PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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།།། ། ། Muumimmimfilan C.O. 885
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
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With a view to stimulating interest in the subject, His Excellency has kindly offered 3 prizes of $100, $50 and $30, to be competed for among the scholars (boys and girls) of the Colony, at an annual examination to be held in December on the Advanced Course. Managers should forward the names of candidates to me not later than 1st November, 1905.
CIRCULAR.
EDWARD A. IRVING,
Inspector of Schools.
To Managers of Government and Grant English and Anglo-Chinese Schools.
With reference to my former Circular on the examinations in Hygiene (attached), I have now much pleasure in announcing that His Excellency the Governor has supplemented his former generous offer by undertaking to give further encouragement to the pupils in the lower Standards and Classes, in the following manner :-
I. A Shield is offered to the School which sends in the best papers done
by a team of scholars.
II. Each team must consist of 5 scholars from Standard IV, and 5 from Standard V (or from the corresponding Classes). When the Stand- ards or Classes are very small, it is in the discretion of the Inspector, on the application of the Headmaster or Manager, to allow a smaller team to compete.
III. The Shield will be given to the School whose team obtains the greatest aggregate number of marks, allowance being made for teams of less than 10 under II above.
IV. One prize of $15 will be given to the best paper done by a Standard V competitor, and one of $10 for the best paper done by a Standard IV competitor, in the winning team.
V. The prizes will be the absolute property of the winners; but the Shield will be held by the successful School for one year only. The name of the School will be engraven upon it.
VI. The examination will be based upon the Preliminary Course in the Government Handbook upon Hygiene, and no questions will be set which do not arise naturally out of the text.
VII. The examinations will be held early in December at the competing
Schools on the same day.
VIII. The following rules should be carefully observed: a breach thereof will
disqualify the School concerned :—
(a) Competitors may not write their names nor the name of their School
on their papers.
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(b) On completion of the time prescribed, the Headmaster will collect the and "B" at the head of the papers done by papers and write "A Standard IV and Standard V respectively, and also head each paper with a distinguishing motto.
(c) The papers shall then be sent to the Inspector in a sealed envelope
without a covering letter or comments of any kind.
(d) After having examined the papers and selected the winning team, the Inspector will ask the competing Schools to inform him as to their mottoes. Thus he will not himself know the name of the successful School until the correction of the papers has been completed.
(e) Finally the Headmaster of the winning team will be required to give a written assurance that the work was done within the prescribed time, and that all precautions were taken to prevent unfairness. IX. All schools under the Inspectorate will be expected to take the papers, but those only will be eligible to compete for the Shield and prizes, as well as for the prizes offered in the former Circular, who shall have notified their intention of doing so to the Inspector on or before November 1st.
Hong Kong,
October 7, 1905.
EDWARD A. IRVING,
Inspector of Schools.
CIRCULAR.
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To Managers of Government and Grant English and Anglo-Chinese Schools.
Referring to my former Circular, it has been pointed out that under the present rules boys in Standard IH have no chance of competing. With the consent of His Excellency the Governor, Rule II of my Circular of 7th October is amended to read as follows:-
"II. Each team must consist of 10 scholars, of whom not more than 5 shall be from Standard V, and the rest from Standards IV or III, or from both. Where &c."
Rule IV will in consequence also be amended, and now read:—
"IV.--One prize of $15 will be given for the best paper in the winning team, and one prize of $10 for the best paper done by a boy in Standards III or IV in the winning team.”
Hong Kong,
November 3, 1905.
EDWARD A. IRVING,
Inspector of Schools.
Directions to the Head Masters for the Conduct of the Examinations.
Advanced Course.
The above examination will be held on the morning of Tuesday, 5th December, at 10 a.m.
Boy Candidates will be examined at Queen's College; Girl Candidates will be examined at the Belilios Public School.
Candidates should be in their places by 9.45. Stationery will be provided.
Elementary Course.
I-Open this envelope and distribute the enclosed papers on Tuesday, the 5th December, 1905, at 10 a.m. precisely.
II.-Warn competitors that they should not write their names nor their Standards nor the name of their school at the head of their papers.
III. Be present throughout the whole examination, and take every precaution to prevent unfairness.
IV. At 11.45 a.m., warn competitors that there are only fifteen more minutes. At noon precisely, collect the papers.
V. Number the papers from 1 to 10. Keep a list of the names of the competitors on a separate list, numbered correspondingly.
[N.B. This second list is only to facilitate future reference, and is NOT to be sent to the Inspector of Schools.]
VI. At the head of each competitor's papers write the distinguishing motto of the school.
[N.B. There should be the same motto for all the 10 competitors; and NOT a separate motto for each one.]
VII-Mark the papers done by Standard IV (or III) with an A," and those done by Standard V with a " B."
VIII. Finally send the papers to the Inspector of Schools, in a sealed envelope, without a covering letter or comments of any kind.
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