No. 705.] LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, _Peking, June 11, 1880._ SIR: I have the honor to hand to you herewith copies of the answers which have been received from our consular officers in this empire to the inquiry made in a circular addressed to them as to efforts being made to educate the Chinese in foreign branches of knowledge, either by the government of China, by private enterprise, or by missionary effort. The circular referred to was forwarded to the Department with my dispatch No. 600. While these reports are not as full as I could have wished, they still furnish an outline of the work which is being done, and may be of interest to the Department. I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant, GEORGE F. SEWARD. * * * * * _Mr. Goldsborough to Mr. Seward._ No. 107.] AMOY, _April 23, 1880._ SIR: In response to your dispatch No. 86, of February 27, 1880, I beg to state that there are two private English schools at this port for the education of Chinese, conducted by native born Chinese, who possess a fair knowledge of the English language, but there is no institution of the kind founded or supported by the government. The missionaries have several schools of their own for the tuition of Chinese boys and girls in the Chinese language. I have the honor, &c., W. ELWELL GOLDSBOROUGH. * * * * * _Mr. Cheshire to Mr. Seward._ No. 55.] FOOCHOW, _March 29, 1880._ SIR: I have had the honor to receive your dispatch No. 78, calling upon me to furnish you with such information as may be available to me in regard to the education of Chinese in foreign languages within this consular district, whether in schools founded and supported by the Chinese government, or by private enterprise, or by missionaries, as far as the secular branches are concerned, and also to report upon the schools established at Hong Kong by the colonial government. I now beg to submit the following report: