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Annexe C.

REPORT ON VERNACULAR SCHOOLS, URBAN DISTRICTS, 1924.

95 new Day Schools opened and 30 closed: the total number now existing, inclusive of 4 Grant Schools, is 536 and the number of pupils enrolled 28,161 an increase of 3857.

The number of schools subsidised increased by 4 bringing the total to 168, with enrolment of 10,180 and average attendance of 8,846. The full amount of the vote was expended.

The number of Night Schools has increased by 6.

A. R. CAVALIER,

Inspector of Vernacular Schools.

Annexe D.

REPORT ON THE VERNACULAR SCHOOLS, RURAL

DISTRICTS, 1924.

Subsidised Schools. Of the 98 Subsidized Schools in existence at the end of 1923, 14 closed and 1 (Mai Po, Lok-Ma Chow) was struck off, thus leaving 83 schools on the Subsidy List at the beginning of the year. During the year, 18 schools were added to this list, but 2 of them (Pok Wai & Peng Chau) were soon after struck off. The number of Subsidized Schools now stands at 99.

Classification of schools and Subsidies-with the exception of Shui Lau Tin School which, as in previous years, received $60 per month, the Class A schools (15 as against 8 in 1923) were each in receipt of $180 per annum, Class B Schools (35 as against 42 in 1923) received $120 each, and Class C (52 as against 50 in 1923) $60. Shui Lau Tin School and the Tsuen Wan Kung Hok were in view of their exceptionally heavy expenditure given a further sum of $200 each to help towards their loss. The English School managed by the Roman Catholic Mission at Sai Kung, the only private English School in the New Territories, continued to receive a subsidy of $15 per