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No.
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HONGKONG.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ACTING HEAD MASTER OF THE VICTORIA COLLEGE
FOR 1890.
Presented to the Legislative Council, by Command of His Excellency the Governor, on the 10th April, 1891.
No. 12.
VICTORIA COLLEGE,
Hongkong, 22nd February, 1891.
SIR, I have the honour to forward the Annual Report on this College for 1890.
1. The total number of boys on the Roll during the past year was 1,075, being 156 more than the previous year. The number of days during which the school was opened was 236. This is three days more than the previous year, and considering that two extra days were granted by His Excellency The Administrator at the usual Tsing Ming holidays on account of the visit of Their Royal Highnesses, THE DUKE DUCHESS of CONNAUGHT, and further that the school had to be closed one day in July owing to inclement weather, this number may be considered good.
2. The following tables will illustrate the condition of the school during the last five years :-
1886,
1887,
1888,
1889,
1890,
1886,
1887,
1888,
1889,
1890,
YEAR.
Total Number of Scholars.
Number of School Days.
Monthly Enrolment.
Average
Daily Attendance.
Maximum.
Minimum.
610
238
507
419
446
601
234
525
417
449
634
229
536
384
467
919
233
789
466
597
1,075
236
860
683
758
YEAR.
Number of School Boys Examined.
Average
Percentage of Passes.
+
School Fees.
Actual Nett
Expenditure.
$
Expense of each Scholar per
Average Daily Attendance.
.405
94.81
5,422.00
11,680.41
26.17
384
97.65
5,547.00
11,872.70
26.40
445
94.15
6,899.00
12,384.14
26.48
676
95.41
9,338.00
15,018.20
25.11
692
89.45
11,912.50
19,222.46
25.34.
3. During the last year there were on the Roll 941 Chinese and Eurasians, 23 English, 8 Hebrews, 10 Japanese, 37 Mahometans, 45 Portuguese, 2 Parsees, 3 Germans, 5 Spaniards and 1 Siamese. These different races are mingled together in the various classes, and notwithstanding the great variety of creeds and races, the harmony of the school is very seldom disturbed by any differences between
them.
4. In accordance with the notification mentioned in the Head Master's Report last year, the curriculum of the First Class has been somewhat altered. General Reading, more Grammar and Composition lessons were introduced into the Time Table, and Latin, Chemistry, Drawing, Book- keeping, Mensuration and Trigonometry were made Optional subjects. Of these subjects Mensuration, Drawing, and Book-keeping were taught hour on Mondays and Thursdays during morning school and the other subjects during the afternoon-Chemistry being taught on Mondays and Thursdays, Trigonometry on Wednesdays and Latin on Fridays. Of the subjects taught during the morning, the majority of boys chose Book-keeping; only four took Mensuration and two drawing. As I could