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mensem. Of the $12,000 Subsidies vote for New Territories, the amount actually spent was $10,945. The attendance in the Subsidized Schools being about 3200, this works out at $3.41 per head.
Free Scholarships-3 Free Scholars were admitted to Taipo Government School from Vernacular Schools in the neighbour- hood, and 2 to Un Long. 8 scholars were sent to Yaumati School from the Sha Tin District.
Non-Subsidized Schools-Of the 94 schools on this list at the end of 1923, 6 Class D Schools were, for the first time in the New Territories, struck off the register early in January. In the course of the year, 45 new schools were registered, but 40 of the old ones closed. 18 schools were transferred to the Subsidy List, but 3 were transferred from that list to this. The number of Non-Subsidized Schools is now 78.
Attendance--The total enrolment in Subsidized Schools is 3175 including 279 girls, and the average attendance is 2540. The number in Non-Subsidized Schools is 1646 (126 girls) and the average attendance is 1258. The Saikung English School has an enrolment of 31.
Staff-When I was absent on leave from March to September, Mr. Li King Hong in the earlier part, and later Messrs. Lau Man Kui and Wong Kwok Fong, took charge of the New Territory work. Each school was visited at least once by an Inspector and several times by a Sub-Inspector.
Y. P. LAW,
Inspector of Vernacular Schools, N.T.