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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS--ANNUAL.
The Supreme Court (Original Jurisdiction) Emergency (No. 7) -This was to empower the Chief Justice, as necessity may require, to appoint temporarily solicitors to conduct cases in the Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
The Registration of Imports and Exports (No. 12)-The object of this Ordinance was to simplify the collection of trade statistics, and at the same time to remove some of the formalities which inconvenienced the import and export trade.
The Rents (No. 14)-This Ordinance was passed in order to extend temporarily the provisions of the Rents Ordinance, 1921, with certain amendments.
The Industrial Employment of Children (No. 22)-The object of which was to carry out, so far as possible, the recommendation of the Commission on the Industrial Employment of Children which was appointed by H.E. the Governor on the 24th March, 1921.
IV.-EDUCATION
No important changes have taken place in the Education Department during the year under review. The staff, depleted by causes due to the war, is being gradually brought up to normal strength again.
The total number of pupils at schools in the Colony, excluding the Police School and the uncontrolled schools in the New Territories are:-
English Vernacular Total Government Schools 19 3,582 3,601 Military Schools 131 131 Excluded Private Schools 12 345 357 Grant Schools 948 2,770 3,718 Controlled Private Schools 6,407 20,120 26,527 Controlled Private Schools, New Territories. 4,385 4,385 Technical Institute 495 495 Total 13,730 25,484 39,214The 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 presented to the Colony by Sir Ellis Kadoorie. Kowloon School and Kowloon Junior and Victoria Schools for children of British parentage have an average attendance of 183. There is also a