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BRITISH SCHOOLS.
Central British School.-The Maximum Enrolment was 136 (116 in 1923).
The Average Attendance was 97 (97 in 1923).
The Head Master reports a very satisfactory year in every respect.
The Staff has been further strengthened by the addition of 1 Mistress and 1 Visiting Mistress (Housewifery and Cookery). Six Class Rooms were completed and Physics and Chemistry Laboratories were opened. All Class Rooms were furnished with new desks of an improved pattern.
Of ten pupils, who sat for the Annual Examination, three passed Matriculation and 5 obtained Senior Local Certificates. In the Junior Examination six passed out of nine entered. One gained distinction in Arithmetic, Mathematics and Drawing. Results in Classes 3 to 6 were good.
Latin, Chemistry and Physics have been added to the curriculum.
The Health of the School was excellent and the discipline satisfactory.
Games are popular and are played regularly; swimming is of a high order, and boxing is practised enthusiastically by the boys. The Prince of Wales' Banner was won by the Central British School Troop of Girl Guides, under the leadership of Miss Owen Hughes and Miss Holyoak.
Victoria British School.-The Maximum Enrolment was 70 (74 in 1923).
The Average Attendance was 56 before Easter, when 24 pupils were transferred to Quarry Bay British School. The Average Attendance after Easter was 30.
Two mistresses were transferred to Quarry Bay British School in April.
The children throughout the school have shewed more initiative and concentrative application to study than in previous years.
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Discipline was free but good. Class Libraries have been instituted, and the books are much in demand.
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