LARGE number of the children who were involved in the piracy of the s. Tungchow, sent in responses to the request for essays on. their experiences, and' the six published below are quite the best. Generally speaking, having regard to the ages of the various competitors the stories were 50 good as to prose some difficulty in assessing the respective merits of the entrants, and quite a number failed in the first instance because of the liberty they took with the stipulation that the essays should be five hundred words in length. Many were much over, but in deciding the winners the closest approximation to the number of words, required had eventually to be taken into consideration, though age, facility of expression, and demonstrated powers of observation had to play the greater part in the ultimate decision.
The prize winners are as follow:—June Hagen, aged 121% years, First prize, K. Dinsdale, 10 years and four months. Second prize. Eddy Brown, 12 years. Third prize.
To the writers of the four other essays used $5 will be sent.
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