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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH FEBRUARY,

1881.

4. The higher Chinese Classes (I & II) have done fairly well, as also the IIIrd and the Prepara-

tory Classes, the Schedules of which have already been handed to Dr. EITEL.

5. The Classes for Translation are barely passable. According to the Schedules prepared

by Mr. LECHLERr and myself, if 50% of the total

maximum of marks be required for a pass, the results are:----

I CLASS.

6 passed,

II CLASS.

漢四 德贊己次所亦初三妙頗

理官交 列然學班而云二文甄 歐 册名至館與第佳班第別

方者

一半爲準方能入取則第一班取六名黜十七名第二班取四名黜十七名第三 |四甄別 五甄別繙譯一欸各班僅有可觀照黎力基牧師偕余所列之册如謂必以得圈

六至生徒於歲 中由低班

較

方言故也 己交 若我們殊見驚訝而所譯漢文又絕無定法蓋彼於文詞中難以正音土語各處 次一册 能謂有功效乎愚亦有不得不言者該華童繙譯英文幾無一能寫一句合文法 亦然至 易之考法可云應考者中十取其五但如是亦未嘗有越彼極淺易之考法者其 初學館 六十有二而落孫山之外者僅三十有一耳絕長補短以計我固樂從如用極淺 頗佳 班取十名黜十三名第四班取十四名黜十二名合計被取者三十四名被黜者 五十九名但按愚所定准各生徒如得圈四成五者便可入取如是則列前茅者

掌院所行事

無好處諒史

不謂此法絕

陞高班我固

杪但行諒

色

徒將該不之皆

該數逮勢知較

教實也力者

在 規非此

多欲制關固所

授寡 有書人

生請

院所名

七至應考人數比平 歐德理參贊提舉 時日記紙所書名 次

湛約翰牧師所陳 少此固人所

關別 別故免意

關涉耳

4 passed,

17 failed,

17 failed.

III CLASS.

IV CLASS.

10 passed,

14 passed,

13 failed,

12 failed,

.59

Total passed............34

Total failed

As I have put them, however, allowing 45 10

to pass, there is shewn ::

Total passed..................62

Total failed

........31

On the whole, I incline to think that one-half

of those presented might be allowd to pass, placing

the Standard at the very lowest. But even then, scarcely anything has been attained above it.

This is not very great success. And we cannot but remark on the fact that scarcely any of the Chinese boys produced in translation into English a single grammatical sentence. We were also struck by the absence of style in the renderings into Chinese, varieties of Canton Colloquial and even mandarin Colloquial being mixed with book-phrases.

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6. I do not condemn the system of moving up boys from lower classes to higher in the middle of the year altogether. Dr. STEWART, no doubt, could give good reasons for the practice; but I think there has been too much of it towards the close of the past year, which has seriously affected the results of the present Examination.

7. With regard to the total number of boys presented to us for examination, I think the

陞去

歲因

不在

無甄多未愚

正千了

reason for its being much smaller than that of the School Roll must be obvious to any one, without

月八然

detracting anything from the efficiency or disci- pline of the School. In order to get the true numbers, the Masters' Examination-papers and the answers they received should be compared with ours.

JOHN CHALMERS.

It was proposed by Dr. EITEL, seconded by Mr. SMITH, and agreed to nem. con.:-

"That Dr. CHALMERS' Report embodies the general views of the Examiners as re- gards the principal points to which it refers."

湛百 約二八 翰十十 啟五一

餿

日年

徒之題目與我

者士茂律師贊助

同局各員無不當

所繕者一較倎可 意而其中最要各

者之心云云

別