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History.-A good proportion of excellent papers was done: this was as satisfactory a subject as any. DALGLEISH's Medieval England seemed rather above the standard of some of the boys who took it: they could, however, remember outlines as given in the more elementary text-book. Amongst the Chinese boys the conception of History seemed to be a patchwork: each reign was taken to form a complete whole, so that difficulty was found in tracing a particular line of events through more than a single reign.

Shorthand.—Mr. Taos. H. REID, of the China Mail, was kind enough to assist us in the Shorthand Examination. He writes:

He writes:-"On the whole the shorthand writing was neat and well formed; but "some of the papers indicate carelessness and lack of practice in the formation of outlines. The transcription from shorthand was invariably excellent, and the majority of mistakes were obviously "due to want of knowledge of the English language.

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Taking into consideration the age of the pupils and their mixed nationality, the teacher deserves to be congratulated on the success he has achieved; and if type-writing is combined with shorthand, "Queen's College should turn out a number of pupils able to fill positions as shorthand clerks in local

"offices and business houses.

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Although the boy who sat for a speed test of 30 words a minute returned a good paper, I strongly "deprecate any test for speed until the pupil has completed the study of PITMAN's Manual," and obtained some knowledge of the Grammnalogues and Contractions in "The Reporter's Companion."

General Intelligence. More originality was shewn in this paper than in any other. Such questions as were tried were mostly well done; and had the boys been induced to write all they knew of the paper, the result would have furnished an excellent criterion of their relative merit. Unfortunately, most boys were content with attempting very few questions.

Shakespeare. Classes LAB, No. 1, 2, offered Richard II Acts I and II. The upper section in each class did well the lower sections were weak.

Book-keeping. The work of IA was very good: it was marred by a few inaccuracies due to care- lessness. The work of IB. was not good, the amounts often being placed on the wrong side, and the work in some cases being only half done. A more accurate knowledge of the text book is necessary,

Mensuration.--The senior class did well, the junior poorly. The work was inaccurate, and

shewed want of practice.

Physiology and Natural Science-Were taken by one boy alone, who did fairly on easy papers. Latin.-One boy offered "Cæsar de Bell. Gall." I. 1-3). As he had only bura: Luia f three months, we consider that he did as well as could be expected in getting 10 per cent.

We recommend the following boys for Scholarships:

Morrison.-IM YAT WING.

Belilios Senior.-C. B. HAYWARD.

Belilios Junior.-Ho KING.

Stewart.-WONG TAK KWONG,

We would like to draw attention to the excellence of the papers sent in by C. B. HAYWARD especially in History, Composition, and General Intelligence, in each of which subjects we awarded him full marks.

We have to thank the Head Master and the Assistant Masters for their help during the Exami-

nation.

We have the honour to be,

Gentlemen,

Your obedient Servants,

C. Mcl. MESSER, B.A.

E. R. HALLIFAX, B.A.

P.S.—Appended is a table showing the percentage of " Passes" in each subject in each class.

To the

GOVERNING BODY OF QUEEN'S COLLEGE,

HONGKONG.