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46. Table IX gives the approximate dates during which the lanterns were in use, and the schools that used them. They comprise all the important schools with exception of Queen's College and the District Schools. I may say that as regards the District Schools, I was willing to forego the privilege on their behalf, because I then believed that the pupils would have an opportunity to hear the lectures by going to Queen's College in after years.

47. In Table IX B is given the arrangement under which, judging from present ex- perience, the use of the lanterns can most fairly be apportioned.

48. The lanterns and slides are all that could be desired, and the lectures contain very much valuable information. It is generally agreed that they are too long for pupils who have not been Home, and for whom hardly anything can be taken as known. It is no criticism on the printed lectures to say, that the less slavishly they were adhered to, the better were the results. The lecturer at the Diocesan School gives an account of the interesting variation he made. Mr. GARRETT, who kindly undertook to give the course at the Kowloon School, and whose knowledge of London is extensive, gave a course which was quite original, and which proved most interesting to the pupils and also to their parents, who attended in considerable numbers. A very good course was given at St. Joseph's College.

49. The cost of maintenance and expenses of an incidental nature have together amounted in the year to $49.20.

50. Io Appendix C are given extracts from reports kindly furnished by Messrs. GARRETT and BRAWN, together with some interesting remarks by the Headmistress of the Belilios School. In Appendix D are examination papers set at the request of the Trustees of Belilios Trust II, who gave prizes of the value of $10 for the best paper done by the pupils of each of the following schools:-Diocesan School, Boys; Diocesan School, Girls; Fairlea ; Victoria School; Kowloon School. In Appendix E are some of the answers to these questions. They have been selected, not on account of their intrinsic merit, but as shewing the assistance which the lectures may give to pupils by helping them to realise the real nature of places which they have never seen, and the beauty and dignity of England.

League of Empire.

51. I have been in regular communication with the Central Office throughout the year. I hope to be present at the Conference which is to be held in London next May.

52. The importance of Empire Day was again impressed on the pupils of Kowloon and Victoria Schools by an invitation to Government House.

53. The following schools are members of the League, and are linked in correspondence with schools at Home:-Kowloon School, Victoria School, the Diocesan Schools, (Boys and Girls), and St. Joseph's College.

Evening Continuation Classes.

54. These were started in the Autumn, and have proved a great success. They are managed by a Committee, under the Chairmanship of the Registrar General, who is sending to Government a Report on the subject.

Hygiene.

55. The teaching of this subject received full attention during the year. I have reported separately on the progress made, and on the results of the examination for the prizes offered by His Excellency the Governor, by which that progress was tested.

Education Department,

28th February, 1907.

EDWARD A. IRVING,

Inspector of Schools.