29.
stituting for the old Senior and Junior Local Examina-
tions a "School Leaving Certificate" examination. No
examination was held during the current year and the
first examination under the new syllabus will be held
in 1935. For this reason the sum of $9,900 provided
in the 1933 Estimates for University Examination fees
was excised from the 1934 Estimates.
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The extra provision takes into account a substan-
tial increase in the number of candidates (from provided
and Grant-in-Aid Schools) who are expected to sit in
1935 and also an alteration in the method of charging the
admission fee, involving probably a slightly increased
Expenditure.
It is proposed to engage a Pattern Maker from
England on a sterling scale in place of the locally
engaged Carpentry Instructor and part time Teacher of
Building Construction. The work of the Junior Technical
School has grown sufficiently to warrant the employment
of a full time officer who will also be available for
manual instruction in other schools, in accordance with
the policy recommended in 1931 by the Committee on
Practical Technical Education. As I have mentioned
provision has been made under Public Works Extraordinary
to commence the building of a Trade School, but as the
building will not be completed before 1936 no provision
for staff has been made for next year, though this will be a commitment for following years.
Five Anglo-Chinese Masters have been replaced
by five University Trained Masters in pursuance of the