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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH MAY, 1881.

As regards English teaching, the time occupied by Chinese studies being about half of each day's work, and 8 hours' a day schooling,-far too much for the energy of any boy, especially in a tropical climate like this,-being required of each, there is too little time devoted to English studies, or too little energy left in the boys amid so multifarious a number of diverse subjects as is here crowded into the short space of time allowed for English teaching each day. Geometry, Algebra, Che- mistry, Mathematical drawing and Mensuration

are taught every week to two classes of boys,

scarcely any of whom can put a single sentence into grammatical, not to say idiomatic, English. English speaking is still comparatively neglected in the School, in consequence of the variety of subjects engrossing the scanty time devoted to English studies.

As regards the Chinese teaching of the School, the results were extremely unsatisfactory, owing chiefly to the number of boys crowded into each class, and the semi-foreign method of teaching adopted in this department of the School.

Finally, I may repeat here the conviction I have often expressed, that as long as we have no Institution for the training of teachers in the Schools of this Colony we cannot expect satis- factory results in any of our Schools. This applies also to the Central School, as a knowledge of Chinese is indispensable in a Master who is to teach Chinese boys.

8. The Grant-in-aid Scheme has been further enlarged in 1880 by the addition of Building Grants. A copy of the revised Schedule, as

approved by the Secretary of State under date

of 17th April, 1880, published in the Government Gazette of 5th June, 1880, is appended to this Report.

9. I further append, as a matter of record, a printed paper giving the details of certain Medical and other Scholarships established by the munif- icence of Mr. E. R. BELILIOS, together with the Rules and Regulations established by the Direct- ors of the Tung-wá Hospital regarding the study

of Medicine. These papers were published in the Government Gazette of 26th June, 1880.

10. In August 1880, His Excellency the Govern- or appointed a Commission, which is still sitting, to inquire to what extent and at what cost and

under, what circumstances certain new Govern-

ment Schools may be made to take the place of the

Central School in giving an elementary education,

and further at what cost and with what staff and organization the Central School may be raised into a Collegiate Institution giving a higher

education in English and Science and drawing

students from the new subsidiary schools and elsewhere.

I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient Servant,

E. J. EITEL,

Inspector of Schools.

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