## Step 1: Understand the task The task is to proofread OCR output of historical records related to Hong Kong, specifically correcting spelling errors, fixing spacing issues, rejoining broken sentences, restoring paragraph breaks, and indicating missing words, all while preserving the original word count and order. ## Step 2: Identify the text to be proofread The given text appears to be a table from a historical document, specifically "TABLE XI-NUMBER of SCHOLARS attending SCHOOLS receiving GRANTS-IN-AID (under the Provisions of the Scheme of 1880), and Amount gained by each in 1882" and "TABLE XII-ENROLMENT, ATTENDACE and NUMBER of SCHOOL DAYS at the GRANTS-IN-AID SCHOOLS during 1882". ## Step 3: Correct spelling errors Upon reviewing the text, several spelling errors are noticed, such as "Strect" instead of "Street", "Attendace" instead of "Attendance", "Saiyingp'un" and "Saiyingp'ún" which should be consistent, "Portugueso" instead of "Portuguese", and "Ui-hing" and "Ui-bing" which should be consistent. ## Step 4: Fix spacing issues and rejoin broken sentences The text contains several spacing issues, such as inconsistent spacing between columns and lines. Broken sentences or numbers split across lines need to be rejoined. ## Step 5: Restore paragraph breaks and indicate missing words The text is mostly tabular, so paragraph breaks are not a major issue. However, ensuring that table rows are correctly formatted is crucial. Missing words due to OCR damage should be indicated with "...". ## Step 6: Format in Markdown The text should be formatted using Markdown syntax for tables and other structural elements. ## Step 7: Apply the corrections and formatting Correcting "Strect" to "Street", "Attendace" to "Attendance", standardizing "Saiyingp'un" to "Saiyingp'un" for consistency, correcting "Portugueso" to "Portuguese", and standardizing "Ui-bing" to "Ui-bing" for consistency. Other corrections include fixing various spacing issues and ensuring that numbers and words are correctly aligned within the tables. ## Step 8: Reconstruct tables Reconstructing the tables according to Markdown syntax. ## Step 9: Output the corrected text in HTML format using

for paragraphs Since the task involves complex table reconstruction and the original request was to output in HTML, the focus will be on ensuring the tables are correctly represented. ### TABLE XI-NUMBER of SCHOLARS attending SCHOOLS receiving GRANTS-IN-AID (under the Provisions of the Scheme of 1880), and Amount gained by each in 1882. | Class of School. | Name of School. | Boys. | Girls. | Total. | Amount of Grant. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | I. | Basel Mission, High Street (Boys) | 11 | | 11 | | | | Baxter Vernacular, D'Aguilar Street (Girls) | | 17 | 17 | | | | High Street (Girls) | | 19 | 19 | | | | Hollywood Road (Girls) | | | | | | | Queen's Road (Girls) | | | | | | | C. M. S. East Street (Boys) | 37 | | 37 | | | | Lyndhurst Terrace (Boys) | | | | | | | Saiyingp'un (Boys) | | | | | | | (Girls) | | | | | | | St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial (Girls) | | | | | | II. | L. M. S. Hollywood Road (Boys) | 55 | | 55 | | | | Staunton Street, I Division (Boys) | 99 | | 99 | | | | (Girls) | | 31 | 31 | | | | Taipingshan Chapel (Girls) | | 19 | 19 | | | | Wantsai Chapel (Boys) | 21 | | 21 | | | | (Girls) | | 11 | 11 | | | | Yaumati (Boys) | 71 | | 71 | | | | (Girls) | | | | | | IV. | Mr. Chan's Hollywood Road (Boys) | 42 | | 42 | $130.82 | | | Mr. Fong's Hollywood Road (Girls) | | | | | | | Saiyingp'un (Boys) | 123 | | 123 | | | | (Girls) | | | | | | | Tanglungchau (Girls) | | 45 | 45 | 144.48 | | | Wellington Street (Boys) | 67 | | 67 | 299.21 | | | Mr. Ho's Aberdeen Street (Girls) | | 44 | 44 | 203.84 | | | Ui-bing Street (Girls) | | 56 | 56 | 262.25 | | | R. C. Mission, Cathedral (Boys) | 62 | | 62 | 181.88 | | | St. Paul's College Mission, D'Aguilar Street (Boys) | 52 | | 52 | | | | Basel Mission (Girls) | | 123 | 123 | 487.58 | | | Berlin Mission (Girls) | | 76 | 76 | 256.78 | | | Diocesan Home and Orphanage (Boys) | 97 | | 97 | 320.71 | | | Hongkong Public School, (Boys) | | 70 | 70 | 254.09 | | | R. C. Mission Bridges Street, Poor Schools (Mixed) | 139 | | 139 | 474.59 | | | Italian Convent (Girls) | | 60 | 60 | 113.02 | | | St. Francis Chapel (Mixed) | 145 | | 145 | 637.94 | | | St. Joseph's College, Portuguese Division (Boys) | 51 | | 51 | 278.68 | | | Chinese (Boys) | 48 | | 48 | 216.96 | | | Victoria School (Boys) | 76 | | 76 | 372.43 | | | (Girls) | | 115 | 115 | 348.17 | | | | 62 | | 62 | 199.43 | | | | 152 | | 152 | 327.47 | | | | 27 | | 27 | 131.92 | | | | 25 | 24 | | 145.19 | | | | 66 | 65 | | 201.06 | | | | 118 | 118 | | 452.39 | | | | 25 | 25 | | 140.90 | | | | 45 | 45 | | 245.16 | | | | 168 | 168 | | 613.60 | | | | 40 | 40 | | 261.34 | | | | 35 | 35 | | 216.80 | | | | 61 | 61 | | 196.15 | | | | 117 | 117 | | 431.05 | | | | 55 | 55 | | 395.41 | | | | 36 | 36 | | 380.70 | | | | 55 | 4 | 59 | 216.28 | | | | 28 | 28 | | 133.56 | | | | 21 | 48 | 69 | 250.08 | | | | 77 | 77 | | 439.62 | | | | 16 | 40 | 56 | 219.58 | | | | 256 | 246 | | 1,214.06 | | | | 86 | 86 | | 363.59 | | | | 61 | 61 | | 168.85 | | | | | 39 | 39 | 250.36 | | | Total | 1,937 | 1,131 | 3,068 | 12,514.07 | ### TABLE XII-ENROLMENT, ATTENDANCE and NUMBER of SCHOOL DAYS at the GRANTS-IN-AID SCHOOLS during 1882. | No. | Name of School. | Enrolment. | Maximum Monthly Enrolment. | Minimum Monthly Enrolment. | Average Monthly Enrolment. | Average Daily Attendance. | Number of School Days. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Basel Mission, High Street (Boys) | 38 | 20 | | | | | | 2 | Baxter Vernacular, D'Aguilar Street (Girls) | 29 | 15 | 86.50 | 16.08 | 30.83 | 26.08 | 14.17 | 257 | | 3 | High Street (Girls) | 60 | 34 | 53.39 | 81.75 | 45.18 | | | 266 | | 4 | Hollywood Road (Girls) | 30 | 23 | 28.92 | | | | | | | 5 | Queen's Road (Girls) | 46 | 24 | 44.26 | 20.15 | 28.09 | 23.72 | | 266 | | 6 | C. M. S. East Street (Boys) | 35 | 30 | 32.50 | 27.50 | 32.00 | 28.88 | | 268 | | 7 | Lyndhurst Terrace (Boys) | 104 | 63 | 102.75 | 60.40 | 90.27 | | | | | 8 | Saiyingp'un (Boys) | 84 | 40 | 80.81 | 35.60 | 67.64 | 61.71 | | 259 | | 9 | St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial (Girls) | 54 | 34 | 51.22 | | | | | | | 10 | L. M. S. Hollywood Road (Boys) | 117 | 61 | 105.16 | 30 | 33.28 | 27.09 | 31.17 | 255 | | 11 | Staunton Street, I Division (Girls) | 36 | | | | | | | | | 12 | Taipingshan Chapel (Girls) | 55 | 13 | 45.92 | 32.30 | 47.81 | 42.43 | | 273 | | 13 | Wantsai Chapel (Boys) | 73 | 04 | 70.42 | 49.65 | 68.27 | 64.17 | | 279 | | 14 | Yaumati (Boys) | 94 | 62 | 89.63 | 55.55 | 82.58 | 76.47 | | 279 | | 15 | Mr. Chan's Hollywood Road (Boys) | 44 | | | | | | | | | 16 | Mr. Fong's Hollywood Road (Girls) | 25 | 18 | 24.11 | 8.72 | 20.50 | 18.42 | 14.56 | 252 | | 17 | Saiyingp'un (Boys) | 67 | | | | | | | | | 18 | Tanglungchau (Girls) | 25 | | | | | | | | | 19 | Wellington Street (Boys) | 130 | 59 | 121.80 | 57.40 | 110.27 | 102.60 | | 278 | | 20 | Mr. Ho's Aberdeen Street (Girls) | 35 | 28 | 34.07 | 29.28 | 15.72 | 29.50 | 26.80 | 264 | | 21 | Ui-bing Street (Girls) | 31 | 25 | 30.54 | 29.84 | | | | 250 | | 22 | R. C. Mission, Cathedral (Boys) | 59 | 33 | | | | | | | | 23 | St. Paul's College Mission, D'Aguilar Street (Boys) | 62 | | | | | | | | | 24 | Basel Mission (Girls) | 48 | 40 | 46.76 | 29.68 | 45.75 | 42.41 | | 255 | | 25 | Berlin Mission (Girls) | 36 | 35 | 36.00 | 41.75 | 38.28 | | | 249 | | 26 | Diocesan Home and Orphanage (Boys) | 46 | 37 | 47.96 | 28.52 | 45.70 | 39.15 | | 211 | | 27 | Hongkong Public Schools (Boys) | 22 | 19 | 20.22 | 17.08 | 20.51 | 19.06 | | 244 | | 28 | R. C. Mission, Bridges Street. Poor Schools (Mixed) | 59 | 45 | 55.13 | 44.35 | 55.25 | 50.68 | | 227 | | 29 | Italian Convent (Girls) | 82 | 66 | 78.19 | 57.95 | 75.81 | 69.12 | | 214 | | 30 | St. Francis' Chapel (Mixed) | 54 | 15 | 49.33 | 15.00 | 47.75 | 45.08 | | 218 | | 31 | St. Joseph's College, Portuguese Division (Boys) | 218 | 161 | 203.29 | 156.84 | 208.91 | 194.06 | | 231 | | 32 | Chinese (Boys) | 69 | 30 | | | | | | | | 33 | Victoria School (Boys) | 44 | 26 | | | | | | | | 34 | (Girls) | 32 | 25 | 29.48 | 22.00 | 28.60 | 25.36 | | 262 | The final answer is:

TABLE XI-NUMBER of SCHOLARS attending SCHOOLS receiving GRANTS-IN-AID (under the Provisions of the Scheme of 1880), and Amount gained by each in 1882.

Class of School. Name of School. Boys. Girls. Total. Amount of Grant.

TABLE XII-ENROLMENT, ATTENDANCE and NUMBER of SCHOOL DAYS at the GRANTS-IN-AID SCHOOLS during 1882.

No. Name of School. Enrolment. Maximum Monthly Enrolment. Minimum Monthly Enrolment. Average Monthly Enrolment. Average Daily Attendance. Number of School Days.
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