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082 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, ÎN SEMBER 203 19

No. 384.—It is hereby notified that the following Rules are published for general information.

The Rules published in Government Notification No. 141 of the 28th February, 1908, are hereby cancelled.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretury.

20th December, 1912.

-RULES FOR THE KOWLOON AND VICTORIA BRITISH SCHOOLS.

I.

Admission to the Schools is limited to children of European parentage: the Director of Education may if he thinks it desirable refuse any application for admission subject to appeal to the Governor whose decision shall be final.

IL

Boys over 12 years of age will not be admitted or allowed to remain at the Kowloon

School.

III

Application for admission must be made in the first instance to the Headmaster or Headmistress, at least one month before the desired date of admission.

IV.

Fees are payable monthly and in advance, on the following scale :--

Upper School.

For the first child of one family in attendance, ...$5 For the second of two or more children of the

same family in attendance together,............$4 For the third of three or more children of the

same family in attendance together,................................$3

Lower School.

$3

$2

$2

Where children of the same family are attending both schools, the rules regulating the reduction of fees will be applied as if the children were all in attendance together at one of the schools.

V.

If a pupil commences attendance in the first fifteen days of the month fees for the whole month will be charged. Otherwise fees for one-half mouth only will be charged.

VI.

Fees will not be charged during school vacations, nor for periods exceeding one month during which pupils are absent for good cause.

VII.

No pupil may remain at the school while suffering from any infectious disease: nor may any pupil return to school after recovery from such disease, nor come from a house in which there is or has recently been infection, without a Medical Certificate stating that there is no danger of infection.

VIII.

The Headmaster or Headmistress may with the concurrence of the Director of Educa- tion decline to receive any pupil whose fees have not been paid, and may expel any pupil if such a course is considered advisable in the interests of the school: an appeal from such expulsion shall lie to the Governor whose decision shall be final.

20th December, 1912.

EDWARD A IVING,

Director of Education.