The High Authorities at Canton report the result of a triennial examination of the stud in the Government School at, Canton, The first examination of the kind took place in November, 1867, and was conducted by the then Tartar-General and the Viceroy Jui-lin, who sent up to Pel the names of six candidates selected for the proficiency they had attained in their studies. A further examination of these candidates was held by the Tsung-li Yamen, and they were all raised to the position of Interpreters with the right of competing for &. provincial degree, and" granted appointments in the various Yaméns in! Canton. Examinations have since been held at intervals of three years, but the position of Interpreter in the Canton Yaméns having become a purely nominal appointment, it, was abolished on KELIEP OF DISTRESS IN ANHUI, sum of Tis, 80,000 was sent frum Chungking during the past two years to relieve the distress which prevailed in the provines of Anhui, OF this amount Ts. 7,400 were raised by small contributions which no special reward could be claimed, but as charitable deeds, when performed by Chinese, are never left unnoticed by the Government, the Governor of Anhui and the Viceroy of Szechuan have hit upon the following for rewarding the philanthropy of the natives of Chung: ing. The Board of Rites sume time ago recured authority for increasing the wumof the places to be competed for ut the Degree examinations in any district vhich had been conspicuous for liberality in such a case, and the present memorialists, taking advantage of. this precedent, ask that the natives of the Chungking prefecture should henceforth be Mowed to compete for two more places ut ved [the recommendation' of the late Tartar. the civil and military examinations for the al Ch'ang Shan, and any duties of frst degree. Both the Governor and the were to be performed by the most, Viceroy at Nanking, who also adds his need of the students, whose services support to the request, express a hope that were to be rewarded at the end of the year. On the present occasion the foreign teacher, Lei-ni, was asked to select 14 of the students' who shown special diligence during their term of study and send their names as candidates for examination, The examination consisted of translations from Chinese into English and from English into Chinese, The Chinese renderings of eight of the candidates were fairly good, and the English, according to the report of the teacher, Lei-ni, contained no serious errors. Four of the candidates have been appointed Student Interpreters, and the other four have received minor degrees which will enable them to compete for the higher degree at the Provincial examination, The other students are either to be retained or not, according to the proficiency they display'at a subsequent test examination.
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