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There were 160 less children attending school than last year.
There were no partial-exemption scholars.
The number of Children who obtained labour certificates enabling them,
if they wish, to leave school at an earlier age than 14, was 118 boys and
23 girls; last year there were 58 boys and 19 girls. Note the war cry for
boy labour.
Expenses, Five precepts in April for £10,065 for elementary and £55
for higher education; 4 precepts in October for £9,835 for elementary and
£55 for higher education, in all for £20,010, were served on the Overseers
to meet the requirements of public education for the year ending March 31st,
1917. Besides, a very large necessitous grant has been received from a
sympathetic Government, amounting to £16,375, the same as the last two
years, or about a nineteenpenny rate; compare this with £9,216 for 1913,
which was equal to only an elevenpenny rate.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR AND SCOPE OF
ROUTINE MEDICAL INSPECTION.
Three age groups have been inspected, the entrants (the majority of whom
were 5 or 6 years o.f age), the 8-year-old group, and the leavers.
Foup thousand four hundred and twelve children were
passed through the routine inspection; exactly the same as last year.