Shanghai, 29th December, 1899.
Dear Sir, - In he comnmnicatio from you dated J yo the education of the Chinese in the ment you ask that we should prepare a definite Scheme with estimates, to be presented to the Municipal Council.
We now beg leave to lay before the Municipal Council the following proposals, and respeetfully ask that the sume should be pat before thy next Ratepeyers' Meetin, Proposals, 1.—That an Anglo-Chinese School for boys should be opened in the settlement to he Known as the Shanghai Public School for Chines That the sunt of thirty thousand tacts 9,01) for the school building, and re-for foreign masters, should be conced by the Chinese themsel the Municipal Council should a piece of land upon which the buildings shall he erected, and should anvnal grant of five thousand taels per annum (Tls. 5,000) for the maintenance of a foreign Head Master and foreign assistant instructor, and towards the current, expenses of school.
4.—That the School should be built to accommodate five hundred pupils, 5.—That the pupils should tawn from the middle class, and should pay fees, and that the money collected from them should be used for helping to defray the current expenses of the school, and for the salaries of the assistant Chinese teachers.
—That a committee of tive persons, three i ud two Chinese, should be ap y the Municipal Council, ave the entire management of the school and its render Munivipal Council the close of each school year.
tthe services of the Head ant instructor should be en:
"8.—That the school building and erected shall be the property of the Muni would also state that w viewed some of the leading Chinese gentle men of the settlement such as the late Director, the present Director, and ust, Mana: ger of the Chive Merchants' Ca, and the Compradores of the Hongkong" and nghai Banking Corporation, and of Jar-Matheson & C and that, they have ranteed to secure he suum of Tis, 30,000 for the erection of the b We would call atte the fact that the carrying out of Unis scheme would not be avery great drain upon the resources of the that it would not pauperism the Chinese, that it would Ve heart comed by the Chinese themselves i Ve on the part interest.
are of the Chinese residents in ing that the scheme will commend itself porate it it forward at the hie to the members of the and that they will incor:
ble resolution for brin:
Weare Si t respectfully yours, Joux C. Fererso: F. L. Hawks Porr.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.