294
NUMBER OF SCHOLARS PASSED IN SPECIAL SUBJECTS, 1890.
SCHOOL.
NUMBER OF SCHOLARS.
Examined.
Failed.
Passed.
St. Joseph's College,.
121
35
86
Diocesan School,
100
24
76
Vietoria English School, (Boys),..
31
10
21
Do.
Do., (Girls),....
30
12
18
Hongkong Public School,....
12
12
St. Stephen's Anglo-Chinese School,
5
5
Total,..
299
86
213
16. OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS.--The results of the Oxford Local Examination held in Hongkong in July, 1890, are as follows. Junior Division, Honours List, none. Pass List :-Diocesan School, 4 passes; St. Joseph's College, 3 passes; Hongkong Public School, 3 passes. Candidates who, having exceeded the age of 16 years, have satisfied the Examiners:-Diocesan School, 1 pass; Hongkong Public School, 1 pass; St. Joseph's College, 1 pass. Candidates who obtained distinction in individual subjects :-Diocesan School, 1 in Religious Knowledge, 2 in English. Senior Division, Honours List, none. Pass List :-Victoria College, 2 passes; Diocesan School, 1 pass; Hongkong Public School, 1 pass. Candidates who, having exceeded the age of 19 years, have satisfied the Examiners :- Victoria College, 1 pass. Candidates who have shown sufficient merit to be excused from Responsions, none. Candidates who obtained distinction in individual subjects, none.
17. Physical TRAINING.-In a thoughtful and independent criticism of the educational system of Hongkong, published in the China Review in April, 1890, the reviewer (Mr. C. S. ADDIS), whilst giving high praise to the principles and methods embodied in the educational policy of the Govern- ment of Hongkong, justly pointed out as a prominent defect (next to our shortcomings in the matter of school accommodation) the absence of any provision for physical training. Desultory attempts have been made by several Headmasters to encourage school-sports, but apart from an annual com- petition and prize-giving for athletic sports confined to the principal Boys Schools in the Colony, no methodical effort has been made to encourage or practice systematic physical training, except in the case of the Diocesan Home and Orphanage School. The military drill, introduced in this School several years ago and gradually improved and extended, was, in 1890, very conspicuous by its having given the boys of this School an appearance of orderliness, smartness and alacrity, which is very pleasing and which exhibited itself also in their dealing with their examination papers in a style and spirit contributing much to the successful results of the examinations. The discipline of the School, perfect as it is, appears to be fallen in with on the part of the boys in such a cheerful spirit that the tout ensemble produces no impression of harshness, stiffness or artificiality. For some fifteen months past, the Government has had under consideration a definite scheme for introducing in the Schools of the Colony a simple form of systematic school drill by the instrumentality of a Military Drill In- structor, and a small sum has been included for this purpose in the Colonial Estimates for 1891. The establishment of a Public Swimming Bath for the benefit of all the Schools of the Colony was favour- ably reported upon by a Committee in summer 1890, but is still under consideration.
18. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION.-The only Industrial School in the Colony is the Roman Catholic West Point Reformatory, which gives to Chinese and Portuguese boys instruction in shoe-making, tailoring, book-binding and gardening. As all the industries of the Colony are in the hands of the Chinese, who neither require nor are accessible to the special stimulus which in England is required to support English industry in its competition with the industries of foreign countries, neither industrial nor technical Schools are required by the general interests of Hongkong. The only section of the commu- nity for which some special provision, to assist them in the struggle of life, might be desirable, are the poorer classes of the Portuguese community. Clerkships are at present the only sphere of occupation resorted to by young Portuguese of Hongkong, and such posts do not increase in number, nor in accessibility, in proportion as the Portuguese population of Hongkong increases. For the ordinary industries the Portuguese have no taste nor does the competition of the physically stronger and thriftier Chinaman leave them any chance of success. If any art-industry or technical employment could be found for which Portuguese would have inclination and which would not admit of Chinese competition, it would meet a growing difficulty which is likely to trouble the poorer classes of the Portuguese community in the near future.
19. MEDICAL EDUCATION.-The College of Medicine for Chinese, which is unconnected with the Government scheme of education, except that the Government has established a Medical Scholarship
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