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businesses and on the possession of essential raw materials when the war comes to an end and when they shall cease to be of the status of enemies.
The Banking Business (Prohibited Control) (No. 2),
The Termination of the Present War (Definition) (No. 9).
The Trading with the Enemy Amendment (No. 11).
The "China Companies" Custodian (No. 12).
The Rating (Special Wax Rate) Amendment (No. 15),
The Enemy Aliens Restriction (No. 16).
The Military Service Repeal (No. 2
IV.-EDUCATION.
No important changes have taken place in the Education Department during the year under review. The Staff has been depleted 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.
English
Total.
Vernacular
Schools.
Schools.
Government Schools,
2,881
2,881
Military Schools. - ·2·
120
129
Excluded Private Schools,
458
26
484
Grant Schools,
1,896
1,787
3,683
Controlled Private
Schools,
3,309
12,344
15,653
Controlled
Private
Schools, New Terri- tories,
1,151
1,15
Technical Institute,
471
471
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 bave an average attendance of 117. There is also a school for the children of
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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 Conrents, 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.
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 Pre- sident of the Republic of China and by various Provincial Govern-
ments.
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 annuni 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 sometimes they contract irregular habits. All students educated at the Hongkong University are required to become boarders, aud thus their whole lives are under supervision whilst they are there. Ample provision is made for indoor and outdoor recreation, and in this connection 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.
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