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HONGKONG EDUCATION, BIRTHS AND DEATHS.

Polats from the Director's Report.

Hongkong Figures for the ̧'

Past Year,

The Hongkong medical report for the past year contains the following:

Births.

From the "noual report of the Director of Education (Mr. E Irving) we take the following:- After deducting the school fees rrosived, the total nett expenën iture on education won $235 978 Chinese ($242,359 in 1915). The decrease Non-China-e. 150 is mainly due to depressed nr- penditure on Personal Emola Total 1916...1,751 mente (Education Office, Queen's College, Belilios Pablic School, sad Ellis Kadooris School) caused by higher exchange.

Peng

Total 1915...1,892 919 2,611 This gives a general. birth rate of B 1 per 1,000 sa compared with 61 in 1915 and 7 3 in 1914.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1917.

PACKING CASES FOR PIECE GOODS.

The Hindrance to Exports.

In the House of Commons on June 20, Mr. T. G. Taylor asked

the President of the Boud of Trade whether he wiɛ aware that Males Females Total thousands of empty wooden cases" 1,601 760 2,361 ware being held in stock in export 120 270 packing-bouses in Manchester, which were made before the Order 880 2,831 in Council of April 24 last to be in readiness for cotton piece goods purchased and at bleachers; that large guantities of such blesobed goods now ready for ex- The birth rate among the non- port were being held back be! Chinese community was 2005 cause exporters were not allowed per 1,000 as compared with 132 to pack them in the sece already in 1915, and 16.8 in 1914. The made for them; and whether, nationality of the parents was as seeing that the Lancashire export School and Technical Institute follows-British 143, Portuguese trade in cotton. goode was thaw. fees amounting 4 $85.123 were 83, Indien 35. Malay 8, Filipino being restricted, he would now Voollected. ($85 713 in 1915). la|7, American 4. French and West give permission for inch cassa as addition $3,963.50 fees were re-ladian 3 esch, Brazilian and were made before the above- mitted to free scholars, ($3,823.60 | Syrian 2 each, Swedish, Dutch, named Order in Council to be in 1915)

Siamese, Japanese, and German, need for the parpos for which one each.

they were intended.

The ratio which expenditure on education bears to the total re venue of the Colony is 2.44 (2'81 in 1915) and is the lowest figure

since 1906.

AL

The number of birthe of Chinese

Mr. Roberts (Parliamentary

There has been a considerable falling of attendance at the Victoria British School. This is nationality registered does not Secretary, Board of Trade): My attributed by the Inspector of give an accurate record of the right hon. friend is informed by English Saboola to the number number of births which has the Timber Controller that the of children leaving for Home. occurred. Owing to the custom packing cases referred to are being But it is certain that the French of the Chinese of not registering absorbed by other tradea for goods Convent, newly established hard any birth unlees the child has which are still permitted to be by, has been a potent rival. The survived for a month, and oftan, cssed, and that the Manchester Pest School would have been in the case of female children, Chamber of Commerce is ac practically fall throughout the not at all, it is probable that the ting as agent for the distri Jear, had it not been for an majority, if not all, of the infants bution of the cases. In these epidemic of whooping-cough. The who are sickly at birth or die circumstances, and in riem school has proved a great success before reaching the ags of one of the argent necessity sad tends to outgrow its building. mouth have not been registered. for economising,

he regrets

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The most important innovation It is mastomary, therefore, to that he does not use his way to in the curriculum of the Kowloon assume that all children of one give the permission asked by my and Victoria Schools is the teach-month or less admitted to the ra- | hon. friend. I am glad to say that ing of Cantonese and the Chinese tions Convents, together with the Order to which reference is RAMSDALE will present himself at the NORTH written language. Clasess in those found dead in the streets, made is effecting a very material POINT HOTEL (late Belle View) on Wednes- these subjects were opened in the harbour, hillsides, etc., have been saring in timber, and consequent day at 9.30 P.M. (August, 8th 1917.) Summer term and held through born in the colony but have not yin tonnage. qut the year. 14 boys attended, been registered. The addition of most of whom made good pro- this number to that of the register- "greae.

ed births gives a more correct estimate of the birth rate, which is therefore calculated in this manner. The number of such the matter in the light of the hon. children in 1916 was 944 (451 member's statements. males ad 493 females) me king a total of 3,575 births in 1916 s compared with 3,701 in 1915.

At the same two schools & year's free tuition is now being ziven to the top papil in each Clasa The smallasse of some of the Classes has made the prize father cheaply won.

Mr. Taylor Is the hon. gentle- man aware that goods are being kept back for want of these cases?

Mr. Robert :-I will consider

The birth rate so corrected is 3,389 being 318 per cent. of the therefore 8.7- and for the Chinese total number of deatba na pom- community the rate becomes 19 pared with 31.6 in 1915. The instead of 58 per 1000 but even number of deaths of children thie addition is not sufficient as between one and five years of age the total of infant deaths is stills 2,158

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In the course of the year an enquiry wse made sa to the desirability of teaching shorthand and book-keeping to the senior boys; but there seemed to be no demand for these subjects.

Daring the year all the English Grant Schools were inspected, the greater than the total of births. There were 25 infant deathe Inspector of English Schools so calculated, from which it is among the non Chinese, being 11. devoting at least two days to each evident that many are brought 8 per cent. of the total number of HONOLULU, JAPAN PORTS, school. In them all, work we into the colony from the mainland death (11. 1 in 1916). done in the presence of the of Obius.

Among the Chinese population Inspector and all exercises written The last census return (1911) the deaths of infants numbered daring Term were examined. In showed 1,180 Chinese under one 3,334 (2,466 in 1916) while only having arrived from above ports, this way it was possible to form year of age in the colony, while 2,361 Chinese births were regis Consignees of cargo are hereby a very clear estimate of the batween the ages of one and five tered, or taking the corrected informed that their cargo is be regularity of the work and of the there were 24,738.

number of birtha among the ing landed at their risk into progress made. Weak points were The preponderance of male over Chinese to be 3,305 as explained the hazardous and/or discussed with the Head Teachers female registered births is very above, it is still found that there hazardous Godowns of the Hong- concerned, and in all such cases marked among the Chinese, there were more deaths than births Itong & Kowloon Wharf & the Inspector's advice was readily being 211 malee to every 100 is obvious, therefore, that many accepted.

females; in 1915 the proportion infants must be brought in from was 201 to 100; and in 1914. 188 China. to 100, but the addition of the 944 unregistered birthe reduces --- the proportion to 164 males to

The work of these actools ia generally of a high order; grest attention is devoted to the train- ing of character, and in the girle schools to training in domestic 100 females for 1916. subjects such as cookery, home-]

In the Don Chinese, community

nursing and first aid to the the proportion of male to female injured.

birthe wae 120 to 100′ am com-

pared with 92 to 100 in 1915.

Deaths.

The number of Vernacular schools in receipt of a grant in now 32 of which only 8 are boys" The total number of desins schools. 103 teachers-82 men registered during the year was sad 41 women-attended the 10,558 (7,921 in 1916 and 9,585 Normal Clase at the Technical in 1914): the general death rate Institute. This good attendance was 24.0 per 1,000 as against is a hopeful siga for the fature of 18 59 in 1915 and 23,24 in 1914. Vernacular Education.

The total number cf pupils at schools in the Colony excluding the Police School and the au- controlled schools in the New Territories are 21, 103, made ap as follows:-

Verna-

English cular Schools. Schools.

Goteinmont Schocis. 2,433 Military Schoo**** 105 Excluded Private

Schools,

Bchools,

Grant Beh

Controlled

Privalo

Private Schools, Now Ter-

Schools, Centrelied

645,"

1,522 1,978

2,633 10,159

ritories, Technical Institute,... 535

Total

1,093

-7,873 13,230,

The number of deatbe amonget the Chinese was 10,357, which gives s death rate of 246 per 1.000 ss against 190 in. 1815 and 23 88 in 1914.

The deaths registered in the civil community non-Übiaese Bombered 201 giving a death rate of 15 08 per 1,000 (13.84 in 1915 and 17.85

The in 1914). nationalities were se follows:- British 52, Portuguese 47, Indian 45, Japanese 23, Molay 12, Ameri can 7,Puilipine 3, French, Italian, Datob, and West Indian 2 each, Swier, Jew, Earesian, Breziliso, and German one each.

The death rate for EuropeanA and theme of Ecropean origin in This is sa increase of 1,247 13 04 (62 in 1915); 1103 for over 1915, the increase in pupile Indians (8.5 in 1915); and 20,05) in English Schools being 19. for races classes as mixed or and in the Vernacular Schools octouted (228 in 1915) 1,138. Both increases have The exclasion of the Army and occurred in the Private Controll- Navy from these statistics in- ed Schools, and not in the Go creases both the birth and death Ternment or Graus Schools, rates for Enropeans and Indiane. which remain numérically about The total number of deaths of the same.

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