45. Two outstanding events of the year were the Spring Festival and the Prize Distribution in December when the pupils gave a wonderful performance of "The Blue Bird".
46. Peak School.—Headmistress, Mrs. Stark, M.A. Maximum enrolment was seventy-one. Average attendance fifty-four.
47. Additional apparatus was provided for the Gymnasium and the Kindergarten.
48. The School like Quarry Bay School has now a Percussion Band. The services of these Bands have been requisitioned by the local Broadcasting Station.
49. Children are taking a greater interest in Nature Study and outdoor sketching.
50. The general work of the school is very satisfactory.
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—GAMES.
51. All schools, as far as is practicable, indulge in all the usual school games. Most of them specialise in Swimming during the hot season, and some of them give instruction in Life-Saving. The old Chinese pastimes kite-flying and shuttle-cock have almost died out. Hiking has increased in popularity.
PRIVATE ENGLISH SCHOOLS.
52. Day Schools. The total number of schools on the register at the end of December was forty-seven as against fifty in 1931. The number of students enrolled was 4,536 (4,510 in 1931). During the year fifteen new schools were registered, seventeen closed and one was transferred to the Grant-in-Aid list. Of the existing schools, two are Roman Catholic Theological Seminaries, including one exempted from supervision; two are Kindergarten; two received subsidies from the Government, namely, the Mun-sang College and the St. Louis Industrial School; nine are girls' schools. The rest are ordinary boys' schools of which quite a number prepare students for the University Local Examinations.
53 was missing, however, 58. Night Schools.—There were sixty-eight schools in existence as against seventy in 1931. During the year twenty-eight new schools came into being and thirty closed. The total number of students enrolled was 2,185 (2,465 in 1931).
A. R. SUTHERLAND,
A. O. BRAWN,
Inspectors of English Schools.
I. S. WAN,
Inspector of Private English Schools.
17th March, 1933.