No. 147.
Hongkong.
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RECE
Rer 30 JUL 06
461
Government House,
Hongkong, 29th. June, 1906.
My Lord,
Referring to my despatch No.184 dated the
14th. July, 1905, I have the honour to transmit 6 copies
of the Report of the Inspector of Schools for the year
Sov 29107/5
herewith. book post.
1905.
2.
The report shows that in Government (includ-
ing Queen's College), Grant and Private Schools taken toge-
J
ther there was an average daily school attendance of some
9,375 children or 14.22% of the population of 65,942 be-
tween the ages of 5 and 20 according to the census for
an increase of 1.34% on the attendance of the pre-
1901
vious year (Table V); that the attendance in the Government
Schools, exclusive of Queen's College, was 782 against 636,
an increase of 23% (Table I), and in the grant schools was
3,527 against 3,305 an increase of 6. .72% (Table VII); that
while the expenditure, including that on Queen's College,
continued to bear about the same average proportion as in
RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE BARL OF ELGIN, K.G.
800.
&c.
&C.
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