36. More attention is now given to the teaching of Translation (Chinese) and Mathematics. On the recommendation of the Medical Officer for Schools, less time is devoted to Needlework.
37. The pupils continue to take a keen and practical interest in the Girl Guides and the Ministering Children's League.
38. Junior Technical School.—Headmaster, Mr. G. White, B.Sc., A.M.I.M.E. The school was opened in February. There were eleven applicants for every vacant place. The school provides a four-year course for the pre-apprenticeship training of prospective artisans. Forty boys are admitted annually. Four years will have elapsed before the school has its quota. Of the 40 admitted, 35 qualified to continue and five failed and were removed.
39. The building of a Laboratory and additional classrooms for this school is progressing.
BRITISH SCHOOLS.
40. Central British School. Headmaster, Mr. G. F. Nightingale. Maximum enrolment was 273. Average attendance 228, a slight increase.
41. The results of the Cambridge School Certificate and of the Peace Memorial Scholarship have not yet arrived.
42. Interest in all school games, especially cricket, has increased.
43. Kowloon Junior School—Headmistress, Miss Cooper, B.A. Maximum enrolment was 123. Average attendance 104—the highest on record.
44. Sixteen children gained Honours at the Royal Drawing Society Examination.
45. A new Drill and Assembly Hall has been added to this school. The annual athletic sports were held on the Kowloon Cricket Club ground. Miss Cotton.
46. Quarry Bay School—Headmistress, Miss Cotton. Maximum enrolment was 72. Average attendance 53—one less than last year.
47. Classes 7, 8, and 9 have each two divisions with alternative syllabuses in History, Geography, Literature, and Scripture, hence backward children (usually in Arithmetic and Reading) avoid monotonous repetition when they fail to gain promotion.