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are not at present altogether satisfactory and will be revised before next year. It seemed to me that in the circumstances thing would be gained by excluding candidates whom the school desired to enter. The Classes from which candidates are drawn are given in the following Table. Their variety as well as the varying size of the Teams makes it no easy matter to arrange the Teams in order of merit, and I have made no attempt to do so, beyond putting them in the rough natural order of the marks won.
Results of Hygiene Team Competition, 1910.
Position. Name of School. School Class. No. of Competitors. Marks obtained. Max. 700 Percentage. 1st Belilios Public, 5 5 220 62.85 2nd Ellis Kadoorie, 3, 4, 5 10 383 54.71 3rd Diocesan Girls', 2, 3 7 266 54.28 4th St. Joseph's College, 3, 4 10 378 54.00 5th Diocesan Boys', 3, 4 10 360 51.43 6th Queen's College, 3, 4 10 352 50.28 7th Yaumati, 4, 5 10 349 49.85 8th Kowloon, 2, 3 6 205 48.81 9th Saiyingpun, 4, 5 10 336 48.00 10th Wanchai, 4, 5 10 308 44.00 11th French Convent, 3, 4 10 301 43.43 12th St. Francis', 4, 5 7 238 42.50 13th Victoria British, 2, 3 7 208 42.45 14th Italian Convent, 5, 6 7 243 34.87 15th St. Mary's, 4, 5 10 204 36.43 16th English School for Indians, 5,6 5 49 14.00Fortunately there is not much difficulty in deciding the school, namely the Belilios Public School, which should hold the shield. The team is small but it comprises almost the whole of the Class from which it is drawn, and the difference in marks gained by this team and the next is great. All the girls in the winning team are Chinese girls, the best of whom, who also did the best paper of the whole competition, is Shin Tak-hing. She was originally educated at a Lower Grade Vernacular School, and obtained a free scholarship into the Belilios Public School. She has been learning English for four years. This success is creditable to her, and a matter of satisfaction to the Department and Colony, as shewing that the system of free scholarships really encourages indigent merit. Queen's College which did very poorly last year, has done better, but by no means well. I would throw out the suggestion for what it is worth that while "cramming" (whatever that means) is held in very bad odour in educational circles, it is not cramming to ride a horse all out at the finish, nor for masters and boys to make every effort to do well at a competitive examination. Yaumati which