THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 7TH MARCH, 1874.
Where a Ship has been surveyed under this Ordinance in con- sequence of a Complaint made to the Governor, if upon such Survey being made, it appear that such Complaint was made without reasonable Cause, the Expenses incurred by the Governor in respect of the Survey of the Ship and the Amount, if any, which the Governor may have been rendered liable to pay in respect of any Loss or Damage caused by her Detention, shall be recoverable by the Governor from such Complainant.
All Moneys payable by the Governor in respect, or by reason of the Survey or Detention of a Ship under this Ordinance, shall, subject to the Right by this Section provided of recovering such Moneys from the Complainant, be paid out of Moneys to be pro- vided by the Imperial Parliament.
and any
Governor.
III. If the Owner of any Ship surveyed under this Ordinance Appeal from is dissatisfied with any Order of the Governor made upon such Decision of Survey, he may apply to the Vice-Admiralty Court of Hongkong: [M. S. A. 73, The Court may, upon such Application, if it thinks fit, appoint Para. 14.] one or more competent Persons to survey the Ship anew, Surveyor so appointed shall have all the Powers of the Person by whom the original Survey was made. Such Survey anew shall, if so required by the Governor or the Shipowner, be made in the Presence of any Person or Persons appointed by them respectively to attend at the Survey.
The Court to which such Application is made may make such Order as to the Detention or Release of the Ship, as to the Pay- ment of any Costs and Damages which may have been occasioned by her Detention, as to the Payment of the Expenses of the original Survey, and of the Survey anew, and otherwise as to the Payment of any Costs of, and incident to, the Application, as to the Court may seem just.
Passed the Legislative Council of Hongkong, this 5th Day of March, 1874.
L. D'ALMADA E Castro, Clerk of Councils.
103
No. 44.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
The following Annual Report on the state of the Government Schools in Hongkong for the Year 1873, is published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th March, 1874.
No. 14.
J. GARDINER AUSTIN, Colonial Secretary.
HONGKONG, 21st February, 1874. SIR,-I have the honour to forward to you the Blue Book Returns and the Annual Report on Education for 1873.
2. With no increase in the number of Government Schools last year, there was a large increase of scholars. The number enrolled was greater by 358 than in 1872, while the expenditure on the whole of the schools was only $290 more than for the previous year.
3. The Village Schools, a name which has been given to all the Government schools except the Central School, are 29 in number. Of these, 15 are supported solely by Government, and are under its complete control. The remaining 14 receive aid to the extent of $60 a year, the villagers undertaking to provide a school-house and to pay the half of the master's salary. These aided schools are subject to the usual inspection, and Government puts a veto on the appointment of a master, if he is not able to pass the required examination.
stex.
A. Such is the theory, but the practice does not quite accord with it. There is no room for doubt that, in most cases, the master has to pay the rent out of the small grant given to the school; and the moiety of his salary which the village undertakes to provide is as often unpaid as not. In
many of the villages the people are extremely poor, and the master passes rich with his five dollars a month. On no other ground can much of the reluctance of the people to contribute towards the education of their children be explained: but, as they cling strongly to what they consider their right to select a master, they are ready to promise whatever may be required of them; and then, when the school has been fairly started, and the master tires of paying the rent, the villagers plead poverty and request an additional allowance to provide a school-house.
5. Unsatisfactory as this state of things is, no immediate remedy can be applied, without in- curring greater expense than the results would justify. If the schools were removed entirely from local control, they would, except perhaps in the more populous villages, be very badly attended, and, in some cases, they might be entirely deserted; for the parents, who have had little or no education,
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.