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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF EDUCATION,
Washington, August 3, 1880.
The attention of school officers and teachers is invited to thefollowing interesting accounts of the progress of western ideas andeducational methods in China and Siam, forwarded to the Department ofState by the United States minister at Peking and the United Statesconsul at Bangkok, respectively.
JOHN EATON,
Commissioner.
WASHINGTON:
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1880.
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Mr. Evarts to Mr. Schurz.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE,
Washington, May 12, 1880.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the benefit of the
Bureau of Education, copies of dispatches Nos. 600 and 612 from our
legation at Peking, detailing the progress of western education in
China.
The inclosure with No. 600, being printed matter, is too voluminousfor copying, but will be sent for perusal if desired.
I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,
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Mr. Seward to Mr. Evarts.
No. 600.] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, Peking, February 21, 1880.
SIR: There has lately been published in the North China Daily News, atShanghai, a statement, from the pen of Mr. John Freyer, of work donein the "translations department" of the arsenal at Shanghai.
This so-called arsenal is a large establishment, in which vessels ofwar are built, guns cast, and small arms made. It employs, or didemploy a few years ago, on the occasion of my last visit to it, aboutfifteen hundred hands. These were all Chinese, with the exception ofsome half dozen superintendents and specialists. It had grown to thesedimensions in a very few years, and appeared likely to receive thecontinued support of the government.
I was aware that a scientific school and a department of translationshad been established i