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Queen's College, Wantsai School, Yaumati School, Gap Road School, the Indian School, Cheung Chau School and Un Long School all held Athletic Sports, as also did the Central British School and Quarry Bay School—the latter for the first time. Full use of their grounds at King's Park was made by both present and past pupils of the Central British School. The games played were football, cricket, hockey and tennis.
Badminton has recently been introduced by Queen's College and Ellis Kadoorie School, played indoors in their respective school halls.
3.—GRANT IN AID SCHOOLS.
The Grant in Aid Schools, statistics as to which will be found in Table IV were visited at least twice during the year, the annual Inspection being held as usual in October and November.
There were 4,300 pupils present at inspection.
Discipline can be reported as good in all schools.
The work done in these schools is efficient, in some schools very efficient.
Reading and Recitation of the Chinese pupils require more careful attention. Reading should be more deliberate to enable careful correction of errors in pronunciation.
Conversation in the lower forms is not what it should be. Easy dialogues should be introduced. We still found cases of Anglo-Chinese teachers using Chinese almost entirely as the medium of instruction in English lessons.
Heads of Schools should insist on explanations being made in English as much as possible. If not, the English, not only of the pupils but of the Masters, will suffer.
Written work, Drawing and Map Drawing were good throughout.
In the girls' schools Painting and Needlework are well taught.
We are pleased to see that Drill is now being taught in some of the girls' schools.
4. PRIVATE ENGLISH SCHOOLS.
Day Schools—At the end of the year there were 55 schools in existence as against 54 in the previous year. The total