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in entire good faith, to any Class by its own master. Table summarises the result of the examination :-

School. Average Marks per cent. The following Saiyingpun,.. 25 52 51 27 48 22 54 38 888 14 52 40 ... Yaumati, 19 51 61 9 45 33 60 00 8 30 72 40 Wantsai,.. 11 36 52 37 58 46 71 48 16 2 72 74

The Chinese Compositions are most disappointing and a revelation to me. Poor at Wantsai, they were very feeble at Saiyingpun and very bad at Yaumati. The fault is probably to be found partly in the quality of the teachers, who were most of them recruited on the offer of very small salaries at a time when the work of the District Schools was considered less seriously than it is at present. A second obstacle to good work lies in the inability of the Headmasters (with the exception of Mr. Young Hee) to follow the work done in Vernacular School. A third impediment is defective organisation. Some system of pari passu promotion, ensuring that a pupil cannot be promoted for proficiency in English while very backward in the Vernacular, will now have to be adopted. Special attention to Vernacular Education should be made a feature for 1910.

Composition was remarkably poor at Yaumati and Saiyingpun, especially the latter, and Dictation was a hopeless failure, though a new voice and strange surroundings affect the results in this subject so greatly that I do not attach very much importance to them.

Very fair all round results were obtained in Reading, Colloquial and Grammar. Geography was distinctly good, and so were the mathematical subjects, except Geometry which had however only been begun towards the end of the year.

I am of opinion that in future it will be well to assign a fixed number of scholarships to each school, so as to avoid competition of school against school. Such competitions while apparently stimulating have sometimes inconspicuous but untoward results. Masters have only a limited time at their disposal, which it is not desirable that they should bestow upon the special coaching of any particular Class or section.

Fees. At the beginning of the winter term the fees for new boys were raised at Saiyingpun to $4, and at Yaumati and Wantsai to $3, without any apparent effect on the numbers seeking admission.

General. The following extracts from the report of the Headmaster of Saiyingpun are of general interest :--

"The first complete year spent in the new building has been a most prosperous one. The school has been quite full, and for over three months fresh applicants for admission were refused.

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M 8 in entire good faith, to any Class by its own master. Table summarises the result of the examination :- School. Average Marks per cent. The following Saiyingpun,.. 25 52 51 27 48 22 54 38 888 14 52 40 ... Yaumati, 19 51 61 9 45 33 60 00 8 30 72 40 Wantsai,.. 11 36 52 37 58 46 71 48 16 2 72 74 The Chinese Compositions are most disappointing and a revelation to me. Poor at Wantsai, they were very feeble at Saiyingpun and very bad at Yaumati. The fault is probably to be found partly in the quality of the teachers, who were most of them recruited on the offer of very small salaries at a time when the work of the District Schools was considered less seriously than it is at present. A second obstacle to good work lies in the inability of the Headmasters (with the exception of Mr. Young Hee) to follow the work done in Vernacular School. A third impediment is defective organisation. Some system of pari passu promotion, ensuring that a pupil cannot be promoted for proficiency in English while very backward in the Vernacular, will now have to be adopted. Special attention to Vernacular Education should be made a feature for 1910. Composition was remarkably poor at Yaumati and Saiyingpun, especially the latter, and Dictation was a hopeless failure, though a new voice and strange surroundings affect the results in this subject so greatly that I do not attach very much importance to them. Very fair all round results were obtained in Reading, Colloquial and Grammar. Geography was distinctly good, and so were the mathematical subjects, except Geometry which had however only been begun towards the end of the year. I am of opinion that in future it will be well to assign a fixed number of scholarships to each school, so as to avoid competition of school against school. Such competitions while apparently stimulating have sometimes inconspicuous but untoward results. Masters have only a limited time at their disposal, which it is not desirable that they should bestow upon the special coaching of any particular Class or section. Fees. At the beginning of the winter term the fees for new boys were raised at Saiyingpun to $4, and at Yaumati and Wantsai to $3, without any apparent effect on the numbers seeking admission. General. The following extracts from the report of the Headmaster of Saiyingpun are of general interest :-- "The first complete year spent in the new building has been a most prosperous one. The school has been quite full, and for over three months fresh applicants for admission were refused.

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M 8 in entire good faith, to any Class by its own master. Table summarises the result of the examination :- School. Average Marks per cent. The following Saiyingpun,.. 25 52 51 27 48 22 54 38 888 14 52 40 ་་་ Yaumati, 19 51 61 9 45 33 60 00 8 30 72 40 Wantsai,.. 11 36 52 37 58 46 71 48 16 2 72 74 The Chinese Compositions are most disappointing and a revelation to me. Poor at Wantsai, they were very feeble at Saivingpun and very bad at Yaumati. The fault is probably to be found partly in the quality of the teachers, who were most of them recruited on the offer of very small salaries at a time when the work of the District Schools was considered less seriously than it is at present. A second obstacle to good work lies in the inability of the Headmasters (with the exception of Mr. Young Hee) to follow the work done in Vernacular School. A third impediment is defective organisation. Some system of pari passu promotion, ensuring that a pupil cannot be promoted for proficiency in English while very backward in the Vernacular, will now have to be adopted. Special attention to Vernacular Education should be made a feature for 1910. Composition was remarkably poor at Yaumati and Saiyingpun, especially the latter, and Dictation was a hopeless failure, though a new voice and strange surroundings affect the results in this subject so greatly that I do not attach very much importance to them. Very fair all round results were obtained in Reading, Colloquial and Grammar. Geography was distinctly good, and so were the mathematical subjects, except Geometry which had however only been begun towards the end of the year. I am of opinion that in future it will be well to assign a fixed number of scholarships to each school, so as to avoid competition of school against school. Such competitions while apparently stimula- ting have sometimes inconspicuous but untoward results. Masters have only a limited time at their disposal, which it is not desirable that they should bestow upon the special coaching of any particular Class or section. Fees. At the beginning of the winter term the fees for new boys were raised at Saiyingpun to $4, and at Yaumati and Wantsai to $3, without any apparent effect on the numbers seeking admission. General. The following extracts from the report of the Head- master of Saiyingpun are of general interest :-- "The first complete year spent in the new building has been a most prosperous one. The school has been quite full, and for over three months fresh applicants for admission were refused.

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in entire good faith, to any Class by its own master. Table summarises the result of the examination :-

School.

Average Marks per cent.

The following

Saiyingpun,..

48 22 54 38

888

14 52

་་་

Yaumati,

30 72

Wantsai,.. 11

37 58

46 71

48 16

The Chinese Compositions are most disappointing and a revelation to me. Poor at Wantsai, they were very feeble at Saivingpun and very bad at Yaumati. The fault is probably to be found partly in the quality of the teachers, who were most of them recruited on the offer of very small salaries at a time when the work of the District Schools was considered less seriously than it is at present. A second obstacle to good work lies in the inability of the Headmasters (with the exception of Mr. Young Hee) to follow the work done in Vernacular School. A third impediment is defective organisation. Some system of pari passu promotion, ensuring that a pupil cannot be promoted for proficiency in English while very backward in the Vernacular, will now have to be adopted. Special attention to Vernacular Education should be made a feature for 1910.

I am of opinion that in future it will be well to assign a fixed number of scholarships to each school, so as to avoid competition of school against school. Such competitions while apparently stimula- ting have sometimes inconspicuous but untoward results. Masters have only a limited time at their disposal, which it is not desirable that they should bestow upon the special coaching of any particular Class or section.

Fees. At the beginning of the winter term the fees for new boys were raised at Saiyingpun to $4, and at Yaumati and Wantsai to $3, without any apparent effect on the numbers seeking admission.

General. The following extracts from the report of the Head- master of Saiyingpun are of general interest :--

"The first complete year spent in the new building has been a most prosperous one. The school has been quite full, and for over three months fresh applicants for admission were refused.

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