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Chapter II.
EXPENDITURE: REVENUE: SCHOLARSHIPS.
1.—SUMMARY of Expenditure & ReveNUE.
(a) Government
ment, rent
Schools-salaries,
(b) Assistance to Grant Schools etc.
(c) Subsidies to Vernacular Schools
(d) Direction and Inspection
(e) University Students in Training (f) Miscellaneous
TOTAL
equip-
$ 807.035
144.131 108.388
60,904
24,795
6,222
$1.152,375
The figures in this chapter refer only to expenditure under the Estimates of the Education Department.
2.—EXPENDITURE,
Under (a) teachers' salaries amounted to $770,897, rent of school buildings $5.544. and equipment and general expenses to $31.494.
Under (a) are not included furniture and maintenance of buildings (Public Works Department). Under (a) and (d) ore not included cost of the clerical staff (Junior Clerical Staff), cost of pensions (Pensions), cost of leave passages (Miscellaneous Services, Transport of Government Servants).
Details of financial assistance (b) to Grant in Aid Schools ete. during 1929 are as under: ---
English Schools.
Capitation Grant. Higher Classes
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Under (d) is included the amount expended under convey- ance of heads of schools as well as of the office staff, salaries of inspectors and sub-inspectors and Education office servants but not those of the Director of Education (Cadet Service), Medical Officer of Schools and School Nurse (Medical Depart- ment) nor the cost of electric light and fans at the Education Office.
The sum of $24,795 under University Students in Training (e) is made up of Tuition Fees ($8,395), Maintenance ($9,200) and Personal Emolument ($7,200).
The subhead Miscellaneous (f) includes an annual grant of $1,500 to the Hok Hoi Library, a sum of $2,531 paid to the Kowloon Canton Railway as compensation for loss on school- children's tickets and a contribution of $2,191 towards the cost of the London Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies.
Details as to School fees will be found in Table 3.
3.--SCHOLARSHIPS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS,
These may be either Internad Scholarships implemented through remission of fees by Government or External Scholar- ships provided by individual benefactors or groups of benefac-
Internal Scholarships may be:—
tors.
(i)
Scholarships from Vernacular Schools to Govern- ment English Schools-free education for five years:
(ii) Scholarships from each class in Government Schools to the one above- free education for one FLU' ;
(iii) Scholarships from Lower Grade Schools to Dis- trict Schools-free education for two years: (iv) Scholarships from Class 4 in District Schools, Queen's College and King's College to the upper classes at Queen's College and King's College— free education for three years:
$ 25.200
Capitation Grant, Remove Classes
58.220
Capitation Grant. Lower Classes
29.100
Matriculation & Local Examinations Grant.
14.450
Entrance Fees to Local Examinations.
7.715
Rent Grant
8.120
Vernacular Schools.
Capitation Grant
10.626
(v)
Miscellaneous.
Maternity Hospital. Salary of teacher
600
Alice Memorial Hospital-teacher,
two
months
100
TOTAL
$111,131
Table TV shows the financial assistance accorded this year in respect of 1929,
Scholarships from the Garrison School (classed in Table 1 as "uncontrolled) to Central British School.
(vi) to which may be added a number of "free places" which are not strictly speaking scholarships but granted for eleemosynary reasons,
During 1929 the fees remitted by Government as above amounted to $20,871.
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