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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH JUNE, 1377.

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This does not greatly alter the reported averages, but as I am most anxious that these annual statements should be strictly accurate, I have thought it necessary to trouble you with these corrections.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

FREDERICK STEWART,

Inspector of Schools.

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

&c.,

&c.

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary to the Inspector of Schools.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S OFFICE,

HONGKONG, 25th June, 1877.

SIR, I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of you. letter of the 23rd instant, and to ask if you will be good enough, in addition to the valuable returns which you have already prepared in connection with your Annual Reports, to prepare a return similar to that found in Reports on Government Schools in other parts of the Empire, viz., a return of the average expense of each scholar at the Government Schools for 1876, calculated not by the enrolment, but by the average daily attendance.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.

F. STEWART, Esq.

Inspector of Schools to the Honourable the Colonial Secretary.

No. 43.

HONGKONG, 27th June, 1877.

SIR,-In answer to your letter No. 434 of the 25th instant, I have the honour to subjoin the information which you require.

TABLE

Showing the AVERAGE EXPENSE of each Scholar at the Government Schools during 1876.

[Calculated, not by the Enrolment, but by the Average Daily Attendance.]

Expenditure,

Deduct Fees from the Scholars at the Central School,

Total,.

$19,244.85

2,688.25

.$16,556.60

1. Average Expense of each Scholar at the Government Schools,

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$13.88

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Central School,

29.00

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Native Schools,.

6.45

I have the honour to be,

The Honourable J. GARDINER AUSTIN, C.M.G.,

Colonial Secretary,

&c.,

Sir,

Your most obedient Servant,

&c.,

&c.

FREDERICK STEWART,

Inspector of Schools.