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A.-BRITISH SCHOOLS.
One new British Junior School was opened at Quarry Bay in temporary premises kindly lent by Messrs. Butterfield and Swire pending the erection of the new school building.
The new building for the Central British School was completed early in the year, and provided 5 new class rooms.
The new Physics Laboratory was opened for use early in the year, and the Chemistry Laboratory was in use and nearly complete by the end of the year.
B.-ENGLISH-TEACHING GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS (FOR OTHER THAN BRITISH PUPILS.)
There were no noticeable changes in the work of these schools during the year. Efforts have been directed to raising the standard rather than to increasing the numbers. In fact these have been cut down considerably in some schools to avoid over-burdening any of the classes.
C.-GRANT SCHOOLS.
St. Stephen's Girls' School came on to the Grant List early in the year, leaving the St. Stephen's Boys' College and the Garrison School the only schools excluded from the supervision of this Department.
Statistics for the Grant Schools are given in Table II.
D.-VERNACULAR SCHOOLS (Tables V & VI).
The number of private urban vernacular schools was 536, being 65 more than in the previous year, and of pupils 28,161. About one third of these viz. 168 schools with 10,180 pupils received subsidies from the Government.
The rural vernacular schools numbered 180, of whom 102 received subsidies. They maintain a precarious existence; owing to the poverty of the villages, and to the dearth of teachers, who if they have any abilities, are tempted to find a better market for them in the town.
7.-NORMAL SCHOOLS.
Normal Classes were held during the day at the Government Normal Schools for men and for women, and in evenings at the Technical Institute,
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