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GRANT SCHOOLS.
11. The maximum enrolment in the four Grant Schools was 1,013, and the average attendance was 922. The Highest Standard in both the Ying Wa Girls' School and the St. Paul's Girls' School is now preparing for the School Certificate Examination. Fairlea Girls' School has started a Senior Middle School Division, which is, however, not an English Department as is the case with the Ying Wa or St. Paul's. Victoria Home goes no further than the Higher Primary. The four schools have maintained their standard of efficiency.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS—URBAN DISTRICTS.
12. Subsidized Schools. During the year, 200 schools have received subsidies. Five having closed, there were 195 remaining on the list at the end of the year. The maximum enrolment in these schools was 16,232 (15,809 in 197 schools in 1933), and the average attendance was 15,276 (14,756 in 1933). The total subsidies paid amounted to $99,225, working out to be $496.12 per school ($493.48 in 1933), or $6.11 per pupil ($6.21 in 1933).
13. Non-Subsidized Schools.—87 new Day Schools were registered and 100 closed during the year. With the transference of a few schools to and from the Subsidy List, the number of Non-Subsidized schools at the end of the year was 490 (511 in 1933).
14. Night Schools.—Twenty new Night Schools opened and 18 closed during the year. The number now existing is 45. Of these, 22 were Boys' Schools and 23 Girls'. The total enrolment was 1,522 (637 boys and 885 girls) and the average attendance, 1,237. It is worthy of note that there were more girls than boys in these Night Schools.
15. The total number of Private Vernacular Schools in the Urban Districts was 735, a decrease of twenty-two,—the first decrease noticed after a number of yearly increases since 1914 when the number on our register was 312. These consisted of 1 Exempted, 4 Grant, 195 Subsidized, 490 Non-Subsidized and 45 Night Schools. The maximum enrolment was 48,385 (30,720 boys and 17,655 girls), and the average attendance was 44,818 (43,309 in 1933).
16. Scholarships.—Thirty boys and eight girls gained scholarships from Vernacular Schools to Government English Schools, and four to the Vernacular Middle School.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS—RURAL DISTRICTS.
17. Subsidized Schools.—Ten of the 106 Subsidized Schools existing at the end of the previous year closed of their own accord, two of the remaining ones were removed from the list.