While the correspondence on the edieation of Chinese children shows signs of petering it maybe well to" recall people's minds to looked and has Tooked point which was over-Ar. Lockwood's letter continued to be over. ly most advocates of for Chinese had reported it's doing any ection. Tt did Tt stiggested their aim shoulil he-to make good citizens of the Chinese,"" and it advocated a scheme of grants-in-aid to Chinese schools on the same lines as the grants, given to St.
Xavier's and some other land further than at the Commission is "strongly
girls, a school of higher primary favour of a school for Chinese fand middle grade. As schools for Chinese boys have been instituted and stand as models for future schools that may be in stituted by the Chinese thomselv it ig desirable that a Chinese Girls School should also established as a model, provided that the Chinese themselves cooperate with the Municipality as they have already done in. the various schools for Chinese boys that alrendy exist." These quotations are: enough to show. that the Commission "considered the question of Chinese education very. carefully and was in of the Council's doing consider tibly more than has yet been done. Bt, it stopped short at any ides of Connell schools for all Chines children the Settlement, certainly. fower than 160,000, ico that number, The n took strong exception the assumption that "it is the duty of the Council to sco that Primary education is within the reach of the children of-all ratepayers" whether foreign or ese. And those who realize "difference between" the Council's position and. that of other qoverming. bodies. will pro-ably fsroo with it.
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