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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH MARCH, 1871.

TABLE V.

SUMMARY of ENROLMENT and ATTENDANCE at the Government Schools for the last Nine Years.

121

1862. 1863. 1864.

1865. 1866. 1867. 1868. 1869.

1870.

Total Enrolment for the Year,.. Maxima Regular Attendance,

733

535

502

597

623

700

916

942

1,302

621

469

417

535

572

610

664

748

950

Minimum Monthly Enrolment,

505

414

434

418

435

533

572

627

683

Minimum Regular Attendance,..

299

301

324

330

337

408

460

501

556

No. 46.

TABLE VI.

NUMBER of UNEDUCATED CHILDREN in the Colony of Hongkong in 1870.

Number of Children in the Colony, under 16 years of age, say, Deduct, as being under 6 years of age,

20,860

Deduct, as attending schools of all denominations,

7,634 3,026

Total Number of Uneducated Children,......

10,660

10,200

TABLE VII.

January, February,

ENROLMENT and ATTENDANCE at the Central School during 1870.

MONTHLY ENROLMENT.

REGULAR ATTENDANCH.

208

193

231

226

March,

242

233

April,

246

237

May,

238

223

June,

248

231

July,

242

226

August,

228

207

September,

238

229

October,

241

231

November, December,..

239

229

243

231

Average,.

237

225

FREDERICK STEWART, Inspector of Government Schools.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.

The following Account, duly certified, of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation in Hongkong, during the Month ending 28th February, 1871, is published for general information.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 13th March, 1871.

J. GARDINER AUSTIN,

Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

STECIE IN RESERVE.

$

Oriental Bank Corporation,.

230,351

76,784

Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,

516,625

200,000

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,....

289,550

100,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,.............

1,553,970

600,000

TOTAL.............

..$

2,590,496

976,784