538965-1905-Queen-s-College--Annual-Report — Page 4

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD FEBRUARY, 1905.

sent on a tour of the other schools and readmission is claimed for them on the plea that they prefer our fare. Again boys are sent to Canton or Macao and the Head Master is peremptorily ordered by letter to mark them on leave and readmit them on their return. Of the 66 boys dismissed in 1904, nearly all were removed from the books for this gross disregard of well-known school regulations. It is needless to add that leave is willingly granted in all urgent cases of sickness or death of relatives, and for some of the many family functions peculiar to China but unknown in Europe.

66

14. Last May the Register number of a boy on admission to this College was 10,000. Thus in 42 years a myriad names have been enrolled at Queen's College, and of these three-quarters have been entered in the last 23 years. At the last Prize Distribution held in the Central School (now Queen's College) in January, 1888, Sir WILLIAM DES VEUX spoke to the following effect: The chief point I consider admirable about this school is its missionary purpose and work. The young men that complete their course of studies here are scattered over the vast empire of China and cannot fail to disseminate those Western ideas that they have acquired in this school and that appreciation of British Government impressed upon them by their residence in this British colony." His Excellency rightly grasped the situation, but I venture to doubt that its full magnitude could have been realised by him. Say 9,000 boys have left this College and one-third are scattered on the mainland: then we have a small army of 3,000 unpaid missionaries spreading Western ideas.

15. The usual Tables of Statistics are annexed. Lists of Donors of Prize and Winners of Scholarships and Prizes will appear in the College organ-the "Yellow Dragon."

I have, &c.,

Honourable Mr. F. H. MAY, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary.

Geo, H. BatESON WRIGHT, D.D. Oxon.,

Head Master.

1904.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

NUMBER

NUMBER

NUMBER

MONTH.

OF

SCHOLARS.

OF ATTENDANCES.

AVERAGE

OF

DAILY SHOOL DAYS. ATTENDANCE.

REMARKS.

January,

1,021

22,423

24

934

February,

916

1,816

908

March,

1,143

26,364

25

1,055

April,

1,107

15,592

15

1,039

May,

1,091

24,491

24

1,020

June,

1,051

24,272

25

971

July,

998

19,712

21

939

August,

934

1,867

2

934

September,

1,111

22,825

22

1,038

October,

1,097

25,655

25

1,026

November,

1,071

24,091

24

1,004

December,

1,048

23.805

24

992

232,913

233

Total number of Attendances during 1904, . Number of School Days during 1904,

.232,913

233

Average Daily Attendance during 1904,

Total number of Scholars at this School during 1904,... 1,501

1,000

113