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23. A capitation grant will be given for every scholar in average attendance, at the rate of one dollar a head in schools in Class III, seventy-five cents a head in schools in Class II and half a dollar a head in schools in Class I.

24. No scholar will be examined in a lower standard than that under which he has been previously presented, nor in the same standard unless he has failed to pass in two or more subjects.

25. Scholars learning a language which is not their mother tongue will have their intelligence tested by requiring them to explain in their own language the meaning of the passages read.

26. In girls schools one of the four hours for instruction in the subjects of the several standards may be assigned to Needlework which will have the following values: fair, half a dollar; good, one dollar; very good, one dollar and a half.

27. Building Grants.

1. Aid is not granted to build new public schools unless the Government

is satisfied-

(a) That there is a sufficient population requiring a school in the vicinity. (b) That the school is likely to be maintained in efficiency.

2. The grants made by the Government for building, enlarging, impro- ving, or fitting up public schools, are not to exceed one half of the actual cost.

3. The site, plans, estimates, specifications, title, and trust deed, must be

previously approved by His Excellency the Governor.

4. The extension of the area of existing school-rooms to receive more scholars, and the addition of teachers' dwellings to existing school- rooms, are treated pro tanto as new cases under clause 2.

5. The trustees (or other legal representatives) of the school must state by

a declaration of trust to be registered in the Land Office:-

(a) That the premises are to be used for educational purposes

and for no other purpose whatever,

(b) That the school is to be managed in accordance with the

principles of the grant-in-aid code.

(c) That the school and premises are to be open, at all reasona

ble times, to educational and sanitary inspection by the Government.

(d) That, if they should hereafter desire to release themselves from the foregoing obligations, they will, in such case, repay into the Colonial Treasury the whole amount of the build- ing grant.

6. The grant is paid on presentation of a certificate (with balance sheet annexed), by the Building and Managing Committees of the school, setting forth that the building and conveyance are completed and that the money in hand, will, when added to the grant, meet all claims and finally close the account.

28. All correspondence with the Government on subjects connected with this code must be sent through the Inspector of Schools for the time being.

Hongkong, 19th August, 1893.

E. J. EITEL, Ph. D.,

Inspector of Schools.

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