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fourteen. A boy must pass in three, five, and seven subjects respectively to secure a pass, which is by no means a lenient requirement. It must be understood that a considerable proportion pass in every subject offered, while minimum passes are very rare. The total number present for examination was 671, of whom 645, or 96 per cent., passed, which is the highest percentage since 1887. The three sections of the College are thus represented :---
Upper School 179 boys examined,
294
29
Lower Preparatory 198
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90 % passed 97%
100%
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As the corresponding passes last year were respectively 92, 84, and 99, it will be seen at once that the great gain is in the Lower School. Nor is this to be wondered at, the failure of 30 boys last year in the three sections of Class V. has now been succeeded by the remarkably good result of only three failures. I attribute the great improvement this year to the fact that masters have devoted more direct attention to the weaker portions of their classes, the necessity of this having been emphasised by last year's results.
The whole staff, English and Chinese, deserves the greatest credit for the excellent work presented. To particularise, the work of the Preparatory School has maintained the high level of previous years. As just stated, the success of the Lower School has entirely removed the disgrace of last year's failure in Class V.; each class has done excellently, but Classes IVA, IVB, and VB are conspicuous above the rest, for high tone of work as well as high percentages. In the Upper School Ia, IIa, and IIIA have sustained the excellent reputation of last year; IIIB has done as well as its material (the lowest boys promoted from Class IV) will admit of; Ic, and IIIc, the new classes of non-Chinese boys, have had great difficulties to contend with, and the upper sections have done very well, while the half dozen boys at the head of Ic have distinguished themselves by thoughtful papers and neat work; the lower sections of these classes and IB appear, however, to have suffered from an attempt to drag them up to the level of their seniors, which has resulted in an inability to cope with even easy questions.
18. The usual tables of number of boys examined and passed in each subject, also of percentages passes, are here subjoined; the bottom line of figures on Table II. gives the total result of last year, making the advance of this year very observable.
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TABLE 1.-NUMBER OF BOYS PASSED IN EACH SUBJECT, 1892.
CLASS.
Total No. Examined.
Total No. Passed.
Reading.
Arithmetic.
Dictation.
English to Chinese.
Chinese to English.
Grammar.
Geography.
Map Drawing,
Algebra.
Euclid.
History.
Latin.
General Intelligence,
Book-keeping.
Shakespeare.
I.A.,
1.B.,
16
10 9 10 18
00
8
8 10 10
10
3
9
I.C.,
25
19 24
17 7 15 18 17 17
8
16
17
15
➜ 10
8
15
10
23
II.,
39
38
III.A.,
40 38
39 26 28 40 33 36 39 83
35 38 35 37
...
III.B.,
21 19
III.C.,
26
20 8 18 21 18 26 18 22
00 00
26 34
IV.A.,
IV.B.,
IV.C.,
V.As
V.B.;
V.C.,
COONOOLS
VI.A.,
VI.B.,
VI.C.,
VILA.,
VII.B.,
VII.C.,
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VIII.A., VIII.B.,
VIII.C.,
245383932
22 39 39 39 34 33 36 39 24 24 23 21 20 24 24 20 30 29 28 22 27 28 29 22 23 42 40 41 37 28 38 37 32 16 27 27 27 25 22 25 26 27 18 28 29 25 26 27 28 24 26 43 42 34 28 37 42 34 27 24 24 18 23 24 23 18 21 32 32 28 29 33 33 29 27 35 35 33 33 33 32 35
12 12 13 5 20 21
20 18 12 16 13 ∙17 38 35 35 31 40 35
20 12 12 20
*
17 7
14
27
22
26 32
...
30 27 33
24 37 37
2014
...
⠀⠀⠀
22 21 23 22
30
30
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
**
...
39
36
24 24
23
27
26 26 26 25 23 23 26 26
43 40 39 33
40 37 39 49 48 49 44 38 46 35 35 35 35 35 30
10
10 10 10 10 10 8
SPECIAL SUBJECTS.
Ead Passed.
Drawing,-
Free-hand,
...42 Model, ......17 Chemistry, Trigonometry,
L
9
3
35
17
1102
Total,......... 671 645 655 541 558 573 575 440 359 389 274 345| 104 | 109 | 142 | 27 61 47 30
Examined in each Subject, |671 | 671 671|671|620|620 | 577 | 473 | 473|294|370|153|153179| 51 92 67
58
43
23
32
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