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were closed; 1 Boys' School (Day) became a Grant School, and 1 Boys' School (Night) was transferred to the Vernacular School Register. 33 new Boys' Schools (7 Day and 26 Night) were opened.
68. The total number of Schools open was: - Day Schools, - 1 Girls' and 26 Boys'; Night Schools, - 58 Boys'; with a maximum enrolment of 11 girls and 1,587 boys in the Day Schools, and 1,711 boys in the Night Schools, making a total of 3,309 pupils, an increase of 178 upon 1918.
69. In addition there were 2 Exempted Schools, the Catholic Seminary, a Day School with 24 Students training for the priesthood, and a Night School maintained by the Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company for the instruction of some of their Chinese employees, with 36 in attendance.
70. The work done in most of the schools is still of a very elementary character. Pronunciation of English is often poor, the teachers themselves being in many cases not free from faults in this direction.
71. Discipline is generally good.
72. Monthly Attendance Reports are furnished by all the Schools, and the Regulations are carefully observed.
VERNACULAR SCHOOLS IN THE COLONY.
73. During the year 85 new Private Day Schools were registered, (95 in 1918); 62 Day Schools closed, of which 23 disappeared without notification.
74. 28 Private Day Schools were transferred to the Grant List from the beginning of the year. Of these, 20 are managed by the Confucian Society and 8 by the Tung Wah Hospital. Another Private Day School was transferred to the Grant List from July 1st, i.e., the St. Paul's Girls' School managed by the Church Missionary Society.
75. The number of existing Private Day Schools is now 340 (346 in 1918). Of these, 2 are Exempted Schools, 4 are placed in Class A, 258 in Class B, and 76 in Class C. 3 of the Class C Schools are to be struck off at the beginning of the next Chinese Year.
76. Of the old Grant Schools, one managed by the Church Missionary Society was struck off the Grant List at the beginning of the year thus bringing the number down to 25. The number of Grant Schools is now 54. The Berlin Foundling House was taken over by the Church Missionary Society in March and has been transferred to the Pokfulum Foundling Home.
77. Certificates have been issued to 14 New Private Night Schools, one of which is a Japanese school for Chinese boys. 17 Night Schools closed, of which 2 disappeared without notification. The number of Night Schools stands now at 19, (22 in 1918).