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8. The vernacular Grant-in-Aid Schools are schools for girls and are classed in the Table as "secondary" schools.

9. The 294 subsidized schools are all vernacular schools.

UNAIDED SCHOOLS.

10. In 1936 there were 661 unaided vernacular schools with 40,323 children and 128 unaided English schools with 5,963 children.

Table showing number of schools and scholars for the year 1936.

CLASS OF INSTITUTIONS GRANT-IN-AID GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS. AND SUBSIDIZED SCHOOLS. UNAIDED SCHOOLS. No. of Institu-tions. No. On Roll. No. of Institu-tions. No. On Roll. No. of Institu-tions. No. On Roll. No. of Institu-tions. No. On Roll. ENGLISH Secondary, 4 2,238 14 6,785 6 393 Primary, 11 1,843 2 243 115 4,695 Vocational, 1 907 7 375 Total, 4 2,238 26 9,535 8 636 128 5,963 VERNACULAR :— Secondary, 1 247 4 964 Primary, 294 19,955 660 40,022 Vocational, 2 211 1 301 Total, 1 247 2 211 299 21,220 661 40,323 Total No. of Institutions 1,123 79,679

N.B.-Kindergarten boys attending Grant-in-Aid Schools for girls are not shown separately.

THE UNIVERSITY.

11. The University of Hong Kong was incorporated under a local University Ordinance, 1911, and opened in 1912. It is a residential University and open to students of both sexes.