Chapter III.
REPORT BY INSPECTORS OF ENGLISH SCHOOLS.
1.-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS.
Queen's College. The maximum enrolment was 691 and the average attendance 619. At the beginning of the year 451 applicants for admission were refused. The health of the pupils, as the high percentage of attendance indicates, was good but there was an unusual amount of sickness on the staff and the college suffered a great loss by the death of Mr. Lai Pui Yan whose name will long be remembered by the boys and old boys who were fortunate enough to be taught by him.
At the external examinations held at the end of the year by the University of Hong Kong, for which 110 boys were presented, 49 passed with 17 distinctions. At the internal examination for the rest of the school 328 passed out of 500.
Mr. Reeves, Map Curator and Cartographer of the Royal Geographical Society was good enough to examine the best specimens sent in for the annual competition in map production. He found that these were "creditable productions" and indicated the possibility of the competitors becoming with training "really good geographical draughtsmen".
The inclusion of the Head Master, Mr. A. H. Crook, M.A., O.B.E. in the New Year Honours was a great pleasure to the old boys whose interest in their old school is illustrated by the generosity of the Association to which the Head Master alluded in his speech at the annual prize-giving.
King's College.-The maximum enrolment was 856 and the average attendance 782. It was not possible to consider the admission of a large number of applicants at the beginning of the year. As will be seen from the foregoing figures this school is approaching its limits as regards numbers.
At the external examinations held at the end of the year by the University of Hong Kong, for which 57 boys were presented, 26 passed with 11 distinctions.
We regret to have to record the death of Mr. Wong Wo Ting a member of the Vernacular Staff.
The equipment of the gymnasium is now complete and a full-time gymnasium instructor has been appointed.