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7. Number of Non-Subsidised Schools. Of the 102 Non- Subsidised schools on the list at the end of 1922, 40 closed during the year, and 47 new schools were registered. 19 schools were transferred to the Subsidy list, but 4 were removed from that list to this. The number of Non-Subsidised schools is now 94. While the standard of subsidised schools remained much the same, the non-subsidised schools improved considerably in some respects. A number of these have as good an appearance as a Subsidised school, though their teachers are not proficient enough in Chinese to bring them up to the standard. Of the 20 class D schools referred to in my last Annual Report, only a few remain, and these have somewhat improved. Warning notices under §. 16 of the Education Ordinance have been served to 6 of the worst schools and with the disappearance of these, we hope to see the last of this type of school.
8. Attendances. The number of pupils in subsidised schools is 2786, including 199 girls, and the average attendance is 2175. The number in non-subsidised schools is 1879, (102 girls) and the average attendance, 1245.
9. Inspections. Each school has been visited at least once by myself, and several times by the Sub-Inspectors. The Tseng Lan Shu School was the only one that was found, on a surprise visit, to be not at work during school hours, and had to forfeit one quarter's subsidy. There are 14 unregistered schools with less than 10 pupils in each, and I have personally visited some of them. I have also paid occasional visits to the 3 Government English Schools at Taipo, Un Long and Cheung Chau respectively, and found that the numbers have increased, and are still on the increase, in all of them.
10. Sub-Inspectors. Mr. Chan Tai Shang having been transferred to the Urban Districts, Mr. Chan Yuk Cheung was appointed to take his place.
Y. P. LAW,
Inspector of Vernacular Schools,