REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1944 (In continuation of E.-1, 1944)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1945 Session I, E-01

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1945 NEW ZEALAND

REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31st DECEMBER, 1944 (In continuation of E.-1, 1944)

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

Office of the Department of Education, Wellington, 25th June, 1945. Your Excellency — I have the honour, in accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, 1914, to submit to Your Excellency the following report upon the progress and condition of public education in New Zealand during the year ended the 31st December, 1944. I have, &c., His Excellency the Governor-General of the H. G. R. Mason. Dominion of New Zealand.

REPORT Conference on Education. —The most important educational event in 1944 was the Conference on Education, which was held in Christchurch during October. It was attended by 120 people representative of some seventy different organizations directly or indirectly concerned with education. In issuing invitations to the Conference I asked interested bodies to suggest topics for discussion and to submit memoranda giving their views on education in the post-war world. My request stimulated an amount of hard thinking on education that was most heartening. A large number of reports and memoranda were received, ranging from statements on individual topics to comprehensive publications such as the Wanganui Education Board's publication, " Report on Character Training and Citizenship," and the New Zealand Educational Institute's two books, " Educational Reconstruction" and "Religious Instruction in Schools." The material received from all sources was analysed and published in a digested form in " Reports and Memoranda for the Ministerial Conference on Education." I arranged for the publication of an illustrated volume," Education Today and Tomorrow," which surveys the whole of New Zealand's education system, showing the advances made in the past ten years and setting out the Government's policy in education for the immediate future. The agenda for the Conference, decided on the basis of popular demand, comprised five major topics : pre-school services, youth services, adult education, religion in education, and rural education. In addition, provision was made for two " opeft forums," one on the primary school, and the other on the " Report of the Consultative Committee on the Post-Primary School Curriculum," The

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Conference was a great success. It was, I think, the first time that a complete cross-section of the community has been gathered together specificially to discuss education. A series of recommendations were made to the Government, some of which, as will appear later in this report, have already been put into operation. T hope to have more of them carried out during the coming year. Much of the success of the Conference was due to the skilled chairmanship of Mr. W. H. Cocker, M.A., LL.B., President of Auckland University College, and to the thorough preparatory work of the Secretary, Mr. C. L. Bailey, M.A. To them and to all those who took part in the Conference I wish to tender my thanks. It was no small achievement that 120 men and women of different interests and different creeds should find a common basis for their thinking in their desire for the welfare of the children of New Zealand. A report on the Conference is being prepared by the Chairman and the Secretary. Accrediting and the Secondary Curriculum. —The system of accrediting for entrance to the University came into operation for the first time during the year, although it will not be fully operative until 1945. As I explained in my last annual report, the adoption of accrediting by the University frees the post-primary schools from the domination of the old University Entrance Examination and gives a new significance to the Department's School Certificate Examination, which will now become the accepted test of a completed secondary education for the great bulk of the pupils who do not desire to go on to University studies. The report of the Consultative Committee on the Post-Primary Curriculum, which sets out proposed changes in the syllabus for the School Certificate Examination consequent upon its new status, was given very careful study during the year by all the interested parties. I invited the fullest criticism of these important recommendations, and as a result of useful comments received and of discussions with representatives of the bodies concerned, many modifications have been made in the original proposals. There are, of course, still some critics, but lam very pleased with the enthusiastic reception accorded the report in most quarters, and am convinced that the scheme in its amended form represents a great forward step in secondary education that is welcomed by an overwhelming majority of teachers as well as by members of the public who understand its full significance. Draft regulations based on the amended report have been prepared and will be distributed for further criticism before they are gazetted in 1945. It will not be possible to bring the syllabus for the new School Certificate Examination into force before 1946, but already many secondary and technical schools are taking advantage of the freedom the new scheme will give to broaden and enrich the curriculum for their junior forms. Raising of the School Age. -The school-leaving age was raised by Order in Council to fifteen years as from Ist February, 1944. It was fully expected that this would throw a heavy strain on accommodation and staffing in the intermediate and post-primary schools, especially as the crest of the wave of school population caused by the return of the five-year-olds to school in 1936 was expected to strike Form 111 in 1944. I considered, however, that some temporary inconvenience was preferable to postponing indefinitely a reform that had been foreshadowed in a dormant section in the statute in 1920. In actual fact, the change was made with less difficulty than I had anticipated, even though the accommodation problem was accentuated by an unexpected but altogether desirable tendency for parents to keep their children at post-primary school for a longer period than ever before. The pressure on school accommodation has been felt most seriously in Auckland, largely because of the drift of population to the city resulting from the operation of war industries. The situation has been met, here as elsewhere, by the use of prefabricated class-rooms and by the planned distribution of pupils to the schools where rooms were available. I am indebted to the controlling authorities of the schools for their co-operation in this complex task. So great has been the increase of school population in Auckland City that in 1945 three new intermediate schools (Epsom Normal, Balmoral, and Avondale) and one new technical school (Avondale) will be established. The Avondale Technical and the Avondale Intermediate Schools are housed in buildings erected as a United States naval hospital to plans I originally approved with a view to such a development. These school buildings are models of their kind. It is anticipated that it will be necessary for the newly established Balmoral Intermediate School to develop into a post-primary school to meet the city's rapidly growing needs. Problems of staffing and accommodation, of course, are not the only, or perhaps even the main ones resulting from the raising of the school age. A more difficult and subtle group of problems is concerned with the type of education to be given to the academically less able fourteen-year-olds now compelled to stay on at school. The intermediate schools and the technical schools are, in general, admirably organized to cater for these children, and the changes already mentioned in the secondary curriculum will help the secondary and district high, schools to provide courses specially adapted to their needs, though more adequate facilities for practical work are needed by some of them. The Department has assisted the smaller country schools to deal with this new problem through its Correspondence School and through the Education Gazette, and the New Zealand Educational Institute published an excellent practical report on the matter. As soon as conditions permit, however, I feel that we must do even more to help the country schools to meet this special problem. Technical Education. —For reasons set out in my last annual report, the Hon. the Minister of Labour and I recommended the setting-up of the Commission of Inquiry into Apprenticeship and Related Matters under the Chairmanship of His Honour Mr. Justice Tyndall. This Commission took evidence throughout New Zealand and presented its report in November, 1944. The report is under consideration by the Government and it is too early as yet to say to what extent its policy will be adopted. It is quite clear, however, both from the recommendations of the Commission and from the evidence which was given before it, that the technical schools must in future play an even bigger part in training for the skilled trades than they have in the past. It seems certain that the technical schools

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in the four main centres, and perhaps those in one or two of the secondary centres, must in the luture prepare themselves to develop their senior work and to assume more the character of senior technological institutes. Already the Auckland Technical School has been forced by sheer pressure of numbers to hand over its junior work in certain courses to other city schools. The introduction of any measure of daylight training, as suggested by the Commission, would greatly accelerate this develomcnt in the bigger technical schools. The technical schools in the larger cities where there are also secondary schools have not been placed by the University on the list of accrediting schools because it does not appear to lie their function to do Sixth Form work preparatory to entrance to the University. The.new School Certificate prescriptions, however, will have an important influence on technical schools, since it will be possible for a technical-school pupil to qualify, with a group of practical and technical subjects, (or exactly the same certificate as will be secured by the majority of pupils at secondary schools. District High Schools. —There are limits to the diversification of curricula that can be introduced into a small secondary department, and the district high schools have always suffered from their efforts to do two things that are not always compatible in a school with a small staff and little equipment —namely, to prepare a few pupils for University studies and to prepare others for immediate participation in rural pursuits. It is hoped that the new secondary curriculum will help many of the small district high schools to solve this dilemma. Most of the district high schools have not been placed by the University on the list of accrediting schools. To prevent any possible consequent injustice to country children the Government last year instituted a system of secondary-school bursaries of an annual value of £40 each to enable country children who have passed the School Certificate Examination to attend secondary schools on the accrediting list in order to prepare themselves further for University studies. This means that the smaller district high schools will be free to concentrate their limited energies on bringing pupils up to the School Certificate stage, and, because of the wide range of subjects, practical as well as theoretical, for the School Certificate Examination, they should be able as never before to prepare the majority of the pupils for life in the country at the same time as they prepare the academic few for University studies. Any pupil who so wishes can, of course, take University Entrance by examination no matter what school he has attended, provided he has attained the age of sixteen. it is realized that if the district high schools are to provide a genuinely enriched curriculum for country pupils they will have to be more generously treated than ever before in the way of staffing and equipment. A scheme is being worked out for the improvement of their staffing, and already a small beginning has been made with equipment by giving them for the first time grants for libraries, science equipment, and physical education. Much more needs to be done, however, and 1 should like to see in the immediate future a special effort made to assist district high schools. Primary School Curriculum and Free Text-books.—The systematic review of the primaryschool curriculum by committees representative of the Department and of teachers organizations, which was mentioned in my last report, was continued during .1944. The report of the Health Education Committee was circulated during the year, and the report of the Committee on English will be published early in 1945. A Committee on History and Geography was set up and will report during 1945. Arithmetic books published during the year and distributed free to all schools, private as well as public, were the first text-books to be issued under this scheme. Unfortunately, because of shortage of labour and materials for printing, the text-books have not appeared as quickly as could have been wished, but they are of excellent quality, and I am hopeful of having the production speeded up during 1945 so that the arithmetic books can be completed and the English ones begun. In New Zealand, as in Australia, England, and the United States of America, there has been some talk during recent years ot the effect of the " new education on standards of work in the three Ks. I dealt with this matter at considerable length in " Education Today and Tomorrow " (pages 24 26), and it is too complex a topic to be covered adequately in the short compass of this report. There is one factor, however, I should like to mention which is too often completely ignored by recent critics of the schools. During the war there have been up to 70 per cent, of our male primary-school teachers in the Services, and, at a time when most manufacturers and business men are finding it impossible to maintain fully the quality of their products, it would be a poor compliment to these skilled teachcrs to maintain that the work of the schools has not been affected by their absence. Certain steps have been taken by the Department over the past two years to maintain and improve standards in the " tool " subjects : — (a) I have already mentioned the systematic review of whole syllabus to eliminate everything that is not essential. i (/;) Good text-books based on the new syllabus are being prepared. The lack of good textbooks has meant a great waste of time and energy in the schools. (c) Inspectors of Schools have been asked to pay particular attention to standards of work, and to accept nothing less than the best efforts of which children arc capable. (d) Every effort is being made to improve the skill of teachers at their craft, because all real standards depend in the long-run on the skill and integrity of the teacher. (e) A stricter standard is being demanded of head teachers in the granting of the Primary School Certificate. (f) The raising of the school-leaving age gives more time to ensure that every child before lie leaves school reaches a satisfactory standard in all essential subjects.

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The following summary of the official attitude to standards of work appears in " Education Today and Tomorrow " : — " May I make my own and the Department's attitude clear 011 what is a matter of some public interest. I believe (a) that standards are fundamental to education, no less in the newer subjects than in the old tool subjects ; (b) that the tool subjects must be stripped of unessentials and then taught with complete thoroughness ; (c:) that hard work cannot and should not be eliminated from true education, but it should be on tasks that have a meaning for the child ; and (d) that there is nothing incompatible between good standards in the tool subjects and the full acceptance of the modern tendencies noted in this Section. Hundreds of good schools in New Zealand have proved this in the past ten years." The Teaching Profession.—Three things are necessary if the schools are to carry out satisfactorily the increasingly complex functions that we are demanding of them : smaller classes, better buildings and equipment, and better training of teachers. It is hoped during 1945 to bring down a more generous staffing schedule which will substantially reduce the size of classes in the larger schools ; equipment is dealt with later in this report: lam here concerned with training. The staffing of the training colleges has been strengthened, but we cannot afford to wait for a new generation of teachers. It is necessary to provide additional training for teachers now in service. As one step towards this I had a sum of £1,000 put on the estimates for 1944-45 for teachers' refresher courses. 1 set up a committee, representative of ail the teachers' organizations and of the training colleges, to advice on the best use of this sum. They recommended that it be, in effect, handed over to the New Zealand Educational Institute, the Secondary Schools' Association, and the Technical School Teachers' Association to conduct two refresher courses in the social studies in the post-primary schools. (These courses were held in January, 1945, which is, strictly speaking, outside the period of this report. They were an outstanding success, and I know of no £1,000 spent to better effect. I should like to see the scheme expanded in future years.) A secondary training department was opened in 1944 in the Auckland Training College. The concentration in one college of all Division " C " students should increase the efficiency of the training for post-primary teaching. There is need for more adequate training of teachers of practical subjects in technical schools and manual-training centres, and a scheme is now being devised for giving it. Especially is it hoped to attract into the technical service demobilized servicemen who have had a full trade training and who have discovered in the Forces that they have a flair for teaching. A new salary scale for post-primary teachers, based on the report produced by a Salaries Committee in 1939, came into operation as from Ist February, 1944. Quite apart from the increases of salary involved, this represented a new advance, in that for the first time secondary and technical teachers were brought under a common scale. I can only hope that this will assist towards the full amalgamation of two services whose spheres are coming closer together every year. I set up a committee representative of the Department, the Education Boards, and the New Zealand Educational Institute to investigate certain problems that have arisen in the working of the primary teachers' grading system. Owing to various factors there is heavy congestion on certain grading numbers, and, though the benefits of the grading scheme are fully recognized, there is a strong body of opinion that it is failing to some extent in its original purpose of placing teachers in their correct order of efficiency. The interests of soldier teachers have continued to be protected to the fullest possible extent. It has been ruled that those returning from the Services who are doubtful whether they will continue in teaching may, instead of resigning outright, obtain leave without pay for up to'one year totrv out some other occupation. Those who feel the need of some kind of refresher course may enter a training college for a term at their full rate of pay, or may spend the time as observers in schools of their own choice. Equipment for Schools. —-The School Library Service is becoming increasingly popular, and its expansion is limited only by the difficulty of securing books. It now has some i 15,000 volumes and caters for almost 47,000 children in 762 schools. This year it was decided that the service should become free to every school when it has for two years contributed at the annual rate of Is. per child. Special grants for science and physical-education equipment were made to all post-primary schools. The Department had infant-room toys and equipment manufactured in large quantities and distributed free to schools. A manual for infant-teachers, " Number Work in the Infant Room," was also prepared and distributed. There is need for still more equipment for .infant rooms and the lower standards, and it will bo supplied as rapidly as the supply of labour and materials will permit. The libraries of films and film strips are being rapidly expanded and are proving increasingly valuable as teachers learn to use them wisely. Rural Education. —The rate of boarding-allowance was increased from 7s. 6d. to 10s. a week, and the conveyance allowance from 6d. to 9d. per day and Bd. to Is. per day according to distance. Boarding-allowances were approved for children attending private schools who were compelled to live away from home. The total expenditure on school conveyance (other than by rail) was £292,451, as against £256,734 in 1943. The Department's Correspondence School has continued to show remarkable growth. At the end of the year there were 1,920 pupils on the primary roll, 672 on the secondary, and 1,362 taking part-time courses. The school has proved extremely useful in helping to meet the problems resulting from the raising of the school age, and has also given great assistance to the Army Education and Welfare Service. Special Subjects.—Under the new curriculum, physical education will play a bigger part in the post-primary schools than it has in the past, and already these schools are making increasing demands on the Department's physical-education specialists. It will be imperative in the near future

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to provide a type of specialist training in physical education specially adapted to the requirements of the secondary schools. The physical work in the primary schools is still developing well, sixty full-time specialists being engaged on it in 1944. In my last report it was mentioned that a large-scale experiment in art and handwork was to be started in the Hutt Valley primary schools in 1944. It was so successful that it has been decided to extend the scheme to other centres as rapidly as possible. During 1945 all the Christchurch schools will be brought into the scheme, as well as special demonstration schools in other cities preparatory to further expansion in 1946. An exhibition of British children s a.rt was sent out to New Zealand by the British Council during the year, and is now touring the country. It has aroused great public interest and has been very stimulating for both teachers and pupils. Vocational Guidance. -The system of vocational guidance, of which the Department assumed full control in 1943, has continued to develop steadily. There are Vocational Guidance Centres in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and a part-time one was started during the year in Invercargill, where the local interest had been very strong. An increasing amount of time is being given to vocational guidance in connection with the rehabilitation of service men and women, Applications for bursaries and scholarships under the rehabilitation system are reported upon by Vocational Guidance Officers. Higher Education.—The rapid growth in the number ol University students, particularly in the science faculties, and in certain special schools, is creating serious problems of accommodation, which will be further accentuated when large numbers of men return from overseas to take up University courses. It is difficult to say how much of this increased demand is permanent, but 1 have little doubt that a major .building programme is necessary in the University colleges. During the year a large new pathology block was begun at Otago University and extensive additions were completed to the chemistry building in the same institution. In other colleges some temporary accommodation of a relatively minor type has been provided, and plans are being prepared for a series of major building works to be begun when the building situation permits. The colleges were given grants for additional staff to enable them to use the existing buildings more fully. At the end of the year, with the general agreement of all the parties concerned, the financial and administrative responsibility for the School of Agriculture and its two agricultural colleges was transferred from the Department of Agriculture to the Education Department. As recommended by the Education Conference, I have asked the Council of Adult Education to set up a consultative committee to report on the whole system of adult education in New Zealand and to make recommendations for its improvement and extension. lam hopeful that this committee will be able to report during 1945. A very good sign over the pa-st two years has been the rapid increase in the public demand for adult education. During 1944 I agreed to provide a full-time director foi the newly established Risingholme Community Centre in Christchurch, and also approved of a lulltime teacher to help to develop another community centre under totally different conditions in a small country town. The Education Conference also recommended an immediate increase in the grant for adult education. It is accordingly being raised from £12,000 to £17,000 on the estimates for 1945-46. Native Schools. —This year has again proved a difficult one in regard to staffing, a problem accentuated in the case of Native schools by the difficulty of finding suitable accommodation locally for temporary and relieving staff. The fact that a good standard of work has been maintained is a tribute to the permanent staff, who have worked hard under difficulties, and to war appointees and relievers, who have given that community service so essential to success in Native-school woik. Developments in Maori education for some years now have aimed at restoring to the Maori his pride of race, confidence, and initiative. Some measure of success is seen in the ever-increasing number of qualified Maoris in the professions, in the exploits and achievements of the Maori Battalion, composed largely of the recent product of Native village schools, and in the success of Maori youth, both male and female, in Government Departments, industry, commerce, transport, and in the various homeservice units of the Military Forces. , There are now twenty-four fully-trained certificated Maori teachers in the Native bchools bervice, and fifteen are completing their training as probationary assistants in Native schools. Thirty-four students are in the training colleges. Three new University scholarships were again awarded this year, bringing the number current to ten. Buildings.—The diversion of all available man-power and materials from normal building works to urgent defence works following the entry of Japan into the war brought the school building programme practically to a standstill for about two years. However, with the improvement in the war situation the school building programme was expanded in an endeavour to overtake the arrears of work and provide much needed additional accommodation. Ihe acute shortage of man-power and materials during the past year made it impossible to proceed with works as rapidly as one would wish, but nevertheless, having regard to the conditions ruling, good progress was made. During tlic year the sum of £497,858 was expended upon the erection and improvement of school buildings, as against £249,247 for 1943-44 and*£226,567 for 1942- 43. Comparatively few major works were completed during the year, but there is a considerable number of large jobs in progress, and plans are well advanced for a large building programme. Amongst the major works completed were additions to the Normal School, Auckland, to permit the establishment of an intermediate school, the erection of a six roomed block at Northcote District High School, the erection of new buildings at Avondale for the establishment of a technical high school and an intermediate school, and the erection of new schools at Benneydale, Kaino, Whananaki, Grovetown, Hatters lerrace, Te Kinea and Mokoia. A number of residences were erected in districts where head teachers were O '

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unable to rent suitable houses, and additions were made to many schools to relieve overcrowding. Amongst the schools where additions were completed were Awanui, Paeroa, St. Heliers, Silverstream, Kaikoura, Phillipstown, Cromwell, Dipton, Christchurch Boys' High School, Christchurch Girls' High School, and Waimate High School. In view of the large number of post-primary schools.requiring additional accommodation, and the impossibility of providing permanent additions immediately, arrangements were made to meet the needs of some schools by supplying temporary class-rooms of the prefabricated type. Major building works are now in progress at Cambridge, Kaitaia, Kirioke, Matainata, Ngatea, Orakei, Tauranga, Te Awamutu, Warkworth, Whangarei, Pakotai, Foxton, Tolaga Bay, Epuni, Paekakariki, Tapawera, Shirley Intermediate, Maheno, Pukerau, Tisbury, Tweed Street Intermediate, Epsom Girls' Grammar School, New Plymouth Girls' High School, Southland Girls' High School, Thames High School, Timaru Girls' High School, Wellington Girls' College, Otahuhu Technical High School, and the Girls' Home, Burwood. Child Welfare. —During the troubled war years conditions have existed in New Zealand that have, as I mentioned in previous reports, brought about some slight increase in juvenile delinquency, an increase considerably smaller, lam bound to say, than I had anticipated. No one, however, could view even the possibility of increase with complacency, and definite measures, detailed in my report for 1942, were put into operation to counteract as far as was humanly possible the operation of such conditions. No one can say exactly how far these measures have been efficacious, but, whatever the reason, I am pleased to be able to record that the figures for 1944 show a substantial decrease in child delinquency. The number of children appearing before the Courts for all offences fell from 2,493 in 1943 to 2,012 in 1944, a decrease of 481. During the past five years some increase has been noted in the number of children appearing for what may be termed the more serious offences. This rate, however, has also shown a decrease during 1944. This gain will, lam sure, be an encouragement to all those persons and organizations striving for the general welfare of children. There will, I know, be no relaxation of effort, bn t rather a stiffening of determination to fight even n lore strongly against those factors detrimentally affecting our young people. The establishment of new child welfare districts and the strengthening of the staff have enabled officers of the Branch to concentrate much more definitely and with most promising results on preventive work, an aspect of child welfare activity too frequently obscured by the prominence given to Court proceedings, particularly those connected with individual State wards, and to statistics of child delinquency. Undue concentration on these sections of child welfare work — necessary though they may be —tends to give a narrow and incomplete picture of the range and nature of the work of the Branch. While children already delinquent must continue to have such provision made for their care as will give them every opportunity of rehabilitating themselves and of becoming once more socially acceptable members of the community, the still more important-- though much, less known —work of preventing children tending towards waywardness from becoming delinquent must always be in the front line of the attack on this social problem. It is in this early detection and treatment of potential delinquency that the most valuable service is rendered to society, and it is in this direction that the major force of child welfare is moving. There still remains the need for the services of suitably trained persons and for the provision of specially designed courses of training. Financial.—The total expenditure on education, including expenditure from War Expenses Account and revenue from reserves vested in post-primary schools and University colleges, for the year ended 31st March, 1945, was £6,305,073. Pre-school. —The Education Conference recommended that I set up a consultative committee on pre-school educational services and also create the position of Supervisor of Pre-school Services on the Department's staff. Both of these steps will be taken early in 1945. Acknowledgments.—l wish to pay a tribute to the work of the teachers in the schools and also to the valuable service given by members of controlling authorities during a year in which, because of the war stiuation, difficulties have increased rather than lessened.

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Note.—Owing to the paper shortage several tables have again been omitted this year. They will be reinstated as soon as conditions permit. For particulars of expenditure on education, including capital expenditure on new buildings, &c., see the appendix to this report.

Table C1.—PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS BY Grade

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Grade. Number of Schools. Grade. Number of Schools, I (1-8) .. .. .. 117 VA (191-230) .. .. .. 37 II (0-24) .. . . . . 050 VB (231-270) .. . . .. 37 IIIa (25-30) .. .. .. 141 Vc (271-310) .. .. .. 20 IIIb (31-70) .. .. .. 531 VD (311-350) .. .. .. 23 IVa (71-110) 181 VI (351-870) 171 IVb (111-150) ...... 87 IVo (151-190) .. .. .. 52 Total .. .. .. 2,053 Two half-time schools and forty-one schools with side schools attached are counted as separate schools.

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Table D.—ROLL NUMBERS at Educational Institutions (exclusive of University Colleges and Kindergarten Schools)

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Total Total , Number Number Children. Adolescents. Adults. Type of School. i on the Roll on the ; on the Roll on 1st July, 1st July, Under 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 21 Years 1943. 1944. 10 Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. and over. _ Public primary schools .. .. 186,003 186,135 110,245 21,169 19,349 17,704 12,295 4,650 665 49 ; 9 .. .. . . Special classes for backward 784 915 172 113 147 165 154 90 35 6 33 children Native village schools (primary) .. 10,914 11,317 6,013 1,191 1,189 1,078 1,055 603 166 21 1 .. .. ! Native mission and boarding 638 648 343 67 69 64 52 37 15 1 | schools (private primary)* Public primary schools, Chatham 126 127 49 15 17 13 18 12 3 | . . .... Islands Secondary schools, lower depart- 181 184 45 18 39 28 32 17 5 ...... ments Private primary schools* .. 27,674 28,388 15,265 3,092 3,194 3,319 2,335 946 193 38 6 Intermediate schools and depart- 8,810 8,749 2 114 1,671 3,039 2,540 1.168 193 21 1 ments Secondary departments of district 5,923 6,966 .. .. 4 122 1,321 2,337 1,831 946 330 : 67 7 1 high schools] | Secondary Schools .. .. 15,690 18,094 .. .. 8 369 3,287 5,113 4,534 3,092 1,357 298 36 Combined schools .. .. 3,122 3,509 .. .. .. 70 632 1,020 894 566 269 55 3 Technical high and day schools .. 10,055 11,814 .. .. .. 172 2,072 4,390 3,362 1,331 358! 85 18 8 18 Part-time students at day and 12,798 14,243 .. .. 35 23 71 254 1,017 2,196 2,302 ! 1,608 943 591 5,203 night classes Native secondary schools* — Primary .. .. .. 28 3 .. .. .. .. 1 2 Post-primary .. .. 375 490 .. .. 2 27 77 143 122 79 31 6 1 2 Endowed and registered private 6,809 7,631 .. .. 5 197 1,302 2,057 1,901 1,428 618 116 4 3 secondary schools* Correspondence school — Primary .. .. .. 1,874 1,924 1,033 j 167 167 159 153 97 48 28 7 12 12 9 32 Secondary .. .. .. 641 738 .. .. 1 29 174 235 122 92 57 17 7 4 Training-colleges .. .. 1,775 1,678 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 216 589 490 222 161 Schools for mentally backward, &c. 190 183 23 12 19 20 29 37 22 7 6 3 1 4 School for the deaf .. .. 126 176 101 11 16 15 11 10 ~6 6 New Zealand Institute for the Blind 34 36 9 2 4 6 1 2 6 5 1 Grand totals .. .. 294,570 303,948 133,300 25,971 25,934 26,594 27,562 23.154 15,161 9,955 5,650 2,881 1,527 842 5,417 [■ > Estimated population (inclusive of 1,653,746 136,700t 106,300 27.900 27,800 28 100 28,400 28.400 27.800 27,100 26,3001 Maoris) at 1st July, 1944 , v mission schools are registered private primary schools, and some Native secondary schools are registered private secondary schools, but in this table these schools are considered, respectively, missions schools - ative post-primaiy schools. f Estimated population five years of age but under ten years of age. J Estimated population twenty-one years of age and under twentv-two years of age. !! Includes 109 pupils in 1944 attending Native District High Schools. J J * .j s rr

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Table E1.—NUMBERS OF FULL-TIME PUPILS, 1st JULY, 1944

Table E2.—AGE AND CLASSIFICATION of Pupils at Public Primary Schools, 1st July, 1944

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Special Class for the Men- c , p Standard I. Standard IE. Standard III. Standard IV. Form I. Form II. Form III. Form IV. Form V. Form VI. Totals. tally BackType of School. ward. j j Boys. Gills. Boys, Girls. Boys. Girls. ! Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. -PnWio nrimarv 595 320 30,576 27,203 12,296 11.481 11.823 11,030 11.958 11.113 XI .646 11,065 9,554 9,218 8,539 8,480 63 90 97,050 90,000 Sat^e—Emmiean .. .. 136 102 48 59 69 61 64 51 51 60 53 50 34 43 1 1 456 427 Maoris 2 232 1,979 685 597 664 587 620 598 570 554 372 423 256 290 2 5 5,401 5,033 Public primary—Chatham !! 23 21 7 6 11 7 4 9 10 8 4 12 1 3 .. 1 60 67 Private^ primary and lower .. .. 3,742 3,872 1,682 1,728 1,546 1,734 1,747 1,780 1,802 1,904 1,804 1,884 1,770 1,896 61 268 14,154 15,066 departments of secondary 2,152 1,931 2,338 1,988 105 235 4,595 4,154 leSry departments of " " " " i' 606 .8661,056 5S5 755 80 82 3,137 3,829 district high schools g 3 g592;4 602,609 2,568 2,131 788 538 9,257 8,837 secondary .. 751 639 557 457 473 381 156 95 1,937 1,572 Umbmca .. 49g 2 ,6062, 071 1.5511,075 747 164 102 6,808 5,006 Endowed and registered pri- " " " " !! " M83 1,5761,0991,2961,0061,128 333 252 3,621 4,252 €oIr«^ondent-Pri.nary.. 95 91 281 326 94 123 66 102 85 81 74 106 71 109 69 89 *37 *25 872 1,052 correspondence . 209 286 46 109 23 53 3 9 281 457 Tota]s 690 411 36,990 33,503 14,812 13,99414,179 13,52114,478 13,632 14.153 13,697 14,01013,627 13,007 12,789 10,957 11,227 7,099 7,078 5,730 5,1951,5241,078147,629139,752 '| j •Adult section.

Special Classes for Class p Standard I. Standard II. Standard III. Standard IV. Form 1. Form II. Form III. Totals. Backward Children. ' Age. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. - — - - 5 and under 6 .. 4 1 10,939 10,509 .. 2 10,943 10,512 .. 7 8 2 11,687 10,966 296 523 1 8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . - ■■ •• 11,992 11.499 7 8 15 8 6.013 4,500 5,127 5,923 326 525 2 7 .. .. .. 11,483 10,963 O ' 9 28 18 1 4 i >7 879 4,746 3,795 4,644 5,413 280 480 4 7 .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,129 10,592 a " 10 " 55 33 374 2*9 1.524 885 4,386 3,525 4,306 5,073 375 524 4 11 .. .. 11,024 10,280 10 " u 80 33 8' 1 80 438 236 1,752 1,104 4,402 3.781 3,837 4,695 315 429 4 14 .. 10,910 10,372 " 107 40 34 28 108 78 530 323 1,952 1.199 4.194 3,729 2,817 3,589 284 484 .. .. 10,026 9,470 " 13 " 106 59 16 4 38 29 131 90 704 421 2,131 1,434 3.489 3,168 2,726 3,314 4 5 9,345 8,524 Jo 14 96 58 3 5 11 9 41 35 260 114 858 537 2,062 1,492 3,538 3,277 26 27 6,895 5,554 15 " 64 26 1 1 6 ! 11 7 46 29 227 122 775 470 1,700 1.188 22 44 2,852 1.888 it " IA " 18 17 2 2 1 5 5 17 16 89 56 261 189 9 13 402 298 16 ;; 17 :: i 5 " 14312 3 24 ? 1 1 32 23 17 „ 18 .. 13 20 .. •• .. .. •• ■■ •• 1 •• 2 1 17 25 Totals .. 595" 320 30,576 27,203 12,296 11,481 11,823 11,030 11,958 11,113 11,646 11,065 9,554 9,218 8,539 8,480 63 90 97,050 90,000 Median age, in years 12 0 12 1 6~4 0 3 sTT 8 0 9 3 8 11 10 4 10 0 11 5 11 1 12 6 12 2 13 4 13 2 14 1 14 4 and months

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Table E3.—AGE AND CLASSIFICATION of Pupils at Public Post-primary Schools, 1st July, 1944

Table E4.—AGE AND CLASSIFICATION of Pupils at Registered Private Secondary and Endowed Schools, 1st July, 1944

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Form III. Form IV. Form V. Form VI. Totals. Age. j — Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Under 11 years .. .... 11 and under 12 years .. .. 6 fi .. .. . . . . .. . . (( 0 12 „ 13 „ .. .. 309 416 2 6 .. .. .. .. 311 422 13 „ 14 „ .. .. 3,148 3,575 222 357 5 5 .. 3,375 3,937 14 „ 15 „ .. .. 4,266 3,865 2,095 2,320 139 173 1 1 6,501 6,359 15 „ 16 „ .. 1,389 788 2,866 2,520 1,424 1,527 60 47 5,739 4,882 16 „ 17 „ . . .. 165 83 683 429 2,119 1,730 407 319 3,374 2,561 17 „ 18 „ .. 8 5 80 32 833 493 523 340 1,444 870 18 „ 19 „ I 2 5 8 152 75 179 83 337 168 19 „ 20 „ .. .. 1 .. .. 22 5 17 19 40 24 20 ,, 21 ,, .. .. .. .. ,. .. [ 2 1 4 2 6 21 years and over .. .. 3 I I 6 4 4 10 9 Totals .. .. 9,296 8,740 5,954 5,673 4,701 4,014 1,188 817 21,139 19,244 Median age, in years and months 14 3 14 1 15 3 15 1 16 4 16 2 17 3 17 1 1 1

Form III. Form IV. Form V. Form VI. Totals. Age. 1 Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. _|_ I 11 and under 12 years .. 14....... ] 4 12 „ 13 „ .. 63 129 4 2 .! 67 131 13 ,, 14 „ .. 443 698 77 89 2 522 787 14 „ 15 „ .. 470 558 395 544 73 50 .. .. 938 1,152 15 „ 16 ,, .. 174 151 436 472 321 373 32 11 963 1,007 16 „ 17 „ .. 27 31 167 166 389 505 138 78 721 780 17 „ 18 „ .. 3 5 17 23 179 173 124 134 323 335 18 „ 19 „ .. I ... 3 37 26 35 27 76 53 19 „ 20 „ 3 1 2 1 5 2 20 „ 21 „ .. 1 2 1 3 1 21 years and over .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 Totals .. .. 1,183 1,576 1,099 1,296 1,006 1,128 333 252 3,621 4,252 Median age, in years and 14 2 13 11 15 2 15 0 16 3 16 3 17 0 17 3 months

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Table E5.—AGE AND CLASSIFICATION of Pupils at Registered Private Primary Schools and Lower Departments of Secondary Schools, 1st July, 1944

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I Class P. Standard I. Standard II. Standard III. Standardly. Form I. Form II. Form III. Totals. Age. . I j j 1 1 | Boys. Girls. Boys, j Girls, j Boys. Girls. Boys, j Girls. Boys. | Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. I Boys. Girls, j Boys. | Girls. I I I - I I I 'I j~ ~ . ; j r 1 5 years and under 6 .. 1,563 1,659 .......... | | 1 503 i 559 6 „ 7 .. 1,375 1,568 90 118 1 " '' l' 46 6 1' 6Sr, 7 „ 8 .. 629 534 740 948 92 154 3 l'639 8 „ 9 .. 141 85 594 488 623 845 101 137 5 . i'560 9 „ 10 .. 26 19 193 128 572 542 625 823 87 139 3 3 1*506 l'654 10 11 •• 5 4 49 30 184 141 622 566 605 787 91 88 2 3 .. .. 1^619 H >, 12 •• 1 1 12 9 47 38 289 157 642 643 545 738 63 117 .. .. l'599 1J03 12 » 13 ■■ 2 1 3 5 16 11 78 68 328 218 688 639 595 743 3 13 1^698 1 3 » 14 .. .. .. .. 2 9 3 27 21 101 84 344 322 695 706 25 80 1,201 1,218 1 4 » 15 1 1 2 5 4 33 22 118 80 337 274 25 98 521 479 15 » 16 1 6 5 13 9 70 47 5 57 94 119 16 » 17 .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 4 8 5 2 18 12 27 17 •» I 8 1 .. 1 1 2 1 5 18 „ 19 19 „ 20 . 20 ■„ 21 ; ;; .. ;; ;; ;; Totals .. 3,742 3,872 1,682 1,728 1,546 1,734 1,747 1,780 1,802 1,904 1,804 1,884 1,770 1,896 61 268 14,154 15,066 Median age, in years and 6 3 6 2 8 0 7 9 9 1 8 10 10 3 9 11 11 4 11 0 12 5 12 2 13 4 13 1 14 1 14 5 months

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Table E6. —AGE AND CLASSIFICATION of Pupils at Intermediate Schools and Departments, 1st July, 1944

Table K2.-SIZE OF CLASSES in Public Primary Schools of Grade IV and over

Table N.—AGES at which Pupils begin Post-primary Course

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Form I. Form II. Form III. Totals. Age. j Boys. Girls, j Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys, j Girls. Under 10 years .. 1 1 . . .. ., , 1 [ 10 and under 11 years .. 43 71 .. .. .. 43 71 11 „ 12" „ .. 744 790 71 66 " 815 856 12 „ 13 „ .. 798 704 739 797 .. 1 1,537 1,502 13 »» 14 „ .. 400 288 969 778 17 88 1,386 1,154 14 „ 15 „ .. 151 72 464 298 61 122 676 492 15 „ 16 ,, 14 4 87 45 20 23 121 72 1 6 » 17 „ 1 1 7 4 7 1 15 6 17 „ 18 „ .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. 1 18 ,, 19 Totals •• 2,152 1,931 2,338 1,988 105 235 4,595 4,154 Median age, in years and 12 4 12 2 13 4 13 2 14 7 14 3 months

February, 1935. February, 1944.* February, 1945.* Number of Children. Number of p f , Number of p „ Number of r) ,, , Classes. PerCent. clag8e8 PerCent. cla8ses , PerCent. Under 31 .. .. 616 20-6 746 22-4 704 20-8 31-40 .. .. .. 1,011 33-8 1,092 32-8 1,152 34-1 41-50 .. .. .. 1,007 33-7 1,141 34-3 1,147 33-9 51-60 .. .. .. 349 11-6 349 10-5 377 11-2 61 and over .. .. 9 0-3 Totals .. .. 2,992 100-0 3,328 100-0 3,380 100-0 * The Teachers' Salaries Regulations 1938 provided new grades for public schools. Since that year schools of (rradc IVb (roll minimum ot 111) have been included. A Grade IV school Tinder the previous regulations had a minimum average attendance of 121. Hence a few more schools with lower rolls have been included since 1938.

Age at which Post-primary Course begun. Total Numbers —-— ' beginning Type of School. U^® r12 12 Years. 13 Years. 14 Years. Years Iears - ana over. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Secondary 15 19 469 658 1,711 1,975 1,023 788 243 132 3-,461 3 572 Combined .. I 3 72 136 326 332 280 150 77 11 759 632 .Technical 0 5 297 301 1,558 1,448 1,330 752 361 145 3,551 2,651 District High .. 7 14 175 300 735 995 580 577 18J 129 1,678 2 015 Correspondence .. 2 1 20 40 100 131 43 61 8 30 173 '263 Totals .. 33 42 1,033 1,435 4,430 4,881 3,256 2,328 870 447 9,622 9,133

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Table O 1. —PROBABLE DESTINATION, Public Primary Schools' Pupils, 1944

Table O 2.— PROBABLE DESTINATION, Intermediate Schools and Departments' Pupils, 1944

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Totals. With Primary Without Primary School Certificate. School Certificate. Occupation. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. ' Girls. Number. ! P ® r " i Number Per " icentage.j Jcentage. Post-primary .. 7,522 7,625 264 171 7,786 84-1 7,796 87-8 Clerical (including typing)— (a) Government and local body 16 8 1 2 17 0-2 10 0-1 (b) Banks, insurance, legal, com- 6 11 1 3 7 0-1 14 0-2 niercial houses, shops, and warehouses Shop and warehouse assistants .. 92 87 33 26 125 1-3 111 I . ■> Manual trades— (а) Government and local body 11 2 16 6 27 0-3 8 0-1 (б) Building .. .. 36 .. 11 .. 47 0 -5 (c) Motor engineering.. .. 21 .. 12 .. 33 0-4 (d) General engineering .. 12 .. 10 22 0'2 (e) Printing .. .. .. 11 2 4 1 15 0-2 3 '* (/) Other trades .. .. 53 22 46 12 99 1-1 34 0-4 Farming ; 313 48 303 32 616 6-6 80 0-9 ractory operatives .. .. 50 66 54 35 104 1-1 101 1-1 Other occupations .. .. 71 63 67 55 138 1-5 118 1-3 AtW 47 317 91 198 138 1-5 515 5-8 Not known .. .. .. 34 51 49 36 83 0-9 87 1-0 Totals •• «.295 8,302 962 577 9,257 100-0 8,879 100-0 . * Insignificant percentage.

B °y s - Girls. Occupation. j —; — First Second Third Tota , Per- First Second Third ™ . . PerYear. Year. Year. " centage. Year. Year. Year. Tota1, Jcentage Post-primary 2 2,092 47 2,141 87-6 2 1,743 162 1,907 88-0 Clerical (including typing)— (a) Government or local- .. 1 1 * ' ■ 1 1 * body service (b) Banks, insurance, legal, .. .. 1 1 * 1 g 7 0-3 commercial houses, shops, and warehouses Shop and warehouse assistants 2 31 1! 44 l-s 9 r,i 91 7 , Q t Manual trades— ' 4 (a) Government or local- .. 2 .. 2 0-1 body service (b) Building .. .. .. 20 16 36 1-5 (c) Motor engineering .. 1 11 1 13 0-5 (d) C4eneral engineering .. 1 9 6 16 0-7 (e) Printing 5 2 7 0-3 " "3 " "3 q-i (/) Other trades .. .. 3 26 3 32 1-3 5 12 17 0-8 Farming 5 40 6 51 2-1 3 l 4 0-2 Factory operatives.. .. 1 16 9 26 1-1 2 23 13 38 1-8 Other occupations .. .. 2 22 5 29 1 • 2 ' I 16 7 24 1-1 •• •• U 1 12 0-5 3 46 25 74 3-4 Not known .. .. 7 20 5 32 1-3 4 15 19 0-9 Totals " •• 24 2 » 306 113 2,443 100-0- 14 1,906 248 2,168 100-0 * Insignificant percentage.

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Table O 3.—PROBABLE DESTINATION, Post-primary Schools' Pupils, 1944

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j s sgg B 'Sraa°' i «*• Occupation. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Num. Per Num- Per Num- j Per Num. Per Num. Per Kum- Per Num. Per Num. Per Num- Per Num- Per b©r. Cent. ber. Cent. ber. j Cent. ber. Cent. ber. Cent. ber. Cent. ber. Cent. ber. j Cent. ber. Cent. ber. Cent. ! 1 — ! L ! ! ! ! • I .. University college .. .. 386 15-1 156 j 6-0 61 9-2 20 4-6 52 1-9 8 0-4 51 4-5 11 0-8 550 1-8 195 3-1 Teaching or training college .. 79 3-1 232 8-9 22 3-3 40 9-2 21 0-8 47 2-5 21 1-9 97 7-5 143 2-0 416 6-7 Professional engineering, -37 1-4 1 * 3 0-5 .. .. 22 0-8 3 0-2 11 1 0 .. .. 73 1-0 4 0-1 surveying, architecture Clerical (including typing) — (a) Government and local body 189 7-4 136 5-2 38 5-8 23 5-3 69 2-5 97 5-1 72 6-4 77 5-9 368 5-2 333 5-3 (b) Banks, insurance, legal, 409 16-0 529 20-4 77 11-7 89 20-4 114 4-2 528 27-6 42 3-7 228 17-5 642 9-1 1,374 2-0 commercial houses, shops and warehouses Shop and warehouse assistants 261 10-2 351 13-5 39 5-9 62 14-3 229 8-5 309 16-2 95 8-4 210 16-1 624 8-9 932 14-9 Manual trades — (а) Government and local body 42 1-6 3 0-1 20 3-0 .. .. 55 2-0 2 0-1 23 2-0 8 0-6 140 2-0 13 0-2 (б) Building .. .. 79 3-1 .. .. 38 5-8 .. .. 215 7-9 1 * 64 5-7 .. 396 5-6 1 * (c) Motor engineering .. 87 3-4 .. 37 5-6 .. 174 6-4 .. 48 4-2 . 346 4-9 (d) General engineering .. 64 2-5 .. .. 40 6-1 .. .. 345 12-7 .. 31 2-8 480 6-8 (e) Printing .. .. 13 0-5 1 * 4 0-6 .. .. 42 1-6 7 0-4 7 0-6 1 0-1 66 0-9 9 0-1 (/) Other trades .. .. 152 6-0 71 2-8 52 7-9 4 0-9 286 10-6 185 9-7 76 6-7 12 0-9 566 8-0 272 4-3 Farming .. .. .. 430 16-8 72 2-8 163 24-7 33 7-6 497 18-3 18 0-9 443 39-4 68 5-2 1,533 21-7 191 3-1 Factory operatives .. .. 32 1-3 24 0-9 6 0-9 2 0-5 68 2-5 55 2-9 18 1-6 24 1-8 124 "l-8 105 1-7 Other occupations .. .. 150 5-9 430 16-5 48 7-3 65 14-9 218 8-0 205 10-7 52 4-6 120 9-2 468 6-6 820 13-1 Home .. .. .. 75 2-9 481 18-5 7 1-0 86 19-8 65 2-4 330 17-3 48 4-3 416 31-9 1S5 2-8 1,313 21-0 Not known .. .. 71 2-8 115 4-4 5 0-7 11 2-5 242 8-9 115 6-0 25 2-2 32 2-5 343 4-9 273 4-4 Totals •• 2,556 100-0 2,602 100-0 660 100-0 435 100-0 2,714 100-0 1,910 100-0 1,127 100-0 1,304 100-0 7,057 100-0 6,251 100-0 * Insignificant percentage.

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Table O 4.— Percentages of BOYS LEAVING POST-PRIMARY SCHOOLS in 1941-44 who proceeded to the University or to Employment in the Three Main Occupational Groups

Table P2. —Enrollees, etc., with VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE CENTRES placed in Employment in 1944-45

TABLE Q2.—LENGTH OF POST-PRIMARY COURSE

TABLE Q3.—Number OF PUPILS at EVENING TECHNICAL AND PART-TIME DAY CLASSES

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University. Farming. Trades and Industries Class of School. — — 1911. 1942.1943. 1944. 1941.1942. 1943.1944. 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944. 1941. 1942. 1943.1944. 1 Secondary .. .. .. 7 11 13 15 49 44 41 38 17 16 18 17 15 15 17 18 Combined .. . . 5 6 7 9 35 34 27 27 23 23 29 25 23 25 26 30 Technical .. . . I 1 2 2 25 21 21 17 17 17 19 18 44 45 41 44 District high .. .. 1 2 3 4 35 34 22 21 38 39 43 39 1(5 15 20 24 All schools .. . . 3 5 7 8 36 33 29 26 21 21 23 22 26 27 28 30

Centre. '^Centre Self-placed. Total. Auckland .. 1,134 2,320 3,454 Wellington .. 521 2,389 2.910 Christchurck .. 933 1,602 2,535 Dunedin .. .. 691 842 1,533 Totals .. 3,279 7,153 10,432

Secondary Combined TechS Di f f ®g h A „ Sohools . Schools. Schools. Day Schools. Sohools - Number ' | Cent. | NumbCT - Cent. : Number ' ' Cent. | Number ' Cen't. | Number " Cent. Leaving in first year .. 518 10-0 139 12-7 1,023 22-1 631 25-9 2,311 17-4 Leaving in second year 1,414 27-4 314 28-7 1,915 41-4 843 34-7 4,486 33-7 Leaving in third year .. 1,335 25-9 298 27-2 1,132 24-5 488 20-1 3,253 24-4 Leaving in fourth year 1,891 36-7 344 31-4 554 12-0 469 19-3 3,258 24-5 or later Totals .. 5,158 100-0 1,095 100-0 4,624 100-0 2,431 100-0 13,308 100-0 Note. —The approximate average length of school life of pupils attending post-primary schools was : Secondary schools, 2 years 11 months ; combined schools, 2 years 9 months ; technical high and day schools, 2 years !i months; secondary departments of district high schools, 2 years 4 months; all post-primary schools, 2 years 7 months.

Number on Roll, ! Number holding Number 1st July. I Free Places. Year. of ! Centres. Males. Females. Males. Females. _ . 1942.. .. .. 50 6,907 4,398 5,446 3,233 1943.. .. .. 51 8.129 .4,669 5,599 3,088 1944.. .. .. 59 9,317 4,926 5,975 2,690

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Table R.—Number of Pupils at NATIVE SCHOOLS, etc., 1st July

Table S.—Registered PRIVATE PRIMARY Schools, 1944

Table T. —Endowed Schools and Registered PRIVATE SECONDARY Schools

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: l "" """ ~ I 1944. 1943. Schools. Roll. j Schools. Roll. Native village schools .. .. .. 155 11.317 154 10,914 Mission and boarding schools (primary) .. 10 648 10 638 Public schools with Native children enrolled 866 13,952 875 13 527 Totals 1,031 25,917 1,039 25,079 Note.—Of the pupils enrolled at Native village schools, 883 in 1944 and 939 in 1943 were Europeans.

Undenomi- Catholic Other national Church Church Total. Schools. Schools. Schools. Number of schools .. .. ]7 230 54 301 Roll at December— Bpya .. .. .. .. 319 12,157 1,771 14,247 (jrlr,s •• •• 474 12,963 2,033 15,470 Totals •• •• 793 25,120 3,804 29,717 Average attendance .. .. .. 685 21,882 3,122 25,989 Teachers (inclusive of head teachers) — M en 8 63 48 119 Women 40 683 133 "856 Totals .. .. .. .. | 48 746 181 975 The number of schools at the end of the previous year was 302, and the total enrolment 29,328.

1943. 1944. Number of schools .. ., .. ., gg gy Roll at 1st July .. .. .. .. 0,926 7,847 Average attendance ,. .. .. <t g 552 7 '4] 9 Teachers (inclusive of head teachers) — - L Men 146 166 Women 221 233 Totals .. .. .. .. 367 399

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Table U.—KINDERGARTEN Schools, 1944

Table Y1.—Particulars relating to UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

Table Y2.—Numbers of UNIVERSITY Students and COURSES taken

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Pupils on . — N sir' £?;• A,lss.. Year. Bo11 - Auckland . . .. 18 863 565 747 Hastings .. .. 1 65 42 49 Hutt Valley .. . . 3 126 99 120 Wellington .. .. 7 301 216 273 Ohristchurch .. .. 12 595 420 534 Dunedin .. .. 8 370 288 359 lnvercargill .. .. 4 163 122 162 Totals, 1944 .. 53 2,483 1,752 2,244 Totals, 1943 .. 46 2,182 1,495 2,037 Difference .. +7 +301 +257 +207

I I 1941. 1942. 1943. 1944 Number of students in actual attendance at 4,857 3,837 5,181 6,584 lectures Number of exempted students .. .. 409 536 772 1,146 Percentage of students— Men .. .. .. .. .. 67 62 68 72 Women .. .. .. .. 33 38 32 28 Percentage of students actually attending Universities receiving free education*— Men .. .. .. .. .. 49 54 49 51 Women .. .. .. .. 59 67 61 56 All students .. .. .. .. 53 59 53 52 Occupations of students expressed as per- , A —- A ( * a centages — M. f. m. f. m. f. m. f. (1) Full-time students .. .. .. 45 44 57 48 51 43 49 46 (2) Teachers and training colleges .. 16 28 10 33 J 3 32 14 28 (3) Government and local bodies .. 19 6 16 9 16 9 13 9 (4) Other .. .. .. 18 16 15 8 14 9 21 12 (5) Not known .. .. .. 2 6 2 2 6 7 3 5 * These students hold scholarships or training-college studentships.

Number of Students enrolled. Courses taken. Year. . .2 *. 6 & K ; | © >> <U»H . <*-• O c t! -J T3 J? 3 ■§ O >. ° "-P •- -5 I 'i 1 a | s -i 1 1 • i I if 1 1 •! 1 . I ! i o | S o s «5 Jgfl "'Co ]£ Sfl "ftEtl buSj-Sifwfl'g'S § 3 3 o b» £h h S <» .5?" OOOgrSrtaj.sB .£ O O E O H -*! -§ 4 © A A £ - - 1043 .. 1,505 1,320 1,269 1,598 141 120 5,953 296) 67 1,949553129 43 235190.. 29 164 33789 42125 79(5 1944 .. 1,9851,6141,5761,8113623827,730780j 82j2, 508827154 40 309207 20 38 267 40844 351671,002 * Includes 403 students taking short courses at agricultural colleges in 1944.

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Table.—MANUAL INSTRUCTION

Table W.—Number of Students in the various TRAINING COLLEGES at December

Table. —NUMBER OF CHILDREN under Supervision of the Child Welfare Branch at 31st March

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Number of Number of Pupils attending Schools Centres. from which attended. Bo y s " Girls " n Public primary and Native schools .. .. .. 934 15,170 j 14,693 Intermediate schools and departments .. .. .. 22 4,451 3,999 Secondary departments of district high schools .. .. 81 2,444 2,846 Private, schools .. .. .. .. .. 193 2,207 2,340 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 1,230 24,272 23,878 Note. —There were 157 manual-training centres during 1944.

1944. 1943. College. Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total. Auckland .. .. .. 161 454 615 180 449 629 Wellington .. .. .. Ill 218 329 143 252 395 Christcliurch .. .. .. 104 211 315 174 271 445 Dunedin .. .. .. 100 214 314 105 259 364 Totals .. .. .. 476 1,097 1,573 602 1,231 1,833

1943. 1944. 1945. State wards— In foster-homes, hostels, and with friends .. .. .. .. 2,641 2,477 2,502 In situations, including those absent without leave .. .. .. 1,105 1,048 1,022 In Government institutions, receiving-homes, &c. .. .. .. 223 261 285 In private institutions .. .. .. .. .. .. 98 121 108 In Roman Catholic institutions recognized under Child Welfare Act .. 95 98 90 In special schools for backward children .. .. .. .. 138 142 139 In refuges or cognate institutions .. .. .. .. .. 59 63 59 In hospitals, convalescent homes, &c. .. .. .. .. 36 47 36 In residential colleges (mostly Maori children) .. .. .. 15 10 17 Subtotal .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,410 4,267 4,258 Other than State wards — Young persons supervised by Child Welfare Officers in their own homes, 1,301 1,375 1,063 with relatives, or with friends, pursuant to orders of Courts Infants supervised in foster-homes registered under the Infants Act .. 665 698 799 Pupils at School for the Deaf, Sumner .. .. .. .. 126 175 215 Pupils at schools for mentally backward, Otekaieke and Richmond (other 45 38 47 than State wards included in figures above) Children supervised as preventive cases .. .. .. .. 1,978 1,954 1,905 Children in New Zealand Institute for Blind for whom the Department 18 24 20 makes payment Subtotal .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,133 4,264 4,049 Grand total .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,543 8,531 8,307 British children in New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. 204 203 190

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APPENDIX STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE AND RECOVERIES in respect of all services under the control or supervision of the Minister of Education during the year ended 31st March, 1945

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General Administration £ £ £ Salaries of Head Office staff .. .. .. .. 47,608 Part salaries of Inspectors attached to Head Office .. .. 3,783 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. .. 1,483 52,874 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. . . .. 968 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. .. . • .. 2,525 Telephones .. .. .. . . .. . . . . 488 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,189 Education Gazette — Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 819 Printing, postage, &c., office and other requisites .. 1,989 — 2,808 Printing and stationery .. .. .. . . .. .. 1,065 Printing and stationery—Storage with Government Printer .. .. 96 Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers .. .. 202 62,215 Less recoveries— Services rendered to Teachers' Superannuation 4,359 Board and to other Departments Education Gazette : Sales and advertising, &c. .. 1Q8 Postage and telegrams .. .. . . 360 Printing and stationery and sale of publications 88 Teachers' certificates, fees for .. .. 791 Travelling-expenses.. .. • • • ■ 6 — 5,712 56,503 Primary Education (including Intermediate Schools or Departments under Control of Education Boards) Teachers'salaries.and allowances. . .. .. 2,410,956 Teachers'salaries and allowances —Chatham Island schools .. 2,235 2,413,191 Education Boards — Grants for administration and general .. 49,557 purposes School Committees'allowances —Cleaning, heating, &c. .. 168,627 School and class libraries .. .. .. • • . • 18,380 Supply of books in necessitous cases .. .. . ■ .. 301 Supply of meals for subnormal children .. .. • ■ .. 35 Removal expenses of teachers .. .. .. . ■ .. 2,020 School buildings and sites— Maintenance, including alterations to make safe against 175,784 earthquake Rebuilding or repairing buildings destroyed or damaged by 3,070 fire Rent of buildings and sites for schools purposes .. .. 4,272 Valuation fees and miscellaneous ...... 98 Improvements to approaches to schools .. .. 80 183,304 Maintenance and cost of disposal of buildings not used for school .. 1,544 purposes Boys' and girls' agricultural clubs .. .. .. .. 974 Grants in aid of free kindergartens .. .. .. .. 16,236 Conveyance, &c., of children — By rail .. .. .. .. .. 11,445 By road and water .. . . .. .. • ■ 260,200 Boarding-allowances .. .. .. . ■ 6,829 Purchase of new buses .. .. .. .. 3,990 — 282,464 Conveyance of instructors and teachers .. .. .. .. 9,412 Correspondence SchoolSalaries of Staff .. .. .. . • • • 25,084 Overtime and meal allowances . . .. .. 151 Other expenses . . .. .. .. • • 3,018 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. ■. 87 Travelling-expenses of teachers . . .. .. 672 — 29,012 Aocidents to school-children, &c... .. .. • ■ . • 523 Inspection— Salaries (less part charged to Head Office Administration) 33,065 Travelling and removal expenses .. .. .. 7,819 Telephones and office expenses .. .. .. 127 Clerical assistance .. . • . • • • • • 400 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. .. 155 41,566 School Journal — Salaries .. .. .. . • ■ ■ • • 818 Printing, postage, office expenses, &c. .. .. 5,347 Rent of offices . . .. .. . • • • 33 — 6,198 Manual instruction — Salaries .. .. .. .. •• •• 109,914 Material .. .. .. •• 16,630 Incidentals .. .. .. ■ • • • 26,989 153,533 Preparation of school text-books— Salaries .. .. .. . • ' • • • • 820 Printing, &c. .. .. .. •• 5,468 Rent of offices .. .. .. • • ■ • 33 | 1 6,321

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Primary Education—continued £ £ £ Printing (register and other school books and forms) .. .. 1,078 Swimming instruction .. .. .. .. .. .. 938 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 3,385,238 Less recoveries— Salaries .. r . .. .... 853 On account of maintenance of buildings .. 261 Correspondence School .. .. .. 3,050 School Journal sales .. .. .. 1 Rent of school-sites, &c. .. .. .. 3,467 Registration and other fees .. .. .. 2 Manual instruction .. .. .. 204 Conveyance of children .. .. .. 192 Travelling and removal expenses .. .. 36 Sale, stores .. .. .. .. 55 Rent of offioes .. .. .. .. 5 School and class libraries .. .. .. 1,344 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 19 9,489 3,375,749 Post-primary Education (Including intermediate departments attached to secondary and technical schools.) Teachers' salaries and allowances — District high schools .. .. .. •• 138,016 Secondary schools .. .. .. .. 346,725 Technical schools and classes .. .. . ■ 294,609 Combined schools .. .. .. .. .. 72,870 852,220 Grants to Boards for administrative and general purposes — District high schools .. .. .. • • 2,127 Secondary schools .. .. .. .. •• 51,330 Teohnical schools .. .. .. .. 59,128 Combined schools .. .. .. .. •• 15,541 128,126 School Committee allowances (portion for secondary depart- .. 7,239 ments, district high schools) . . Manual instruction in secondary schools .. .. .. .. 12,322 Conveyance of pupils— By rail .. .. .. .. .. .. 15,482 « By road and water .. .. .. • • 29,885 Boarding-allowances .. .. .. • • 49,342 94,709 Special assistance to deserving students .. ' .. .. .. 64 Supply of books in necessitous cases .. .. ■. . . 653 Inspection— Salaries (less portion charged to Head Office Administration) 7,180 Travelling and removal expenses .. .. .. 1,977 Postages and telegrams .. .. . • • ■ 62 Rent of offices and office furniture .. .. . ■ 388 — 9,607 War Bursaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,120 School buildings, &c. —■ Maintenance of buildings (including 22,926 secondary departments of district high schools) Rents of buildings for school purposes .. .. .. 1,337 Rebuilding or repairing schools destroyed or damaged by fire 3,391 Valuation fees .. .. .. . . .. .. 71 27,725 Correspondence School— Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 21,220 Other expenses .. .. .. .. .. 4,000 25,220 Accidents to school-children, &c. .. .. .. .. 65 School and class libraries .. .. .. .. .. 2,315 Reefton School of Mines — Services rendered by secondary .. 100 department of distriot high school Marlborough High School — Grant under Marlborough High .. 400 School Act, 1899 Printing forms, &c., for schools .. .. .. .. .. 453 Secondary education reserves revenue distributed to High .. 11,733 Schools Boards (Education Reserves Act, 1928) Secondary School bursaries .. .. .. .. .. 4,835 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 1,186,915 Less recoveries— On account of maintenance of buildings .. 319 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 68 Rent of school-site, &c. .. .. .. 1,164 Conveyance of children .. .. .. 1 Sale of equipment .. .. .. .. 61 Incidental expenses: Technical .. .. .16 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 6 Interest on loans .. .. .. .. 1,054 — 2,689 1,184,226 Higher Education Grants to — New Zealand University .. .. .. .. 11,960 Auckland University College.. .. .. .. 30,603 Victoria University College .. .. .. .. 27,424 Canterbury University College .. .. .. 24,280 University of Otago .. .. .. .. 44,156 New Zealand School of Agriculture .. .. 3,648 — 142,071

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Higher Education —continued £ £ £ Scholarships and bursaries— University National Scholarships .. .. .. 3,624 " Sir George Grey" Scholarships .. .. .. 50 University Bursaries .. .. .. 37,159 Agricultural Bursaries .. ... .. .. 1,470 Architectural Bursaries .. .. .. .. 240 Engineering Bursaries .. .. .. .. 1,310 Home-science Bursaries .. .. .. .. 4,089 Art Bursaries .. .. .. .. .. 795 Science Bursaries .. ., .. .. .. 604 49,341 Special assistance to deserving students .. .. .. .. 713 Adult Education, including Workers' Educational Association .. 12,000 Otago Medical School: Grants for clinical teachers .. .. 1,500 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. 2 205,627 Loss recoveries— Rents .. .. .. .. .. 95 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 1 96 205,531 Training Colleges and Training of Teachers Training Colleges— Salaries of staffs (including staffs of practising schools in .. 43,456 excess of usual staff as public schools) Allowances to and expenses of students .. .. .. 204,264 Students'University College fees .. .. .. .. 6,461 Special instruction, libraries, and incidental expenses .. .. 4,227 Apparatus and material .. .. .. .. .. 660 Printing, &e. .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. 69 Training classes : Fares of teachers, &c. .. .. .. .. 1,012 Accidents to students, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 45 Special assistance to deserving students .. .. .. .. 472 Miscellaneous .. .. ., .. .. ,. .. 8 Less recoveries— 260,674 Students' University College fees .. .. .. 22 — 260,652 Native Schools Salaries of teachers .. .. .. .. ,, 157,205 Removal expenses of teachers .. .. .. .. 1,600 Books, apparatus, and other school requisites .. .. .. 2,271 Manual instruction .. .... . . .. .. 864 Conveyance and board of children .. .. .. .. 19,768 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Building and sites — Maintenance of buildings .. .. .. 6,578 Rent of buildings and sites .. .. .. 173 Rebuilding or repairing schools destroyed or damaged by 1,469 fire Valuation and survey fees .. .. .. .. 78 Improvements to school-grounds .. .. .. 1,724 Improvements in approaches to schools .. .. 43 10,065 Equipment for supply of milk to children .. .. .. 254 Inspection— Salaries of Inspectors .. .. .. .. 2,522 Travelling and removal expenses .. .. ., 792 Postages .. .. .. ., .. .. 23 3,337 Scholarships .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,096 Printing, postages, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 29 Grants to private Native schools .. .. .. ,. 902 Special assistance to deserving students .. .. ,. .. 340 207,732 Less recoveries— Pines .. .. .. .. .. 8 Maintenance of buildings .. . . .. 8 Rent 6f school-sites, &c. .. . . . . 183 Salaries of teachers and Inspectors .. .. 417 Sale scrap, old buildings, &c. .. .. 42 Books, &c. .. .. .. .. 39 Maori Purposes Fund .. .. .. 750 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 27 1,474 206,258 Physical Instruction Salaries of instructors . . .. .. .. .. . . 12,003 Travelling and removal expenses .. .. .. .. 2,106 Uniform-allowances .. . . .. .. .. .. 123 Equipment .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,488 Printing, postages, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. 268 Office furniture and fittings .... .. .. .. 73 Less recoveries— 18,061 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 18 Equipment .. .. .. .. 202 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 13 233 17,828

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Education of the Blind £ £ t' Maintenance fees of Government pupils at New Zealand .. 524 Institute for the Blind Travelling-expenses of pupils .. .. .. .. .. 23 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 9 556 Less recoveries : Maintenance fees, &c. .. .. 231 325 School for the Deaf Salaries of staff .. .. .. .. .. 11,706 General maintenance of institutions .. .. .. .. 5,576 Maintenance of buildings, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 2,197 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. .. .. .. 118 Travelling and removal expenses (including transit of children) 924 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 68 20,589 Less recoveries— Salaries ,. .. .. .. .. 12 Maintenance fees, &c. .. .. .. 2,284 Institution receipts .. .. .. 18 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 11 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 3 2,328 18,261 Schools for the Mentally Backward Salaries of staff .. .. .. .. .. .. 16,173 Maintenance of institutions .. .. .. .. .. 9,169 Maintenance of buildings, &c. .. ... .. .. .. 2,580 Travelling allowances and expenses (including transit of children) .. 505 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. .. .. .. 154 Sundries .. ,. .. .. .. .. ., 12 28,593 Less recoveries— Maintenance fees, &c. .. .. .. 813 Institution receipts . . .. .. 916 Rents .. .. .. .. .. 72 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 83 — 1,884 26,709 Child Welfare Salaries of staifs, including field officers .. .. .. .. 65,127 Wages of inmates employed in institutions .. .. .. 525 Travelling and removal expenses (including transit of children) .. 11,580 Boarding-out of children .. .. .. .. .. 80,043 Maintenance of chilren in Government institutions .. ,. 54,417 Maintenance of children in private institutions .. .. .. 7,057 Maintenance of buildings, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 4'621 Rent, office requisites, telephones, &c. .. .. .. .. 5,278 Office furniture and fittings ,. .. .. .. .. g61 Printing, postage, and telegrams .. .. .. .. 3,185 Payment to Post and Telegraph Department for services .. .. 662 Refunds of inmates' earnings .. .. .. .. .. 64 Refund of maintenance payments .. .. .. .. 350 Legal expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. 55 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 67 Accidents .. .. .. .. ,. .. .. H Special assistance to large families .. .. .. .. 9,848 Purchase motor-vehicles .. .. .. .. .. 594 Compassionate grants to widows of deceased officers .. ,. 282 Compassionate grant to ex-Principal, Girls' Home, Burwood .. 250 244,877 Less recoveries— Maintenance fees, &c. .. .. .. 25,349 Refunds for clothing, &c., supplied .. .. 10,640 Refunds of boarding-out payments .. .. 4,114 Refunds of travelling-expenses .. .. 122 Recoveries on account of inmates' earnings .. 78 Rent of land and buildings .. .. .. 180 Accumulated earnings of deceased inmates .. 8 Sale of furniture, &c. .. ,. .. 21 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 54 Legal expenses .. .. .. .. 6 Unclaimed money .. .. .. .. 155 Institution receipts .. .. .. 2,031 Special assistance to large families .. .. 39 Sundries .. .. .. .. 9 42,806 Material and Stores Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 028 Stores and material purchased .. .... .. ., 8 888 Lighting, cleaning, cartage, &c. .. .. .. ,. .. 97 Purchase and maintenance of plant .. .. .. , . 297 , , 10,310 Less stores issued and charged to other items of vote, .. 8 099 Education [ 2,211 Less recoveries: Stores sold, &c. .. .. .. 199 ,«• ,1 2 »012 Miscellaneous Conference of education authorities .. .. .. .. 1 753 Examination expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. 9'261 Grading of teachers, costs of appeal, inquiries, &c. .. .. .. ' 162 Projectors, gramophones, and radios for schools (recoverable) .. 2,535

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Miscellaneous —continued £ £ £ Payment for damages to motor-vehicles other than departmental .. 246 vehicles Salaries of teachers on exchange from overseas (recoverable) .. IS Teachers' Superannuation Fund— Annual contribution under Act .. .. .. 43,000 Additional allowance to widows and children .. .. 6,181 Additional subsidy .. .. .. .. .. 88,280 Additional subsidy (loss of interest) .. .. .. 1,770 Contributions of teachers on active service, 1914-19 .. 33 139,264 Payment to National Broadcasting Service, one-half cost ., 23 educational broadcasts Visual education: Equipment for schools .. .. .. 2,919 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. ... .. 21 Grant to New Zealand Council for Educational Research .. .. 200 Less recoveries— 156,399 Examination fees, &c. .. .. .. 16,992 Projectors for schools .. .. .. 2,384 Salaries of teachers on exchange from abroad .. 21 Sales of publications .. .. .. 191 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. 12 19,600 136,799 Country Library Service Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 8,307 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. .. .. 100 Purchase of books .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,940 Binding of books .. .. .. .. .. .. 427 Motor-vehicles: Maintenance and repairs .. .. .. 399 Freight and cartage .. .. .. .. .. .. 538 Postage, printing, and stationery .. .. .. .. 846 Office furniture and equipment .. .. .. .. .. 435 New Zealand Library Association : Expenses of Book Resources .. 38 Committee Telephone service .. .. .. .. .. .. 108 Travelling-expenses .. .. ... .. .. .. 470 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 Fuel, heating, &c., .. .. .. .. .. .. 152 Rent of offices .. .. .. .. .. .. 320 22,107 Less recoveries— Subscriptions .. .. .. .. 1,904 Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 691 Books, freight, &c. .. .. .. 286 Postage .. .. .. .. .. II 2,892 19,215 Vocational Guidance Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16,766 Fuel .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 93 Printing and postage .. .. .. .. .. .. 955 Office furniture and? fittings .. .. .. .. .. 852 Rent of offices . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,667 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 306 Travelling and transfer expenses .. .. .. .. .. 1,186 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 21,861 Less recoveries— Salaries .. .. .. .. .. 33 Payment for services to other Departments .. 4,500 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 9 4,542 17,319 Net total, excluding new buildings, &e. .. .. .. 5,729,458 Public Works Vote-, Education;: Capital Expenditure Account. Consolidated rand. Sites, buildings, equipment, &c.— £ £ Public sohools .. .. .. .. .. 324,057 10,310 Training colleges .. .. .. .. .. 281 ... , Secondary schools .. .. .. .. 63,919 6,078 Technical schools .. .. .. .. .. 12,255 I,.5X0 Native schools .. .. ... .. .. 22,492 2,029 Universities .. .. .. .. .. 46,778 Child .welfare .. .. .. .. .. 7,329 Kindergartens .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 >500 School for the Deaf .. .. .. .. 282 477,393 21,427 Less recoveries (sale of sites, &c., and recoveries on —■— account of expenditure of past years) — Public schools .. .. .. .. 6,658 Secondary aehools .. .. .. .. 1,323 Technical sohools .. .. .. .. 2,000 Native schools .. .. .. .. 270 Training colleges .. .. .. .. 100 Child welfare .. .. .. .. 980 11,331 Net expenditure on new buildings, &c. .. 466,062 21,427 487,489 Net total, ineluding new buildings, &c. _. L .. 6,216,947

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SUMMARY Consolidated Fund— £ Vote, Education .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,067,571 Vote, Internal Affairs .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,770 Finance Act, 1942 (No. 2) (section 3) .. .. .. .. .. 88,280 Education Reserves Act, 1928, sections 23 and 30 (primary-education reserves revenue) .. .. 185,395 Education Reserves Act, 1928, sections 23 and 30 (secondary-education reserves revenue) .. ~ 11,733 Tauranga Educational Endowment Reserves Act, 1896 (reserves revenue) .. .. .. .. 326 Public Revenues Act, 1926, section 133 (Fire Insurance Fund) .. .. .. .. .. 6,804 Public Works Account, vote, Education buildings .. .. .. .. .. 466,062 Unauthorized expenditure .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. ~ 395,792 Akaroa High School Board .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 430 Greymouth Technical School Board .. .. .. .. .. .. ~ ~ 129 6,224,292 Less—Consolidated Fund— £ Territorial revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. ~ 494 Miscellaneous revenue .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,792 Registration and other fees .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 Interest on public moneys .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,057 7,345 £6,216,947 In addition to the above the following expenditure was met from War Expenses Account— £ Fire-fighting equipment for schools .. .. .. .. ~ ~ ~ 1 148 Alternative accommodation for schools .. .. ~ .. .. . . .. 28 Day nurseries and kindergartens .. .. .. .. .. .. ~ 2,154 Country Library Service .. , . .. .. .. .. .. ~ 20,623 £23,953 Additional amounts are available from revenue from reserves vested in post-primary schools and University oolleges as follows : — £ Post-primary schools .. .. .. .. .. ~ .. .. 46,358 University colleges .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,815 Total .. .. • .. .. .. .. .. £64,173

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