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17. Physical Training.-For the second time, a competition was held in December. The number of entries was exactly the same as that of the previous year i.e. 21, but the display showed considerable improvement in certain directions.
18. Scholarships.-Thirty Free Places tenable at various Government English Schools, and four at the Vernacular Middle School were awarded to boys from Subsidized schools and eighteen Places at the Belilios School were awarded to girls from various Vernacular schools. This was the first time that a sufficient number of suitable students were found to fill all the 18 Free Places offered at the Belilios School, and this
may be accounted for by the tendency in Girls' Vernacular Schools to introduce English into their curriculum in the earlier stages.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS RURAL DISTRICTS.
19. Subsidized Schools.-The number of Subsidized schools was 116 including 6 girls' schools. Subsidies paid amounted to $19,855 working out to an average of $171.15 per school, or $4.20 per pupil.
20. Non-Subsidized Schools.-There were 78 non-subsidized schools including 7 Girls' Schools. (6 Day Schools and 1 Night School.)
21. Attendance. The total enrolment in the New Territories Schools was 7,708 (4,731 pupils including 601 girls in Subsidized schools, 2,927 including 758 girls in Non-subsidized schools, and 50 girls in a Girls' Night School), the average attendance was 6,099.
22. Scholarships.-All the Free Places tenable in Government Schools offered to students from Subsidized Schools were eagerly sought and were filled by students selected at a competitive examination.
23. Secondary Schools.-During the second half of the year, a few of the Secondary Schools-both English and Chinese-that were forced by the Sino-Japanese conflict to remove from Canton or other parts of China to this Colony established themselves in the New Territories, and it may be recorded that this is the first year that Secondary Schools appear on the New Territory School List. It will be interesting to see how many New Territories students will avail themselves of the opportunity, as we may judge therefrom what demand there is for Secondary Schools in these territories.
24. Every school has been visited at least once during the year.
(Sd.) Y. P. LAW,
W. YU,
I. S. WAN,
S. W. LIANG,
Inspectors of Vernacular Schools
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