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COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL.
III-LEGISLATION.
Sixteen Ordinances were passed during 1907, two of which, No. 9 of 1907 and No. 10 of 1907, afford facilities to certain foreign companies for carrying on their business in the Colony in the same manner as if they had been incorporated under the law of the Colony; whilst another, No. 6 of 1907, continued the incorporation granted under the Ordinance of 1866 of the leading local banking concern for a further period of 21 years and empowered it to increase its capital subject to certain conditions.
A Life Insurance Companies Ordinance (No. 11 of 1907) was passed in accordance with Imperial precedent, to secure the solvency and permanency of companies carrying on the business of life insurance in the Colony.
A Seditious Publications Ordinance (No. 15 of 1907) was enacted in order to prohibit the publication in the Colony of matter calculated to excite disorder, or to incite to crime, in China.
A Companies (Local Registers) Ordinance (No. 16 of 1907) was passed based on the Imperial Act of 1883 and makes provision for companies registered in the Colony but carrying on business elsewhere, to keep local registers of members.
IV.-EDUCATION.
The number of Government and Grant Schools, including Queen's College, is 79, of which 25 are Upper Grade Schools with a staff competent to give instruction in all the subjects of Standard VII. and 54 are Lower Grade Schools under purely native management. Generally speaking, the Upper Grade Schools are taught in English, and the Lower Grade Schools are taught in the vernacular.
The total number of pupils in average attendance at Government and Grant Schools was 5,924 against 5,496 in 1906. Of these, 2,144 were in Government and 3,780 in Grant Schools: 3,569 pupils received instruction in English, and 2,355 in the vernacular. The proportion of boys to girls was 3,761 to 2,163.
The revenue derived from school fees was $49,223, $30,442 of which was received from Queen's College.
The expenditure including that on Queen's College was $184,028, being 3.19 per cent. of the total expenditure of the Colony.
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841–1941
COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL.
III-LEGISLATION.
Sixteen Ordinances were passed during 1907, two of which, No. 9 of 1907 and No. 10 of 1907, afford facilities to certain foreign companies for carrying on their business in the Colony in the same manner as if they had been incorporated under the law of the Colony; whilst another, No. 6 of 1907, continued the incorporation granted under the Ordinance of 1866 of the leading local banking concern for a further period of 21 years and empowered it to increase its capital subject to certain conditions.
A Life Insurance Companies Ordinance (No. 11 of 1907) was passed in accordance with Imperial precedent, to secure the solvency and permanency of companies carrying on the busi- ness of life insurance in the Colony.
A Seditious Publications Ordinance (No. 15 of 1907) was enacted in order to prohibit the publication in the Colony of matter calculated to excite disorder, or to incite to crime, in China.
A Companies (Local Registers) Ordinance (No. 16 of 1907) was passed based on the Imperial Act of 1883 and makes pro- vision for companies registered in the Colony but carrying on business elsewhere, to keep local registers of members.
IV.-EDUCATION.
The number of Government and Grant Schools, including Queen's College, is 79, of which 25 are Upper Grade Schools with a staff competent to give instruction in all the subjects of Standard VII. and 54 are Lower Grade Schools under purely native management. Generally speaking, the Upper Grade Schools are taught in English, and the Lower Grade Schools are taught in the vernacular.
The total number of pupils in average attendance at Govern- ment and Grant Schools was 5,924 against 5,496 in 1906. Of these, 2,144 were in Government and 3,780 in Grant Schools: 3,569 pupils received instruction in English, and 2,355 in the vernacular. The proportion of boys to girls was 3,761 to
2,163.
The revenue derived from school fees was $49,223, $30,442 of which was received from Queen's College.
The expenditure including that on Queen's College was $184,028, being 3:19 per cent. of the total expenditure of the Colony.
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