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EDUCATION.

INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS.

OTHER CHARGES.

Principal Grants under New Grant Code (C.O.D. 185 of 1903).--The increase is due to the full effects of the increased grants under the new Code being felt for the first time in 1905 and is made up as follows:-

English Schools, Class I.

1,400 Scholars at 30/- ($18),

Class II.

400 Scholars at $7.

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.25,200

2,800

Vernacular Schools, Class I.

2,500 Scholars at $7,

17,300

$45,500

QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS.

Second Master's Allowance for Knowledge of Chinese.-Exchange Compensa- tion is drawn on this allowance, which in Mr. Mar's the only such case-is a personal allowance and is not on the same footing as the language allowances drawn by other officers. $180 was first inserted in the Estimates for 1893 as a personal allowance to this Officer.

Gymnastic Instructor.-On the recommendation of the Head Master a non- commissioned officer's services are to be obtained to give the necessary instruction when the new appliances arrive and the rate of remuneration is that fixed by the Military Authorities, namely, $1 per hour.

MEDICAL DEPARTMENTS.

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS. Civil Hospital.

Messengers.—A Coolie at $96 has become necessary for the Laboratory where a private coolie is at present employed on Government business.

Lunatic Asylums. Kennedy Town Hospital. Maternity Hospital. Cook. It has been found impossible to get and keep good cooks at $9 a month for these posts in consequence of general rise of wages of Chinese servants.

OTHER CHARGES. Civil Hospital.

Metallurgical Furnace for Laboratory. The present apparatus can only be used for ores and minerals in single quantities and the increased and increasing work requires more expeditious methods. The one provided for will take 10 or more samples at a time.

POLICE.

PERSONAL EMOLUMENTS.

6 Telephone Clerks.—An additional Clerk was appointed in 1903 and paid from lapsing salaries. His services were necessary as complaints were made by the Sanitary Department at the delay and difficulty in communicating with the District Sanitary Offices through the Government Telephone Exchange.

European Force: Sergeants and Constables.-The differences between the amounts provided in 1904 and required in 1905 are caused only by stipulated increments falling due, and to the number of Sergeants or Lance Sergeants or Con-

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