding of the old Japanese code of morals. The people aro now possessed, according to the Asahi, by a veritable

to gratify by any and every means. This low wonis for riches, a manin which they are prepared

connection with one great stumbling block to progress had been the irregular attendance of the pupils. In addition to the ordinary regular holidays, they abscuted the involves for fosets, festivals, marriages, birthdays, and all Rose Examinal

1h so extraordinarily recnrrest illnesses and 422 388 or 92 %% Lower School.

often deaths of near relatives. (Laughter and 957

245 45 Preparatory School...

applause.) The result of the bolter and more Total...... 679 638 93.

regular attendance was shewn from Dr. Wright's report, for he said that the quality of 13. Glaservations ou individual subjects :--

the work shown by the Lower School had been Renting. Though few failure occurred, it was rare to bonble to sign marks higher than a marked improvement on that shown doring So per cent. I make a point of treating most the previous year. The report of the indepen- severely the mispronuciation of common words, dent examiners was distinctly good, and they Conversaliaz-As usu:1, the percentage of stated that the boys at the head of the School had shown some really excellent work. They passo is low. I applied a slightly higher remarked that when it was rettested that the Dictation. Very good, especially the writing, work done by the Chinese boys was done in Arithmetic. A very marked improvement Buglich, was to them a foreign language, on the results of recent years. A large number the result was extremely satisfactory. (Ap of boys antecessfully solved the usual sort of plause.) But they added that it was to be problems. The work was neat and lees crowded regretted that boys who could do so well in English should, with one or two exceptions, into out-of-the-way corners.

Grammar-Very satisfactory, with the exeup-be so weak in the knowledge of their own written language. Dr. Wright had referred tion of one class. The masters of the thre

to the Commission which arquired last sections of Class IV admitted the questions to be fair, if not actually easy; yet the fact year into education generally in this Colony, remains that the great bulk of the boys failed and he had no doubt Dr. Wright would to divalge some State Recrols to get 50 per e nt. marks, Knowing from like him personal aberration that these mastors taught that morning and tell him how for the recom this subject very ourefully, I can only conelle mendations of the Commission affecting the that they had been paying more particular College would be carried out. Well, he wak afraid he was put in a position to do so. but attention to other details,

there was one thing he could tell them, and that was that the closzes for teaching the Chinese language were to be restored in that College. (Applause) Personally he would be very gind if such a clunge was made. He had cousidor- able experience, during his official careur in Hongkong, of clerks and interpreters in the Government service, and a great many of them were drawn from that College, and although "ne of the best clerks in the Government ear. vico were old pupils in the Victoria College, now Queen's College, still bo might alute as a general fact that their weak point as a was the want of kaowledge of their own written language; and be hoped that the change which Le had just alluded to might bring about nu improvement in that direction. Applause) Having said that much about the College, he would like to say a few words to the bays, He remembered in the year 1880, which was a very severe winter in Ireland, when all the country was frozen and the roads were covered with ice, that he was out shooting one day and turned into one of the little autional schools to see how they were getting on there, ond just as he entered he heard the master apbraiding a small boy for being so very late. And he said: How is this, Dennis, that you are late again Well, sir," said the boy. "the roads were that slippery that every step I look in ad- vance slipped back two." Dow, then," 15. The non-Chinese boys, past and present, said the master, did you manage to arrive at assisted by the friends of the late Mr. W. the school at nil?" "Oh," said Dennis, with Macholl, have raised a small um to endow a ative quick wit, "I maungod it by turning special prize in memory of his devoted zeal in my back on the school." (Laughter.) Now,

It is curious to observe the impassivity of the behalf of the interests of the Senior non-Chinese curiously enough in the year 1895 Afteen years Class. In spite of the handsome allowance for afterwards he was attached for a time during two Chinese ganboats in port the Kwong Kam prizes from the Government, we should be his leave at home to the Royal Irish Con- and Kwong Yeuk-which remained ut anchor gollars dieser ring of distinction, were it not for grown Hp and going in for his sergeant's as if nothing had happened, instead of going poorly off to provide recogait on for our sixty stabulary, and he met there this very same the generona beneficence of the public. The examination in that police force. He resog- after the pirates, who were sure to have been mised the man and said, "Well, Dennis, are found in the vicinity, lying in wait for the first following is a list of the present contributors :--- The Consul-General for Fortagal, Messrs.yun as fond of sliding as ever?" And Dennis opportunity to commit the next depredation. Arculli and Dorabjee Nowrojea, Messrs. Chau replied, Your honour, I often regret the time Heisen, Chan Pakcheung, Fang Wa Chun, wasted on sliding; it I had attended

Seldom do we see such a largo fleet of steamers Ho Fook, Ho Kom-teng, Ho Turg, Ip Shin more to my books I would not have Kam. Ko Yik Kun, Lan Chek Min, Leung dilouity now in passing the examinations in

wero no less than nine vessels Mok Man-chenng. Ng Kwok-ebing, Bia Tak College who were British subjects owed a great There fan, Teri Laptoy, U Hang Kara, Wong Kam debt to the British Empire-applense) and the six merchent steamers and three men-of-war

way into the country. I refer to the struggle the most thoughtful of all the metropolitan fak, Yang Hing-pong, Yung Shin-pe, thebys there who were Chinese subjects cared o Directors of the Tung Wa Hospital, and others, debt to the Colony and to the Empire of which They were the Ape rade. Hut, Huila, Frithjof,

in the House of Representatives and to what is dailies-amphatically destares that, unless this 16. The school magazine Yellow Drayon, the it formed a part, but they owed an aven greater Pelise, Teintau, H.B.M. garboat Phenix, and

known as "the school-book scandal." With re- tide of corruption is checked, Japan will, in Reading, Cricket and Football Clubs, continue debt to the neighbouring Chinese Empire, the Chinese gunboats Kong Kam and Kwong

gard to the first, it is a melancholy fast that the spite of her recent extraordinary growth, and Legislature in Japan is notorious for its currup-bererit collapse some day all of a sudden, as to flourish. A novelty in 1902 was u boys pair- the place of their birth, (Applause.) They Yeuk, cared race introduced into the Regatta by the could, all of them, it they attended to their

tion. I need not remind your readers that the kindness of the Victoria and Hongkong Row- work and cultivated habits of industry and

The 8.8. Trinian, with 1,087 emigrants on

Opposition lately rejected the Land Tax Contin- big tree with a rotten core is able to go ing Cluts. Uar trew, consisting of the brothers cunscivations work-which were just as easy to

uation measure of the Government. The latter board, left this port for Mintok on the after Bunje, coxswain Saper, were conobed by Mr. cultivato se habits of idleness and carelessness --become nefal and influential citizens of

noon of the 15th instant. She left behind

prosegued the House twice, with the object, it to that taken by all the leading Japanese Bird, and won a well-contested ruce.

is suid-according to a rumour which is whatever Empire they elected to serve, be

some seven or eight hundred emigrants for

vidently accepted as a fast by the Japan Times in the British Empire as in the cause

want of accommodation. I hear that another

of buying a majority. Commenting on this 80 by the Jiji, Boron Iwasaki ako points neighbouring Chinese Empire, there was no position under that of the Sovereign to which

man-by his own individual exertions might steamer is being chartered at your port to take

says that if the Government gaina sixty not attain. (Applause.) Au ancient Roman these surplus labourers to the sumo destination, being to cultivate the saring habit and affuir, the paper which I have just quoted the last thirty years Japan has been too said that it was a glorious thing to die for As reported in my last to you, these men would again and again Japanese newspapers bars

"turn-coats" by its process of "liquefaction" much absorbed in adopting the material side of Western civilisation to pay any attention to one's country. He would ask them to believe have gone by native juuks weeks ago, had it aronuced triumphantly that in such and, of members, that would be by no that it was an equally glorious thing to live not been timely prevented by the Commissioner such a village the school children have between saflicient to enkle it to gain a victory. the spiritual side or even to keep up her and work for one's country day by day and year by your. (Applause.) In conclusion Ee of Customs and the Weiyuen of Foreign Affairs, them no less than so many yen (generally about And what is this liquefaction" In plain indigenous code of morals, which has cease- would congratulate Dr. Wright and the masters the junks being inadequately provided to carry thres thousand), so many een, and an many rin English," says the Japan Times, it is nothing quently been thrown aside. Taking into account the extent of her resources, she has, in this short of buying up rates." This serious charge eminent financier's opinion, virtually reached and pupil teachers who had worked under him

Mr. Balfour once said, I think, that Cobden | against the Government is made in no hesitating the atmost limit of her material progress; but After reading the report the HEADMASTER on the good results of their labours during the suck a large number of human beings on a in the local Post-Offies savings Bank. went on to say he must offer word year under review and he would wish all the long voyage. Considering that the Taindau is

boys a very happy holiday. (Applause.)

a ressol of only 1,000 tons, the number of looked forward to a baguan's willenium, and way, "The oligarelical form of Government this progress must be regarded as resting on of apology for inviting the company

The HEADMASTER aid he had to thank passengers she took away this time is a little certainly the Japanese seem unable to conceive bas," says the Tokyo journal, "good points of a building in the untimely condition in which the Collega was (the strastare being under Mr. May very mach for his kind and

of any other. Whon Count Matankata its own as well as bad ores, and of its evil Polarned fr.in Europe recently he declared features the worst it undoubtedly its proneness repair). His first impulso had been to wake instructive address to the bays. The statement the function perfectly private and to hand over they had board that they were to have the

that the whole rength and power of Furano to fall back on the corruptive practice in ques the prizes himself; but as that would have been Chinese classes restored would be very welcome to rob the prizewinners and their parents of to the masters and be should think to a large

was built on the saving habits of the average tion. This trafficking in votes is cortainly not much of the enjoyment resulting from publicity number of the boys; certainly to the boys'

European; and so impressed was he by this unknown even in the West. But occasions for and to deprive them all of the benefit of the parents. He trusted the boys would carry

discovery that he fort with draw up a new scheme baving recourse to this underband branch of sanual address, he ventured to ignore the some-away soine recollection of the story of the Irish what chaotic conditions produced by repairs to boy who want to school by turning his back

for consing his own countrymen--naturally politics in order to remove a deadlock between the the roof. His Excellency the Govoro or would upon it and would profit next term by not have brea deterred by the state of the recollection that he afterwards found eat that

anything but thrifty-to sequire habits of the Government and the Opposition are for less he had better have gone with his face

thrift. Unfortunately the result of all this in those countries theu in one like curs, where

the cabinet stands on an oligarchical basis,” ball from coming, but other important en

effort and I could easily make the list of such towards it. Mr. May had pointed oat present. gagements prevented his being

efforts ten times as long-is not encouraging, Though that was naturally a disappointment very clearly the difficulty they had to deal they desired to express a very hearty welcome with under Chinese customs, and he wished

A great thirst for money has, it is true, been created, but the people have not become thrifty to Mr. May, (Applause) Not only did Mr. that some of the Chinese parents would remem May's high position as Colonial Secretary and ber that it was a serious less to the School piratical craft on the forenoon of the 13th

--quite the opposite; and as none of the Chairman of the Governing Body render him when the boys were taken away to a distant specially fitted to preside on that occasion. bat consin's wedding and various feasts, dedications instent, to the South of this port, and sa his long and successful career in the Colony of new boneer, and so forth, that it was hardly engagement begus, which lusted marly one almost outilled him to look upon it as a claim. necessary to interrupt a school career for. He hour; at length both parties grudasly with Before his recent popular promotion, he had as had only now to ask Mr. May to intimate that

drew, the war-junk-probably perceiving that Assistant and Acting Colonial Secretary bean intimately acquainted with the history both of that College and of education in the Colony generally. Few men too had a better knowledge of the character of the Chinese race and of the dificulties and beauty of the Chinese language and literature. (Applause) With these few words he would ask Mr. May to distribute the prizes and afterwards favour them with an address. (Applause.)

STEAMERS IN FORT,

honour to any country.

Two events that lately occurred show in

Yau-po, Lo Cheung thin, Lo Tat, Luk King-fo, this police forca." Now, the boys in Queen's in port as on the morning of the 13th instant.real aim is to 1each our boys to make mon striking water how far this rot has eaten its

17. For the gymnasium, first mooted three years ago by Hen. J. Stewart Lockhart and mentioned in my last annual report, we have to wait indefinitely The appliances to be used temporarily in the basement of the College at a cost of about $4.0, we may expect to get in the

year 1904.

18. The usual tables of statistics are attached, I bave the honour to be, Sir, your must

obodient servant,

GRO. H. BATESON WEIGHT.

D.D. (0x08.),

Head Master..

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to

After the coremony of presenting the prizes, Hon. F. H. MAY, who was received with applause, suid that referring first to the last part of Dr. Wright's remarks, he might say at

-pleasure to have had the privilege of coming there to present the prizes. He might add that

EMIGRATION TO MINTOK.

over the nsual limit.

CHANGE OF COMMISSIONER.

I bear that Mr. E. O. Beis, neling Commit sioner of Customs, is going home on leave next week. He will be succeeded by Commissioner H. B. Mores, who has just come out from home, where he has enjoyed his leave also. Mr. Morse is well known here, having been Commissioner at this port twice, the last time aboat four

years ago.

A DRAWN NATAL ENGAGEMENT,

A guard-junk rot a fleet of three or four

in the upper portion of the town.

We hope that cue system of education are Japanese men alvo, like the Inte, Mr. Fukuzawa, the great educationist, whose dis- calcalated to make of our boys something interested devotion to a lefty ideal would do higher than mere money-making madlines; but the average Japanese secas convinced that our

It is amazing sometimes to watch the naizeté with which they proceed to follow our example. Smiles & Seif-Help and almost all books of the same type that have appeared since in English, are put into the hands of their children at early age; the reading books asel in soliool are full of encouragements to go forth and make money; the continual advice become rich. In of the teachers is to many places children who have now prizes at school have been presented with pass book i the local Post-Ofice Savings Bank containing

few sen to their credit, the object

means

THE SCHOOL-BOOK SCANDAL, Even more disgraceful than the corruption of the Legislature is what is known, as "The School-Boob Scandal," a subject which a exciting wide-spread interest in Japan at the

bition has affected the very core of the nation, and the accumulated corruption has now burst forth in the shape of scandals of all sorte, such as there about the state forests, those about the school-books, and others too numerous to mention. The A ahi-which is

down before the first strong storm.

The deant's view of the question is similor

In a signed article published a few days

out that during her marvellous progress of

an extremely precarions foundation. It may even be compared to a heues built ou sund, while the progress of Western civilisation may be compared to bouse built on bed-rock. Every faithful subject of Japan must be filed with grave apprebensions about the future of his country of his ability, the basis on which the country's and abould endeavour to strengthen, to the best prosperity is based. It is the decay of the old social order and code of morals and the absence of any substitute that is the greatest, danger to Japan now and in the future."

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STILL LEADING

religious systems of the Went havo spread to

present moment. To state the question in a extent among the people, that thirst for

for words, every little school-board district in wealth seems to injure the national character the holidays would couolade on Saturday, the she was no match for the pirates. The heasy to upset to a certain extent the equilibrium Japan has a committee of local notables whose 21st February

Hon. Mr. BAY having made this lutimation, cannonating could be tistinetly heard by those maintained in that oburaator under the rule of business it is to choose the school-booka required

the Tokugawa Shoguns. It makes most students think that their time is lost if their in the schools ander their control out of a number that have been published by studios do not bring them cent, per cent.

different Tokyo firms and spproved within a few years; it has killed the oil art of

Owing to Japan; and has, so far as I can judge, prevented by the Minister of Education.

there is money in this business, for the rise of ony modern school of literature, the great difasion of education in Japan & SCOTCH WHISKY OF EXCELLENT

QUALITY AT REASONABLE drama, or masic in this contry. Instead of s

PRICE.

The proceedings were brought to a close by the boys giving three cheers for the Hon. Br. Mag, for the dances of prizes, and for the Headmaster

Appended is the prize-list for 1902-1903, OXFORD LOCAL, 1902-Senior: I AA- Banje, E. T. H.; AA-869, M. D.; AA Hung Kwok-leung: Junior: Tam Wing- kwong: Ruuje, C. Bunje. H.; Ho Yau-sik; Li Ho-shiug: The Tack-kai.

PRELIMINARY-Abwee, A.; Hung In-chi:

SLHOL.KSHIPS.

Ware P

of

"CLUB"

PER DOZEN

An American judge has added golf to the games which produce on individual expression of face. He undertakes, from bie panus observation, to detect & golfer, however far removed from links or however empty his hands may be of cleek and lofter. Just as riding a Millos er Tennyson,, we have a Mr. Taguchi about fear million yen is spent on text-books eyele produces a cet oxpression of fees, so golf writing an epic poem on "Commerce," I for every year: and certain Tokyo publishers seem is responsible for facial contortions and a certain

to corrupt these committers wholesale with the ones that it had afforded him a great deal of Lee, W. H.; Pang Kwok-sui; Alongo, Dipose of body. The golfer's eye, from straining / get in how many books. Even when leading heace to have considered it worth their while acreen, C. V., Watling, H., Ford, W. F., to follow the dizzy flight of a ball through the papers get up literary competitions the literary object of course of getting their own books chosen. air, acquires a lized, penetrating expression element is conspicuous by its absence. For This system of bribery bad boen in full operation Alarakia, C.; In Hang-tok.

easily recognisable, and the forehead, in instance the Yomiuri, le Yorozu and the Cuka for a time before it was discovered, and the le did not think there was any necessity ep Dr.

MORETSON--Senior: non-Chincse, Bunje, obedience to the strain of the optic nerves, Wright's part to make any excuses on secouet

Asahi each opened a poetic competition toward of the condition of the ball. From recent ex-E. T. H.; hieese, Ho Yan-sik; Junior: EV A wrinkles itself in a manner unknown to any perience in connection with buildings in Hong Chan King-leak.

other form of research or interest. Women, by the end of last year. What do you think the first inkling of what was going on was brought STEWART-IA-Li Ho-ching.

Expansion, to the knowledge of the Public Procurators by IF YOU REQUIRE A PERFECT "Japanese says, who drive well over the link unconsciously subjects be for one, and he was sure many of the.. kong.

BELAL108.--Senior: N. Banje, C.; form the habit of standing vary squarely with Saccos in Life," and

"Osaka Osakurather an old accident. It seems that a rather others present, felt much happier under a roof which they could see was well supported Junior: III A—Lui }u-cheung

the feet wide apart, and the heals and toes fat buing, it should be stated, fondly called by the influential canvasser for an important arm of SPACIAL PRIZES.

school-book publishers was robbed of his an the ground. In addition, the game produces than under one which might be under the least

TRANSLATION. to C: LA Li Ho-

a certain easy swing upon the urms and legs Junes," the Manchester of Japan." laint of suspicions. (Applause and laughter.)

Mere serious than the decise of poetry has travelling bag by a thief, who extracted all The report which Dr. Wright had been good thing: II A-2 Lo Kam-chak; CE: I A which betrays the golfer as certainly as his enough to read, taken in conjunction with the 1 Li Ho-ching; Tse Tsok-kai.

accent, betrays the Yorkshireman or the been the rapid decline in commercial morality, HISTORY IA-Hung Kwok-lenag; I B Dereaian. Every occupation, in fact, has its report of the independent examiners which he had had the privilege of seeing, was, he thought, Cheang King-shang; Ni-Bunje, H.; Narke, saya the American judge; and one due to the unscrupulous greed of certain extremely good. (Applause) Perhaps the most Mooney, W: II A-Fung Fak-lit: II B knows how easy it is to detect the elsegyman, business men, and a corruption in the legish and banded it to the polier, who were led satisfactory feature in Dr. Wright's report was Lau Kai-in: N. 3-Markar, C. G.; III Athe soldier, the actor, and the lawyer by their ture and in various branches of the public by some entries in a note-book contained in the bag to the discovery of the present the statement that the attendances had beau Lui Iu-choung; 111 B-Un-kwong: III C-individual expressions of countenanos. But we service always excepting the army mroh botter than in the previous year; that was Chu Po-lam.

COMPOSITION-I A---Ho Yau-sik; N 1-should like to know what happens to a man's

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be is, say, an intensely keen which, being officered as a rule by men who still wide-sproad system of corruption, which seems attendanes. in ereinstitution in raich Banje, C. N 2-Dixon, K.; II A-Oba elergyman as well as an enthusiastic goller? possess a good deal of the old Samurai spirit of to enclose in its not four Governors of Provin contempt for money, are so for incorruptible.ces, neveral ex-Governors, a gentleman who was Chinese were educated that he had had any Tak-fal; II B-Chan Pak-kong; N. 3- Does it result in a composite face?

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