tember.
31. St. Stephen's Church School had a very unfortunate change of master in the month of Sep. The school had 97 scholars during the year, and the average daily attendance was 68. Only 38 h
He entirely neglected his duty, qualified for examination; and although only 10 of these failed yet 17 of the 28, that is, 61 per cent, had to depend on their copy writing to complete the number of subjects in which they had to pass. The failures in the various subjects, were:-in reading, 1; in writing, (from dictation), 15; in repet out of 3; and, in geography, all who were Standard IV was the highest under which scholars were presented, and all who
After his appointment, the school fell off in every way.
tion, 15; in explanation, 7 out of 16; in composition, examined failed.
were examined in it failed.
32. These are most unfortunate results for this school, which gave such promise of better things during the first 18 months of its existence. All that can be done to retrieve the past has been done, The master forfeited his proportion of the grant, and he was dismissed by the Manager at the close
of the year.
advanced sufficiently in numbers to be taken separately, the average daily attendance for the year 33. The Baxter Vernacular Girls' Schools in Sai Ying-p'ún, Staunton Street, and T'ai-p'ing Shir,
being 21, 27 and 32 respectively. From the three 56 came up for examination, and only 10 file The Staunton Street school took Standards I to IV inclusive. The other two were examined the first three. The failures in separate subjects were, for all the schools: in reading 10; in writing 12; in repetition 4; in explanation 10; and in Geography 1.
34. It is unnecessary to add anything to the favourable report given of these schools last year. They are advancing steadily in numbers and efficiency, and they are gaining rapidly in popular
estimation.
35. Subjoined is the percentage of scholars who passed in the Grant-in-aid schools:-
.88 per cent. .82 .75
ל
Basel Mission Girls' School,.
Baxter School, (Sai Ying-p'ún),.....
Baxter School, (Staunton Street),
17
Baxter School, (Tái-p'ing Shán),
.89
London Mission School, (Tái-p'ing Shán),.
.75
3
London Mission School, (Wán-tsai),
.80
77
St. Saviour's Day School,.
...82
"
St. Stephen's Church School,
Victoria Boys' School,
.74 .83
17
11
1. Aberdeen,
2. Ap-li Chan, .....
TABLE I
NUMBER of SCHOLARS attending Schools subject to Government Supervision during 1874.
Village Schools Village Schools Grant-in-Aid (Government.) (Aided.) Schools.
3. Basel Mission Girls' School,
4 Baxter School, (Sai Ying-p'ún),
5. Baxter School, (Staunton Streot),.
6. Baxter School, (Tai-ping Shin).
7. Central School,.
& Girls' School,
4 Hà Văn
10. Hok Un,
đề là, Hung Hồn,
12. Little Hongkong,
13. London Mission School, (Tái-ping Shán),.
14. Loudon Mission School, (Wán-tani),
là Má- Đau Clrung,
16. Má-tau Ts'ün,
17. Mong Kok,
18. Pok-lu Lam...
19. Sai Ying-pin, (fákká)..
20. Sai Ying-p'in, (Púntf),
1. Shai Wän....
72 Sháu-ki Tổn
* Shek Ŏ,
24. Shek-tong Taúl,
95. Sheung Wan.
26. Stanley,
27. St. Saviour's Day School,
28. St. Stephen's Church School, 29 Tai-kok Tsui,
30. Tai Wong Kung,
31. Tang-lung Chau, (Hákká)...
32. Tang-Jung Chau, (Pántí),
ss. Ta-kw£ Wóu, (Hákká),.....
34. T-kwá Wán, (Hok-lo),
34 Tsat Tsz-múí,.
Central School.
528
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44
46 51 67
34
Total.
30
19
14
154
42
528
1,054
349
632
2,563
TABLE II.
NUMBER OF SCHOLARS at the Government Schools during 1874, and Expense of each School,
This calculation is only useful as regards each school taken by itself. It does not afford a j measure of comparison between the several schools, on account of the different classes in which the are placed, a Standard in one class of schools marking a very different degree of scholarship from th corresponding Standard for schools of another class.
37. Wan-tai,
36. Victoria Boys' Sebool,..
38. Wong-nai Chung, 3. Yau-má Ti,
36. The Scheme under which these nine schools receive grants-in-aid, was published in the Government Gazette on the 26th April, 1873, and carried into effect immediately after. By it de minational schools are enabled to receive assistance from the Government without losing theirs ligious character, and the Government can give its assistance to schools of all denominations with interfering in any way with their religious teaching. A grant is not given to a school for general proficiency but for definite results, as ascertained by the individual examination of the scholar During four hours of each day, the instruction has to be confined to secular subjects; but during the rest of the day, the teaching may be religious, or secular, or both, at the option of th Manager. Before a scholar can be examined he must have attended school on at least 200 days in the year during the four hours a day devoted to unsectarian instruction. On satisfying that can Wan, dition he is examined in the Standard for which his teacher considers him qualified, with this limitatia that he can never be examined again in the same or in a lower Standard.
1. Aberdeen,
3. Central School,
4 Girls' School,..
Hok Uu, #Hung Hom
Little Hongkong, Mi-tan Chung, Mong Kok, Fok-fi Lam
Mi-tan Tsip,
18. Bul Ying-púin, (Húkká),
37. The only peculiarity of the scheme as applied to the Colony is the number of classes schools which had to be made to suit its peculiar requirements. In other respects it is substantiaily the same as similar schemes in operation elsewhere. It will be found as an Appendix to this Report.
38. It only remains to be stated that the School Book Committee have now published that Primer and Books I and II of the series which they were appointed to compile. The Third Bod is almost ready for the printer, and the whole series will probably be complete in twelve months from this date. In the early part of the year the work of the Committee was much retarded by variety of causes; but, if nothing unforeseen occurs, they will now be able to prosecute their labous uninterruptedly to the end.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
FREDERICK STEWART, Inspector of Schools.
Sai Ying-pin, (Punti),
Shál Wán, Shin-ki Wén.
Shek 0,
Shek-t'ong Tsui, Sheung Wan, Stanley, T-kok Tsai,..
. Tái Wong Kuu
Tang-lung Chau, (Finti),
To-kwa Win, (Hákká),
To-kwa Wan. (Hok-lö),.
Ts at Tsz-múi,
WAD-Lsai,
Wong-nal Chung, - Yau-né T'i,
The Honorable J. GARDINER AUSTIN,
Colonial Secretary,
HONGKONG.
Boys.
Girls.
Total.
Expense.
$
C.
Tang-lung Chau, (Hákká),
1,759
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