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CHINA OVERLAND-TRADE REPORT.
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Wine and Spirit Merchants, Cigar Dealers, Seedsmen, &c.
Kuhn and Komor, Japanese and Chinese Fine Art Depot.
Hongkong Butchery Co.
Lane, Crawford and Co., General Importers, Furniture Makers, Piano and Musical Instru- ment Dealers, Ironmongers, Hosiers, Tailors, Shipchandlers.
F. Blackhead and Co., Navy Contractors, Shipchandlers, Sailmakers, Wine, Beer, Spirit, and Provision Merchants.
Fletcher and Co., The Pharmacy, Chemists, &c.; Agents for Vin Tonique Pasteur, Tansan Mineral Water.
Geo. R. Stevens, Merchant ; Agent for Singer' Manufacturing Co., Imperial Marine Insurance Co., Ld., Tokio, Grazier's Meat Export Co., Brisbane.
Hongkong Hotel Co., Limited.
"which were at first:neglected and not a little, An application was made to have the school, despised, are now read in all the schools in the placed under the Grant-in-Aid Code, but it was "colony over which there is Government super- not granted, and unless the Government is a ill- "vision. The series promises to have ing to make a grant to a considerable number 罪 more success than could ever have been an- of such schools, it will not be worth the while ticipated for it." My predecessor held that of any society to obtain the services of a trained Chinese must be taught according to Chinese teacher from home. I have been given an op- methods, and that accounts perhaps for my portunity of seeing the school at work, and the finding that, with very few exceptions, these brightness of the children, their cleanliness, books are no longer to be met with in our
and their absorption in their work and games Watkins and Co., Apothecaries Hall, Chem- schools. I am unable to believe that the Chin- left a very favourable impression. The school ists, &c.; Sole Agents for Scott's Emulsion, ese have said the last word on education and is a great boon to the poor women of the neigh-Schlitz Beer, Beecham's Pills, Maypole Soap, that no progress is possible. According to the bourhood who have to be out at work all day; but Bovril, Ld., Esset's Flnid. Code, in all standards except the first, explana- if the Government ever undertakes the task of tion is required of the text-book which has been infant education, it will be necessary to insist learnt by heart, but the masters have found it on the schools being taught by properly trained easier to teach their pupils to get the explana- teachers, or they will become merely nurseries tion itself by rote, than to train them to exer-
without any educational effect. From a social cise their intelligence. The teaching of Eng-point of view, the opening of infant schools un- lish to Chinese instead of their own language der constant European supervision is much to bas not a few advocates, but to make a proper be desired, as the sooner Chinese children come in use of their English, Chinese ought to have a close contact with Europeans, the more perfect fair knowledge of their own language first, and will be the harmony between the Government considering the short time that the ordinary and the Chinese population. Chinese boy stays at school, the small know. ledge of English acquired by him does not compensate him for his complete ignorance of bis own language. In his report for the year 1888 Dr. Eitel wrote:-"To enable every child "first to learn to express thought and feeling correctly in the vernacular tongue, before at- "tempting to acquire a foreign language
(is a) sound pedagogical principle.
Too "many Portuguese parents, who speak Portu- gnese only, send their boys, when six years old, to an English school and insist upon their being hurried as quickly as possible through "standard after standard, in order that they "may the sooner get employment as clerks and "contribute towards the support of the family. "The result in most cases is that the mental progress of such scholars is but superficial, "that they become mere smatterers in Eglish "and, worst of all, such systematic, hot-honse training stunts not only the mental energies but has often also the effect of a blight upon "the higher moral perceptions." The above remarks would be still more true of Chinese.
FEMALE EDUCATION.
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Very good work is being done among the Chinese by the various Missions which undertake female education. Its chief value, which lies not in any purely educational results but in the great progress which has been made in over- coming the distrust with which Chinese view advances made by Europeans, is derived from the close supervision exercised by European ladies und from the education and training of Chinese teachers having also been conducted by Europeans. I did not view with much sympathy efforts made to induce Chinese girls to learn English. Under present circumstances an education in English may tend to unfit them for the position which they expect to take in their own society. It certainly will not render them fitter to take it, nor to enter any other society. Improvements in the education of men must precede improve- ments in the education of women. The Chinese have not yet shown any appreciation of an edu- cation in English for their boys except as a means of making money, and it is idle to expect them to give to their daughters what they have not given to their sons. The objections which Chinese parents have to their daughters learn ing English are not based on unworthy motives, but are very natural and landable. As a rule girls stay at school longer than boys, and twice as many girls as boys are presented for examina- tion in the four highest standards. This has an important bearing on statistics dealing with the percentage of children at school, and also on the relative value of the education received
at boys' and at girls' schools. The knowledge acquired in Chinese schools by children who leave before reaching the 17th Standard can hardly be said to have any immediate practical value. The actual number of girls at school is greater than it has ever been, though the pro- portion of girls to boys is not so high as it was în 1893. This is due to the large increase in the number of boys in schools in which English is taught.
KINDERGARTENS.
The Kindergarten School attached to the Basel Mission is still in existence, but is no longer under trained European supervision.
THE ART SUPPLEMENTS.
With to-day's issue is given a series of three art supplements, the arrangements for which were made some months ago by Mr. Wellesley Parker. The sheets have been printed in seven colours by Messrs. Fletcher & Co., of Norwich, the eminent colour printers. Each separate sheet has its special features of interest and the complete series forms an attractive panorama of the colony, exhibiting the most striking views, scenes of Chinese life, and prin- cipal business establishments. An unfortunate delay has occurred in the production, owing to a portion of the work having to be re-executed in order to bring it up to the desired standard of excellence, but the final result is a specimen of artistic advertising worthy of the colony and of the many important firms that have availed themselves of its advantages.
SHEET A.
Sheet A has as its centrepiece a view of the city of Victoria from the harbour, with a por- trait of our late Governor, Sir William Robin son. G.C.M.G.; a view of the Masonic Hall, with portrait of the Hon. C. P. Chater, Right Worshipful District Grand Master; a view of the men-of-war decorated for the Diamond Jubilee, and the following advertisements :- Eastern Manufacturing Co., Clocks, &c. Noronha and Co., Government and General Printers.
Barretto and Co., Agents for Minneapolis Brewing Co., Cementight Paint Co., West of England Varnish Co., Armour and Co., of Chicago, Ch. Bruchant and Co., of Bordeans, Mitchell Bros., of Belfast, Jose Mompo, Wine Exporter of Valencia.
G. Falconer and Co., Watchmakers and Jewellers; Agents for Lord Kelvin's Instru- ments, Ross's Optical Goods.
Bell's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Limited, Agents for Aluminium and General Foundry Syndicate, Limited, W. Willson Cobbett, Lewis Berger and Sons, Limited, Geipel Steam Trap, New Wire Wove Roofing Co., Limited, Tarton Bros. and Matthews, Snowdon Sons and Co.
H. Price and Co., Wine and Spirit Mer- chants; Sole Agents for Moet and Chandon, Eugene Clicquot, H. Lenoy and Co., The Distillers Co., Limited, John Dewar and Sons, Limited, Chas. Wilkinson and Co., Dunville and Co., Limited, Ind, Coope and Co., T. B. Hall and Co., Hanappier and Co., Kobler and Van Bergen, Langenback & Sohne, Geoffroy & fils, Gooderham and Worts, Schade and Buysing. Vin de St. Lebon.
John D. Humphreys and Son, Agents for Hongkong High Level Tramways Co., Limited, Olivers Freehold Mines, Limited. Humphreys Estate and Finance Co., Limited, New Balmoral Gold Mining Co., Limited, Tebrau Planting Co., Limited.
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpora-
tion.
Cottam and Co., Gentlemen's Outfitters.
Jardine, Matheson and Co., Merchants; Agents for Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Limited, Canton Insurance Office, Limited, China Sugar Refinery Co., Limited.
A. S. Watson and Co., Limited. The Hong kong Dispensary, Chemists, Analysts, Mann- facturers of Aerated Waters, Perfumers,
Achee and Co., Furniture Dealers, Importers, and General Commission Agents.
Kruse and Co., Cigar Merchants and Tobac- conists.
Chs. J. Gaupp and Co., Chronometer and Watch Makers, Opticians, Jewellers, Gold and Silver Smiths; Sole Agents for Voigtlander's Binoculars and Telescopes, Ritchie's Liquid and other Compasses, Admiralty and Imray Charts, Nautical Books, Lord Kelvin's Patent Com passes and Sounding Machines.
SHEET B.
Sheet B contains views of the Larbour, of the Hongkong Club, the Hongkong Volunteers on parade, and the following advertisements :-
Butterfield and Swire, Merchants; Agents for China Navigation Co., Ld, Ocean Steamship Co., Scottish Oriental Steamship Co., Ld., British and Foreign Marine Insurance, The Sea Insurance, Co., Ld., Royal Exchange As. surance Corporation, London and Lancashire Fire Insurance Co., Palatine Insurance Co., Taikoo Sugar Refining Co., Ld., British Borneo Trading and Planting Co., Atlas Assurance Co,
Mitsui Bassan Kaisha, Agents for Miike Coal Mines, Kanada Coal Mine, Ohnoura Coal Mine, Yoshinotani Coal Mine (Karatzu), Daijio Coal Mine, Miike Cotton Spinning Mills, Ed., Kane. gafuchi Cotton Spinning Mill, Ld., Tokyo Cot- ton Spinning Mill, Ld., Tokyo Marine Insurance Co., Ld., Meiji Fire Insurance Co., Ld., Cotton Cleaning and Working Co., Shanghai, Imperial Government Paper Mill, Onoda Cement Co., Ld., Hayashi Clock Factory.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Holliday, Wise and Co., Merchants; Agents for China Mutual Steam Navigation Co.. Ld., Manchester Fire Assurance Co., Clark and Co., Ld., "Anchor" Sewing Cotton, Crossley Bros., Ld., "Otto" Gas and Oil Engines, J. B. White and Bros.' Portland Cement, Munts Yellow Metal, Stockton Milling Co.
William Lysaught and Sons, Engineers and Shipbuilders; Agents for Scott and Bros., Hali. fax, England; Stephens, Whittaker and Sons,
Halifax, England.
Madar and Farmer, New Victoria Hotel and . Rotisserie, and Victoria Hotel, Canton.
Wilkinson, Heywood and Clark, Ld., David › Storer and Sons, Dealers in Varnish and Paints. Geo Fenwick and Co., Ld., Engineers and Shipbuilders.
J. Ullmann and Co., Watchmakers, Jewellers, and Opticians.
Harry Wicking and Co., Merchants and Com- mission Agents; Agents for Union Assurance Society of London, Steel Company of Scotland, Dick's (late Hannay's) Patent Compositions, F. Reddaway and Co., Manchester.
Caldbeck, Macgregor and Co., Wine, Spirit, and Beer Merchants; Managers of The Aqua- rius Company.
Shewan, Tomes and Co., Merchants; General China and Manila Steamship Co., Limited, Managers of Green Island Cement Co., Limited,
Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Co, Limited, Societe Nouvelle de Kabao (Tonkin Coal Mines); Agents for Yangtsze Insurance As- sociation, Limited. Batavia Ses and Fire In- surance Co., North British and Mercantile In- Limited, Union Marine Insurance Co., Limited, surance Co., Reliance Marine Insurance Co., World Marine Insurance Co., Limited, Man-
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