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Increase.

135

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT,-Continued.

Decrease.

Other Charges.

(g) University Examination Fees

1,697

College Calendars

$

35

(k) Renewals

& Replacements of

(k) Incidentals

1,884

Equipment

650

Students in Training, Fees

790

(i) Uniforms

3,184

Students in Training, Maintenance

960

Grants in Aid of Rent, Wah Yan

Equipment of Technical Institute

50

College

5,196

Transport

500

Contribution to cost of Advisory

(1) Rent

1,188

Committee of Education in the Colonies (£210)

Subsidies to Schools in New Ter-

2,291

ritories

5,000

Subsidies to Elementary Vernacu-

lar Schools in Hong Kong

5,000

Total

.$

13,018

Total

$

15,407

Net Increase-$2,389

Special Expenditure.

(m) Building Grants

...$

50,000

(n) Weighing Machines

900

(0) Equipment of King's College (p) Compilation of Chinese Readers (9) Equipment of Schools

2,500

1,400 ·

1,920

Furniture for Queen's College Hall

1,000

Total

$

50,900

Total

1

.$

6,820

Net Increase-$44,080

Increase.

Decrease.

Personal Emoluments

Other Charges

Special Expenditure

.$

60,139 13,018

$

11,966

15,407

50,900

6,820

Total

$

124,057

34,193

Deduct Decrease

34,193

Net Increase

Estimates 1930 Estimates 1929

Net Increase

89,864

.$ 1,549,691

1,259,827

89,864

(a) 1 New Inspector of Vernacular Schools-transferred from the Temporary Establishment. vide (d).

4 New British Probationer Masters.

1 New British Mistress-Physical Instructor.

1 New British Part-time Mistress ($2,400-$3,600) vide Italicized Mistress (£300-£400) vide (d).

1 New University Trained Teacher.

1 New Chinese Mistress transferred from Verna-

cular Staff (vide (d)).

1 New Coolie to Cheung Chau School.

(b) Revised Rate for Music Teacher at Central British

School.

(c) 50 Coolies qualified for G.C.A. 3 Coolies drawing

G.C.A. resigned.

Es-

(d) 1 Inspector of Vernacular Schools on Temporary

Establishment promoted to Permanent Establishment vide («).`

1 Portuguese Teacher, 1 Italicized British Mistress

(£300-£400) vide (a).

1 Vernacular Mistress transferred to Anglo-Chinese

Staff vide (a).

(e) 3 Coolies draw $24 p.a. instead of $48 p.a. and 1 new Coolie appointed to Cheung Chau School with a rent allowance of $48 p.a.

(f) Lapsed. (g) Increased number of Entrants and payment for

Extra Subjects.

(h) Blackboards, Renovating Paint, Wall Maps, etc. (i) A new Subhead. This vote was included in In- cidentals for 1929-an actual increase of $800. (vide (m)).

(j) Extended premises-Wah Yan College.

(k) An actual increase of $500. Uniforms being now

placed under a new Subhead (vide (j)).

(7) Cheung Chau School and Kowloon Junior School

are in Government Buildings.

(m) Required for New La Salle College, Kowloon and

St. Francis School

(a) Required in connection with the regular Medical

Examination of Scholars.

(o) Less equipment required. (p), (2) and (7) Completed.