EDUCATION: MANUAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-5, 1928.]

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1929 Session I, E-05

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1929. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: MANUAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-5, 1928.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

CONTENTS. PAGE 1. Extracts from the Fifty-second Annual Report of the Minister of Education (E.-l) .. .. 2 2. Reports of Superintendent of Technical Education, and of the Inspectors of Technical Schools and Manualtraining Centres . . .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . . 7 3. Tables relating to Manual and Technical Instruction :— Section A : Tables relating to Technical High Schools and Technical Day Schools (Full-time Courses) — J I.—Average Attendance Roll Numbers, and Number of Government Free-place Holders and Pupils living away from Home .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 J 2. —Classification of Pupils on the Roll at 30th June, 1928, according to Year of Attendance .. 15 J 3.—Classification of Pupils on the Roll at 30th June, 1928, according to Courses of Instruction .. 16 J 4.—Number of Pupils who commenced their Post-primary Education in 1928, according to Age at Date of Admission .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 J s.—Classification of Pupils on the Roll at 30th June, 1928, according to Ages .. 17 J 6.—Destination of Full-time Pupils who left the Technical High or Day School during or at the End of 1928 .. .. .. .. .. ~ ~ .. .. 18 Section B : Tables relating to Technical Glasses held in the Evening or in connection with Part-time Day Courses— J 7.—Classification of Students on Roll at 30th June, 1928, according to Occupations .. 19 J 8. —Classification of Students on Roll at 30th June, 1928, according to Ages .. .. 20 J 9. —Free Pupils (according to Years of Attendance) and other Students on Roll at 30th June, 1928 21 Section C : Tables relating to all Technical and Technical High and Day School Classes (Full Time, Part Time, and Evening Courses) — J 10.—Tables showing Combined Roll Numbers at Day and Evening Classes at 30th June, 1928 22 Jll (a). —Receipts by Controlling Authorities for Year ended 31st December, 1928 .. .. 23 Jll (b). —Payments by Controlling Authorities for Year ended 31st December, 1928 .. .. 24 Section D : Tables relating to Manual Instruction in connection with Primary' Schools —- J 12. —Statement of Receipts and Payments by Education Boards for Year ended 31st December, 1928, in respect of Classes for Manual Instruction and Elementary Handwork .. 25 J 13. —Some Particulars relating to Pupils attending Special Manual-training Centres during Year ended 31st December, 1928 .. .. .. , .. ..26 Section E : General Summary relating to all Glasses (Manual and Technical) — J 14. —Some Particulars relating to Manual and Technical Instruction for Year 1928 ~ ~ 27

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1. EXTRACTS FROM THE EIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. Manual Instruction. Staffing. —On the 30th June, 1928, there was in the employ of the various Education Boards a total of 120 full-time specialist teachers engaged in giving instruction to senior pupils in woodwork, metalwork, and domestic subjects, besides twenty-three specialist instructors in elementary agriculture. These teachers were classified as under. Class VII is the highest, and in Division I are placed those teachers whose classification is based on academic or professional qualifications equivalent to at least a University diploma involving three years' preparation of University standard.

Full-time Classified Teachers in Manual-training Classes as at 30th June, 1928.

In this table are included nine teachers (four men and five women) on staffs of junior high schools and one supervisor of needlework in primary classes. The average rates of salary on the 30th June, 1928, were as follows : Men, £360 ; woman, £224 ; both, £302. The following are some particulars of the number of schools and the number of pupils receiving instruction in manual training during 1928 : — Elementary agriculture: Number of public primary schools, 1,939 ; number of pupils, 45,313. Elementary science : Number of public primary schools, 40 ; number of pupils, 3,309. Woodwork : Total number of pupils attending special centres was 21,643, of which 17,015 attended from public primary schools and 1,453 from private schools, the remainder attending from junior high schools, secondary schools, or secondary departments of district high schools. Metalwork : Total number of pupils attending special centres was 1,173, of which 82 attended from public primary schools and 31 from private schools, the remainder attending from junior high schools, secondary schools, or secondary departments of district high schools. Domestic subjects : Total number of pupils attending special centres was 21,449, of which 15,860 attended from public primary schools and 2,008 from private schools, the remainder attending from junior high schools, secondary schools, or secondary departments of district high schools.

Division I. Division II. Class. ■ —j Totals. Men. Women. ' Men. ! Women. I I I . VII .. .. I .. VI .. .. .. 1 .. 4 ! 6 11 V .. .. .. 8 .. 17 8 33 IV .. .. .. 4 1 15 9 29 III .. .. .. 1 4 10 7 22 II .. .. .. 2 4 10 4 20 I .. 1 14 9 4 28 Totals, 1928 .. .. 17 23 65 38 143 Totals, 1927 .. -.16 20 65 40 141

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Financial.—The total amount due by the Department to the Education Boards for the salaries and incidental expenses for the year 1928 was approximately £69,874, made up as follows : — Salaries — £ £ Full-time assistants .. .. .. .. 42,984 Full-time student teachers ... .. .. .. 164 Overtime .. .. .. .. .. .. 74 Capitation for part-time teachers (including commercial instructors in district high schools) .. .. . . 1,283 44,505 Incidental allowances .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,189 Capitation grants .. . . . . .. . . . . . . 15,180 Total ~ .. .. .. .. .. .. £69,874 In addition, the Department provided handwork materials for use in 1928 costing some £9,065, and also refunded to Education Boards the actual receiving and distributing charges, amounting approximately to £1,346, involving a total expenditure of £10,411. The above figures exclude salaries and incidental allowances payable in respect of manual-training classes conducted by Technical School Boards. TECHNICAL EDUCATION. General. Number of Schools.—The number of technical high, schools open during 1928 was fourteen, in addition to which there were seven organized technical or art schools offering full-day courses. Erom the Ist January, 1927, the New Plymouth Technical Day School was amalgamated with the New Plymouth High Schools, and the statistics as far as the full-time pupils are concerned are included in the secondary schools report. Technical classes were conducted at twenty of the twenty-one centres referred to above, and also at eighteen other centres, the total number of centres being thirty-nine. Attendance. —The following table shows the numbers in attendance at technical schools and classes in 1928 : —

In the technical high schools and technical day schools the total enrolments increased from 7,193 in 1927 to 7,817 in 1928, an increase of nearly 9 per cent. In the evening and part-time day classes the apparent reduction in numbers as compared with the previous year is probably due mainly to the fact that the numbers for 1928 are those on the rolls of the schools at the 30th June, whereas in previous years the total enrolments for the whole year were included.

——- ■ Free. Other. Total. f ' Total number of pupils on the roll of technical high and technical day 6,992 222 7,214 schools at 30th June, 1928 Total number of students in attendance at other technical classes (i.e., 5,286 5,677 10,963 part-time and evening classes) during 1928 Grand total .. .. .. .. •• 12,278 5,899 18,177

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Staffing.—On the 30th June, 1928, there were 305 full-time assistant teachers on the staffs of technical schools, besides a large number of part-time teachers. There were also twenty-one full-time student teachers, ten being males and eleven females. The following table shows the classification of the 305 full-time assistant teachers, Class VII being the highest:—

It will be seen from the above table that the main increase has been in the number of Division I teachers (graduates). The average rates of salary on the 30th June, 1928, were as follows : Principals (male), £649 (excluding house allowance). Assistants—Men, £401 ; women, £261 ; both, £345. All teachers (principals and assistants) —Men, £427 ; women, £261 ; both, £365. With the inclusion of manual-training teachers employed by Education Boards the average rates of salary for all teachers (including Principals of technical schools) graded under the Regulations for Manual and Technical Instruction were as follows : Men, £408 ; women, £249 ; both, £346. Evening Technical Classes and Part-time Day Classes. Classes were held at thirty-eight centres, as compared with forty-one in the previous year. The number of individual students was as follows : — In classes conducted by Technical School Boards .. .. .. 8,787 In classes conducted by Secondary Education Boards . . . . . . 193 In classes conducted by Education Boards .. . . . . .. 450 In classes conducted by High School Boards .. .. .. .. 1,134 In classes conducted by University College Boards .. .. .. 399 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,963 Note.—Oamaru transferred from a Technical School Board to a High School Board. Of these students 5,286 held Government free places, classified as follows : —

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Division I. Division II. Class. ; : j Totals. Men. Women. Men. Women. VII 1 .. 4 5 VI ...... 7 7 6 7 27 V .. .. ..22 6 15 23 66 IV ...... | 27 8 10 17 62 III ...... 27 13 20 2 62 II .. .. .. j 17 7 9 10 43 I .. .. .. .. 19 15 4 | 2 40 Totals, 1928 .. .. ! 119 57 64 65 305 Totals, 1927 .. .. Ill 53 66 65 295

Males. Females. Totals. ___________ _____ _ _ First year .. .. .. 815 474 1,289 Second year .. .. .. 744 376 1,120 Third year .. .. .. 766 453 1,219 Fourth year .. .. .. 608 379 987 Fifth year and over .. . . 451 220 671 3,384 1,902 j 5,286

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The following are some particulars of the age, sex, and occupation of students

Sex and Age.

Summary of Occupations of Students.

Technical High Schools, Technical Day Schools, and Full-time Day Classes. At the 30th June, 1928, the numbers of pupils taking the various courses provided were as follows

It is to be noted tliat in some cases under the general course are included pupils preparing for the Engineering Preliminary Examination. Of the total number of pupils (7,214) 6,992 held Government free places, classified as follows : —

Sex. Under 13 13 Years. 14 Years. 15 Years. 16 Years. , 1 J,^? ars c^ er 21 Totals. Years. I to 21 Years. Years. I i I 1 j I Males .. 59 115 489 960 1,245 3,488 I 650 7,006 Females .. 70 147 369 652 650 1,361 708 3,957 Totals 129 262 858 1,612 1,895 4,849 | 1,358 10,963

Number of i Percentage of i „ Students. To.2 "J-gf Various trades and industries .. .. .. .. 5,115 46-7 46-1 Agricultural pursuits .. .. .. .. .. 197 1-8 1-4 Professional pursuits .. .. .. .. .. 650 5-9 5-5 Clerical pursuits .. .. .. .. .. 2,253 20-6 20-7 Domestic pursuits .. .. .. .. .. i 1,263 11-5 11-0 No occupation .. .. .. .. .. | 947 8-6 9-8 Other occupations, not stated . . .. .. .. 538 4-9 5-5 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 10,963 j 100-0 100-0

Percentage of Totals. Course. Boys. Girls. Totals. Boyfc. | Girls. Industrial .. .. .. 2,034 .. ; 2,034 51-8 Agricultural .. .. 359 .. 359 9-1 Domestic .. .. .. .. 1,019 1,019 .. 31-0 Commercial .. .. 759 1,778 2,537 19-3 54-1 General .. .. . . 676 238 914 17-2 7-3 Art .. .. .. 102 249 351 2-6 7-6 Totals .. .. 3,930 3,284 j 7,214 100-0 100-0

—— Boys. Girls. : Totals. First year .. .. .. 2,023 1,663 3,686 Second year .. .. .. 1,182 940 2,122 Third year .. .. .. 433 356 789 Fourth year .. .. . . 153 151 304 Fifth year .. .. .. 49 35 84 Sixth year .. .. .. 5 2 7 Totals .. .. .. 3,845 3,147 6,992

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During 1928 4,120 new pupils were admitted, and of this number 3,849 were commencing their secondary education. The following table shows the classification of pupils according to age at 30th June, 1928 : —

Financial. The total amount due by the Department to the controlling authorities for the salaries and incidental expenses of all technical classes, including technical high and day schools for the year 1928 was approximately £188,913, made up as follows : — Salaries — £ £ Full-time principals and assistants . . . . .. 120,075 Full-time student teachers .. .. .. .. 1,900 Full-time teachers —overtime .. . . .. .. 9,542 Capitation for part-time assistants and student teachers .. 22,507 . 154,024 Incidental allowances .. .. .. .. .. .. 44,799 198,823 Less recoveries from tuition fees .. .. . •• 9,910 Net amount .. .. .. .. .. .. £188,913 The above figures include salaries and incidental allowances payable in respect of manual-training classes conducted by Technical School Boards.

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I I I ' I,, 0 * ; 13 Years. 14 Years. 15 Years. 116 Years. 117 Years. 18 Years Totals . 13 Years. and over. Boys.. .. .. 152 789 1,382 992 404 158 52 3,930 Girls .. .. .. 151 716 1,096 759 342 140 81 3,284 Totals 303 1,505 2,478 1,751 746 298 133 7,214

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2. ABRIDGED REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION AND THE INSPECTORS OF TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND MANUAL-TRAINING CLASSES. Sib, — Education Department, Wellington, Bth August, 1929. We have the honour to submit, in accordance with the regulations, the following report on manual and technical instruction for the year 1928. We have, &c., W. S. La Trobe. M. Dyer. F. C. Renyaed. W. S. Austin. The Director of Education, Wellington. I. TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. Attendance. The total number of students in part-time day and in evening classes was 10,963, of whom 5,286 held junior or senior free places and 5,677 paid fees. Of the total number, 1,172 had been attending day schools for primary instruction in the previous year. From Table J 8 appended to this report it will be seen that 6,207 students, being nearly 55 per cent, of the total, were seventeen years of age or over, while 1,249, or 11-5 per cent., were under fifteen years of age. Of this 11*5 per cent., however, a considerable number—probably at least one-third —were part-time day pupils included among the 947 persons of "no occupation "as given in Table J 7 appended to this report. It is probable, therefore, that less than 8 per cent, of the evening-class pupils were under fifteen years of age. Of this 8 per cent., those under fourteen years of age all held, under the regulations, a certificate of proficiency and were free-place holders. It is noteworthy that the proportion of girls to boys in the evening classes is only about 4 to 7. This ratio has been decreasing in recent years. This increasing disparity is due mainly to the small and diminishing attendance of girls at technical classes in cookery, dressmaking, millinery, &c. The apparent reduction in numbers as compared with the previous year is probably due mainly to the fact that the numbers for 1928 are those on the roll of the schools at the 30th June, whereas in previous years the total enrolments for the year were included. Tables A and B below give some indication of the way in which the attendance at technical schools has changed in recent years. Columns 1, 2, 3, 4, and sof Table A give the numbers according to ages enrolled in technical classes, apart from pupils in technical high schools (and, since 1926, in technical day schools) since the year 1917. Up to 1921 numbers of children attending from primary schools, public and private, for manual training were included, and swell the numbers in columns 1 and 2 for the earlier years. They are now counted in other returns as pupils taking manual training. There has, however, undoubtedly been a real diminution in recent years of the numbers of young children attending evening classes. The regulations have for many years permitted the attendance of children under fourteen years of age at evening technical classes only if they held certificates of proficiency. The reduction in numbers of young children is not, therefore, due to changes in regulations. It is probably due to the children continuing at day schools—secondary or technical—in preference to going to work and attending evening schools. Columns 6 and 7of Table A below indicate clearly the trend in this direction, the first-year junior free pupils in technical high schools being practically all the leavers from primary schoolsJof the year before,|who continued their day training at technical high schools in the following year. The totals of columns 6 and 7, as shown in column 8, have increased by about 25 per cent, in the last ten years, but the numbers transferring straight from the primary school to the evening or parttime day classes have diminished by some 40 per cent., while those transferring to full-time technical high schools or technical day classes have increased in numbers by nearly 200 per cent. Column 5 of Table A shows that whereas in 1917 the females outnumbered the males—due partly to war conditions, and partly to the inclusion of students attending classes in subjects of drawing and handwork for teachers' examinations, in which the women greatly outnumbered the men —in 1928 the number of male students was nearly twice as great as that of female students. This great change is, however, largely due to the fact that girls now receive in day schools the training in domestic and commercial subjects for which they went formerly to evening classes at the technical schools. In this connection the totals of columns 6 and 7 in Table A below show that, whereas among transfers from the primary schools in 1917 to technical classes of all kinds the number of girls was 70 per cent, of the number of boys, in 1928 the ratio was 79 per cent., the average for the whole period being approximately 76 per cent. Leaving out technical-high-school pupils, the average for the period 1917-28 (inclusive) is 68-5 per cent. For technical-high-school pupils alone it is 82 per cent. The ratio of girl entrants to boy entrants, however, is considerably lower in technical schools than in secondary schools, where it reaches 91 per cent,

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Table A.—Number of Students, according to Ages, admitted to Classes at Technical Schools other than Technical High-school Classes; also Primary School "Leavers" joining Technical High Schools in the next Year.

Table B gives figures bearing on the same question. It will be seen that the attendance of students from clerical, commercial, and other occupations largely followed by women lias fluctuated about practically the same mean for the last sixteen years, while that of students from professions—more than 75 per cent, being teachers—has diminished largely, the teachers' classes being excluded from the list since 1921, and students in diploma courses at the University colleges since 1925. On the other hand, there has been a tendency for the entries of students from the engineering and building trades to increase, especially in the last four or five years, partly due to increased activity in these trades, but largely also to the operation of Apprenticeship Committees under the Apprentices Act, 1923. The changes which have taken place in the work of the technical schools have thus been in the direction of making the training of boys for industrial occupations much more prominent, with a corresponding reduction in the attention given to general and continuation work, and to classes for amateurs.

Table B. —Students in Technical Classes: Numbers attending from certain Groups of Occupations.

There are 110 special changes to report in connection with the staffing of technical classes, the quality and character of the instruction, and the provision of buildings, furniture, and equipment. The remarks in our report last year on these matters apply equally to the year now under review.

(1) 1.(2) (3) ' (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Students ad- Junior Free Totals mitted who Place Tntnk of Under 13 13-15 15-17 Over 17 TrW-ai* left a Primary First-year Pupils nni 11T rm<J umns Years of Age. Years of Age. Years of Age. Years of Age. r ' School in the in qiv nnrl «Jovpt. Six Year. ' Previous Technical * and Year. High Schools. Seven M. I P. M. F. M. F M. F. M. I F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1917 .. 423 377 1,6011,3992,6492,3303,9965,6258,6699,731 1 1,347 929 595 627 2,273 1,556 3,829 1918 .. 386 423 1,8121.5262,4592,0603,5734,6718,2308,680 1,302 910 700 711 2,002 1,621 3,623 1919 .. 413 487 1,931 1,4882,6402,0994,3054,5879,2898,66111,581 936 821 710 2,402 1,646 4,048 1920 .. 454 543 1,773 1,475 2,6242,1384,7004,#1 9,5519,077,1,363 856 759 588 2,112 1,444 3,556 1921 .. 561 664 1,5291,526 2,8642,061 3,9803,647 8,9347,898' 1,350 790 945 758 2,295 1,548 3,843 1922 .. 214 205 1.039 869 2,2691,586 3,537 2,543 7,059 5,203 1,016 720 1,213 929 2,229 1,649 3,878 1923 .. 185 1891,2491.0502,217 1,4863,7062,981 7,3575,706> 1,048 824 1,512 1,117 2,560 1,941 4,501 1924 .. 218 2041,036 929 2,559 1,739 4,328 3,231 8,141 6,102; 1,024 850 1,476 1,202 2,500 2,052 4,552 1925*.. 140 181 974 940 2,5321,5174,0212,6617,6675,299| 940 724 1,378 1,226 2,318 1,950 4,268 1926')".. 170 205 937 728 2,6851,375 3,979 2,602 7,7714,910 1,037 616 1,960 1.631 2,997 2,247 5,244 1927f.. 85 68 783 569 2,70111,4624,3462,394 7,915 4,493 857 637 1,846 1,576 2,703 2,213 4,916 19281".. 59 70 604 516 2,205|1 ,302 4,138 2,069 7,006 3,957 700 472 2,023 1,663 2,723 2,135 4,858 * Epidemic year. t Technical day schools counted with technical high schools. Note.—The 1928 figures show roll at the 30th June, 1928 ; not total enrolments as for previous years.

.] ~ . 'i Commercial, &c. ] Engineering and Building. d • r C'. r cJ' ccnd Year - *1 It s! ■•§ 11 i !| I S | il | i 4 il. 4 1 Total - U I li. ■! H. Tota! - i | & s'SS |h | |l 8 Jig | fS3 |o | O 02 £ H ft H H ft P ft EH Ph 1913 .. 1,752 1,144 230 84 151 3,361 638 238 601 535 162 2,174 5,535 2,880 1914 .. 1,874 1,187 267 118 170 3,616 644 228 622 521 136 2,151 5,767 2,820 1915 .. 1,996 1,307 241 100 176 3,820 699 214 441 454 126 1,934 5,754 3,285 1916 .. 2,207 1,422 262 127 147 4,165 745 248 377 384 117 1,871 6,036 2,382 1917 .. 2,382 1,373 249 102 176 4,282 784 261 351 315 124 1,835 6,117 3,294 1918 .. 2,173 1,295 227 68 151 3,914 826 316 290 289 101 1,822 5,736 2,684 1919 .. 1,911 1,295 227 102 130 3,665 961 278 362 346 109 2,056 5,721 2,754 1920 .. 2,146 1,300 245 85 119 3,895 876 476 546 506 79 2,483 6,278 2,997 1921 .. 2,214 1.042 240 131 130 3,757 900 408 577 539 107 2,531 6,288 1,134 1922 .. 1.957 1,203 264 86 79 3,589 701 359 511 428 186 2.185 5,774 872 1923 .. 1,972 858 135 83 83 3,131 754 420 634 519 69 2,396 5.527 1,002 1924 .. 2,209 966 168 81 110 3,534 757 446 667 713 103 2,686 6,220 1,187 1925 .. 2,183 928 125 78 125 3,439 757 428 847 827 155 3,014 6,453 858 1926 .. 2,513 1,016 197 147 3,873 812 488 811 905 190 3,206 7,079 800 1927 .. 2,573 1.063 198 188 4,022 979 444 828 971 193 3,415 7,437 676 1928 .. 2,253 1,090 154 175 3,672 912 375 740 825 218 3,070 6,742 650 Note.—The 1928 figures show roll at the 30th June, 1928 ; not total enrolments, as for previous years.

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IT. TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLS AND TECHNICAL DAY SCHOOLS. Attendance. The enrolment at technical high schools and technical day schools of full-time pupils taking courses under the Regulations for Manual and Technical Instruction was 7,214 at the 30th June, 1928, as compared with 6,720 at the corresponding date in the previous year. The enrolment of 7,214 included 3,930 boys and 3,284 girls. Of the boys 2,034 took industrial courses, 359 agriculture, 759 commercial work, 676 a general course, and 102 an art course, all numbers being higher than for the previous year. Of the girls, 1,019 took the domestic course, 1,778 the commercial, 238 the general, and 249 the art course—higher numbers than for the previous year in the domestic and art courses, but slightly lower in the commercial and general courses. Staffing. The full-time staff of the technical schools, including technical day schools and technical high schools, increased from 295 for 1927 to 305 for 1928, and the proportion of teachers with qualifications at least equivalent to the diploma of a University college increased from 55-6 per cent, to 57-8 per cent., the average salary being also slightly greater than in 1927. In 1920 the proportion of teachers with the higher qualifications was 41-6 per cent., so that a very marked improvement has taken place in the last eight years in the academic and professional qualifications of the teachers. Buildings and Equipment. Buildings and equipment have been maintained in good order and condition during the year, and some necessary additions have been made. The question as to how to provide for the large numbers enrolling in the four main centres must soon become very urgent, and the establishment of subsidiary schools in these centres has been discussed, but cannot be finally determined until the general policy in regard to post-primary education has been settled. Character and Quality of the Instruction. In the main the teaching in the technical high schools and technical day schools is effective for its purpose, which is to provide the pupil with an all-round preparation for entering on some specific occupation. The tendency noted in our report last year for teachers to rely too much on tradition and too little on active investigation by the pupils themselves is not peculiar to technical high schools, but is peculiarly dangerous to the type of education which they should provide—a type that should have a particularly direct and intimate connection with and bearing on the life and industries of the people. When inspecting the work of the teachers we too often find that men and women with good practical experience and a wide knowledge of industrial conditions are content, when they become teachers, gradually to lose contact with industry and to immerse themselves more and more in a formal and academic treatment of subjects in which in their earlier days they have shown a vital interest and a fecund knowledge, both intensely stimulating to the young student, and infinitely more effective educationally than mere pedagogical skill applied in the inculcation of ideas put forward by the teacher with the contemptuous ease of practised familiarity, and often, therefore, regarded by the pupils simply as pawns in a useless game. The following tables give some particulars of certain courses in technical high schools, the periods quoted being those actually given in certain schools, it being impossible to show what, on the average, is the time devoted to each subject in each course. The courses shown in Table C for schools A and B are those provided in large technical schools in the main centres for pupils who, though interested in engineering or industrial subjects, wish to matriculate in order to go on to the University to take higher courses leading to their chosen profession. The course shown in Table C for school C is a general course as given for pupils in a technical high school in a country district where there is no other post-primary school. It necessarily approximates more closely to the general or professional course of the ordinary secondary school, all the boys, however, studying agriculture in all the years, and all the girls home science. In Table D details are given of courses in several types of technical schools for boys preparing for apprenticeship in the various engineering trades. Schools A and B are large city schools, C and E schools in centres of intermediate size, and Dis a school in a small country town. The courses are therefore thoroughly representative of the work done in technical high schools, and it will be seen that satisfactory provision is made for the general subjects —English, history and civics, mathematics, science, and drawing—while, in addition, a treatment is included of special subjects occupying about one-third of the time, and in all cases including applications of science and drawing to simple problems in the theory and practice of the mechanical trades.

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In Table E similar details are given in regard to technical-high-sehool courses for boys intending to become builders or building tradesmen. Schools A, B, D are large city schools, while Cis a school in a thriving country town. In Table F agricultural courses are shown for four schools, A being a rural technical high school specializing in agriculture, though offering also a general course for boys and girls, a commercial course, and a domestic course for girls. In this school the prescriptions followed in the several branches of agricultural instruction are highly specialized, very practical, and well illustrated by work on the school farm, which is sufficiently large to enable practical work in animal husbandry to be done and observed, as well as the ordinary operations of cropping and agriculture. There is no set time for work on the farm, except for such routine operations as are carried on by the boys outside ordinary school hours. A large part of the class-work in animal husbandry and agriculture is conducted in the field, but the boys do not, in general, spend short periods of school-time in actual farm operations. One or two boys at a time may have a day off school to work on the farm, with the instructor or with the farm-manager. By adopting suitable class-room methods this can be done without interfering with the progress of the pupils in their classes. The work of the laboratory and class-room is in this way very closely interwoven with the field-work. In school B, also in a country district, all the boys take some agricultural science, but some take more practical work in the first two years, though after the second year the course is directed towards satisfying the requirements of the Matriculation Examination, as indicated in Table C for school C. In school C, Table E, which is a large city school, excellent laboratories and workshops are available, but the school lacks facilities for practical agriculture and field-work. The course is, however, attended largely by boys living on small farms in the suburban areas. School D, in a country town in the centre of a dairying district, offers a two-years course, which is taken mainly by boys coming in from the surrounding dairy-farms. The school has no farm, and is unable, therefore, to deal adequately with subjects easily provided for in school Aof Table F. The course, however, is very practical, and is becoming very popular with the sons of dairy-farmers. What the school sets out to do in this course is to give the boys some instruction in dairy science and in farm book-keeping, and some training in woodwork and metalwork. It differs from school C mainly in that it does not give any instruction in agriculture. For boys living on farms, and able, therefore, to correlate their school-work with their farming experience the courses in schools B, C, and D possess considerable value, and are certainly preferable for many of these boys to a more general type of education. For the town boy who wishes to become a farmer the most suitable course is that offered by school A, which provides in its hostel and on its farm a thorough going farm atmosphere, and in its specialized courses very practical instruction, demonstrated on the farm itself, in the application of science to agriculture and husbandry.

Table C. —Technical High Schools: General Course leading to Matriculation and Engineering Preliminary.

School ...... A. B. C. Year of course .. .. 1. 2. 3 and 4. 1. 2. 3 and 4. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours SUBJECTS. per Week per Week per Week per Week per Week per Week per Week per Week per Week per Week per Week English .. .. 4-75 3-5 4-5 3-75 3-75 5-25 3-5 4-5 4-5 6 0 i 4-5 History and civics .. 1-5 2-75 3-75 2-25 2-25 .. 1-5 2-5 3-0 1-25 j 3-5 Geography .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-25 1*5 1-5 1-6 | French .. .. 5 0 3-5 i 3-5 3-75 3-75 4-5 3-5 3-5 4-5 4-25 j 3-75 Latin .. | 3-0 3-75 .. 3-0 ! 1-75 Arithmetic .. .. 2-75 2-5 2-5 0-75 2-25 1-5 "1 Algebra .. .. 2-75 2-5 2-75 3-0 2-25 2-0 I. g Geometry .. .. 1-25 1-5 2-5 3-0 2-25 2-0 f 40 00 00 4/0 b 0 Trigonometry.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-0 J Science .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. 2-5 2-0 0-75 2-5 Physics .. .. 2-75 2-5 4-5 4-5 4-5 4-5 2-0 Agriculture (boys) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-25 2-5 2-0 3-0 2-75 Home Science (girls) .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 2-25 2-5 2-0 3-0 2-75 Drawing—■ Free .. 0-75 0-75 0-75 1-5 1-5 2-5 1-5 1-25 Instrumental .. 2-75 2-5 3-0 0-75 0-75 1-5 Applied design .. .. 1 '5 Cookery (girls) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-5 Woodwork (boys) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-5 Metalwork .. .. 3-0 3-75 .. 1-5 1-5 Handwork (boys) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-5 Hygiene (girls) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-5 Drill .. .. 2-0 2-0 1-5 2-0 2-0 2-0 Sports and games . . .. .. .. 2-25 2-25 2-25 Totals, school week 28-5 28-5 28-5 28-25 28-25 28-25 |

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Table D.—Technical High Schools: Industrial Course preparatory to Apprenticeship in Mechanical or Motor Engineering.

Table E.—Building-trades Course in Technical High Schools.

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School ...... A. B. C. I>. B. Year of course.. .. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2and3 1. 2. 3and4. Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours j Hours Hours Hours c , per per per per per per per i per per per per 1 per per per oUB.JECTS. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. English .. .. .. 5-25 3-5 3-0 2-25 3-0 2-5 5-5 ! 3-8 4-6 3-75 3-75 4-75 4-0 2-0 History and civics.. .. 1-5 0-75 1-5 2-25 1-5 1-0 2-0 1-8 2-0 3-0 2-25 2-0 2-75 Geography .. .. .. 1-0 .. .. Arithmetic .. .. 2 0 0-75 . . 0-75 1-5 1-5 . . 1-6 1-8 1-5 1-5 2-75 3-0 Algebra .. .. ..1-5 .. .. 3-25 2-25 1-5 1-6, 1-8 1-6 .. .. 2-0 2-0 \ 7 ~ Geometry .. .. 1-5 .. .. 2-0 2-25 1-5 .. 2-0 1-8 .. .. 2-0 2-0 J Practical mathematics .. .. 3-75 4-25 .. .. 3-0 3-8 .. .. 4-5 4-5 ' Mechanics .. .. .. 2-13 2-25 .. .. .. .. 2-0 1-6 .. .. .. .. 2-45 Science — Physical science.. .. 5-0 .. .. 4-5 4-5 4-5 3-0 1-6 .. 3-0 3-0 2-5 3-75 .. Chemistry .. .. .. 2-13 Electricity .. .. 1-6 .. .. .. .. .. 2-0 Drawing— Free .. .. 1-5 Instrumental .. .. 3-0 3-75 2-5 4-5 3-0 2-0 3-0 4-5 j 2-5 3-3 5-0 Applied design and crafts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-8 4-5 1-8 .. Woodwork—Workshop prac- 2-25 .. , 2-0 tice Metalwork—Theory and prac- 5-25 3-0 8-0 4-5 4-5 7-5 5-0 4-0 5-8 3-0 4-5 4-5 4-7 11-3 tice Workshop processes .. .. 1-25 .. .. 1-5 .. .. .. Steam .. .. .... 1-5 1-5 \ , r , „ Motors .. .. .. .. 1-25 1-25 / 1 0 " 1,0 Technical electricity .. .. 2-75 2-25 .. .. 1-6 .. .. Book-keeping .. .. 1-5 .. .. 1-5 .. Drill .. .. ..2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-0 2-0 1-0 ! 1-0 1-0 Games and sports .. 2-25 2-25 2-25 .. j 1*5 1-6 1-5 Totals, school week .. 28-5 28-5 28-5 28-25 28-25 28-25 27-5 27-5 27-5 27-5 j 27-5 ' 29-0 j 29-0 29-0

School ........ A. B. C. D. Year of course .. .. .. 1. 2. 1. I 1. 1. 2. 2. ! 3. 1. 2. I 3. 1. ] 2. 3. ' 1 I I I Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours (Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours per per per per per per per per per per per per per per Subjects. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. English .. .. .. 4-5 3-5 5-25 4-75 4-0 4-0 4-5 1-25 6-6 3-8 4-6 3-0 3-75 2-5 History and civics .. .. 1-0 2-0 1-25 1-25 1-25 2-25 1-5 .. 2-0 1-8 2-0 3-0 2-25 1-0 Geography.. .. 1-5 1-25 1-5 .. .. 1-0 Mathematics— Arithmetic .. .. 2-75 2-5 .. 1-8 1-8 1-5 1-5 Algebra.. .. .. .. 5-5 j 1-25 2-75 4-25 3-0 2-5 1-25 1-6 1-6 1-6 Geometry .. .. 2-0 1-8 Practical mathematics .. 5-5 .. j 4-0 1-25 .. 2-6 .. .. 4-5 4-5 Trigonometry .. 1-5 .. 1-5 Science—Physical .. .. 3-5 .. 1-5 1-5 1-5 2-6 1-8 .. Mechanics.. .. .. ..3-0 1-5 1-25 2-75 .. 1-0 0-8 3-0 3-0 3-0 Chemistry .. .. j 1-5 1-25 .. Electricity .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-6 Technical electricity .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-6 DrawingFree, and workshop sketching 2-5 3-0 .. .. 1-5 0-8 .. .. Instrumental and geometry 1-5 .. 1-25 1-5 1-25 1-25 1-25 .. 0-8 2-6 3-0 1-5 1-5 1-5 Building construction .. .. 1-5 2-5 3-75 Drawing and principles of .. .. .. .. 4-0 5-0 1-5 3-0 .. .. 7-5 carpentry Design and crafts .. .. 1-5 1-5 1-25 3-0 1-6 .. 2-6 .. .. 1-5 Woodwork.. .. .. 2-0 4-0 5-5 4-0 3-5 5-0 7-5 13-0 5-0 4-8 3-0 7-5 7-5 6-0 Metalwork .. ..2-0 .. 2-5 2-5 .. 1-5 1-5 .. 1-0 1-8 Book-keeping .. 1-25 1-25 1-25 1-8 Drill .. .. . . 2-0 2-0 1 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-5 2-5 2-5 2-0 2-0 2-0 Games, &c. .. i 0-4 0-4 0-4 2-25 2-25 2-25 Totals, school week .. 26-0 26-0 28-5 28-5 28-5 28-5 28-5 28-5 27-5 27-5 27-5 28-25 28-25 28-25

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Table F. —Agricultural Courses in Technical High Schools.

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School ...... A. ! B. C. D. Year of course .. .. .. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. , 3. 1. J 2. 3. I Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours Hours „ per per per per per j per per per per per per per SUBJECTS. Week. Week. Week. Week. I Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. Week. English .. .. .. 3-75 5-0 \„ 7f . /3-75 3-0 .. 3-5 3-0 3-0 5-8 4-8 History and civics .. 1-5 1-5 / \l-5 1-25 .. 2-5 3-0 3-0 2-0 1-8 French .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-0 3-5 Geography .. .. 0-75 .. .. 1-5 Geography—Agricultural . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ■. 0-8 Economics .. .. .. .. 0-75 Book-keeping .. .. 1-5 1-78 1-0 2-25 2-25 .. 3-0 3'0 3-0 1-8 2-0 Book-keeping—Farm Arithmetic .. .. 2-0 2-0 .. .. .. .. 3-0 3-0 3-0 Algebra .. .. .. .. .. .. Mathematics .. .. .. . . .. 4-5 4-25 Practical mathematics .. .. . . .. .. i .. .. .. •. 4-2 3-2 Drawing and mensuration .. 2-0 . . .. .. I .. Drawing .. .. .. .. . . .. 1-5 1-5 j .. .. .. 1-6 1-8 Science .. .. .. .. . . .. 2'25 2-75 .. Physical science .. 4-0 .. . . .. •. .. .. .. • • 2-6 1-8 Biology .. .. .. 1-5 Biology and zoology .. .. 2-25 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ., Zoology .. .. .. .. .. 0-75 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. • • ■ > Physiology .. .. 0-75 Agriculture and animal lius- 5-25 bandry Agriculture .. .. .. 2-0 2-75 2-25 2-0 .. 3-0 3-0 3-0 Agricultural chemistry .. .. .. 1-0 Dairy science .. .. .. 1-0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-0 3-0 Dairy science and botany .. .. • • .. .. .. .. 3-0 3-0 3-0 Agricultural botany .. .. 2-0 4-0 Animal husbandry.. .. .. 2-0 4-5 Veterinary hygiene .. .. 1-5 10 Wool-classing .. .. .. 2-0 2-5 Technical electricity .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1-6 Farm engineering Metal and wood work .. .. .. .. 3-0 2-75 Metalwork .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-0 1-6 Woodwork .. .. 1-5 1-25 .. .. .. .. 3-0 3-0 3-0 1-6 2-0 Saddlery .. .. .. .. .. 3-0 Physical drill .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-5 2-5 Sports and games .. .. 1-0 1-0 1-0 .. .. .. 2-25 2-25 2-25 0-4 0-4 Singing .. .. .. 0-75 0-75 Totals, school week .. 26-25 26-0 26-0 25-5 24-25 .. 28-25 28-25 28-25 27-5 27-5

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lII.fMANUAL TRAINING. Attendance. The number of pupils receiving instruction in woodwork, metalwork, and domestic subjects at special manual-training centres rose from 39,098 in 1927 to 44,265 in 1928. Of this total, 7,816 came from junior and senior high schools and district high schools, and 3,492 from private schools. In advanced nature-study and elementary agriculture, involving practical work in experimental plots, 45,313 pupils in the upper division (Standards IV to VII) of 1,939 schools received instruction under the supervision of itinerant instructors, who visited the schools in general at least once in each term. These instructors also supervise the science teaching in the upper division of forty schools, generally situated in the cities, where provision cannot be made for instruction in elementary agriculture ; in such schools some 3,300 pupils took the general elementary science course. It is noteworthy that approximately half the total number of these schools are situated in the Wellington District. Staffing. At the close of the year there were in the service of the several Education Boards 143 classified instructors in manual-training subjects, including twenty-three instructors supervising the teaching of advanced nature-study and elementary agriculture. Twenty per cent, of the men and 38 per cent, of the women specialists possessed University degrees or equivalent qualifications entitling them to be classified as Division I teachers. At thirteen technical schools teachers of woodwork, metalwork, and domestic subjects devoted part of their time to the instruction of classes from neighbouring primary and secondary schools. The headmaster of an isolated district high school took the instruction of his own woodwork classes. Where no more suitable method is possible, resort is had to local part-time teachers, and of these four men and twenty-seven women were employed during the year, the latter number including instructors in needlework at country schools where there is no woman teacher on the staff. There is usually little difficulty in filling vacancies in the ranks of woodwork instructors. The system whereby in two of the larger cities qualified assistants are trained under experienced teachers continues to work well, and in most cases these men receive first consideration in the making of appointments, but it is found that many men in the trade are desirous of taking up teaching service, and the range of choice is generally extensive. Suitable men for positions as teachers of metalwork are much more difficult to obtain. Losses through marriage and from other causes are frequent on the domestic-subjects side ; early in the year university-trained applicants for positions are usually sufficiently numerous, but later on it is found that the supply of the best-qualified teachers is not fully sufficient for the demand. Two women student teachers were in training at manual centres during the year. The student-teacher system is not favoured by the Department unless there is some definite intention on the part of the entrants to pass on to a period of training in the trade or at the University before taking up positions as teachers. For the Handicraft Teachers' Examination an increasing number of candidates, particularly from the ranks of the present instructors in woodwork and metalwork, are presenting themselves. At the August examination seven candidates secured a pass or a partial pass in two of the three sections, two passed in the first section, and one completed the examination and was awarded the certificate. One of the candidates was specially mentioned for his work in chemistry. Buildings and Equipment. The only additional manual-training centre established during the year was that at Opunake; but new woodwork and cookery rooms were completed and brought into use at Foxton centre, and a woodwork-room at Mount Cook (Wellington) centre. Grants were authorized for new buildings and improvements in various quarters, and in some instances the necessary work was commenced. Thus provision was made for new centres at Ruawai, Newton East (Auckland City), Piopio, Featherston, Winton, and Wyndham ; new buildings at Tauranga ; the transfer of the practical rooms at Rotorua to the grounds of the junior high school; the leasing and equipment of woodwork and cookery rooms at Cromwell and Roxburgh ; the erection of cookery-rooms at Martinborough and Southbridge, and of an additional woodwork-room at New Plymouth Boys' High School; and additions and improvements to the Normal (Christchurch), Fairlie, and Gore centres. The new block at the Marlborough Junior High School, including practical rooms for woodwork, metalwork, and cookery, was carried so near to completion as to be ready for use at the opening of the following year. Generally speaking, the workrooms and equipment at manual-training centres have been kept in good repair. In some districts the Education Boards have made desirable improvements, particularly in the kitchens, where floorcovering has been laid, and new cooking-appliances and general utensils installed in addition to or in replacement of existing equipment. The regulation grants to cover incidental working-charges are sufficiently liberal to enable improvements of this nature to be made, and there can be no excuse for disrepair of any kind in either buildings or equipment. As far as the teachers are concerned, it is the exception to find any who do not give regular attention to that part of the equipment for the care of which they are directly responsible. In some instances the janitors scrub the cookery-room floors neither sufficiently often nor sufficiently well. Increasing use is being made of the woodwork, metalwork, and cookery rooms of technical schools where such can be spared for the accommodation of manual classes for which no room can be found at the ordinary centres. In this way provision is made not only for the overflow from the State primary schools, but also for classes from large private schools, and even for classes from secondary schools.

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Character and Quality of Instruction. Under the present system of central manual-training centres the special teachers of woodwork, metalwork, and domestic subjects are for the most part isolated, and they are therefore at some disadvantage with respect to a proper correlation with the general work of the schools from which their classes are drawn. In view of such a disadvantage it is surprising to find how few are the exceptions to a very high standard of keenness in work and faithfulness to duty. Practical education of the kind undertaken at the centres has a very strong natural appeal for the pupils, and it is largely due to the high enthusiasm displayed by the children that the teachers maintain a corresponding interest in work which might otherwise become distasteful because of its monotony. Moreover, there is some indication that the teachers are gaining a wider conception of the value of their subjects with respect to the influence of the training upon the general education of the child ; unfortunately, however, the conditions, particularly the factor of separation, are not favourable to a full development in this direction, but it is hoped that the definite directions laid down in the Department's new syllabus with regard to cooperation along certain lines will serve to bring the specialist instructor into closer touch with the general staff. In the past the conduct of the work at the centre has been too formal in its nature, and too limited in its scope, with a tendency to follow trade procedure rather than to consider the special educational possibilities. When the ideal arrangement is realized, and every school of any considerable size has its own practical room, and perhaps its " literary morning and manual afternoon," the specialist teacher, as a member of the stafE, will be much better placed. In our junior high schools the conditions have moved towards the ideal, for there the specialist is one of the staff, a fair allowance of time is given to the practical side, and suitable articulation is arranged for. The attention given to manual training in high schools continues to increase, but it is found that the necessity for allocating sufficiently long periods to practical work has not always been fully understood ; in general, the pupils should be given at least two hours for any one practical lesson, and if manual work is to be considered of any importance at all it should at least be worth the slight inconvenience caused by some little dislocation of the time-table. Handwork and Manual Training in the Schools. The practical work in elementary agriculture, dairy science, and general science taken by the higher classes of primary and district high schools is for general purposes designated manual training. It is conducted under the supervision of itinerant agricultural instructors in the employ of the Education Boards. In 1928, as in the previous year, there were twenty-three instructors, distributed throughout the education districts as follows : Auckland, 4 ; Taranaki, 3 ; Wanganui, 3 ; Hawke's Bay, 2 ; Wellington, 3 ; Nelson, 1 ; Canterbury, 3 ; Otago, 3 ; Southland, 1. The supervising instructors give particular attention to the secondary departments of district high schools, and in a more general way direct the work on their side in the higher classes of the primary schools. In some districts they are required also to assist the teachers of lower classes with respect to nature-study generally. Their advice is eagerly sought by teachers and School Committees in laying out or making improvements in the school-grounds. Under the guidance of some of the instructors forestry on a comparatively large scale is becoming an important feature in connection with the work of their schools ; and the majority take a large share in organizing and directing such out-of-school activities as those connected with homegarden and calf-rearing competitions, and boys' and girls' agricultural-club work. For the purposes of handwork-training taken by classes which do not attend manual-training centres the Department continues to supply material to the Boards for distribution to the schools. The total cost for the year, including all incidental charges, was approximately £10,400. Included in this amount is the cost of a special supply for use in preparatory classes, where handwork now takes a predominant place as an instrument of general education. Experimental investigations are being made with a view to ascertaining to what extent light woodwork might be taken with advantage as a desk occupation in small country schools that are not within reach of manual-training centres. The proposal is to issue a small set of tools and workboards to selected teachers considered capable of handling this branch of handwork with sufficient skill to make it a valuable addition to the teaching-aids employed in developing both manual ability and intellectual acuity, but no definite steps will be taken until the investigations now in progress have been completed. In the special classes established for the better handling of retardate children manual activity is the main foundation upon which such education as is possible is based. For the use of these classes various kinds of equipment have been provided, and year by year supplies of suitable material are sent out. Such of the older pupils as are considered capable of attempting advanced work attend manualtraining centres, if these should be within convenient reach.

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3. DETAILED TABLES RELATING TO MANUAL AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. SECTION A.—FULL-TIME PUPILS. Table J1.—Average Attendance, Roll Numbers, and Number of Government Free-place Holders and Pupils living away from Home.

Table J2.—Classification of Pupils on the Roll at 30th June, 1928, according to Year of Attendance.

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oo o J§ Number of Roll Numbers. o* °° £ a Number of Free Pupils Pupils living S £ m a on Roll at 30th June, away from' m a§ 1928. Home to g <2 g o p» o(5 g 4 ® . attend School. «8 QJ W M <C GO 00 00 2 n ® .9 £? -< (M ig 5 *v3 b. S 2 2 P 0 . , a o> "g iS<^wShn^^3 rH © n SchOOl. tH rH 00 § & 2 (M a fl ■ .9 tz .s O XJ 2 05 fl? «3 Tn ,-. °2 fe o Q ' _| 'o £ 1 t; P o <hoq -+- 5 ® a iE? shH os-,3 l "" s o 9 "*2 t3 a>i5 &c r —* W) ® S r4 _ E3 . <u> M M ID fl $ rf^CS ■s © * ~c3 §? -I += -i s -§ ©' o' ~ "1 ? " s H 5S | g(§ II IIS I | 5 aw | ■+J +3 -iJ O > M 0 0 O -"! «S «i H <1 a £ fe Auckland Technical School .. 993 1,008 803 1,008 974 435 573 561 896 101 997 .. 41 Elam School of Art . . . . 52 65 51 74 42 34 40 25 22 15 37 1 Hamilton Technical School .. 361 322 265 373 291 160 213 196 282 36 318 .. 22 Pukekohe Technical School . . 251 235 205 258 213 137 121 112 179 47 226 .. 9 New Plymouth Technical School* Hawera Technical School .. 331 318 2"69 346 246 200 146 132 216 91 307 3 7 Stratford Technical School .. 291 275 226 296 255 183 113 112 176 95 271 .. 26 Wanganui Technical School .. 578 553 494 601 506 315 286 258 404 124 528 72 20 Feilding Technical School .. 197 195 169 208 178 118 90 83 129 58 187 42 Palmerston North Technical 283 266 195 297 223 85 212 177 232 25 257 2 7 School Napier Technical School .. 255 265 268 268 216 115 153 146 217 36 253 8 Masterton Technical School .. 138 125 94 146 106 65 81 75 102 23 125 6 Wellington Technical School .. 784 694 552 833 630 347 486 455 601 79 680 7 Nelson Technical School .. 44 41 35 44 - 29 26 18 16 31 10 41 2 Westport Technical School .. 138 124 106 143 113 101 42 37 91 29 120 6 Greymouth Technical School .. 264 247 233 275 230 152 123 110 171 73 244 19 4 Christchurch Technical School 1,002 931 816 1,028 855 504 524 491 779 139 918 47 22 Canterbury College School of Art 161 170 146 170 150 78 92 75 109 21 130 9 Ashburton Technical School .. 171 173 156 186 141 62 124 118 150 23 173 7 Timaru Technical School .. 123 115 100 130 104 58 72 66 101 12 113 .. 3. Dunedin Technical School .. 588 622 438 630 505 303 327 321 507 94 601 .. 17 Invercargill Technical School .. 488 470 440 503 412 219 284 283 410 56 466 .. 27 Totals .. .. 7,493 7,214 6,061 7,817 6,419 3,697 4,120 3,849 5,805 1,187 6,992 185 251 * Included in secondary-school returns.

First Year. Second Year. Third Year. Fourth Year. Fifth Year. Sixth Year. Totals. ' 0 , , ____ . | Grand School. Totals. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. _ ... r Auckland Technical School .. .. 305 296 168 134 42 43 13 6 J 529 4791,008 Elam School of Art .. .. .. 5 26 1 11 4 8 1 3 .. 5 .. 1 11 54 65 Hamilton Technical School .. .. 105 84 57 36 19 10 6 5 187 135 322 Pukekohe Technical School .. .. 63 47 43 28 11 19 10 4 8 2 .. 135 100 235 New Plymouth Technical School* Hawera Technical School .. .. 70 54 41 55 32 24 18 18 3 3 .. .. 164 154 318 Stratford Technical School .. .. 67 43 32 35 31 26 15 17 2 7 .. .. 147 128 275 Wanganui Technical School .. .. 158 87 123 47 51 28 25 12 13 1 6 2 376 177 553 Feilding Technical School .. .. 49 33 30 23 16 16 12 11 2 3 .. .. 109 86 195 Palmerston North Technical School .. .55 116 35 35 4 15 1 3 .. 2 .. .. 95 171 266 Napier Technical School .. .. 90 54 41 39 21 10 5 .. 3 2 .. .. 160 105 265 Masterton Technical School .. .. 36 33 16 16 8 10 1 5 .. .. .. 61 64 125 Wellington Technical School .. .. 263 137 117 91 42 29 7 7 1 .. .. .. 430 264 694 Nelson Technical School .. .. 6 9 10 6 4 1 3 1 1 21 20 41 West-port Technical School .. .. 18 22 31 21 11 7 6 4 1 2 1 67 57 124 Greymouth Technical School .. .. 65 44 43 32 22 12 13 10 2 4 .. 145 102 247 Christchurch Technical School .. .. 283 201 185 116 62 43 15 14 8 4 .. 553 378 931 Canterbury College School of Art .. 17 75 8 35 5 15 7 2 6 30 140 170 Ashburton Technical School .. .. 46 61 20 23 5 12 1 4 1 .. 72 101 173 Timaru Technical School .. .. 34 22 24 23 2 7 1 2 . . .. .. 61 54 115 Dunedin Technical School .. .. 171 150 106 93 37 33 6 22 2 2 . . 322 300 622 Invercargill Technical School .. .. 151 123 71 67 26 19 3 5 3 1 1 .. 255 215 470 Totals .. .. .. 2,057j 1,717 1,202 966 455 387j .159 162 50 42 7 103,930 3,284 7,214 * Included in secondary-school returns.

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SECTION A.—FULL-TIME PUPILS —continued. Table J3. —Classification of Pupils on the Roll at 30th June, 1928, according to Courses of Instruction.

Table J4. —Number of Pupils who Commenced their Post-primary Education in 1928, according to Age at Date of Admission.

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Industrial. Agricultural. Domestic. Commercial. General. ! Art. Totals. School t Grand 8 00 ' Totals. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. _____ . . Auckland Technical School .. .. 279 .. 33 .. .. 190 122 281 95 8 .. .. | 529 479 1,008 Elam School of Art .. .. I 11 54 11 54 65 Hamilton Technical School .. .. 116 .. 27 .. .. 42 44 '93 187 135 322 Pukekohe Technical School .. .. 34 9 .. 15 26 46 66 39 .. 135 100 235 New Plymouth Technical School* Hawera Technical School .. .. 44 .. 14 .. .. 26 43 76 63 52 .. .. 164 1541 318 Stratford Technical School .. .. 22 72 .. 48 12 40 41 40 .. 147 128 275 Wanganui Technical School .. .. 74 29 .. 35| 68 107 205 35 .. .. 376 177 553 Feilding Technical School .. .. .. .. 48 ». .. 48 38 61 109 86 195 Palmerston North Technical School .. 87 .. .. .. 73 8 87 .. .. II 95 171 266 Napier Technical School .. .. i 76 .. 20 .. .. 25 51 78 9 .. 4j 2 160J 105 265 Masterton Technical School .. .. 50 I 22 11 42 61 j 64 125 Wellington Technical School .. .. 303 55 55 185 25 6 47 18 430 264 694 Nelson Technical School .. .. 21 .. .. .. 7 11 2 .. 21 20 41 Westport Technical School .. .. 17 20 29 30 28 .. .. 67 57 124 Greymouth Technical School .. .. 55 .. .. .. 15 9 60 81 27 .. 145 102 247 Christchurch Technical School .. .. 370 .. 58 .. . . 144 125 234 553 378 931 Canterbury College School of Art .. .. .. •. ■. • ■ .... .. .. .. 30 140 30 140 170 Ashburton Technical School .. .. I 43 .. 21 .. .. 46j 8 54 1 .. 72 10.1 173 Timaru Technical School .. .. 50 18 11 36 61 54 115 Dunedin Technical School .. .. 237 91 79 187 .. .. 6 22 322 300 622 Invercargill Technical School .. .. 156 .. 28 .. .. 119 67 94 .. 4| 2 255 215 470 Totals .. .. .. 2,034 .. 359 .. .. 1.019 7591,778 676 238 102| 249 3,930 3,2847.214 | -i 1 I * Included in secondary-school returns.

Ages. School. ThirtYerf Years. Thirteen Years. Fourteen Years. Totals. ! Grand Totals. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. ] Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. 1 I I ' j Auckland Technical School .. .. 49 55 123 137 93 | 69 19 16 284 277 561 Elam School of Art .. .. 2 2 1 | 8 1 11 4 21 25 Hamilton Technical School .. .. 12 14 41 40 38 22 18 11 109 87 196 Pukekohe Technical School .. .. 3 3 18 9 28 26 14 11 63 49 112 New Plymouth Technical School* Hawera Technical School .. .. 10 12 28 18 26 20 10 8 74 58 132 Stratford Technical School .. .. 7 13 32 14 24 16 4 2 67 j 45 112 Wanganni Technical School .. .. 33 13 71 49 46 20 17 9 167 j 91 258 Feilding Technical School .. .. 14 3 20 17 11 9 5 4 50 33 83 Palmerston North Technical School .. 4 10 29 42 13 43 10 26 56 121 177 Napier Technical School .. .. 10 4 31 22 37 23 12 7 90 56 146 Masterton Technical School .. .. 1 5 14 11 19 II 8 6 42 33 75 Wellington Technical School .. .. 24 35 112 88 102 52 32 10 270 185 455 Nelson Technical School .. .. 1 1 2 5 3 3 1 6 10 16 Westport Technical School .. .. 6 8 6 9 2 3 1 2 15 22 37 Grey mouth Technical School .. .. 7 6 30 18 25 18 3 3 65 45 110 Christchurch Technical School .. .. 35 31 118 90 95 65 40 17 288 203 491 Canterbury College School of Art .. .. 8 5 24 7 21 1 9 13 62 75 Ashburton Technical School .. .. 3 4 17 22 21 35 9 7 50 68 118 Timaru Technical School .. .. 1 1 8 8 20 12 12 4 41 25 66 Dunedin Technical School .. .. 31 26 72 74 61 41 7 9 171 150 321 Invercargill Technical School .. .. 19 21 72 56 51 40 L4 10 156 127 283 Totals .. .. .. 270 273 851 755 723 j 557 237 183 | 2,081 j 1,768 3,849 * Included in secondary-school returns.

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SECTION A.—FULL-TIME PUPILS—continued. Table J5.—Classification of Pupils on Roll at 30th June, 1928, according to Ages.

j I I j j Thirteen Year« Thirteen Years. Fourteen Years. Fifteen Years. Sixteen Years. Seventeen Years. 3 Totals. School. I -'■■■. I I I ! ! Grand j . I | ' ~ Totals. | Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls, j Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. I I [ ' I I J j Auckland Technical School .. .. 10 18 107 111 215 175 148 133 36 32 10 7 3 3 529 479 1,008 Elam School of Art .. .. .... .. 2 2 1 8 2 10 2 8 1 ! 7 3 19 11 54 65 Hamilton Technical School .. .. 3 2 33 39 68 38 53 35 23 15 6 4 2 1 187 135 322 Pukekohe Technical School .. .. 3 3 19 13 40 36 34 28 20 10 16 9 3 1 135 100 235 New Plymouth Technical School* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. j Hawera Technical School .. . . 11 12 31 27 33 46 43 31 30 27 11 6 5 5 164 154 318 Stratford Technical School .. .. 5 4 22 22 56 28 29 34 22 22 13 ! 9 9 147 128 275 Wanganui Technical School .. .. 12 5 68 38 121 57 82 38 50 21 31 ! 14 12 4 376 177 553 Feilding Technical School .. .. 6 1 24 11 30 28 23 20 15 16 6:8 5 j 2 109 86 195 Palmerston North Technical School .. 4 11 27 45 29 48 27 43 6 14 r 10 1 95 171 266 Napier Technical School .. .. 9 5 33 23 54 38 41 27 15 8 6 4 2 160 105 265 Masterton Technical School .. .... 2 11 7 24 22 16 18 9 10 1 5 .. .. 61 64 125 Wellington Technical School ... .. 12 11 72 58 179 106 123 62 34 22 8 5 2 .. 430 264 694 Nelson Technical School .. 1 1 3 6 6 5 6 3 4 3 1 2 .. 21 20 41 Westport Technical School .. 4 3 12 13 18 16 17 13 12 6 4 5 I 67 57 124 Greymouth Technical School .. . . 4 3 24 17 51 31 41 24 19 16 6 9 .. 2 145 102 247 Christchurch Technical School.. .. 16 10 100 87 192 127 161 98 54 44 24 7 6 5 553 378 931 Canterbury College School of Art .... 8 7 30 9 36 7 23 16 1 7 6 20 30 140 170 Ashburton Technical School .. .... .. 12 9 22 42 24 23 11 20 3 5 .. 2 72 101 173 Timaru Technical School .. .. 1 1 7 9 23 16 23 17 5 8 2 3 .. .. 61 54 115 Dunedin Technical School .. 31 27 95 85 124 113 46 46 21 12 4 12 1 5 322 300 622 Invercargill Technical School .. .. 21 23 80 64 87 80 46 33 16 12 3 2 2 1 255 215 470 Totals .. .. 152 151 789 716 1,382 1,096 992 759 404 342 158 140 52 81 3,930 3,284 7,214 * Included in secondary-school returns.

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SECTION A.—FULL-TIME DAY PUPILS—continued. Table J6.—Destination of Full-time Pupils who left the Technical High or Day School during or at the End of 1928.

Continued Clerical. Full-time School Engineering, v*rirma TWtataa Te ®n g ° r G _ nt I i SUr S Dg ' ~ a„d Warehouse. « ■ Home. known. ~ s "ISES" COl ' eEe - °o~ nt 1 ™ e . Legal. Commercial. Architecture. Body. (D (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) I (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys, j Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. J Girls. Boys, j Girls. ! ' I 1 Auckland Technical School .. .. 11 12 4 13 1 1 31 56 27 76 5 31 40 19 1 9 103 1 15 74 75 282 300 Elam School of Art .. 1 .. 2 4 7 1 .. .. 3 1 5 .. 11 6 29 Hamilton Technical School .. .. 6 5 1 5 1 1 5 16 .. 32 4 10 8 38 1 5 39 .... 1 2 97 72 Pukekohe Technical School .. .. 8 10 ..12 7 3 2 1 .. 3 9 1 .. 4 .. 5 1 33 .. .. 23 1 .. 1 .. 1 58 38 New Plymouth Technical School* Hawera Technical School .. .. 5 15 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 13 2 12 8 3 23 5 30 2 1 62 54 Stratford Technical School .. .. 3 2 3 7 8 2 1 1 .. 2 4 .. 11 9 3 . 20 1 33 1 2 3 1 60 52 Wanganui Technical School .. 16 6 6 2 4 3 15 3 7 3 13 18 2 16 1 17 9 : 25 8 i 41 3 .. 15 4 131 84 Feilding Technical School .. .. 2 2 1.. 1 1 1.. 1.. 1.. 5 6.. .. 1.. 2 5 i 29 .. 7 24.. 1 3 152 38 Palmerston North Technical School .. 2 3 .. 2 2 3 .. .. 8 .. 7 4 11 .. 37 4 2 8 1 42 47 Napier Technical School .. .. 2 2 .. 3 1 1 4 12 4 ! .. 19 - 17 5 9 1 31 .... 17 2 76 52 -Uasterton Technical School .. 2 2 .. .. 1 2 13 10 .. 12 4 4 11 8 .. 1 13 .. .. 2 1 39 43 Wellington Technical School .. 10 62 4 3 3 1 29 30 27 80 26 20 11 14 3 51 14 3 55 28 246 156 Nelson Technical School .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. 5 .. .. .. 2 .. 2 .. .. 3 9 3 Westport Technical School .. .. 5 3 4 5 .. .. .. 1 .. ] 2 5 .. 8 .. 9 2 5 .. .. 12 .. .. 8 .. 42 20 Greymouth Technical School .. 7 4 2 4 2 1 4 .... 1 3 14 2 21 1 3 4 4 5 34 46 59 Christchurch Technical School .. 9 19 2 j .. 2 3 4 3 .. 1 1 1 29 29 41 62 19 45 10 46 .. 30 97 4 1 22 18 288 182 Canterbury College School of Art .. 1 1 | .. ' .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 3 17 12 5 5 7 8 16 42 Ashburton Technical School .. 2 2 ' 1 .. .. 4 2 .. .. 3 •• .. 6 13 6 2 16 .. 2 6 6 28 39 Timaru Technical School .. .. .. 2 i 7 6 10 2 3 2 5 7 14 1 .. .. 1 26 26 Dunedin Technical School .. .. 8 8 2 1 1 11 34 26 34 22 18 4 13 " .. 44 16 7 40 38 160 151 Invercargill Technical School .. 2 2; 2 .. 1 .. .. 1 10 13 11 .. 19 6 11 8 23 .. .. 70 .. .. 26 12 I 103 110 Totals • ■ • • 101 161 11 7 23 34 74 19 18 5 5 10 j 157 288 169 .. 429 90 224 153 j 341 8 77 730 j 51 43 290 210 1,869 1,597 * Included in secondary-school returns.

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SECTION B.—PART-TIME STUDENTS. Table J7.—Classification of Students on the Roll at 30the June, 1928, according to Occupations.

<§ . p. ;§ • . 2 ■ • s g *3 & 'S«.g So Id 0 ® 1 ® ofl !=? « 1 -o o -a - I £ a 8 as >F 2« •£ « .2 A •» M P-icW <£j c5 02 2. 03 3 PH ® ® S 5 M JE; w? *® ® Names of Technical Schools or Classes. g{5 n - „ 3.t= §£ o § a -2 • S S o fe ® P £ 02 5® f fl 33 5 3 & £■> « £ ?, •+= ® £ -r o t 5 & S "3 ® .2 o ca °° & © b 8 (Su ii i n i ii i is m i i lis iii m l i !i i £3 H PM p* <; P4 Q Q Q pq fs) H3 £ O H I I j Auckland .. .. .. .. 175 38 152 112 23 55 3 55 235 23 14 184 85 2 95 107 1,358 Elam School of Art .. .. .. 1 1 4 3 12 .. 1 17 12 25 5 12 30 .. 45 .. 168 Pukekohe .. .. . • ■. .. . ■ •• • • .. • • 22 .. 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 Hamilton .. .. .. .. 27 21 12 24 .. .. 5 36 99 60 1 37 16 .. 13 .. 351 Whangarei .. .. .. . . 4 .. 12 .. .. .. .. .. 6 31 .. 9 .. .. 6 .. 68 Onehunga, Rotorua, Thames, Waihi .... 1 6 .. .. .. 1 19 18 69 3 14 3 .. .. .. 134 New Plymouth .. .. 28 12 17 10 6 8 8 25 69 8 9 26 4 39 19 288 Hawera .. .. ■ ■ .. • • .... .. .. 5 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Wanganui .. .. . 32 11 28 48 15 .. 17 47 52 3 20 15 3 13 9 313 Feilding .. .. .. 1 1 1 1 4 7 14 22 2 27 3 4 3 90 Palmerston North .. .. 25 23 20 20 3 9 16 21 166 57 8 83 47 1 89 3 591 Napier .. .. .. 17 I 7 25 15 3 2 1 30 50 30 32 6 11 2 231 Gisborne .. .. .. 16 I 16 16 .. 1 2 11 10 28 1 7 5 7 5 125 Dannevirke .. .. - . I 7 .. .... .. • ■ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 Masterton .. .. .. .. 14 ! 3 11 26 2 16 8 23 47 5 18 3 .. 5 12 193 Wellington .. .. .. .. 131 121 j 148 j 189 60 10 .. 122 487 123 27 65 57 1 73 37 1.651 Pet-one .. .. .. 18 I 3 j 34 24 16 i 2 2 63 14 4 29 20 4 7 6 246 Lower Hutt.. .. .. . . 7 12 .. 23 1 2 1 20 8 1 13 6 .. 19 .. 113 Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. 11 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 Nelson .. .. .. . 18 : 16 20 7 2 2 3 18 40 192 2 13 13 1 62 409 Westport .. .. .. • . II.. 1 ; .. .. • • 10 5 26 1 21 3 .. 3 2 73 Motueka, Takaka .. .. ...... .... .. .. 1 15 .. 18 .. 3 1 1 26 .. 65 Greymouth .. .. . ■ .. i 23 | 7 12 j 9 .. 1 1 11 31 18 .. 17 4 .. 3 3 140 Christchurch .. .. .. 156 27 85 125 8 48 29 48 402 147 26 170 57 30 200 39 1,597 Canterbury College School of Art. 3 1 27 9 10 2 46 27 14 21 38 41 3 64 93 399 Ashburton .. .. .. .. 3 3 9 3 1 28 9 32 20 1 9 1 2 87 208 Timaru .. . . .. .. 9 6 16 25 5 4 4 9 36 27 3 26 26 8 15 1 220 Kaiapoi .. .. .. • • .... • • .. .. .. ■ - • • • • .. .. .. .. .. .. 39 39 Temuka .. .. • • .... j 1 .. .. 30 .. .. 15 .. .. 1 .. .. .. 47 Southbridge .. . . .. i | .. • • • • • • • • 13 .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 Oamaru .. .. •• 1 •• 11 1 1 2 9 34 39 .. 17 3 .. .. 3 121 Dunedin .. .. . - 178 41 74 93 45 19 13 76 240 73 15 148 86 4 37 140 1,282 Invercargill .. 22 6 18 28 9 1 1 22 55 54 2 47 28 1 24 15 333 Gore .. . - • • - - 2 •. 1 .. .. .. 1 28 10 .. 5 1 .. j ... .. 48 Totals .. .. .. j 912 | 375 | 740 | 825 218 175 j 197 650 2,253 1,263 154 1,090 565 61 947 538 10,963

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SECTION B.—PART-TIME STUDENTS—continued. Table J8.—Classification of Students on the Roll at 30th June, 1928, according to Ages.

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Under j Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen | Sixteen I Seventeen I Eighteen Kineteen Twenty [ Twenty-one Over Totals | Thirteen, i Years. Years. Years. I Years. j Years. I Years. Years. Years. | Years. Twenty-one. * Names of Technical Schools or Classes. 1 I j i __ | L 1 j Totals 31. P. I M. P. M. F. M. F. M. i F. M. F. i M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. j I " I I j | Auckland .. .. .. .. 1 2 23 14 : 84 53 204 60 219 62 204 37 121 18 92 11 62 10 24 6 47 4 1,081 277 1,358 Elam School of Art. .. .. ..12 8 3 6 7 7 9 5 10 6 9 2 9 8 6 7 3 1 1 .. 11 38 80 88 168 Pukekohe .. .. .. I .. .. 1 .. 1 24 .. 26 .. 26 Hamilton .. .. .. 1 .. 13 11 21 18 25 26 42 22 31 12 23 5 15 7 6 1 33 39 210 141 351 Whangarei .. .. .. 1 1 4 9 5 12 1 8 4 4 1 3 5 3 1.. 1.. 5.. 28 40 68 Onehunga. Rotorua, Thames, Waihi .... 1 ... 11 | 5 13 5 22 2 19 3 12 3 7 1 2 5 1 4 18 24 110 134 New Plymouth .. .. 2 j 2 ; 15 12 26 25 21 22 18 29 17 9 26 4 7 6 27 20 159 129 288 Hawera .. .. . . j .. .. 5 .. 5 5 Wanganui .. .. .. 2 i 9 10 17 16 41 26 35 13 31 5 29 5 13 5 2 .. 19 35 196 117 313 Feilding .. .. .. 1 2 2 4 6 4 12 5 8 2 11 1 3 2 3 4 15 5 36 54 90 Palmerston North .. .. .. 4 8 11 27 41 46 58 45 47 43 56 41 37 27 24 8 4 5 3 32 24 286 305 591 Napier .. .. .. .... 1 2 7 2 12 14 23 14 26 7 25 10 9 6 3 3 2 1 16 48 123 108 231 Gisborne .. .. .. 4 1 6 11 16 9 12 7 11 3 8 2 8 3 3 1 1 1 7 11 76 49 ! 125 Dannevirke .. .. .. [ .. .. 7 7 .. 7 Masterton .. .. .. 3 .. 7 6 10 12 27 13 27 12 11 10 7 5 2 1 .... 16 24 110 83 193 Wellington .. .. .. .. 1 7 5 11 23 23 130 58 218 70 241 53 210 45 138 34 69 14 28 6 123 144 1,186 465 j 1,651 Petone .. .. .. .. 2 1 5 16 24 17 26 19 21 12 24 7 20 6 16 1 14 1 4 .. 10 .. 166 80 246 Lower Hutt .. .. .. 2 5 2 4 19 12 18 5 8 6 10 2 6 3 3 1 2 3 2 73 I 40 113 Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 .. 2 .. 2 .. 1 .. .. .. 2 .. 11 .. 11 Nelson .. .. .. .. 9 24 14 ' 26 33 33 28 40 21 30 18 18 14 6 10 4 9 5 .... 15 52 171 238 409 Westport ,. .. .. .. ! .. .. 1 , .. 2 3 4 6 2 7 2 10 1 6 2 4 1 2 1 .. 4 15 20 53 73 Motueka, Takaka .. .. 3 .. 7 4 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 6 11 19 26 39 65 Greymouth .. .. .. 2 1 6 6 8 11 17 10 16 7 10 5 5 2 5 1 19 9 88 52 140 Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 5 2 5 72 25 156 81 255 91 186 75 150 70 99 31 52 15 187 40 .. .. 1,159 438 1,597 Canterbury College School of Art ..11 8 5 7 10 8 13 25 18 31 22 22 18 13 14 20 8 15 7 45 79 164 235 399 Ashburton .. .. .. .... 1 2 5 11 18 10 22 16 20 13 20 5 10 10 6 6 2 2 1 18 10 93 115 208 Timaru .. .. .. .. .... 7 .. 10 6 21 14 32 8 32 8 18 9 8 4 4 4 3 .. 17 15 152 68 220 Kaiapoi .. .. .. 6 3 5 3 .. .. 17 5 .. .. 28 11 39 Temuka .. .. .. 4 1 6 3 2 3 3 4 3 .. 18 .. 32 15 47 Southbridge .. .. .. .. .. 1 12 .. 13 13 Oamaru .. .. .. 2 5 5 4 15 9 10 12 6 9 2 3 4 3 1 4 2 25 47 74 121 Dunedin .. .. .. 18 12 16 12 78 34 114 57 150 55 146 50 139 46 94 17 70 9 23 7 87 48 935 347 1,282 Invereargill .. .. .. .. 1 5 5 24 12 39 37 40 22 36 11 13 12 13 6 10 2 .... 20 25 201 132 333 Gore .. .. .. •• 1 2 3 6 5 10 1 7 4.. .. 2 7 12 36 48 Totals .. .. .. 59 J 70 115 147 489 369 960 652 1,245 650 1,190 519 928 382 676 219 375 126 319 115 650 708 7,006 3,957 10,963

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SECTION B.—PART-TIME STUDENTS—continued. Table J9.—Free Pupils (according to Years of Attendance) and other Students on Roll at 30th June, 1928.

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_ .. Number of Students who, Free Pupils. having left a Public or I Private Primary School or Forms I or II of a Junior. Senior. | Other Pupils. Junior High School durNTames of Technical Schools or Classes. „ . . Grand ing 1927, were admitted < " "i r — — Totals. Totals. to Classes during 1928. First Year. Second Year. First Year. I Second Year. Third Year and (Included in foregoing Over. Totals.) Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males Females.! Males. Females. Males. 'Females-! Males. I Females. Males. Females.! Totals. Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 163 69 129 . 48 151 54 98 30 51 8 592 209 489 68 1,358 112 54 i 166 Elam School of Art .. .. .. .. 8 2 4 3 2 3 2 1 2 19 8 61 80 168 8 2 10 Pukekohe .. .. .. .. .. j .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 .. 26 I Hamilton .. .. .. .. .. 18 11 23 8 15 12 ! 26 17 20 i 9 102 57 108 84 351 j is 1 11 29 Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. 6 22 .. .. 4 8 . .. .. .. .. 10 30 ; 18 10 68- 1 6 16 22 Onehunga, Rotorua, Thames, Waihi .. .. 7 24 3 20 2 2 1 4 12 51 ! 12 59 134 8 : 45 i 53 New Plymouth .. .. .. .. , 23 6 8 12 15 23 8 15 10 6 64 62 95 ] 67 288 23 6 : 29 Hawera .. .. .. .. .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 5 Wanganui .. .. .. ... 19 11 17 8 6 12 7 7 7 6 56 44 140 73 313 9 6 15 Feilding .. .. .. .. .. 4 1 5 5 2 5 1 3 3 8 15 22 21 32 90 4 3 7 Palmerston North .. .. .. .. si 47 42 46 34 51 30 42 30 25 187 211 99 94 591 51 47 98 Napier .. .. .. .. ..10 2 6 6 12 6 11 6 7 3 46 23 77 85 231 14 3 17 Gisborne .. .. .. .. n 14 7 4 8 8 2 4 .. 28 30 48 19 125 14 14 28 Dannevirke .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . # # . 7 _ 7 Masterton .. .. .. .. .. 9 3 18 6 16 12 14 10 8 io 65 41 45 42 193 9 "3 12 Wellington .. .. .. 82 26 80 22 104 38 125 50 109 25 500 161 686 304 1,651 35 16 51 Petone •• 26 31 6 12 8 15 3 7 4 4 47 69 119 11 246 27 24 51 Lower Hntt .. .. .. .. .. 20 15 8 3 10 4 5 1 3 46 23 27 17 113 13 11 24 Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. # U Nelson •• •• ■■ .. .. 20 37 35 33 14 21 10 i5 "5 8 ! 84 li4 87 124 409 'ig 37 56 Westport . . .. .. .. .. 3 2 3 1 6 1 3 4 7 16 13 37 73 6 2 8 Motueka, Takaka .. .. .. .. 2 1 .. 7 1 6 7 2 15 11 1] 28 65 Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. 4 1 1 3 7 7 6 2 6 2 24 15 64 37 140 Christchurch .. .. .. .. 144 42 161 25 151 55 121 51 85 28 662 201 497 237 1,597 126 42 168 Canterbury College School of Art .. .. 11 11 8 13 14 18 7 18 5 10 45 70 119 165 399 11 11 22 Ashbnrton .. .. .. _ .. 14 20 9 21 8 13 7 19 6 8 44 81 49 34 208 14 20 34 Timaru .. .. .. __ 24 5 15 10 13 5 11 6 4 11 67 37 85 31 220 22 7 29 Kaiapoi .. .. .. . o 8 n 39 lenraka .. .. .. .. .. j 32 15 47 14 12 26 bouth bridge .. # .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 13 Oamaru .. .. .. _. .. 5 ] 1 i 2 7 4 2 3 4 3 4 27 28 20 46 121 3 10 13 Dunedm .. .. .. . _ .. 107 44 106 41 127 55 88 40 63 22 491 202 444 145 1,282 109 . ! 52 161 Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. 24 16 38 22 , 29 18 13 16 18 8 122 80 79 52 333 25 18 43 Gore •• •• -• •• : 2 .. 2 j 3 3 3 7 6 5 30 48 Totals .. .. .. .. 815 474 744 376 766 453 608 ! 379 451 220 3,384 1,902 3,622 j 2,055 10,963 700 ! 472 1,172

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SECTION C.—ALL PUPILS—FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME. Table J10.—Table showing Combined Roll Numbers at Day and Evening Classes at 30th June, 1928.

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Technical High and Day Schools. Other Technical Classes. Totals. Controlling Body. Schools and Classes. | | Totals Males. Females. I Totals. Males. Females. Totals. Males. Females. I • : j I 1 I ; I _J i i I i Technical School Board .. Auckland Technical School .. .. .. .. 529 479 1,008 1,081 277 1,358 1,610 756 2.366 .. ! Elam School of Art .. .. .. .. 11 54 65 80 88 168 91 142 233 . . Pukekohe Technical School 135 100 235 26 .. 26 161 100 261 . . Hamilton Technical School .. 187 135 322 210 141 351 397 276 673 ,, . . Hawera Technical School .. . . . . 164 154 318 .. 5 5 164 159 323 . . Stratford Technical School .. . . . . .. 147 128 275 .. .. .. 147 128 275 .. Wanganui Technical School .. .. .. 376 177 553 196 117 313 572 294 866 . . Feilding Technical School .. . . .. 109 86 195 36 54 90 145 140 285 . . Napier Technical School .. .. 160 105 265 123 108 231 283 213 496 „ .. Wellington Technical School .. .. .. .. 430 264 694 1,186 465 1,651 1,616 729 2,345 Petone Technical School .. . .. .. .. .. 166 80 246 166 80 246 . . Nelson Technical School .. ' . . .. 21 20 41 171 238 409 192 258 450 .. Westport Technical School .. .. 67 57 124 20 53 73 87 110 197 Christchurch Technical School .. .. .. .. 553 378 931 1,159 438 1,597 1,712 I 816 2.528 .. Ashburton Technical School .. .. .. .. 72 101 173 93 115 208 165 216 381 Greymouth Technical School . . .. .. .. 145 102 247 88 52 140 233 154 387 .. Timaru Technical School .. .. .. .. 61 54 115 152 68 220 213 122 335 „ Kaiapoi Technical School .. .. .. .. .. .. j 28 ! 11 39 28 11 39 Temuka Technical School .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 32 j 15 47 32 15 47 Dunedin Technical School .. .. .. .. 322 300 622 935 I 347 1.282 1,257 647 1,904 . Invercargill Technical School .. .. .. .. 255 215 470 201 132 333 456 347 803 High School Board .. Whangarei Technical School .. .. .. .. .. .. , 28 40 68 28 40 68 . . New Plymouth Technical School .. .. . . . . .. 159 129 288 159 129 288 . . Palmerston North Technical School .. .. .. 95 171 266 286 305 591 381 476 857 Dannevirke Technical School .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7 .. 7 7 .. Blenheim Technical School .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 .. 1] 11 .. 11 . . Oamaru Technical School .. . . . . .. .. .. . . 47 74 121 47 74 121 „ .. .. Gore Technical School .. .. .. . . . . .. .. .. .12 36 48 12 36 48 University College Board .. Canterbury College School of Art .. .. .. 30 140 170 164 j 235 399 194 375 * 569 Secondary Education Board .. Masterton Technical School .. .. .. .. 61 64 125 110 ! 83 193 171 147 318 Education Board .. .. Auckland (Onehunga, Rotorua, Thames, Waihi) .. .. .. .. .. 1 24 ! 110 134 24 110 134 .. Hawke's Bay (Gisborne) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 76 49 125 76 49 125 .. Wellington (Lower Hutt) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 73 40 113 73 40 113 .. Nelson (Motueka, Takaka) .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 26 39 65 26 39 65 „ .. .. Canterbury (Southbridge) .. .. ... .. j .. j 13 13 .. 13 13 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 3,930 3,284 7,214 7,006 j 3,957 | 10,963 10,936 7,241 18,177

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SECTION C.—ALL PUPILS—FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME—continued. Table J11(a).—Receipts by Controlling Authorities for the Year ended 31st December, 1928.

Receipts from Government. Other Receipts. Salaries Fees. * at * a v, i An Buildings, -»«- . Subsidies Total Total Name of School. Usance Eeceipt , hs» " ~ d Bun 1,, « Govern- SSSZ. Mtion . | Ac— Beceipt, dent Kent - tlons - ment - Typing. Teachers). Under Technical School Boards — £££££££ £££££££££ Auckland .. .. .. 17,844 3,979 1,473 127 1,071 .. 24,494 171 859 63 27 2,281 .. .. 3,401 27,895 Elam School of Art .. .. 1,589 .. 34 5 .. .. 1.628 .. 574* 9 16 44 643 2,271 Pukekohe .. 4,371 1,268 .. 178 .. 41 3 133 53 .. 159 .. .. 348 6.206 Hamilton .. .. 6,951 ! 1,987 367 .. .. 61 9,366 .. 336 10 20 319 .. ... 685 10.051 Hawera . .. 4,276 1,162 229 .. .. .. 5,667 .. 15 .. .. 221 .. .. 236 5,903 Stratford .. .. .. 4,540 1,319 45 .. 100 .. 6,004 .. 38 .. .. 112 .. .. 150 6,154 Wanganui .. .. 9,987 2,421 206 .. 148 .. 12,762 53 525 .. .. 1.368 .. 3,384 6,144 18,092 Feilding . .. 3,855 1,058 14 33 26 .. 4,986 60 73 .. .. 99 .. 2,578 2.810: 7,796 Napier .. 4,346 1,157 265 .. 79 .. 5,847 383 186 18 .. 570 .. .. 1,157 7,004 Waipawaf . .. .. ■ .. .. • • • • • • .. i .. .. .. .. .. • ■ ■ • Wellington . .. 16,448 2,703 131 59 1 .. 5 19.346 j 313 1,869 316 205 6,063+ .. .. 8.766 28,112 Petone .. .. 663 74 36 ... 5 .. 778 71 109 .. .. 90 .. .. 270 1.048 Nelson .. 2,809 828 16 104: 50 26 3,833 50 147 .. 227 .. .. 424 4,257 Westport .. .. .. 3,176 910 141 .. 95 152 4,474 : 22 74 3 .. 110 .. .. 209 4,683 Christchurch .. 18,966! 4,810 50 487 343 42 24,698 548 1,167 205 .. 3,476 .. 1,739 7,135 31,833 Ashburton .. .. .. 4,100 1,178 '55 .. 74 .. 5,407 44 151 14 .. 250 .. .. 459 5,866 Greymouth .. .. .. 4,704 I 1,314 58 .. 1 282 .. 6,358 72 90 .. •• 877 .. 774 1,813 8,171 Timaru .. .. .. 3,228 i 740 92 59 72 85 4,276 j 110 234 96 .. 152 .. .. 592 ! 4,868 Kaiapoi .. . . 48 . • • .. .. .. 1 48 17 42 .. .. 27 .. .. 86 I 134 Temuka .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. j 30 59 .. .. 23 .. .. 112 j 112 Waimatef . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ! .. . .. .. .. .. .. Dunedin .. .. . . 12,398 3,331 3,726 118 370 .. 19,943' 186 947 238 132 882 .. .. 2,385: 22,328 Invercargill .. .. .. : 8,521 2,290 1,796 63 171 .. 12,841 119 207 16 57 1,304 .. .. 1,703 ; 14,544 Under High School Boards — ! ! « Whangarei .. .. .. 51 [ 28 .. .. .. .. 79 .. 58 .. .. 9 .. •. 67 146 New Plymouth .. .. 4,326' 708 .. .. 6 .. 5.040 .. 192 33 .. 168 .. .. 393 5,433 Palmerston North .. .. 6,415! 1,364 84 35 1 60 5 7,963 224 637 81 .. 265 .. 1,207: 9,170 Dannevirke .. .. .. 57 j 6 .. .. 10 .. 73 10 28 .. •. 12 .. •. 50 123 Blenheim .. .. .. 88 7 .. .. 15 ... 110 I 10 26 8 .. .. 44 154 Oamaru . . .. . . 212 .. 155 .. 36 • • 403 j 34 69 ! i 6 .. •. 109 L 512 Gore .. .. .. 88 .. ■■ .. 14 • ■ I 102 25 41 ...... .... 66 168 Under University College Boa.rd — Canterbury College School of Art 4,086 520 .. .. .. .. 4,606 31 734 ' .. .. 770 .. .. 1,535 6,141 Under Secondary Education Board — Masterton .. .. 3,130 807 150 55 .. .. 4,142 100 107 1 .. 197 .. .. 404 4,546 Under Education Boards — Auckland Small Centres .. 258 .. • • .. .. .. 258 .. 60 25 .. 303 .. .. 388 646 Hawke's Bay Small Centres . 254 . • • • .. 20 .. 274 40 115 j .. 14 .. . . 169 443 Wellington Small Centres . . | 339 73 .. .. .. .. 412 56 31 ' .. .. .. .. 87 499 Nelson Small Centres .. .... .. 6 .. .. .. 6 .. 15 . . .. 14 .. .. 29 35 Canterbury Small Centres . . 1 23 .. 5 .... ... 28 .. 16 . . .... .. .. 16 44 Totals.. .. .. | 152,147 36,042 9,134§ 1,323 3,047 417 202,110 2,782 9,964 1,180 441 ! 20,392 44 8,475 44,092 245,388 I I i | ; * Includes £305 from Elam Trusfc. t Figures not available. J Includes £4,000 from Wellington City Council. § Does not include payments made to Public Works Department.

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SECTION C.—ALL PUPILS—FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME—continued. Table J11(b).—Payments by Controlling Authorities for the Year ended 31st December, 1928.

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Working Expenses. Salaries and sltegj j jgpjjy —■■.■■■ /i i '| :— .—pjn|Ep : ■ i """ — |' ' "'/Id rplilT'tiTrip 8 iiildiiigs, j Office ! Mainten- . 1 Other Transfers Hostel Total Same of School. pSt time' E <iuip- ; Expenses Matpria i ! ance of caretakina Li 8 h ting, I 1 Expendi- to other p J5™ 1 . Expendi-Fart-time, menti and 0fflce , (includlng Material BuildingS; j Heating i Miscel _ ture . Accounts. Payments- ture. Strident Bent ' Salaries. ! Adver- ™if ss Grounds, ! and laneous. , iotals ' tising and use ' and , leaning. , Watef '• Printing). Equipment. ■■ . / £>1111 : ~~ ~ K j r % : : j Under Technical School Boards — £££££££££ £££££ Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 17,705 10,476 632 411 1,554 583 614 352 47 4,193 704 .. .. 33,078 Elam School of Art .. .. .. .. 1,668 41 156 90 119 26 130 52 .. 573 .. .. .. 2,282 Pukekohe .. .. .. .. .. 4,422 188 90 119 262 333 243 65 438 1,550 5 .. .. 6,165 Hamilton .. .. .. .. .. 7,018 695 100 112 493 166 234 71 119 1,295 20 .. .. 9,028 Hawera .. .. .. .. .. 4,283 741 70 136 152 142 269 43 3 815 171 .. .. 6,010 Stratford .. .. .. .. ..4.483 254 58 79 97 40 408 81 78 841 24 .. 320 5,922 Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. 10,193 418 366 291 742 760 337 105 580 3,181 351 .. 3,767 17*,910 Sliding .. .. .. .. .. 3,711 114 140 124 93 69 349 69 95 939 293 .. 2,457 7,514 Napier .. .. .. .. .. 4,392 495 291 120 270 169 184 180 102 1,316 303 .. .. 6,506 Waipawa* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. i Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 16,746 2,855 784 403 1,322 244 731 526 427 4,437 1,973 .. .. 26,011 Petone .. .. .. .. .. 664 51 160 16 50 26 106 49 .. 407 .. .. 1,122 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 2,783 153 167 80 j 376 170 104 40 123 1,060 .. .. .. 3,996 Westport .. .. .. .. .. 3,253 330 150 77 ; 278 62 239 116 232 1,154 .. .. .. 4 737 Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 19.233 589 1,021 592 1,363 679 1,192 335 286 5,468 3.220 j .. 2,827 31 337 Ashburton .. .. .. .. .. 4,238 393 143 121 284 195 193 72 91 1,099 51 .. .. j 5,781 Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. 4,735 3,048 183 97 175 172 234 92 626 1,579 276 .. 2,365 12,003 Timaru .. .. .. .. .. 3,132 303 130 149 318 348 136 54 125 1,260 .. .. .. 4,695 Kaiapoi .. .. .. .. 61 .. 25 3 22 .. 9 7 7 73 .. .. .. 134 Tel mi ka .. .. .. .. 62 .. .. 2 .. 6 17 18 .. 43 .. .. .. 105 Waimate* .. ... .. .. .. .. .. . ■ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Dunedin .. .. .. . . 12,485 4,546 647 304 858 123 699 291 459 3,381 448 .. .. 20,860 Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. 8,646 267 478 264 628 153 602 161 597 j 2,883 728 .. .. 12,524 Under High School Boards — Whangarei .. .. .. . . .. i 168 .. 20 4 24 .. 29 .. .. 77 .. .. .. 245 New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 4,627 i 356 45 100 549 53 199 52 44 1,042 .. .. .. 6 025 Palrnerston North .. .. .. .. 6,797 ! 2,079 332 170 377 110 189 137 284 1,599 22 .. .. 10,497 Dannevirke .. . . .. .. ... 67 ; .. .. 14 .. .. 2 1 17 .. .. .. I 84 Blenheim .. . . .. .. • • i §7 ■ • • • • • 40 .. • • • • .. 40 .. .. ■ • I 127 Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. 242 156 54 39 11 1 14 3 122 .. .. .. 520 Gore .. .. .. .. .. 75 51 35 4 .. .. .. 8 .. 47 .... '■ 173 Under University College Board — Canterbury College School of Art .. .. j 4,362 86 341 121 124 30 474 199 139 1,428 25 .. .. 5,901 Under Secondary Education Board — ! Masterton .. .. .. .. .. 3,200 305 75 62 277 101 102 161 59 837 ... | .. .. j 4,342 Under Education Boards — Auckland Small Centres .. .. .. 356 . • • ■ • • 31 .. .. ■ • 26 57 .. .. .. 413 Hawke's Bay Small Centres .. .. .. 308 50 11 30 6 8 8 .. 113 .. .. .. 421 Wellington Small Centres . . .. .. 324 .. 70 13 5 2 6 6 102 ,. .. .. 426 Nelson Small Centres .. .. .. .... .. .. 2 13 .. .. 3 6 24 ;. .. .. 24 Canterbury Small Centres .. .. .. 32 .. 5 1 .. .. .. .. .. 6 .. .. j 38 Totals .. 154,558 j 28.990 6,818 4,117 10,951 4,769 8,051 3,358 4.994 43,058 8,614 I .. 11,736 246,956 * Figures not available.

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SECTION D.—MANUAL INSTRUCTION. Table J12.—Statement of Receipts and Payments by Education Boards for the Year ended 31st December, 1928, in respect of Classes for Manual Instruction and Elementary Handwork.

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Receipts. Receipts from Government. Other Receipts. Education Board. Salaries Conveyance Cap i^ 10n connectio'Il b,,Mines Subsidies Total voluntary Sales of Payments by Total Iteceipti. (Full-time and of Instructors tvw»£w»+®i with Buildings, on Government Pupils for Miscellaneous. other Part-time,. and Pupils. Handwork oSS&L. Material. Receipts. __ I ; I I £ ! £ £ £ £ ££ £ £ £ £ £ £ Auckland .. .. .. 13,606 2,307 9,284 367 116 .. 25,680 .. 182 934 15 1,131 26,811 Taranaki .. .. .. 2,976 912 1,169 80 218 .. 5.355 .. 9 145 5 159 5,514 Wanganui .. .. .. 2,953 905 1,286 122 27 .. 5,293 29 18 186 34 267 5,560 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. 3,670 825 2,094 104 60 .. 6,753 .. 4 254 42 300 7,053 Wellington .. .. .. 5,610 765 3,022 169 4,892 .. 14,458 .. .. 448 34 482 14,940 Nelson .. .. .. 887 361 643 59 250 .. 2.200 .. .. 24 .. 24 2,224 Canterbury .. .. .. 7,462 1,188 3,250 111 156 .. 12,167 .. .. 463 75 538 12,705 Otago .. .. .. 4,014 492 1,779 .. .. .. 6,285 11 .. 205 50 266 6,551 Southland .. .. .. 2,250 118 1,128 53 1,000 5 4,554 81 8 157 .. 246 4,800 Totals .. .. 43,428 7,873 23,655 1,065 6,710 5 82,745 121 221 2,816 255 3,413 86,158 ■ Payments. Salaries. ' Working-expenses. ; Sites, „ i ; -r,„ A Buildings, Conveyance Total Education Board. w„n,i«l troiTiinu Elementary Equipment, other Class Material OaretakW I Total Expenditure. Teachers Needlework and Kent. and Pupils. office and other and Clearinl Miscellaneous. Workingieachers. Teachers. Salaries. Expenses. Incidentals. ana uleanm g- , expenses. j | I £ | £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ \ £ Auckland .. .. .. 13,691 1,621 810 2,432 1.254 299 5,926 947 118 8,544 ! 27,098 Taranaki .. .. .. 3,030 276 573 1,261 185 39 817 107 .. 1,148 6,288 Wanganui .. .. .. 2,953 337 266 974 230 70 . 796 .. .. 1.096 5,626 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. 3,828 245 863 944 315 50 1,152 .. .. 1,517 7,397 Wellington .. .. .. 5.583 ! 208 4.905 868 500 104 2,557 .. 30 3,191 14,755 Nelson .. .. .. 888 182 286 558 100 40 239 .. .. 379 2,293 Canterbury .. .. .. 7,444 320 740 1,747 390 176 1,667 360 6 2,599 12,850 Otago .. .. .. 4,038 353 64 373 350 100 2,404 .. .. 2,854 7,682 Southland .. .. .. 2,313 372 1,043 197 450 60 867 .. 51 1,428 5,353 Totals .. .. 43,768 3,914 9,550 9,354 j 3,774 938 16.425 1,414 205 j 22,756 89,342

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SECTION D.—MANUAL INSTRUCTION—continued. Table J13.—Some Particulars relating to Pupils attending Special Manual-training Centres during the Year ended 31st December, 1928.

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Number of Pupils attending from —— — —: — ; — — Total Number of Pupils Total Number of Classes .Number j in Attendance. in Weekly Attendance. Education District. Manual- Primary Schools. "District miTschools. ° | Junior HighSchools 0 Secondary Schools. Private Schools training i ___ Centres. i Wood- Metal- Domestic Wood- Metal- Domestic ! Wood- Metal- Domestic j Wood- Metal- ! Domestic Wood- Metal- Domestic Wood- Metal- I Domestic Wood- j Metal- Domestic work. work. Subjects, work. work. Subjects. | work. work. Subjects. ; work. work, j Subjects. work. work. Subjects. work. work. ! Subjects, work. 1 work. Subjects. Auckland .. 29 4,812 : 55 4,551 402 .. 398 962 j 253 1,247 40 10 289 427 ! 31 575 6.643 349 7,060 366 14 405 Taranaki .. 7 999 895 18 10 22 15 133 148 1,172 .. 1.068 47 47 Wanganui .. 10 1,161 ' .. 1.007 102 ... 141 .. .. 58 46 .. 94 145 1,415 46 1,293 72 2 65 Hawke's Bav .. 7 1,119 .. 1,023 58 . . 43 .. .. .. 139 23 j 107 162 | 129 1,468 23 1,302 66 3 67 Wellington .. 15 2,333 .. , 2,127 99 .. 109 132; 217 162 287 56! 224 104 .. 214 2,955 273 2,836 100 12 99 Nelson .. .. 8 591 27 | 602 71 13 79 .. 52 86 714 40 767 40 3 44 Canterbury .. 24 3,321 .. 3,159 209 286 62 95 .. 465 505 4,057 95 3,950 145 4 173 Otago .. .. 15 1,640 .. 1,596 117 .. ! Ill 149 148 133 199 199 178 .. .. 120 2,105 347 2,138 89 11 108 Southland. .. 4 1,039 .. 900 49 49 26 86 1,114 .. 1,035 44 44 Totals .. 119 17,015 82 15,860 1,125 13 1,226 j 1,243 618 1,542 807 429 : 813 1,453 31 2,008 21,643 1,173 21,449 969 49 1,052 The total number of primary schools earning capitation for elementary science and elementary agriculture in each district was as follows : Auckland, 471 ; Taranaki, 168 ; Wanganui, 190 ; Hawke's Bay, 166 ; Wellington, 217 ; Nelson, 116 ; Canterbury, 298 ; Otago, 21 1 ; Southland, 142 : total, 1,979. The total number of pupils involved was 48,622. t

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SECTION E. —GENERAL SUMMARY. : Table Jl4. —Some Particulars relating to Manual and Technical Instruction for the Year 1928. Technical Instruction. 1. Number of technical high schools and technical day schools offering full-time courses 1927. 1928. (excluding New Plymouth) .. .. .. .. .. .. 21 21 2. Number of pupils on roll of technical high schools and technical day schools at 30th June .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,720 7,214 3. Number of free pupils on roll of technical high schools and technical day schools at 30th June . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,455 6,992 4. Number of centres at which other technical classes were held (evening and part-time day) .. .. .. .. . . .. . . .. .. 41 38 5. Number of students attending evening or part-time day classes at 30th June .. 12,408* 10,963 6. Number of free pupils attending evening or part-time day classes at 30th June .. 5,699* 5,286 7. Number of full-time teachers, exclusive of principals, on staffs at 30th June .. 295 305 8. Approximate amounts payable by Government for — («) Salaries and allowances (including part-time and overtime and manual- £ £ training teachers on staffs of technical schools) .. .. 146,200 154,000 (b) Incidental allowances .. .. .. .. .. 43,150 44,800 189,350 198,800 Less recoveries from tuition fees .. .. .. .. 10,200 £ 9,900 £ 179,150 188,900 9. Total expenditure by Government for financial year .. .. .. .. 219,343 225,060 Including— (a) Consolidated Fund .. .. .. .. .. 187,192 198,803 (b) Education purposes loan .. .. .. .. .. 30,060 23,281 (c) Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. .. .. 2,091 2,976 Manual Instruction. 10. Number of primary manual-training centres .. .. .. .. .. 119 119 11. Number of full-time teachers on staffs controlled by Education Boards at 30th June 141 143 12. Approximate amounts payable by Government for— (а) Salaries and allowances (including part-time and overtime, and excluding £ £ manual training teachers on staffs of technical schools).. .. .. 42,400 44,500 (б) Incidental allowances .. .. .. .. .. . . 9,750 10,200 (c) Capitation for agriculture, science, and elementary needlework classes .. 14,500 15,200 \d) Handwork supplies .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,380 10,400 -13. Total expenditure by Government for financial year on account of — (a) Salaries, incidentals, capitation, and handwork material .. .. .. 80,798 87,086 (b) Education purposes loans .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,068 5,266 * Total enrolments for 1927.

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