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Geography.-Poor. Standard V, which is taught this subject by the European Teacher, did badly at examination.
Arithmetic.-Good. The work is of rather an elementary nature considering the class of the school.
Needlework. Very good. Standard V do feather-stitch very well.
Singing. The action singing is very well done.
General. The school should have more European supervision and teaching, or the Grant will have to be reduced.
No. 19.-Victoria Home and Orphanage.
Staff-Miss HOLIS and 2 Assistant Mistresses.
Discipline and Organization.--The European instruction, which brings the school under the Upper Grade Class of Vernacular Schools, does not consist as it should of general supervision of the instruction given, but simply of lessons in drill and singing.
Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.
Floor Space.-Sufficient for 145 pupils.
Apparatus. More blackboards are needed.
Chinese.-Reading.-Fair. Standard V did very well. Composition.-Fair.
Geography. Very bad. In fact, the girls cannot be said to have any knowledge of the subject. With reference to the plan of the school it is desirable to teach the children the names of the places, a view of which the locality commands, i.e., Victoria Peak, Shauki- wan, Blindenheim, etc. This was pointed out at great length last year.
Arithmetic.—Good on the whole. More attention should be paid to problems, and to mental arithmetic. Standard V were particularly weak in the latter.
Needlework. The average of the work done is very good.
Musical Drill and Singing.-Singing from notes has been taught with very creditable results; as has also musical drill. The difficulties in the way of teaching these subjects to Chinese girls are of course very great, and the results shew that great pains must have been taken.
No. 20.-Training Home for Girls.
Staff-KWAN TSUNG-WO, and 3 Assistant Mistresses.
Discipline and Organization.-Owing to the absence of Miss DAVIES from the Colony, the school cannot be classed this year as an Upper Grade School. Nevertheless the organi- zation is still very good; and the only fault I have to find with the discipline is, that the work seems done in whispers.
Floor Space.--Sufficient for 45 pupils.
Sanitation. Very satisfactory.
Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.
Chinese.-Reading.-Distinctly weak in the 2 lowest Standards; elsewhere fair. Writing.Weak in the lowest Standards; good in the higher Standards.
Geography. The local geography, the world in outline, and Eastern Asia, have been studied to very good purpose.
History. The subject has not been taught effectively.
Arithmetic.-The written work is very well done, and the mental arithmetic is fair.