The boys' scholarship of the Royal Society of St. George (Shanghai branch) was won by James Thomas Boulton Quayle, a pupil of the Western District Public School, with the highest number of marks, totalling 830 (out of a possible 1,000), The girls' Scholarship was won by Angela Hampson, a pupil of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, with 716 marks. The Lancastrian candidate who gained the highest marks, totalling 694, and was fourth in order of merit, was Frank Rodney Gates, who was educated at the Western District Public School. He has been awarded the special scholarship for the child of a Lancastrian winning the highest number of marks.
Each of the three scholarships is of the annual value of $100, which is intended to defray school charges for tuition and text books, of successful candidates, or otherwise at the discretion of the Committee. The Society announces that fourteen candidates sat for the scholarship examination, held on April 4, of whom tve were boys, and nine were girls, two being of Lancastrian parentage.
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