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30. The Inspector reports :—
"The discipline appears to be quite satisfactory. The boys are for the most part polite and well-behaved. The rooms are generally tidy, but the arrangement of pictures and charts on the walls is inartistic.
"The boys take a great interest in Sports, the school holding the "District Schools Football Cup". Bathing picnics were organized during the summer, and many of the boys learned to swim.
"On Empire Day the entire school journeyed in steam launches to Cheung Chau Island for a picnic, the morning being devoted to sports arranged by the Head Master, the afternoon to swimming. A most enjoyable day was spent.
"The Masters and boys subscribed the sum of $250 for the relief of sufferers in the West River Floods."
31. Yaumati School.—Mr. Brawn left for England in March, his place as Head Master being taken by Mr. S. R. Moore. At the beginning of the year there were 245 boys on the roll; the number increased to 282 in May, and the attendance was good until the end of the year.
32. The Inspector reports:
"The discipline is good as far as order is concerned, but boys occasionally had to be reminded to stand when their books were inspected.
"There is a plentiful supply of maps, many of which, however, are old and need replacing.
"Throughout the school, attention needs to be given to Conversation, also to Writing and general neatness in all written work, and any tendency to slackness or carelessness should be strictly repressed.
"English Composition is fairly satisfactory throughout, and good in the highest class (4).
"Athletics are popular,—Football, Volley Ball, Swimming and Country Walks being indulged in. The school did well in the Football Shield Competition, and in connection with swimming the boys themselves erected a matshed at Cheung Sha Wan. Volley Ball is gradually increasing in favour.
"During the year, some of the Senior boys obtained situations in the Kowloon-Canton Railway and the Chinese Customs Staff."
33. Belilios Public School. There was again some falling off in the average attendance (362: 410 in 1914). The cause of this is, in the opinion of the Head Mistress, the resignation of 7 Assistant Mistresses during the year. Three of them set up rival schools in the neighbourhood. There is an increasing difficulty in maintaining a proper staff.
34. Another possible cause for the decrease may be found in the scheme of English Studies. They had probably been given too much prominence, and have now been modified. Mr. Ralphs has recorded the history of this matter in a very thorough report quoted