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Table No. 4. Ages of the Scholars on the Books in the several Districts, for the Last Quarter of 1882.

5 and under 7 Years. 7 and under 10 Years. 10 and under 13 Years. 13 and under 15 Tears. Over 15 Tears. Totals of all Ages. >, Education Districts. Males. Females. Total. Males. ! Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. j Total. -Auckland 1,940 1,572 1 3,512 i 2,983 371 | 891 1,253 2,674 341 885 1,159 5,657 2,485 2,368 4,853 771 932 1,703 125 251 376 8,304 7,797 16,101 . * 256 712 297 278 575 88 99 187 11 12 23 1,023 962 1,985 Taranaki ... 232 488 Wanganui 626 509 1,135 1,776 774 711 1,485 245 242 487 51 70 121 2,587 2,417 5,004 Wellington 714 572 ' 1,286 2,412 1,003 875 1,878 306 297 603 43 49 92 3,319 2,952 6,271 Hawke's Bay 472 391 863 677 564 1,241 532 421 953 126 138 264 23 19 42 1,830 1,533 3,363 Marlborough 174 180 354 234 247 481 224 197 421 66 65 131 13 14 27 711 703 1,414 Nelson 480 476 956 715 701 1,416 689 606 1,295 214 263 477 19 50 69 2,117 2,096 4,213 North Canterbury ... 2,232 . ... 3,163 2,882 6,045 2,626 2,383 5,009 756 710 1,466 93 102 195 8,870 8,037 16,907 1,960 4,192 South Canterbury ... 535 516 1,051 662 643 1,305 571 528 1,099 179 164 343 26 29 55 | 1,973 1,880 3,853 Westland 364 340 704 ■499 552 1,051 404 451 855 127 138 265 16 32 48 1,410 1,513 j 2,923 Otago 2,153 2,038 4,191 3,660 3,326 6,986 3,063 2,974 6,037 1,033 971 2,004 195 252 447 jl0,104 9,561 I 19,665 Southland 591 413 1,004 1,007 913 1,920 876 893 1,769 299 336 635 61 91 152 2,834 2,646 5,480 . ! I I !__ ■ Totals for 1882 10,537 9,199 19,736 16,115 14,887 31,002 13,544 12,685 26,229 4,210 4,355 8,565 676 971 1,647 45,082 42,097 87,179 * Totals for 1881 10,014 8,983 j 18,997 15,477 14,111 29,588 13,214 12,179 25,393 4,089 3,931 8,020 674 888 1,562 '43,468 40,092 83,560* * Twenty-seven children under 5 years of age (20 in Hawke's Bay, 4 in North Canterbury, and 3 in Westland) are omitted from this line.