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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3ud, 1917.
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treatment.
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE.
COMMITTEE.
HONGKONG'S SMALL EXPENDITURE
ON EDUCATION.
The report of the Committee appointed by H., the Governor to enquire into the teaching of English in Government Schools was laid before the Legislative Council yesterday,
The Commitice was instructed " to enquire into the teaching of the English
in the hours devoted to the study of Chinese; the time thus saved to be de voted to the teaching of English. We als recommend that Commercial Geography should be dropped, and that the general course in Geography for the University Senior Examination should be substitut ed. No change in the curriculum is proposed for the Full Side of the Upper School. These are not sweeping changes. end, apart from them, we recommend no modification of the curriculum.
The Methods employed are good in themselves, although often applied by
HONGKONG POLICE FORCE.
REPORT OF THE CAPTAIN- SUPERINTENDENT FOR 1916-
The report of the Capt.-Superintendent of Police for 1910 states that the total of all cases reported to the Police during the year 1910 was 11,319, as against 8,400 in 1915, being an increase of 1,889 or 1963 per cent. The average for the last hiyo years is 10,353-4.
PROPERTY REPORTED STOLEN AND PROPERTY RECOVERED.
The estimated value of property stolen
during the year was $266,381,700
against #107,251.86 in 1915, an increase - of 869,320.82.
The average for the Inst five years is 8280,719.45,
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The value of property recovered and restored to owliers was 80,498.17 7am. against BM,170,37 in 1915, an increase over property recovered; in the previons. year of $7,257,80.
TES PIRANT ORDINANCE.
The number of searchers employed under the Prevention of Piracy Ordi-
Your nervous energy is like a bank
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Serious and Minor Offenece, there apr. you add to it you overdraw your account. Therefore if you suffer from nerves, have
the Chinese masters in too mechanical apears an increase, as compared with sleepless nights, braining, or lack of
manner. The methods of the English 1015, of 3086 cases (or 12:68 per cent.) in ambition caused by overwork, worry, aver-indulgence in alcohol, tobacco, or language to Chinese boys in Government Staff seem perfectly adequate and modern, the former, and of 1,463 enses for 23:00 nance, 1014, was as under:- from excess of any kind, go to your
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Schools, and to examine the question whether by a reduction in the number of other subjects more time can be devoted to such teaching."
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Tha Committee consisted of the Director of Education (Chairman), the Hon. Mr. P. H. Holyoak, the Hon. Mr. Lau Chu-pak. Mr. Piercy, Mr. W. J. Hinton, Mr. F. M. H. Holman, Mr. R. A. Ponsonby-Fane, and Mr. Ralphs (Secretary).
They met eleven times, and visited Queen's College, Ellis Kadooric School, Sairingpun School, and Wanchai School. They also visited St. Joseph's College for purpose of comparison.
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Increase. Burglary and larceny from
dwelling
21
Kidnapping and protection of
women and children.
1
Unlawful possession Larceny
56
34)
410
Decrease
Murder Robbery
1
5
Assault with intcut to rob Other felonies
5
12
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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
218.
A total of 4.70 weights and measures were examined and of those 213 were found to be incorrect. The prosecutions number 185 and convictions were obtained 23 in every case, the fines amounting to
3:11,925.
respect.
European The increase and decrease as compared The Staff is defective in two respects.with 1915 in Serious Offences are shown The proportion of masters to pupils is as follows:- too low feren when not, na at present, reduced by absentees on war service), and the classes are too big. We recommend an increase of the Establishment sufficient to ensure that there shall always be at least one English teacher for every 120 boys, reckoning by the average atten. dance; and, further, that the maximum enrolment for coch division of a class he reduced from 40 to 30. This reduction might be accomplished as follows:-By applying it in 1918 to Class 8 (the lowest); in 1010 to Classes Band 7; and so on until the change has become operative through- out the schools. We are of opinion that the employment of women teachers in the Lower Classes might advantageously he extended. With regard to the Chinese masters, while recognising their industry and conscientiousness, we find that they are insufficiently prepared for the work of teaching a foreign language,
Nett incrente
300
The increase was to a large extent due the very large influx of Chinese owing to the disturbances in Chinese Territory
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MURDER.
MANBLAUĜITTER.
The Committee's report. is as follows We find that the following are the only Government Schools of any importance which are concerned with the teaching of English to Chinese boys: Queen's College; and Ellis Kadoorie, Safyingpun,
Twelve murders vere reported to the Yamati and Wanchai District Bchools.
Police during the year, compared with These four Schools and the Lower
13 in 1915.. In connection with 7 of these School at Queen's College are very similar.
reports, no arrest was made, and in the They admit boys subject to a certain
remaining 5 cases arrests were made. prescribed knowledge of Chinese and to Buildings and Equipment-Sairing-
There were 2 cases in which convictions certain rules as to age, and give them a pun School is most unsuitably situated, five years' course-in the case of Queen's being between two busy roads on a very convicted and 2 discharged). In 3 cases were obtained (5 persons of whom 3 were College, a four years' course-in English narrow site, and opposite a row of noisy, there was no conviction (3 persoas).' subjects, Arithmetic, and Chinese. The houses. The accommodation is insufficient Upper School at Queen's College next and cannot be extended. We therefore takes up their education, Here they can recommend that it should be abandoned
manslaughters were reported to follow a Full Course leading to the and a new school bitilt on a more suitable | the" Police during the year, as against 8 Matriculation Examination of the Hong-site in the same District.
in 1915. In casce, no arrest was made; kong University, or they can take the
The recommendations for the reduction in the remaining 7 cases arrests were Commercial Course, which leads up to the in the size of classes made above call for University's Senior Local Examination. the election of an additional school. We Queen's College contains a Normal recommend that it should be in the Class for training Chinese boys to be Eastern District. school-masters. The students are recruited in the following way:--They are selected by open exnuination usually from Clas 1. at Queen's College. They serve for three years as pupil teachers in a solar / | beginning at 820 a month, under the
supervision of the Normal Master Queen's College. They attend the Norma School every morning until 11.30, where they receive both theoretical and pric. tical instruction, which is continued with more emphasis on the practical side during the rest of the day in Queen's College or a District School. On passing a final examination they are appointed teachers on a salary beginning at $40, and rising by increments or promotion.
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Wantsai School needs better ventilation. Some of the equipment in most of the schools needs renewal.
made. There were 7 cams in which con- victions were obtained (4 persons of whom were convicted and I discharged). In
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GANG ROBRONIES.
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The Normal School.--We find that excel.
Forty-seven gang robberies were lent work has been done by the Normal ported to the Police during the year as Master at Queen's College. But the same against 44 in 1915. In 27 eases no arrest what mechanical nature of the teaching. giren by the Chinese masters, and marked was made; in the reshining 20 cases defects in their pronunciation and general arrests were made. There were 13 cases education, call for special treatment. We
recommend that the University be › ap- in which convictions were obtained (29 proached in order that a wider range of persons of whom 26 were convicted ant general studies may be available for 4 discharged). In 6 cases there was no Chinese who desire to become teachers of English. It is noteworthy that until conviction (9 persons). One case, with recently the demand for Chinese masters une man remained undecided pupil teachers being made Assistant in the Education Department resulted in
Masters before the completion of their three years course This irregularity ho had unfortunate reults, and should be avoided in future,
STREET AND HIGHWAY ROBBERIES.
Sixteen street and highway robberies, were reported to the Police during the
a year as against 20 in 1915. In cases
no arrest was made; in the remaining 4
The Salaries of both English and Chinese masters are insuficient, and we
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DEPORTEES,
There were 900 persons banished from Hongkong,
ARMS ORDINANCE.
The following arms and ammunition were confiscated during the year, vie Four Winchester rifles, 24 rifles, 3 Maurer pistol, 21 automatic pistols, 22 revolvers,. 4,977 rounds of Winchester ammunition, 1888 rounds of automatic pistol ammuni munition, 17,123 rounds of revolver am- tion, 14,900 rounds of Mauser pistol am- Munition, 39 Inyouets, 1,329 detonators, 3,000 percussion caps, and 00 pounds dynamite.
IDENTIFICATION BY FINGER IMPRESSIONS.
Six hundred and forty-eight persons were identified as having previous con- victions against them, un increase of 140 n compared with 1915. Ninety-eight identifications were those of criminals who had returned from banishment.
PULICE ON ACTİVE SERVICE,
Up to the end of the year forty-one members of the Hongkong Police Force twenty more were ready at the end of hid enlisted for Active Service and the year to proceed to England,
Four members of this Force were
killed while on Active Service during the
year.
SPECIAL POLICE, RESERVE.
Including meu on leave (about 80) the strength of the Policy Reserve is 862. of all ranks, made up. na follows : —
Staff
24
No 1 Company
149
No. 2 Company
212.
No. 2. Company
74
No. 1 Company
64
Anbulance Platoon Mounted Police Maxim Gunners
42
22
10
22
642
Band and Orchestra Buglers and Drammers
The Polico Reserve perform both landi and harbour patrols. Every evening sixty, men report for duty at the Land and Water Police Stations. Arrange
jõents have also been made and tested for large proportion of the forge to assemble at certain places, within a very
for any emergency
to 170 për mensen; but there are very fear that unless they are increased ther uses, arrests were made. There were 3 short space of time and fully prepared, may be dificulty in getting the stamp of casca in which convictions were obtained. The general and all round eficiency of (6 persons). In one case there was no this Volunteer Police Forec is due to the conviction (person).
for appointments carrying the higher salaries. On ceasing to be pupil teachers the masters enter a kind of probation stugo in which they teach all day and attend evening classes at the Technical Institute. There they have to pass annual examinations, after three of which their education is considered to be complete Failure to pass involves reduction of pay and, in the end, dismissal,
The Discipline and Organization in the District Schools were found to be excel lent throughout, and the relations of boys to masters satisfactory. But we regret to record our opinion that the general spirit and organization at Queen's College are not satisfactory and call for further investigation. There appears to be a lack of leadership, with the resnit that the College resembles an aggregation of classes rather than an organized unit.
mau required. The proportion of better. paid appointments ja too small.
Medical Inspection of Schools. It is well recognised at Home that certnin physical defects common to school children render their instruction largely a waste
ROIDERIES ON BOATS AND JUNKS.
Two cases were reported to the Police
of time and money. Among such are during the year as against 6 in 1915. In defective sight, deafness, adenoids, and these two cases, no arrest was made. bad teech There is also the question of
OTHER FELONIES," infections, diseases. We consider it most desirable that proper provision should be Under this heading are comprised the marie for the regular inspection of Chinese
boys' schools. N
General If the recommendations made above are carried out, they will consider. ably increase the expenditure on Educa tion. Such an increase would not be un reasonable. This is proved by, the small proportion of the total expenditure of the Colony ow devoted to Education Though an exact comparison is hard to make the appended table shows that Hongkong does not compare favourably with other Crown Colonies in its gifts to Education,
The schools we have been considering provide an eight years course for Chinese boys by the results of which they can fairly be judged. It is not fair to judge them as a sometimes done by the attain ments of candidates for employment who cannot produce evidence of having com plated the course. A format Certificate is given to every boy who has completed it. do not consider that too many subjects. We desire to record our appreciation of
The Curriculum-At the District School wo do not recommend any change in the present arrangement, and
other than English are being taught; or that too much time is devoted to such subjects.
The learning by heart of poetry is of gonsiderable educational value, bul il-
CS TEMPERATURE. In the ikada, in dagroald not be taught except where the
#. Heminity, in percentage of saturation, the English Staff can spare time to take the hamidity of siz mtoasted with metature haizs
subject. Apart from this recommenda tion, no change is recommended for the Lower Classes. On the Commercial Side of Queen's College we recommend that Book-keeping should be no longer taught, end that some reduction should be made
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the services of Mr. Ralphs as Secretary.
EXPENDITURE ON EDUCATIONAS From a detailed table which is sub- mitted on this subject by Mr. J. Hinton we take the following
Barbadoes, era jne. Grenada Trinidad and Tobago
St. Vincent British Guiana Mauritius, Ceylon
S'pore and Btraits
Settlements Hongkong
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Percentage of Expendiums downted to Education. 98.
following:
r
1916 1915
Arson and attempted arson... 6. 1 Catting and wounding 21 40 Demanding
with money
menaces
Embezzlement .......
Forgery. Detaining a man for ransom Housebreaking Assault with intent to have
carnal knowledge ..... Throwing corrosive fluid Receiving stolen property Child stealing- Seditious publication ........ Aiding and abetting in s
misdemeanour d Falsification of accounts by
Leaturing on seditions matter Bape
Inciting to commit an offence
In possession of seditious
mathera Administering poison with intent to do grievous bodily harm workin Accessory after the fact of
murder
Accessory after the fact
robbery Abominable offences
Children attending
per 100 of
8-4··
8-4
91
9.1
0:
6-14
8-804
38
53
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43
20
10 1915.
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personal energy and tact of Mr. Jenkinji the Deputy Superintendent, ably second- ed by the other Superintendents and Inspectore Thanks are also due to the Chinese General Committre for their
advice and aid in providing funds for
uniform and equipment of these portions of the Reserve which are composed of British Subjects of Chinese Race, REGISTRATION OF PERSONS CEDINANCE, 1916,
On 3rd June notio was issued calling. upon all persons not exempted who ro main in the Colony for more than one week to register themselves at this office in the case of residents in the Colony before July 23rd and in the case of new arrivals, within one week of arrival.
STRENGTH ON THE 31ST DECEMBER, 1916..
Europeans, Indians.”: Chinese,
339
5
31.
9
1
71
80
Present. 120 Absent on leave 37 35 Vacancies ...
34
1,000 106
.2.4
44
Total: Estab
lishment 185
466
+1
The number of cases in which convic tions were obtained wan 60 as against
BROÏDESREVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
1,216
The Total Strength, Expenditure, and Rovenus of the Police and Fire Brigade Departaments for the years 1914, 1915 and . 1913 is as follows: --2
Cheetal Strength.
Herénue
Collected
Expenditure My pa hapë, ky the Pre Felice Force, Brigadei
10131204 100 799,100 35,913, 193,915 12161,238 108 765,911 34,922 185,589 19161,215 108 708,743 56,574 192 Note-No revenue is collected by the Fire
Brigade, com AUGAS FIRE BRIGADE.
There were 29 fires and 56 incipient fires during the year against 20 and 29
The estimated damage caused by fires was $229,426 and by incipient fires $1,817,80, as against $393,668 and $1,391
The Fire Brigade turned out 30 times- during the year (17 in 1918).
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