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(recently placed under the Grant-in-Aid Scheme) took up those same special subjects. The Victoria English Schools came out strongest in this respect, gaining the proportionately largest number of passes, in Book-keeping (Turner's Commercial Guide and Hunter's Civil Service Examination Questions), Algebra, Euclid and Physical Geography. St. Joseph's College also distinguished itself both by the number of higher subjects taken up (adding Findlater's Astronoiny to the other subjects), and by the The increase in the expenditure, thus caused, made thoroughness in which these subjects were taught. it necessary to subject all the various Classes of Schools to a uniform reduction of the grants nominall earned. There was no injustice in including under this reduction also the Schools in Class I und III, because both those Classes of Schools, but especially the Chinese Schools in Class I, being comparatively in-expensive Schools, had all along an undue advantage annually earning from three fourths to nine tenths of their actual expenditure, whilst Schools in Class IV generally earn a grant covering, at the best, one fourth or one third of their expenses.
19. The Needle work Examination was conducted on the plau adopted several years ago which now appears to work satisfactorily. Greater strictness has been exercised in 1887 in excluding from examination, after timely previous warning, any kind of needle work which did not come clearly under the denomination of plain sewing. The aim is to encourage domestic and practically useful needle- work rather than decorative and fancy work.
20. Arrangements have been made, during the year 1887, to award the Hongkong Government Scholarship henceforth ou the basis of written examinations conducted by the Syndicate of the Univer- sity of Cambridge, the Inspector of Schools acting as Local Presiding Examiner. Opportunity was also taken of this measure, which is virtually another effect of the introduction in the Colony of the above-mentioned Cambridge Local Examinations, to remodel the conditions of the Hongkong Govern- ment Scholarship in other respects.
21. I enclose the usual Tables, I to XVI, containing the Educational Statistics for the
I have the honour to be,
The Hon. FREDERICK STEWART, LL.D.,
Colonial Secretary.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
No.
TABLE 1-NUMBER OF SCHOLARS attending School subject to Government Supervision during 1887.
Native Native Grant-in- School School
Aid (Govt.) (Aided). School.
Central School.
Name of School,
Amerienu Board Mission, Bridges Street (Boys),
37
+
Station Street (Boys), Hinglung Lane (Boys),
T
Aplichnu,
Queen's Road West (Boys),.
Basel Mission, High Street (Girls),
7
**
Shamshulpo (Boys),
8
Berlin Mission (Girls),
Central School,.......
10
11
IL
(Boye).
12
34
13
31
Poltingor Street (Boys),
11
15
16
yg
17
74
18
27
19
=>
20
21
22
17
23
W
28
C. M. S., St. Stephen's 1. Division (Boys),
Lyndhurst Terrace (Boys),
Salyingptún (Boys)..
St. Stephen's Baxter Memorial (Girls),
Lyndhurst Ferraro (Girls),
Third Street (Girls),
Yaumati (Mixed),.
Hunghow (Boys),
Diocesan Home and Orphanage (Boys),
F. E. S., Bonham Road (Girls),
Hoktsui,
20 Hokün...
High Street (Girls),
Queen's Road (Girls),
Hollywood Road (Girls),. Pottinger Street (Girls), Stanley School (Girls), Shaukiwán,....
30 Hongkong Public School (Boys),
Hunghom,
Little Hongkong.
L. M. S., Hollywood Road (Boys),.
Wantoni (Boys)....
Shekt'ongtsui (Boys),
Salyingpin I. Division (Boys),
JI,
(Boys),
Hunghom (Boys).
Aberdeen Street (Girls),
Shekongtsui (Girls),
Kau-ü-fong (Girls).
Ship Street (Girls),
Stanley Street (Girls),
East Street (Boys),
71
F!
Lower Lascar Row (Girls),.
Tanglungchau (Girls),
Tairingslum Chapel (Girls),
Salyingpin First Street (Girls),
Wantsai (Girle), ..........
Staunton Street Upper School (Girls),
Lower
(Girls),
31
32
year
1887.
33
3+
12
35
+7
Yaunti (Boys),
*
21
50
71
51
E. J. EITEL, M.A., Pit. D.,
Inspector of Schools.
52
3
Mát'auch'ung..
54
Máriaustin,
55
Mongkok,.
56
7
New Villago (Little Hongkong),
Nampakhong Tokwáwau (Boys),.
58
Pokfulmu, .....
59
R. C. M., Cathedral School (Boys),
M
61
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62
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63
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G
GF
11
67
Bridges Street, Poor School (Girls),
St. Joseph's College Chinese Division (Boys),.
European #
Italian Convent (Girls),.....
(Boys),.
Bridges Street Portuguese School (Mixed)
St. Francis Chapel, Portuguese School (Mixed),.
Victoria l'ortuguese School (Mixed),
English School (Boys),
65
(Girls),
69
Sayingpan (nglish),.
70
(Punti)..
71
(Hakka),
72
Shalwin,
73
Shaukiwán,
7-1
Sheko,...
76
77
78
79
80
$1
82
63
AlduDg3» ( Bay).
(Giris).
St. Paul's College Anglo-Chinese (Boys),
Stanley,
Taitantuk,
Taiwongkang..
Tanglungchau (Hakko),
(l'unti),.
Tokwawan (Eastern Village),.
N1
19
(Western Village),
$5
Tsatiszemúi,
86 Wantsai (English),
$7
(Chinese),
S8 Wesleyan Mission, Spring Gardens (Boys),
>
Wellington Street (Boys),
80
90
Wongkoktaui,
92
Wongmakok,
93
Wougnaichung,
94
Yaumati,
(Girls),
127
215
117
32
100
42
Total.
114
123
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61
99
72
72 54
71
34
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97
76
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16
86 10
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33
51
51
48
34
47
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129
90
62
90 62
76
96
96
108
73
66
53
127
215
198
117
51
56
12
40
89
63
15
51
22
68
91
62
48
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63
DO
53
20
23
14
172
32
105
20
23
8
460
42
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868
310
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65
70
76
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