83
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by causes due to the war, but the deficiency has been met in part by the appointment of Mistresses resident in the Colony.
The total number of pupils at schools in the Colony excluding the Police School and the uncontrolled schools in the New Terri- tories are
Number of Pupils.
Total.
English Schools
Vernacular Schools.
Government Schools ..
2,881
Military Schools
129
2,881
129
Excluded Private Schools
458
26
484
Grant Schools
1,896
1,787
3,683
Controlled Private Schools
3,309
12,344
15,653
1,151
IL
471
1.151.
47L
Controlled Private Schools.
New Territories. Technical Institute
Total
9,144
15,308
24,452
The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools, are Queen's College for Chinese, four District Schools its feeders, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian School of growing importance now housed in a new building pre- sented to the Colony by Sir Ellis Kadoorie. Kowloon, School and Victoria School for children of British parentage have an average attendance of 117. There is also a school for the children of the Peak District with an average attendance of 46. The Diocesan School and Orphanage and St. Joseph's College are important boys' schools in receipt of an annual grant. The Italian, French, and St. Mary's Convents, and the Diocesan Girls' School, are the most important of the English Grant Schools for girls.
The Hongkong Technical Institute affords an opportunity for higher education of students who have left school. Instruction was given in 1919 in Mathematics, Machine Drawing, Architectural Design, and Building Construction; in Chemistry and Physics; in Commercial English, Logic, and Political Economy and in French, Shorthand, and Book-keeping. Classes in Sanitation (Public Hygiene) are also held, the examinations being conducted under the auspices of the Royal Sanitary Institute, London. Classes for Men and Women Teachers, both "English" and Vernacular are a feature of the Institute.
The Lecturers are recruited from the members of the Medical and Educational faculties of the Colony, and from the Department of Public Works, and receive fees for their services. The Institute is furnished with a well equipped Chemical Laboratory and excellent Physical apparatus.
The University of Hongkong is an institution that arose from the joint enterprise of British and Chinese subscribers. It was founded with funds representing about equal proportions of Chinese and British money.
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At the end of the year the number of students was 225, 77 of whom were taking the Engineering Course, 75 Medicine, and 73 Arts. While most of the students have studied in Hongkong schools, a number come from Canton, the Coast Ports of China, the Straits Settlements, Siam, and Japan. There are numerous scholarships, including those founded in honour of King Edward VII, the President of the Republic of China and by various Provincial Governments.
The idea of the University is to provide, close to China, education for Chinese similar to that given in the British Universities, but at a much cheaper cost; for if a Chinese goes abroad to be educated he has to pay, besides travelling expenses, some $2,500 per annum : whereas at Hongkong the expenses of the University are $540 per annum for board and tuition, or including extras about a minimum of $1,000 per annum.
The founders of the University took into consideration the fact that Chinese students being educated abroad have usually to make their own arrangements for board and lodging. Consequently some- times they contract irregular habits. All students educated at the Hongkong University are required to become boarders, and thus their whole lives are under supervision whilst they are there. Ample provision is made for indoor and outdoor recreation, and in this con- nection it is interesting to note that the Chinese residents of Hongkong subscribed a large sum for levelling a new playing field for cricket, tennis, etc. There is also a University Union building for social purposes.
1. Medical, The
The University is composed of three Faculties: which offers ample facilities for the practice of medicine. medical laboratories were the gifts of various Hongkong Chinese residents. There is a large staff of instructors in medicine and all the principal medical practitioners in Hongkong give lectures at the University. Clinical work is carried on at the Government Civil and Tung Wah Hospitals. The degrees are recognised for registration in 2. Arts. The Great Britain by the General Medical Council. establishment of this Faculty was largely due to the munificence of a Chinese gentleman in the Straits Settlements (Mr. Cheung Pat-sze). Its special object is to provide training suitable to those who desire to enter the public service or the higher branches of mercantile life. The course of instruction comprises English and Chinese literature. political and constitutional history, political economy, jurisprudence, international and commercial law, psychology, the school practice of education and history of educational theories. 3.-Engineering. This Faculty is divided into three branches Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical. The University has an exceptionally large equipment of machinery and apparatus, and has a number of laboratories and workshops. There is practically no place in China where students have such an opportunity of seeing all kinds of machinery in actual working and of learning their practical management. Several graduates have obtained an Honour's Degree awarded by the Examiners of the London University.
The University insists upon all students having a proper know- ledge of their own language although instruction at the University is carried out in English. Students are required to pass an examina- tion in written Chinese before entering, and two Chinese Professors, both Hanlin graduates, give lectures on the classics and history of China.
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