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No serious epidemic occurred in schools during the year, 11 cases of chickenpox being the largest number of infectious cases in any one school.
Record keeping has now reached a good standard, and is valuable in tracing the medical history of the children for several years back.
Co-operation between the school medical staff and the teaching staff has been close, and productive of increasing care for the children's health in school.
EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE.
Government Schools
Aided Schools
Direction and Inspection
University Students in Training Miscellaneous
TOTAL
$1,181,924.00
331,503.00
112,307.62
29,966.00
6,478.93
$1,662.179.55
Under Miscellaneous" are included a grant of $1,500 to the Hok Hoi Library, a grant of $2,360.75 paid to the Kowloon Canton Railway as compensation for loss on cheap tickets for schoolchildren and a contribution of $2,618.18 (£210) towards the cost of the Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies.
The figures on Table IV show the financial assistance afford- ed to Grant in Aid schools in 1931 in respect of 1930. The figures in the foregoing summary show actual expenditure in 1980.
Details as to school fees and school fees remitted will be found in Tables III and V.
SCHOLARSHIPS IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS II.
These may be either Internal Scholarships implemented through remission of fees by Government or External Scholar- ships provided by individual benefactors or groups of benefactors. Internal Scholarships may be:--
(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 year: (iii) Scholarships from Lower Grade Schools to District
Schools--free education for two years ;
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(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 :
(v) Scholarships from the Garrison School (classed in Table I 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 cleeinosynary reasons.
During 1930 the fees remitted by Government as above amounted to $20,486.50.
The External Scholarships tenable in Government Schools are as follows:-
(i) “Lugard Scholarships" tenable at Queen's College. (Some of these are tenable at the Diocesan Girls' School, Italian Convent School, St. Mary's School, French Convent School and St. Joseph's College). (ii) "Ho Tung Outlying Schools Scholarships" tenable at Tai Fo, Un Long and Cheung Chau Schools. (iii) "Wu Hay Tong Scholarships" tenable at Queen's College, King's College, Ellis Kadoorie School, Belilios Fublic School, Yaumati School, Wantsai School, Gap Road School, and others from the three outlying schools to higher grade schools.
(iv) Tsoi Kung Po Scholarships" awarded at discretion
of the Director of Education,
(v) Fung Ping Shan Scholarships" tenable at the
Vernacular Middle School.
(vi) "Ellis Kadoorie Scholarships" from the Indian
School to Queen's College.
(vii) "Ellis Kadoorie Scholarships" tenable at the Indian
School.
(viii) Belilios Trust Scholarships" tenable at Belilios
Public School.
(ix) "Kotewall Scholarships" tenable at Gap Road
School.
(x) The following scholarships tenable at Queen's
College only
and Senior, Junior
Intermediate “Morrison' Senior and Junior "Belilios", "Ho Tung" (Queen's College), "Ho Kom Tong" (Queen's College), "Ralphs" (Queen's College), "Wright", "Alfred May", "Grant" "Dealy", "Ng In', "Tsung Chung", "Kong Ki Fai", "Ho Fook", "Ho Wing", "Ho Iu", "Ho Kwong" "Lee Hy San", "Tai Yau", "Lau Chu Pak", "Sheung Hing and an anonymous scholarships for boys from the Pun Yu District,
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