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Composition. Should be better in Standard VI. Good in Standard V where however the handwriting was bad. In Standard IV the spelling was very faulty. Dictation in Standards II and I was good.

Geography. Good in the three upper Standards VI, V and IV and poor in the lower standards. Both in Standards VI and V there was a somewhat suspicious similarity in many of the papers, the same mistakes appearing and the same expressions being made use of. A proper syllabus of work should be drawn up for the three lower standards. They should have learnt very much more than they presented for examination.

History.-Poor on the whole. Fair in Standard VI but I have doubts as to whether the work was done unaided by each pupil. Standard V was very weak; many of the questions were not even attempted. In Standard IV the proportion of bad papers shown up very much exceeded the good ones.

Arithmetic.-Bad in Standards V and VI. Fractions are apparently not understood. IV fair, weak in problems, III II and I good but Standard III should be more advanced.

Hygiene. The school did not do very well either in the elementary or in the advanced courses, but this is hardly surprizing as the subject has only recently been taken up.

Needlework.-Good,

Grant.—I recommend a grant at the rate of 30/-. Arithmetic and History will have to receive greater attention if the position of the school on the grant list is to remain what it is at present.

*No. 11.-Ellis Kadoorie School.

Staff.-Mr. BRAIDWOOD, 3 Assistant English masters and 11 Chinese masters.

Discipline and Organization.-Good on the whole. The school now number over 500 boys. The roll is called in a very short time considering the number of boys. Discipline is well maintained by the English masters but the same does not appear to be the case with the Chinese masters. On one occasion while I was exa-nining boys on the 1st floor of the new building a great deal of noise was going on on the 2nd floor where Chinese masters were teaching. Discipline and obedience to orders should be strictly enforced by all in authority.

Sanitation.-Very satisfactory.

Floor Space.-Sufficient for 1076 pupils.

Apparatus. Very satisfactory.

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English.-Colloquial.-Fair except in Class IV where it was distinctly poor.

Reading.--Good throughout the school.

Composition. — Fair. The style it faulty especially so in letter writing.

The junior boys appeared to take much more interest in this branch of their work than the seniors. In Classes I and II it was very difficult to get an answer even to the simplest question.

Grammar.—There was a great lack of uniformity in the analysis of sentences. Many mistakes were due to carelessness, and it was obvious the ques- tions had not been studied properly before the answers were given. In this subject as in several others the answers were very similar and appeared to have been learnt by heart,

Geography.--Good except in Class VII. Class I was distinctly good, Class II did well except in map drawing. The maps of the course of the Yang Tse Kiang indicating the important towns on its banks were failures in almost all cases.