At the examinations it is well known that every student lins to have a graduate as down on his pupi, if successful, for a few sor. This sponsor afterwards comes
thousand cash, A student from the missionary school here went up to the last exa nations, and failed. Tt has since come out that if successful his guarantor meant to come on the foreigner for some hundred taels! Ofcourse this would be on utterly unreasonable demand, yet if it were refused there would be means to prevent the student find. been satisfactory; and to try to get thing his degree although his examination justice done—well, no one expects it. These instances show how things are managed in China.
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