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sent on a tour of the other schools and readmission is claimed for them on the plea that they prefer our fare. Again boys are sent to Canton or Macao and the Head Master is peremptorily ordered by letter to mark them on leave and readmit them on their return. Of the 66 boys dismissed in 1904, nearly all were removed from the books for this gross disregard of well-known school regulations. It is needless to add that leave is willingly granted in all urgent cases of sickness or death of relatives, and for some of the many family functions peculiar to China but unknown in Europe.
14. Last May the Register number of a boy on admission to this College was 10,000. Thus in 42 years a myriad names have been enrolled at Queen's College, and of these three-quarters have been entered in the last 23 years. At the last. Prize Distribution held in the Central School (now Queen's College) in January, 1888, Sir WILLIAM DES VEUX spoke to the following effect:-"The chief point I consider admirable about this school is its missionary purpose and work. The young men that complete their course of studies here are scattered over the vast empire of China and cannot fail to disseminate those Western ideas that they have acquired in this school and that appreciation of British Government impressed upon them by their residence in this British colony." His Excellency rightly grasped the situation, but I venture to doubt that its full magnitude could have been realised by him. Say 9,000 boys have left this College and one-third are scattered on the mainland: then we have a small army of 3,000 unpaid missionaries spreading Western ideas.
15. The usual Tables of Statistics are annexed. Lists of Donors of Prize and. Winners of Scholarships and Prizes will appear in the College organ-the "Yellow Dragon."
I have, &c.,
GEO. H. BATESON WRIGHT, D.D. Oxon., Head Master.
Honourable Mr. F. H. MAY, C.M.G.,
Colonial Secretury.
1904.
QUEEN'S COLLEGE.
NUMBER
NUMBER
MONTH.
OF
OF
AVERAGE DAILY SCHOLARS. ATTENDANCES. SHOOL DAYS. ATTENDANCE.
NUMBER
OF
REMARKS.
January,
1,021
22,423
24
934
February,
916
1,816
2
908
March,
1,143
26,364
25
1,055
April,
1,107
15,592
15
1,039
May,
1,091
24,491
24
1,020
June,
1,051
24,272
25
971
July,
998
19,712
21
939
August,
934
1,867
934
September,
1,111
22,825
22
1,038
October,
1,097
25,655
25
1,026
November,
...
1,071
24,091
24
1,004
December,
1,048
23,805
24
992
232,913
233
Total number of Attendances during 1904, Number of School Days during 1904,
Average Daily Attendance during 1904,
232,913
233
1,000
Total number of Scholars at this School during 1904,... 1,501
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