Increase of Fees.
463
The Committee appears to hint at raising Fees (§77). Report I had purposed proposing the following scheme :-
96 @ $5= 480 instead of }
11
$4=1,296
39
Before reading their
420 @3=$1,260
Class I
43
II, III
324
11
$3=1,404
71
VII, VIII 240
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$2= 480
708 @ 2=$1,416
""
IV-VI 468
per mensem
.$3,660 instead of......
...$2,676
Say $40,000 per annum instead of $30,000, $10,000 increase, after allowing for absentees $3,920 and $2,112 respectively.
38. I abstained however for the following reasons. A large proportion of our scholars are poor, and they will all be included in that category, if the scheme ($63-65) of a Government School for the sons of rich Chinese is carried into effect. Again, an increase of Fees is only desirable, and in fact equitable, if the College is overcrowded as at present.
If however we turn away-
300 boys for not knowing Chinese,
not to exceed 50 in a class
110
11
Total..........410
there will be so many vacancies as to make any increase very distasteful, and probably further empty the College.
E-FINANCE 2. Expenditure
:
39. I entirely agree with the Committee (§74) that increased expenditure is necessary to maintain the efficiency of Queen's College. Without aiming at economy (for in some instances I recommend further increase) I have succeeded in reducing the expense of the new scheme by $1,080 rising to $1,980, ¿.e., the actual cost of my proposals is $8,427-$11,940 as against $9,507-$13,920 recommended by the Committee.
The number of classes and boys for which provision is necessary is :--
240 boys 6 rooms not 450 (§71).
Preparatory School,
Lower
468
9
400
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14
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Upper
420
9
100
19
**
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1,128
24
17
11
950 boys.
For these we require :
Preparatory, 1 English 7 Chinese instead of 3 English 9 Chinese (§71).
Lower, 3 Upper,..... 5
6
4
8
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>>
4
2
"
17
"7
""
Total, 9
51
17 (11+6 P.T.)
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19 (14+5 P.T.).
With the appointment of a Normal Master (§ 39 D) constantly supervising the six sections of the Preparatory School, I am of opinion that one Chinese As- sistant and six Pupil Teachers (eight Masters in all) can efficiently do the necessary work in that branch of the College. I propose to dispense with three of the 14 Chinese Assistants recommended by the Committee and to add a sixth Pupil Teacher (§ 73).
40. The Committee (in § 72) recommend a total of eleven English Masters including Head Master, this is an increase of three to the Masters actually on the staff, and one additional to the number (ten) provided in the Estimates for 1902. The Committee were apparently misled by the number of items in the list which include a Senior English Assistant Master on the Estimates in 1901, whose death however is indicated by **** in 1902 Column. There were in addition to the Head Master and Second Master, 5 Seniors, 3 Juniors in 1901, 4 Seniors, 4
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