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HONGKONG.

REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS, FOR THE YEAR 1906.

No. 1907

28

Laid before the Legislative Council by Command of His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government.

STAFF.

1. Appointments.-Mrs. MORRIS, 2nd Mistress of the Victoria School, from 1st. February, 1906.

Mr. PARKIN, 2nd Master of the Yaumati Anglo-Chinese School, from ist March, 1906.

Mrs. MURRAY, 2nd Mistress of the Kowloon School, from 1st October, 1906.

2. Promotions.-Mrs. TUTCHER, to be Head Mistress of the Belilios Public School, rom 20th May, 1906.

Miss BATEMAN, to be 2nd Mistress of the Belilios Public School, from 20th May, 1906

3. Retirement.-Mrs. BATEMAN Head Mistress of the Belilios Public School, from 19th May, 1905.

4. Resignation.--Mrs. DRUMMOND, 2nd Mistress of the Kowloon School, from 1st. October, 1906.

5. There have also been several changes in the Chinese Staff of the District Schools.

NUMBER AND CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOLS AND PUPILS.

6. Table IV shews the number of schools (Government and Grant) to be 85, an rease of 2, as compared with last year. The average attendance was 5,496 as against 5,323, the increase being nearly equally divided between the Upper and Lower Grade schools. The Anglo-Indian School has this year been considered as in the Lower Grale, as has also the Berlin Foundling House, since neither of these schools have had any European teachers.