Chia-nai presents a memorial recommending the further establishment of Middle Schools in the Capital to feed he Peking University in the future. As Peking is the chief ci-y of the Empire it is necessary that it should have more numerous educational institutions than any other city, as a model to others. The me-monalist's plan is to first establish a Middle School wherein stud sisting of licentiates of muy by competitive mitted to the. benefits of studying for literature, sciences and langitaze: Timit shall be forty from Chihli extra class of twenty consisting of licen-tintes from other provinees or sixty in all, for each Middle School established. The idea is excellent and we gladly give our sanction to the matter. As for funds, we that the sum of Tls. 8,500 he annually from the Emergency Fund to provide for relief to sufferers from famine in Chihli, which is to he used for the support of the proposed Middle School and as a regular income for it. The Im-Household Department in conjunetion with the Governor of Peking are hereby commanded to arrange about a location for the above, arly
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