# Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841–1941
# TAPERS RELATING TO
## 18.-EDUCATION.
The total number of schools subject to supervision by the Government amounted in 1887 to 94, as compared with 90 in 1885 and 1884.
The total number of scholars subject to Government supervision in the Government and grant-in-aid schools during the last five years was as follows:-
Years. Government. Grant-in-aid. Total. 1883 2,080 3,517 5,597 1884 1,978 3,907 5,885 1885 1,803 4,041 5,844 1886 1,893 3,951 5,844 1887 1,814 4,160 5,974The total expenditure for these schools for the last five years was as follows:-
1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 $35,412.26 $36,758.14 $36,085.27 $43,085.50 $43,070.91## 19.-EXCHANGE, MONEYS, WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
### Exchange.
The rate of exchange on four months' bills on London fell from 3s. 4¼d. per dollar on the 18th of January to 3s. 1d. on the 12th April.
During the year it fluctuated between these two rates, closing with 3s. 1¼d. in the latter end of December.
### Currency.
The law affecting currency has remained unchanged.