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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH NOVEMBER, 1892.

TABLE XVI.-NUMBER of UNEDUCATED CHILDREN in the Colony in 1891.

Number of Children of local school-age (6 to 16 years) in the Colony, as per Census of 1891 :-

Boys, Girls,

.15,748

........14,151

29,899*

Number of Scholars attending Public Schools under Government:—

Boys, Girls,

4,951

2,791

7,742

Private School's :-

Boys,

1,706

Girls,

310

2,016

9,758

Remaining uneducated or imperfectly educated,

20,141

* NOTE.-This uumber includes 7,601 Children (of school-going age) belonging to the boat population, viz.: 4,310 Boys and 3,291 Girls, and, at a rough estimate, about 2,000 purchased servant girls (of school-going age), of which two classes of children hardly any attend School at present.

E. J. EITEL, M.A., Ph. D. (Tubing.)

Inspector of Schools.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 473.

The following Regulations made by the Governor in Council are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 17th November, 1892.

REGULATIONS

G. T. M. O'Brien, Colonial Secretary.

Made by the Governor in Council on the 7th day of November, 1892, under section 2 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1870, for the Maintenance of

good order and the preservation of property in

the Public Gardens.

1. No person shall walk on the grass.

2. No person shall pick or handle flowers or plants or do any injury to any plant or tree.

3. No person carrying a load shall use the Gardens as a thoroughfare.

4. No person incompletely clothed shall be allowed in the Gardens.

5. No dogs shall be allowed in the Gardens.

6. No public or private vehicles shall be allowed in the Gardens except sedan chairs for the use of invalids, permits for which shall have been first obtained from the Superintendent of the Gardens.

7. Except where otherwise specially ordered the Gardens will be open from 6 A.M. to 7.30 p.m. from April 1st to September 30th, and from 6 A.M. to 6.30 P.M. from October 1st to March 31st.

8. The Regulations made by the Governor in Council on the 2nd May, 1872, under section 2 of Ordinance No. 8 of 1870, are hereby repealed.

F. H. MAY, Acting Clerk of Councils.

COUNCIL CHAMBER,

HONGKONG.