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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MARCH, 1882.
Telegrams coming from ships will, at the request of the sender, be forwarded to their destination in the above mentioned kind of cipher; in case no such request should be made, the despatch will be forwarded in Swedish translation.
The charge for messages by signal letters will, in the rule, be calculated at the following rate : (a) for signalling: 1 krona 50 ore for any number of words;
(b) the forwarding of the message through the telegraph will be charged according to the established tariff of rates for inland and foreign telegraphic correspondence.
The whole amount of both these posts is to be paid: for telegrams sent to vessels by the sender, and for despatches coming from vessels by the receiver.
Passing vessels will be able, by simply hoisting the ensign with their distinguishing signal, i. e. their official number in the Code List, to have their passage reported by telegraph to any person within Sweden, who, by letter or telegram, shall have previously applied to the office for such purpose, at the same time giving his address.
In such cases no charge will at present be made for the signalling, and the person to whom a message is addressed will only have to pay the ordinary charge for the transmission by telegraphic wire and such expenses as the forwarding of the message to its address from the nearest telegraph- office may involve.
After the establishment of the Electric-Telegraph Office, the Optical Telegraph at Vinga will no longer be used.
Stockholm, August 30th, 1881.
THE ROYAL BOARD OF TELEGRAPHS.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION-No. 126.
The following letter, with enclosure, from the Inspector of Schools, reporting the result of the examination of the Grant-in-Aid Schools, is published for general information.
By His Excellency's Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th March, 1882.
No. 53.
W. M. DEANE, Acting Colonial Secretary,
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, HONGKONG, 27th February, 1882.
SIR,-I have the honour to forward under this enclosure the usual Tabulated Summary of the grants earned, in 1881, by the various Grant-in-Aid Schools, amounting to $10,466.01, which sum exceeds the sum provided in the Estimates for 1882 by $1,966.01. But as the sum of $240 has already been paid, under C.S.O. 482 for rewards to Masters of Government Schools, and debited as usual to the Grants-in-Aid Account, the actual excess of expenditure over the sum provided in the Estimates amounts to $2,206.01.
This excess is caused by the increased number of Grant-in-Aid Schools, ten new Schools having The number of Grant-in-Aid been brought under the provisions of the Grant-in-Aid Scheme in 1881. Schools has risen from 27 in 1880 to 37 in 1881.
As regards the excess of amount of grant earned by certain of these Schools over their respective amounts of actual expenditure, I have solicited the attention of the Government to the matter in my Letter No. 43 of 24th January last, when I recommended to reduce the grants (under Rule No. 7) to two-thirds or three-fourths of the expenditure incurred by each School. As this recommendation has not met with the approval of His Excellency the Governor, I can under the circumstances only re- commend that the Grants be paid as per tables enclosed, but that notice be given to all the Managers of Grant-in-Aid Schools that steps will be taken to introduce in the Grant-in-Aid Scheme the following Rule, which I herewith beg His Excellency the Governor to introduce into the Scheme, as an addition to Rule No. 9:-
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"No grant will be made to any School for any one year to an amount exceeding two-thirds of the expenditure incurred by the School during that year. But in cases where rent is not actually paid, "the rental of the premises occupied by the School may be valued by the Government Valuators and a sum equal to the value of the rental of the premises included in the expenditure of the Schools."
I have the honour to be,
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The Honourable M. S. TONNOCHY,
Acting Colonial Secretary,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
E. J. EITEL, Inspector of Schools.
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