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B.-English-teaching Government Schools.

(for other than British pupils).

The total number of pupils on roll in December 1927 was 3,315, as against 2,852 in December 1926, 1,898 in December 1925 and 3,339 in December 1924.

In February King's College was taken over by the Military Authorities for use as an emergency hospital. The pupils were accommodated partly in Queen's College and partly in Ellis Kadoorie School. That the work of both these schools proceeded so smoothly and satisfactorily in spite of every difficulty is highly creditable to their Headmasters and Staffs.

At the end of the year King's College was restored to this department to be ready for the re-opening of school at the New Year.

A Committee of the Board of Education was appointed to consider the question of raising the fees in these schools, and its recommendations were accepted by the Board and afterwards by the Government.

The report of the Committee was printed as Sessional Paper No. 8 of 1927.

The only changes made were as follows:-

Queen's College and

King's College

Queen's College and King's College

Ellis Kadoorie School

Yaumati School

Wantsai School

Classes I to III Increase from

$60 to $96 per annum.

Classes IV to VIII to remain

at $60 per annum.

Increase from $33 to $60 per

annum.

Belilios Public School Increase from $22 to $36 per

for Girls

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Ellis Kadoorie School }

annum.

for Indians

Increase from $22 to $24 per

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annum.

Gap Road School

}

1928.

These changes were to come into force from January 1.