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History.-Good ou the whole. The subject chosen was extremely difficult i.e., the history of the ancient Egyptians, Chaldaeans and Assyrians and had been learnt by heart. I very much doubt if the subject was well understood. A knowledge of the history of China or of the nations with whom China has dealings would appear to me a more profitable subject of study and one which would be very much easier to acquire.
Mathematics. Arithmetic.---Weak in Classes I and II and good throughout the rest of
the school.
Algebra-Fair.
Euclid.-Fair in Classes I and II and good in Class III. The figures were in many cases very badly drawn and in this as well as in other subjects there was an absence of neatness and method.
Mensuration. --Very good. This subject is only studied in Class I.
Science.-Good. The textbook is rather old fashioned and should be changed. In classes II and III the answers to the questions appear to have been learnt by heart. As in the grammar and history papers when one paper has been read through the contents of all the remaining papers are known. The teaching of this subject should be of a more practical nature and boys should be discouraged from using the exact words of the textbook. To quote some instances of the similarity of papers the word capacity appears in almost all cases as capicity, and fire" as fires Sentences begin in the words of the book: "An astonishing fact may here be mentioned ". These have obviously been learnt by heart.
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Chinese. There are 12 Chinese classes in all. The reading in six of them was good as was the explanation of the text, in the remainder fair only. The composition also varied from very good in the upper classes to fair in the lower ones.
Chinese Translation.—Very fair on the whole, but the boys use sentences and expres- sions which are so alike that it is very difficult to believe that they have not copied from each others papers. Such expressions as "fallen in bankruptcy" occur in nearly every paper. In one piece of translation every boy left out the final sentence.
"Herewith a copy of the Account for goods supplied". The English was in some cases very bad. Greater care must also be taken to translate the full text and not to omit sentences or parts of sentences.
Hygiene.-Good in the advanced course. Poor in the elementary course.
General. The new wing was opened about one year ago, but even with this additional accommodation the congestion in the old building is still great. Some of the classes are almost too big for one master to supervise properly.
The boys throughout the school should be encouraged to speak louder and more distinctly as at present their answers are often quite inaudible especially if they happen to be seated at the back of one of the large class rooms.
Grant.—-1 recommend a grant at the rate of 30/- and consider that vary satisfactory progress has been made during the past twelve months.
No. 12. Fairléa.-English School.
Staff-Miss HAZELAND and Miss S. V. FLETCHEK.
The teachers should
Discipline and Organization.-Discipline fair. Some of the girls prompted each other and in at least one instance a girl copied from another girl's papers. be very particular to check this practice and punish any offenders.
Organization. The organization does not appear to be satisfactory at present. There are only three Standards 1, III and VI and there seems some doubt as to whether Standard III should be called III or IV. The school apparently lacks a nucleus of permanent scholars who pass
froin class to class each year. An attempt should be made to fill the vacant classes in the new year and a more definite programme of studies for each standard should be drawn up.