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The Societies (No. 8)—The object of this Ordinance was to repeal the Societies Ordinance, 1911, which had not proved satisfactory in practice, and to substitute a simpler system based on the Triad and Unlawful Societies Ordinance, 1887.
The Plants (No. 11)—the object of which is to enable the Governor in Council to make regulations for protecting trees, shrubs, and other plants from destruction, injury or removal. Its primary object was to protect the plant known as "Azalea."
The Criminal Intimidation (No. 13).—This enactment was passed with a view to restrain a person from using threats of violence towards another person.
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, 2,929 2,929 Military Schools, 145 145 Excluded Private Schools, 121 26 147 Grant Schools, 2,330 3,409 5,739 Controlled Private Schools, 3,679 13,719 17,398 Controlled Private Schools, New Territories, 1,761 1,761 Technical Institute, 588 588 Total, 9,792 18,915 28,707The 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 124. There is also a school for the children of