1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS.--ANNUAL.
attendance of 728 scholars, and the special grant of $5,000 to the Building Fund of the Diocesan Home and Orphanage raised the expenditure above what might be taken as the average annual expenditure.
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The average expenditure per annum on each scholar at Victoria College, after deduction of fees recovered from the paying scholars, was $27.09 on the daily attendance, whilst the figures for the other schools were as follows;
Girls' School Other Departmental Schools Grant-in-Aid Schools $36.95 $8.82 $6.39As it has been estimated that there are 20,000 children in the Colony who do not attend school, efforts are being made to increase the attendance of children of both sexes, especially among the boat people, who have not hitherto been appreciably affected by the efforts for the spread of education. An attendance officer has been appointed, and it is hoped that this will have a good effect in increasing the attendance at the various Government and State aided schools, in which no fees are charged.
Great progress has also been made in the physical training of the scholars. I was present in November last at a parade of over 500 scholars from various leading schools in the Colony, and was much impressed by the manner in which the boys showed how carefully they had been instructed. A public School Cadet Corps has also been recently formed, to which the Military Authorities have been kind enough to grant certain privileges,
SHIPPING.
There are no general statistics available for showing the trade of the Colony beyond those relating to shipping.
In 1892 the total number of vessels arrived at ports in the Colony was 36,470, with a tonnage of 7,104,888 tons, of which 4,396 were steamers, 103 sailing vessels, and 31,971 Chinese junks. The total tonnage entered and cleared amounted to 14,152,819 as compared with 14,005,698, an increase of 147,151 tons.
Of the steamers which arrived last year 71 per cent. were British, an increase of 5 per cent. over the figures for 1891, showing that British shipping is still holding its own against its rivals.
Emigration slightly improved during the year, the numbers amounting to 52,143, being an increase of 6,981 over the previous year. The number of returned emigrants during 1892 was 97,991.
On the 1st of April, the Gap Rock Lighthouse was completed, and the light, exhibited. A cable was also laid between the lighthouse and Hong Kong, which is being used to a considerable extent for the purpose of signalling the approach of vessels to the port.
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1887-1903
COLONIAL REPORTS.--ANNUAL.
attendance of 728 scholars, and the special grant of $5,000 to the Building Fund of the Diocesan Home and Orphanage raised the expenditure above what might be taken as the average annual expenditure.
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The average expenditure per annum on each scholar at Victoria College, after deduction of fees recovered from the paying scholars, was $27-09 on the daily attendance, whilst the figures for the other schools were as follows;
Girls' School
Other Departmental Schools Grant-in-Aid Schools
$
36.95
8.82
6:39
As it has been estimated that there are 20,000 children in the Colony who do not attend school, efforts are being made to increase the attendance of children of both sexes, especially among the boat people, who have not hitherto been appreciably affected by the efforts for the spread of education. An attendance officer has been appointed, and it is hoped that this will have a good effect in increasing the attendance at the various Government and State aided schools, in which no fees are charged.
Great progress has also been made in the physical training of the scholars. I was present in November last at a parade of over 500 scholars from various leading schools in the Colony, and was much impressed by the manner in which the boys showed how carefully they had been instructed. A public School Cadet Corps has also been recently formed, to which the Military Authorities have been kind enough to grant certain privileges,
SHIPPING.
There are no general statistics available for showing the trade of the Colony beyond those relating to shipping.
In 1892 the total number of vessels arrived at ports in the Colony was 36,470, with a tonnage of 7,104,888 tons, of which 4,396 were steamers, 103 sailing vessels, and 31,971 Chinese junks. The total tonnage entered and cleared amounted to 14,152,819 as compared with 14,005,698, an increase of 147,151 tons.
Of the steamers which arrived last year 71 per cent. were British, an increase of 5 per cent. over the figures for 1891, showing that British shipping is still holding its own against its
rivals.
Emigration slightly improved during the year, the numbers amounting to 52,143, being an increase of 6,981 over the previous year. The number of returned emigrants during 1892 was 97,991.
On the 1st of April, the Gap Rock Lighthouse was completed, and the light, exhibited. A cable was also laid between the light- house and Hong Kong, which is being used to a considerable extent for the purpose of signalling the approach of vessels to the port.
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