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A statement of expenditure with reference to the College of Medicine contribution is given in Table VIII.
Teachers' Class.—This Class, commenced in December, 1908, has proved very successful, and is also very popular, notwithstanding that attendance is compulsory on all Junior Chinese Assistant Masters in Government and Grant Schools.
Shorthand and Typewriting. Shorthand has proved popular. The Elementary Class has increased in numbers to such an extent that it has become necessary to divide it into two sections. Lectures have been given on Typewriting, and facilities are afforded for practice on the Typewriter. Work in this direction is, however, hampered by the lack of a sufficient number of machines suitable for the use of Students.
Economies.---Mr. Stuart J. Fuller, B.L., Acting Consul-General for the United States of America, very kindly offered to deliver a Course of Lectures on "The Elements of Economics". Students on the roll of the Institute were admitted free of charge to these Lectures; others were charged a nominal fee of $2.00 for the Course. In this Course, consisting of 10 Lectures, Mr. Fuller outlined in brief and simple language the main principles of Economics. There was an average attendance of 255 at these Lectures.
Hongkong Sanitary Institute. --In March the Hongkong Sanitary Institute, which since 1905 had provided Lectures on Sanitary Subjects with the object of preparing candidates for the examinations of the Royal Sanitary Institute of Great Britain, was amalgamated with the Technical Institute. The Sanitary Institute presented its library, models, charts and furniture to the Technical Institute, together with a sum of $90, which has since been utilised for the purchase of Sanitation Apparatus.
Sanitation.--A Class in Sanitation was formed in October, Dr. Francis Clark, Medical Officer of Health, having kindly volunteered to deliver a Course of Lectures. The majority of those in attendance at this Class propose to enter for the examinations of the Royal Sanitary Institute to be held early in 1910.
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His Excellency the Governor distributed the prizes at most of the principal schools of the Colony. Brief summaries of his remarks are given below.
DISTRICT SCHOOLS (31st January).
His Excellency drew attention to the recent increase in the size of the buildings and in the numbers of the Staff, which however still proved inadequate to meet the number of pupils seeking admission. Saiyingpun was the third largest school in the Colony and ought to live up to the position.