# Chapter III.
## FINANCE.
The following are the comparative figures for 1937 and 1938.
Expenditure. 1937. 1938. Provided Schools $1,461,103.36 $1,539,345.54 Aided Schools 360,946.00 387,205.00 Direction & Inspection 190,065.52 208,295.87 Students in Training 30,530.00 Miscellaneous 24,661.70 School Fees Collected Net Expenditure $2,042,644.88 $2,159,508.11 Revenue. School Fees Collected 255,938.25 280,863.50 Net Expenditure $1,786,706.63 $1,878,644.61Further details of the expenditure will be found in Tables VIII, IX, X, XI.
# Chapter IV.
## PRIMARY EDUCATION—BOYS.
1. Schools for Europeans. For European children there are three purely primary schools provided by Government, viz. Peak School, Quarry Bay School, and Kowloon Junior School, which admit pupils of both sexes from the age of five to the age of nine. These three schools serve as feeder schools to the Central British School, also provided by Government, which contains both primary and secondary classes. The curriculum follows closely that of similar schools in England, including Physical Training, Singing, and the usual Kindergarten activities and leads up eventually to the Cambridge School Certificate Examination. The fees charged at the three Junior Schools are $105 per annum at the Peak School and $60 per annum at Quarry Bay and Kowloon Junior Schools, and at the Central British School $90 per annum. The staff of these schools is entirely British, nearly all the teachers being either graduates or holders of Froebel Certificates.
Five primary Garrison Schools are provided by the Military Authorities. These are mixed schools and are not inspected by the Education Department. Eight Government Free Scholarships, tenable at the Central British School, are awarded annually at these schools on the results of the annual examination.
2. Schools for Asiatics. (a) Vernacular Schools. The primary division of the ordinary vernacular school provides a six year course, which pupils begin at the age of six or over. The instruction is through the medium of Chinese (Cantonese) though in some schools an attempt is made to teach a little English in the fifth or sixth years.