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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH MARCH,1879.
No.52.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
號二 十五第報
The following letter with enclosure from the
Acting Inspector of Schools, reporting the result
of examination of Grant-in-Aid Schools, is pu- blished for general information.
By Command,
月年千
週錄賞韓 學札
單翼
奉
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印 俾紙學
W. H. MARSH,
九
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獎各
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Hongkong, 27th February, 1879.
[No. 10.]
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,
HONGKONG, 29th January, 1879.
SIR, I have the honour to enclose a table
showing the results of the examinations I con- ducted in the Schools at present under the Grant- in-Aid system.
The total number of schools examined amounted to 17 as against 14 in 1877 and 12 in 1876. The total number of children presented amounted to 557 as against 459 in 1877 and 390 in 1876. The passes amounted to 95 per cent. as against 86 per cent. in 1877 and 77 per cent. in 1876. Accordingly the amount total earned by the Grant-in-Aid Schools amounts to $4,811.53, as against $3,752.90 in 1877 and $1,707.00 in 1876. The difference in the amounts annually earned is caused, in the first instance, by the increase of the value of passes introduced in 1877, and in the second instance by a steady increase from year to year in the number of schools placed under the Grant-in-Aid system, in the number of scholars presented for examination, and the percentage of scholars who passed successfully.
The amount total provided in the Estimates for 1879 is $4,500. Of this sum we have already spent $225 in gratuities for the best Masters of the Government.outside Schools. Adding thereto $4,811.53,now required for the Grant-in-Aid Schools, we exceed the amount provided by $536.53. There was a similar excess in 1878, but it must always be guess-work estimating beforehand the sum required for Grants-in-Aid, as it is impossible to tell beforehand how many children will be presented and what the average attendance throughout the year will be.
I did not require an Assistant Examiner, but as regards the classification of the merits of the needlework in Girls' Schools, the following Ladies kindly undertook to act as Judges, viz.: Mrs. BURDON, Mrs. KIDD, Mrs. HUTCHINSON, Mrs. GRUNDY, Mrs. G. SHARP, Mrs. U. M. NOROnha, Mrs. and Miss CALDWELL.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
E. J. EITEL,
Acting Inspector of Schools.
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