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businesses and on the possession of essential raw materials when the war comes to an end and when they shall cease to be of the status of enemies.
The Banking Business (Prohibited Control) (No. 2).
The Termination of the Present War (Definition) (No. 9).
The Trading with the Enemy Amendment (No. 11).
The "China Companies" Custodian (No. 12).
The Rating (Special War Rate) Amendment (No. 15).
The Enemy Aliens Restriction (No. 16).
The Military Service Repeal (No. 23).
IV. EDUCATION.
No important changes have taken place in the Education Department during the year under review.
The Staff has been depleted by causes due to the war, but the deficiency has been met in part by the appointment of Mistresses resident in the Colony.
The total number of pupils at schools in the Colony excluding the Police School and the uncontrolled schools in the New Territories are:-
English Schools. Vernacular Schools. Total. Government Schools, 2,881 2,881 Military Schools, 129 129 Excluded Private Schools, 458 26 484 Grant Schools, 1,896 1,787 3,683 Controlled Private Schools. 3,309 12,344 15,653 Controlled Private Schools, New Territories, 1,151 1,151 Technical Institute, 471 471 Total. 9,144 15,308 24,452The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools, are Queen's College for Chinese, four District Schools its feeders, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian School of growing importance now housed in a new building presented to the Colony by Sir Ellis Kadoorie. Kowloon School and Victoria School for children of British parentage have an average attendance of 117. There is also a school for the children of