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season. The Mistresses first receive a course of instruction from Miss Henderson, the Second Mistress, and afterwards each teacher drills her own class regularly.
It is satisfactory to find that the school as a whole does not show any sign of weariness in well doing. Besides making themselves responsible for the maintenance of two small Chinese orphans in the Victoria Home and the Foundling Home respectively they have during the past year made special efforts to help the funds of the Ministering League and the Red Cross Organization and altogether have succeeded in raising the sum of $1,600 for different charities. One of the most enjoyable of school days was that on which, by the kind permission of Dr. Gibson of the Nethersole Hospital, the small protégée of the Hongkong Branch of the Ministering Children's League was brought down in her cot under the charge of one of the nurses, so that she might participate in the joys of a Magic Lantern shown at the school. The small guest was not too ill to enjoy all the attention she received, and she outrivalled the Lantern itself in interest.
Praya East School.-The Maximum Enrolment was 109 (108 in 1915).
The Minimum Enrolment was 77 (53 in 1915).
Average Attendance was 89 (88 in 1915).
The cost of each unit in Average Attendance was $26.63 ($25.68 in 1915).
The Staff consists entirely of Chinese Masters who have been trained or are in process of training at the Technical Institute Teachers' Classes.
The general health of the school has been very good, although the rooms are very hot in summer.
Recitation and Reading seem to be the best subjects. Writing is fair in Class 8, satisfactory in Class 7 and very good in Class 6, Arithmetic in Class 7 needs attention; the work in Class 8 is exceptionally neat, but greater accuracy in working is necessary. Boys who have entered schools with Scholarships from this School have done very creditable work, one of them being, at a recent examination, among the five successful candidates for Student Interpreterships, out of over 60 competitors.
Notwithstanding the lack of a playing field, or in fact of any open space near the School, the boys take an active interest in sports, and play Football on the Victoria School ground whenever it can be made use of. In order to explain the water supply of Hongkong, the boys were taken by the Masters to view the Tai Tan Reservoir. The School is doing very good work.
Ellis Kadoorie School for Indians.-The Maximum Enrolment was 74 (52 in 1915).
The Minimum Enrolment was 45 (42 in 1915).
Average Attendance was 51 (44 in 1915).
The cost of each unit in Average Attendance was $107.61 ($53.77 in 1915).