The annual.presentation of prizes at the above institution took place, under the presidency of the Governor. After present-Sie reuarie, in which ho said be Had for the prizes, Sir William Robinson made
rusde them a speech, but this year through the past five or six years presided there and the kindness of the Chief Justice he had been, relieved' of that difficult' task" as Sir John' Carrington had undertaken to address im.,. The 'Chief Justice then addressed the boys' at some gist "of his Tetniirks' being the iinportatics of learning Eiglish. "At the close he called for three cheers for the Governor, who is goon, to leave the Colony, and whom they would probably riot see again. Thes ete given with' gusto, "and Excellency, who thanked them heartily, sid he should always coiitinitie to take in iaterést'in'the College. He—calling for three cheers. for the Head Master. 'Wright, in afew remarks, said the reason for. the goticral.ignorance of Eng-sh "was, the Sratty, of the Chinese. He ys' afraid, if, the, Government. wished the knowledge of English to, be universal they would have to, adopt a scheme of free
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