SaaS teyt Nant' star ana "st Jnuaey ans Haat Soto The aod Merri cer any Sew tung cee Sate ihe chee rae a re" ces Count ele conten Sige lo St Thule Bee, Shoe Sao EPS: (One tne SOTO eat a Sha og Hoh" GON it Stet 18,4 ra ints The 1996 grant list included 13 for~ eign schools and 223 Chinese schools catering for §,394 and 40,111 children respectively. "Once again the tassie of the special committees appointed 10 examine applications was rendered tremely dificult owing to the increase In the number of deserving applicants and to the limited funds available for distribution." 'The Council finally greed to. increase the grant Chinese schools by $19,000, and to sive to the Japanese Residents' Cor~ poration "a further $11,000 thereby Taising the subsidy for the seven apanese schools, to $120,000. In sanctioning this additional expenditure the Council drew attention to the fact that the cost of education had nearly reached the prescribed. maximum calculated on the basis of per cent. General Municipal Rate,
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