51. No change of note has to be recorded for the year under review.
AIDED SCHOOLS-ENGLISH.
52. A list of these institutions together with details of the grants receivable will be found in Table IV.
53. Inspectors' Annual Reports show that very satisfactory work is being done in these schools and in all cases the maximum grants were recommended.
54. As in previous years weaknesses were discussed with the Heads of the Schools concerned who on all occasions showed themselves anxious to co-operate with the Education Department and to adopt any suggestions offered.
55. Colloquial English, one of the chief weaknesses, continues to make slow but steady improvement.
56. Grants in Aid were paid in respect of 1935 at the following rates:-
$40 in respect of boys' schools.
$35 in respect of girls' schools.
AIDED SCHOOLS-VERNACULAR.
57. In 1935 these numbered 314 of which four were Grant-in-Aid Schools for girls classed in Table II as "Secondary" schools.
58. The Capitation Grants for these four schools were in 1935 paid on a $14 basis.
59. During the year the number of urban schools receiving subsidies was slightly reduced: while the number of rural schools receiving subsidies was increased from 119 to 120.
UNAIDED SCHOOLS.
60. Statistics of these schools will be found in Inspectors' Reports and Tables I and II.
61. Several of the private schools teaching English availed themselves of the examination entrance to Class 3 in Queen's and King's Colleges in 1935 but none of the thirteen candidates passed.