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•been urgent and that all expenditure on them will prove of the greatest benefit to the Colony. Of the 90 students on the roll on the 30th November, 55 per cent. were employed in engineering works or with building contractors, and the other students all hope to put their knowledge to some practical use. The teacher of the Building Construction Class speaks in the highest terms of the aptitude of some of his pupils. The advanced class in Practical Mathematics was closed in January. The attendance gradually fell off as the students per- ceived no immediate advantage to be gained from the course.
12. The Science Section consists of three classes in Chemistry, Physics and Hygiene. The class in Hygiene is small, and with hygiene now being taught regularly in school it is questionable whether it will be permanent. The class is principally attended by school- teachers, and the hygiene taught is school hygiene. It is to be hoped School Managers are aware of the benefits teachers would derive from attending this class.
13. I have little doubt about the future of the Chemistry and Physics classes in which the average attendance was 10 and 15 respectively. The two subjects form part of the New Learning, and apart from their prospective usefulness are attractive to all young Chinese who have studied English. But the majority of the students hope to put their knowledge to some practical use.
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14. Mr. RALPHS and Mr. CROOK are to be congratulated on the state of the laboratory. It presents a very different aspect to what it did when the classes started. At little cost but with the expenditure of a great deal of time and trouble everything which could possibly be utilised has been repaired and put in a serviceable condition.
15. It is not premature to regard these classes as having now passed beyond the experi- mental stage; and to secure the progress already made and to prepare for future develop- ment, it will now be necessary to determine the organization under which they can best be permanently conducted.
16. The following Tables are appended
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Names of Supervisory Committee and Staff.
Time Table.
Enrolment, Attendances, etc.
IV., Revenue and Expenditure for 1906.
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Attendance Returns.
VL Detailed Record of Attendance.
VII. Nationality of Students.
VIII. Occupations of Students.
26th February, 1907.
A. W. BREWIN,
Registrar General,
Chairman,
Supervisory Committee.
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