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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JULY 27, 1906.

5. Fees.-

(a.) REGISTRATION FEE:-Students attending the classes will be required to pay a Registration Fee of five dollars ($5) on admission. At the close of the year the whole of the fee will be returned to any student whose conduct and pro- gress are reported as satisfactory by the class-master, if the number of his attendances equals 90 per cent. of the possible number of attendances in the classes that he has joined; half the fee will be returned if the number equals 75 per cent. No registration fee will be charged students who continue their course of study for a second year.

(.) CLASS FEES:-A fee of one dollar a month will be charged for the first class,

and one of 50 cents a month for each additional class.

(c.) APPARATUS FEE:-In the Engineering and Science classes a deposit not exceed- ing three dollars must be made by students who have the use of any instru- ments or apparatus of value. This fee will be returned to the student at

the close of the year if the instruments and apparatus have received no damage at his hands.

(4) All fees are payable in advance.

6. Books and Stationery.--Books and stationery must be provided by the students. Students taking advanced courses will be allowed to borrow the more expensive text-books and works of reference from the Library.

7. Home-work.-Home lessons will be given out at the end of cach lesson. A record of each student's home-work will be kept and the award of certain prizes will depend largely upon the home-work having been done in a satisfactory manner.

8. Examinations. The work of each class will be examined at the end of each year and at intervals during the year, by examiners appointed by the Government or by some recognised external examining body.

The Government Examinations and those conducted by the English Board of Educa- tion will be open without fee to students attending these classes. Every assistance will be given to students who may wish to enter for the external examinations referred to in Appendix C.

9. Certificates.-Certificates will be awarded by the Government to all students who have attended the classes regularly and whose conduct and diligence have been satis- factory. The subjects which the student has been taught will be stated on the certificate.

Pitman's "Elementary", "Theory", and "Speed" Certificates will be granted to stu- dents who pass successful examinations in the subjects of Classes I, II and III respectively, of the Shorthand Course.

Appendix A.

SYLLABUS OF INSTRUCTION.

(A.)-COMMERCE SECTION.

There are eleven classes in this section, viz :-Three in Shorthand, two in Book-keeping, one in Geography, one in Commercial Arithmetic, one in Advanced English, and three in Modern Languages.

The Course of Instruction for each of the cleven classes will be

completed in one year.

Shorthand (Pitman's).

CLASS I.

..Book I-"The Teacher."

Beginners Class,

CLASS II.

Improvers Class,

..Book II-

"The Manual."

Speed Class,

CLASS III.

Book III- The Reporter" and

"Phrase Book."