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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 12TH FEBRUARY, 1876.
RETURN showing the NUMBER of PRISONERS in VICTORIA GAOL on the last Day of each Week of the Year 1875.
CHINESE
EUROPEANS.
EUROPEANS.
OR COLOURED.
CHINESE OR COLOURED,
WEEKLY
ΤΟΤΑΙ..
1875.
WEEKLY 1875.
TOTAL.
Males. Females.
Mules. Females.
Males. Females.
Males. Females.
January 3
50
272
18
340
July
4
40
300
13
353
10
51
285
18
354
11
40
327
13
31
380
17
57
278
17
352
18
38
311
15
21
"
364
24
62
295
17
374
25
35
294
97
19
13
342
31
57
309
18
384
August 1
35
311
12
358
February 7 57
318
17
392
8
37
331
14
15
382
14
50
315
15
380
15
37
306
13
356
21
48
310
15
373
22
42
301
11
11
354
28
43
300
15
358
29
41
282
"
11
335
March 7
46
306
15
367
September 5
40
281
14
336
14
47
304
14
365
12
50
305
14
79
370
21
42
300
14
356
19
51
>7
307
14
373
28
38
202
15
345
26
52
304
13
369
April
4
41
276
16
333
October 3
45
322
15
382
11
37
287
17
341
10
42
308
"
14
366
18
35
298
18
351
17
43
328
17
388
25
29
317
16
362
24
39
وو
330
12
381
May
2
34
298
16
348
31
37
316
10
363
9
36
294
16
346
November 7
48
335
10
393
16
43
312
17
872
14
60
346
11
417
23
43
313
16
372
21
73
334
17
11
12
419
30
38
305
14
Y
357
28
82
359
11
452
June
6
41
289
13
343
December 5
82
343
12
438
13
36
287
13
336
12
72
11
31
354
12
439
20
36
306
14
356
19
68
331
15
17
414
27
35
322
15
372
26
65
312
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GEO. L. TOMLIN,
Acting Superintendent.
Victoria Gaol Office, Hongkong, 3rd February, 1876.
No. 41.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Annual Report on the state of the Government Schools in Hongkong for the Year 1875, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th February, 1876.
[No. 10.]
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
HONGKONG, 5th February, 1876.
SIR,I have the honour to forward to you the Blue Book Returns and the Annual Report on Education for 1875.
2. The number of scholars attending schools subject to Government supervision was 2,606. This is an advance over 1874, but as it amounts only to about two per cent, it is not so marked as in some previous years. This is partly accounted for by the fact that no addition was made to the number of schools. There was also a falling off, amounting to three and a half per cent, in the native schools which are supported by Government. The causes of this will appear when the state of certain of these is taken into consideration. In all other cases there was an increase; and the total deficiency, taking all the Government Schools together, amounts to only four scholars, that is, 1,927 as against 1,931.
3. Any deficiency in actual numbers was more than compensated for by the regularity of the attendance, the minimum in this respect being much higher than in previous years. The Tables append- ed to this Report give the fullest particulars under this heading, and a reference to them will prevent the necessity of entering on a series of tedious details. They have been compiled with the view of supplying all the information about the schools which was thought likely to be desired.
4. The Native Schools supported by Government are sixteen in number, and were attended by 1,016 scholars, being a decrease of 38 as compared with the previous years. This was owing to a change of four of the masters, one being dismissed, one permitted to resign, and two having to retire on account of bad health. To supply three of the vacancies, a public examination of candidates was held early in the year. Upwards of thirty masters presented themselves, and the three best got the appointments.
5. The one who was appointed to Tang-lung Chau failed to attract scholars to the school. It was, in fact, almost deserted, there being sometimes only half a dozen present. This was not owing to any fault of the master's, but simply because the people in the neighbourhood had their own ideas as to his qualifications for teaching their children. This is a feature in connexion with these schools which
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