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Geography-Fair in the upper Standards, poor in the lower Standards. The names of the Government Officials are not known.
Arithmetic-Mental.-Very fair.
Written.-Very good. This subject has improved, especially the written
work.
Needlework.Good.
Grant.-1 recommend a grant at the rate of $5. Should the work of this school continue to improve the grant might be increased next year; the numbers in the upper standards must also be increased still further.
*No. 31,-5 Clarence Terrace.
Staff-CHAN CHAR-LAM.
Discipline and Organization.Good.
Sanitation.--Very satisfactory.
Floor Space.-Sufficient for 40 pupils.
Apparatus.-Very satisfactory.
Chinese-Reading.--Good.
Composition.-Very fair. Composition is weak in the upper Standards.
Geography-Fair. This subject shows a falling off. Standards II and III were very weak; in Standard IV the routes to Europe were well known but not so the geography of China.
Arithmetic. Mental.—Good.
Written. The written arithmetic was good in Standards I and IV: Standards II and III were weak and failed completely in subtraction.
Grant. I recommend a grant at the rate of $7.
* No. 32.-380 Queen's Road West. Staff-FONG CHUNG-SHI.
Discipline and Orginazation.—Not at all good. I repeatedly had to speak to the pupils for talking while my examination was going on. The organization is bad. As regards reading most standards were using the text books of the standard above theirs and did not know the text books they were required to know, the same applied to geography. The teacher was absent and I presume the loose discipline and bad organization are due to the fact that she is constantly absent.
Floor Space-Sufficient for 44 pupils.
Sanitation.-Fair. The premises might be cleaner.
Apparatus.-There was no map of Hongkong island.
Chinese.-Reading. - Fair.
There were no flags.
Composition.-Poor. In Standard III one pupil refused to read saying that she had not studied the Chinese Reader No. 3 and only knew No. 4. Written Chinese is apparently not taught only the colloquial writing (tsuk wa).