SCHOOL STATISTICS OF SOUTHLAND.
'■"■■' We are ihfiebted to the Secretary dt the Board of Education for the follo^w statistics for the quarter ending 31st De\ " cember, 1878:— i: 1.-— attendances. Ay. -At the beginning of the quarter, 2796-; at end of quarter, 3076 ; average number on the v roll, 2900 : strict average, 2466; working average, 2507. '".'. .)*:• ■'*). II.— AGES. •- Number under 5 years, 80 ; between 5 and 7 years, 524 ;• between 7 and 10 years, 1086 ; "between 10- ! and 13 years, 1045 ; between 13' and -15 years, : -297; above 15 •'•■-.-. years, 44. ._) . ; ll.— -STANDARDS. Number of infants', 462; in Standard 1, 692; in.Standard_»' sßl.;. in_ Standard. 3, '556 ; in Standard 4, 396 ; in Standard, 396 ; in -Standard 6, 110.; passed Standard 6, 16; '.-...* IV,— BRANCHES. "';.' Number learning tp ; read, 2963 ; to write, 2459 ; arithmetic, 2416; . .).. 1680 ; geography, 1746 ; . ; hi5t0ry," ' 529 ; elementary science, 208 ;; drawing; ; 618 ; object, lessons^ 908-;' vydcal music, .577 ; sewing, 692 ; domestic' economy, 65. '
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Southland Times, Issue 3298, 15 January 1879, Page 3
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