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24. Health of the School has been good throughout the year. There was a slight diminution in the number of eyesight cases.
25. All the boys who competed for places in the secondary schools were successful—twenty-nine altogether.
26. Gap Road School.—Headmaster, Mr. Lo Yuk Lun. Maximum enrolment was 170. Average attendance 155—a decrease of twelve, possibly due to the increase in fees from $3 to $5 per month.
27. One hundred and thirty-seven boys out of one hundred and forty-two passed the annual examination. Its old boys are doing well. One has lately been appointed Assistant Medical Officer of Schools. Another has obtained his B.A. and is teaching in the Vernacular Middle School.
28. Taipo School.—Headmaster, Mr. Fung So. Maximum enrolment was seventy-nine. Average attendance seventy-seven—a decrease of two. Health of the school has improved—fewer cases of malaria occurred. Boys are becoming more interested in school games.
29. Un Long School—Headmaster, Mr. Li King Shum. The new building is much appreciated—the numbers have trebled in the last one and a half years. There are now ninety on the roll. The following trees were planted in the School grounds. Twenty-nine Casuarina quadrivalvis, five Casuarina equisetifolia and thirty-five Crataeva religiosa.
30. Cheung Chau School—Headmaster, Mr. Cheung King Pak, B.A. Maximum enrolment was thirty-five. Average attendance thirty (fifty-nine in 1931). The big drop was the result of closing down Class 5. The good results achieved by Class in December decided the Director of Education to revive Class 5. It should be noted that the leaving examination of all Outlying Schools has now been standardised in the same way as the leaving examination of District Schools. Drawing, Model and Free-hand, was added to the curriculum. Health was good though there were some cases of trachoma.
31. The Staff is to be congratulated on the results of the annual examination—mainly due to individual care.
32. Ellis Kadoorie School for Indians.—Headmaster, Mr. A. T. Hamilton. The numbers especially in the lower classes continue to increase and now approximate one hundred and fifty. Keen interest is displayed in all games especially cricket.
33. Belilios Public School—Headmistress, Miss Skinner, M.B.E. Maximum enrolment was 528. Average attendance 466 (492 in 1931). At the annual examination 91% of the upper school passed and 81% of the lower school. Four passed the Senior Local and ten the Junior.