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Hongkong and to deal with certain property formerly held or administered by, or used in connection with the work of, such societies and persons in the Colony of Hongkong, and to provide for the control of the persons by whom the said work is to be carried on.
The Fraudulent Transfers of Businesses, (No 25)—The object of the ordinance is to prevent certain fraudulent transfers of businesses.
The Ordinances of Hongkong 1844-1923 (No. 18)—The object of this ordinance was to authorise the preparation and issue of a new edition of the ordinances in force in the Colony to be known as the Ordinances of Hongkong 1844-1923.
Statute Laws (Proof and Preservation) (No. 19)-The object of this ordinance was to provide for the preservation of certain portions of the Statute Laws (New Revised Edition) Ordinance, 1911.
IV. -EDUCATION.
The European staff was increased by twelve new appointments from England during the year.
The total number of pupils at schools in the Colony excluding the Police School and the uncontrolled schools in the New Territories are:-
Schools English Vernacular Total Government Schools 41 3,439 3,480 Military Schools — 157 157 Excluded Private Schools — 348 348 Grant Schools 1,051 3,351 4,402 Controlled Private Schools 5,621 23,253 28,874 Controlled Private Schools, New Territories — 4,665 4,665 Technical Institute — 526 526 Total 6,713 35,739 42,452The most important schools, apart from the excluded schools, are Queen's College for Chinese, four District Schools as its feeders, and the Belilios Public School for Chinese girls. There is an Indian