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closed (at Tai Hang, Fung Yuen, Lo Wai, Tai O, and Wo Mui). Six new schools were granted a subsidy (at Shuen Wan, Chung Uk Tsuen, Fan Ling, San Hui, Sha Tin, and Tseng Yi Island), the total number thus again being 47.
36. The number of pupils is 1,093—only one less than last year, and the average attendance 903. Of these only 36 are girls, 13 of whom are divided among five schools, while Girls' Schools at Tsuen Wan and Sheung Shui are responsible for the remaining 23.
37. At 11 of these schools the teaching is on modern lines and efficient, and five others are fair. The remainder are inferior, and seven of them which have proved most unsatisfactory are being struck off the list as from the end of the year. These were at Chau Tau, San Hui, Yeung Siu Hang, Sheung Shui (Boys), Tseng Lan Shu, Ping Long Wan, and Shan Tsui.
38. Three free scholars were admitted to Taipo English School from Vernacular Schools and two to Un Long.
39. Each school has been visited at least once by the Inspector and three times by the sub-inspector of New Territories Vernacular Schools.
NUMBERS OF Pupils.
40. The total number of pupils at schools in the Colony excluding the Police School and the uncontrolled schools in the New Territories are:-
Total. Number of Pupils in English Schools. Vernacular Schools. * Government Schools, 2,433 105 * Military Schools, 645 * Excluded Private Schools, 1,522 1,978 * Grant Schools, 3,500 2,633 † Controlled Private Schools, 10,159 12,792 † Controlled Private Schools, New Territories,... 1,093 1,093 † Technical Institute,. 535 Total,... 7,873 13,230 ** Average attendance. 21,103 † Total enrolment.41. This is an increase of 1,247 over 1915, the increase in pupils in English Schools being 109, and in the Vernacular Schools 1,138. Both increases have occurred in the Private Controlled Schools, and not in the Government or Grant Schools, which remain numerically about the same.