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the duties of adjudicator. Our thanks are due to the Navy League and its Hon. Secretary for their generosity. During the year four certificates have been awarded by the London College of Music to our boys. Of these, 3 were of the First Class, one with Honours. Four certificates were also awarded by the Tonic Sol-fa College, London, for Singing and Theory of Music. All the candidates presented in Music were successful. At the last examination of the London College of Music, there were 5 cutries from this school, but the results are not yet published.
There has been no difficulty in procuring situations for boys who are ready to leave school; the diffleulty is to induce them to remain till their education may be considered finished. A scheme like the Government Scholarship is greatly needed to keep boys at school to a later age.
In July, Mr. J. B. Barclay left us, after 3 years' diligent service, to take up an appointment at a Chinese College in Nanking. The other members of the teaching staff, Messrs. Blaynay and Ralphs, have done most excellent work, and materially helped to maintain the efficiency of the school.
Our thanks are due to Your Excellency for a series of Photo- graphs of Niagara Falls, and to the Hongkong Cricket Club for a gift of 3 bats. As dollars depreciate the prices of prizes advance, but through the liberality of Sir J. W. Carrington, K., C.M.G., Hon. W. M. Goodman, and E. R. Belilios, C.M.G., and Messrs Fung Wa Chuen, D. Gillies, Ho Tuug, T. Jackson, Kaw Hong Take, A. P. MacEwen, A. Mackie, G. Sharp and W. Whiley, and “Three Old Boys," we are again able to ask Your Excellency to distribute our prizes. On the eve of your departure from the Colony, we beg to thank you for the interest you have always taken in this Institution.
The following is the Examiner's Report in Holy Scripture:-"} have examined the boys in the Diocesan School in Holy Scripture, and I am glad to report that taken as a whole they have done very
well.
Some of the boys have obtained very high marks indeed, particularly, C. Olson in Form TV., and Edwin Long in Form V. G. Beuning in Form VII. wrote an excellent paper which does both himself and his teacher great credit. There are some weak papers amongst the Chinese boys, but the general result of the examination very satisfactory, and shows that great care is taken in this department.
(Signed)
W. BANISTER, Secretary,
Church Missionary Society.
LIST OF HONOURS. PRIZES, &c.
OXFORD UNIVERSITY LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.
Junior --E. S. Ford (2nd Class Honours, bracketed 3rd in English); G. Benning, W. A. Lewis, W. Reiner, R. IT. Waller.
Preliminary :-E. R. Herton, Li Chi-ou, J. Olson, LONDON COLLEGE OF MUSIC EXAMINATIONS. Theory of Music (Junior Pass Section) :--E. S. Ford, 1st Class. Pianoforte Playing (Intermediate Section) :-E, S. Ford, 1st Class; C. E. Hastings, 1st Class (Honours); W. J. Clerihew, 1st Class
TONIC SOLFA COLLEGE, LONDON.
Singing Elementary --E. S. Ford. Theory of Music, Elementary :---A, J. Mackie. Staff Notation, Elementary:-E. 8. Ford.
NAVY LEAGUE ESSAYS.
“Command of the Sea :”—(1) G. Beuning; (2) W. A. Lewis.
"Use of British Navy"-(1) E. S. Ford, (2) R. H. Waller.
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