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Lordship in my Despatch No. 41 of 17th. February last, in

accordance with the request contained in the 6th. paragraph

of Mr. Lyttelton's Circular Despatch of the 26th. August,

1905; knowledge of, and interest in hygiene at Queen's

College appear to have advanced considerably between the

Mid-Summer Examination and the end of the year covered by

the Head Master's Report. Neither the Report of the In-

-dependent Examiners nor that of the Head Master on the

Mathematical work of the scholars is very satisfactory

and I again called attention to the practical bearings of

this subject in my remarks on the occasion of the annual

prize-giving on the 22nd. January last. It is too early

to say whether the results of adding Trigonometry and

Freehand and Geometrical drawing to the Curriculum as

proposed in paragraphs 3 and 4 of my Despatch No. 43 of

the 18th. February, 1905, have justified the experiment. 05

With regard to the instruction in

Chinese and the question of making promotions pari passu

in Chinese and English Classes referred to in the 6th.

paragraph of my Despatch No. 394 of the 7th. November,

1904, I enclose a copy of a minute by the Head Mester,

dated the 25th. November, 1905, showing that in English

Class IV ( the highest class of the Lower School) there

were