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TABLE H. —Passes and Failures.

It appears that the largest percentage of failures occurs in the Fourth Standard in six districts, and in the Fifth Standard in five districts ; while in two districts the failures are heaviest in the Sixth Standard. It is not, however, quite clear that the Fourth Standard, measured by the tests afforded by this table, is the most difficult to prepare for, seeing that in four districts the percentage of failures was less for this standard than for the Third, and that in seven districts the failures were proportionally more numerous in the Fifth Standard than hi the Fourth. From this point of view, therefore, no necessity for a revision of the standards is apparent. It will be observed that the lowest percentage of failures in any district for any standard was 3*7, and the highest 59*6, and that there is no standard for which the lowest district percentage exceeds 16*2. In the next table (J) there is very little information that could not be obtained by an expert from a perusal of the statement of standard classes, but exhibiting as it does in detail the numbers of pupils receiving instruction in each branch of knowledge, and comparing these numbers with those for the preceding year, it emphasises the important fact that elementary drawing is now taught to a larger number of children than any other subject except "the three E's." It also directs attention to the fact that in some districts there are still a few of the youngest children who are not learning writing or arithmetic.

TABLE J.—Number of Pupils instructed in each Subject.

The number of schools (reckoning 62 half-time schools as equivalent to 31 full-time schools) is 1,054; at the end of 1885 the number was 1,021 (reckoning 58 half-time schools as 29). The tendency still is, as might be expected, in the direction of an increase in the average number of pupils at each school. In 1884 the average was 77*8, in 1885 it was 80, and in 1886 it rises to 81. There is also

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Education Districts. " Percentage of Passes" in Standards. I I. II. III. IV. | V. VI. Total. I. II. III. IV. V. j VI. All. "Percentage of Failures" in Standards. Auckland taranaki Wanganui Wellington lawke's Bay .. Jarlborough kelson 3-rey Westland "Torth Canterbury South Canterbury )tago Southland 11-6 10-9 13-2 13-2 15-1 10-8 10-4 9-5 9-2 10-9 11-4 11-6 12-0 12-0 12-6 9-4 11-1 10-8 9-3 12-1 10-0 90 10-7 11-9 10-5 12-6 9-7 6-6 7-3 9-9 8-4 11-2 9-7 9-0 10-0 8-2 8-1 9-0 7-5 6-2 2-3 4-2 6-5 5-4 6-6 7-5 6-0 8-4 50 5-1 7-2 5-0 2-3 1-7 2-8 30 30 5-6 7-0 3-4 4-9 2-5 3-3 40 1-7 1-3 0-2 1-3 1-7 1-0 2-0 3-2 2-1 2-2 1-3 1-7 2-4 0-8 43-1 34-3 38-2 46-0 43-7 45-5 49-9 40-0 43-7 38-6 41-5 44-7 39-6 13-6 20-5 17-1 3-7 19-8 15-0 8-6 18-0 20-2 15-0 8-4 9-0 5-5 19-6 25-9 24-2 13-2 16-5 24-6 15-7 17-0 22-3 20-9 10-8 18-2 0-7 25-0 48-1 35-0 25-7 31-5 10-1 17-5 21-8 23-8 39-6 37-8 25-3 38-9 25-3 59-6 45-8 17-4 16-2 31-4 33-0 38-2 18-9 37-8 44-4 25-6 40-2 37-4 45-8 43-8 23-6 31-9 9-9 11-6 32-0 31-3 ! 45-3 40-2 32-2 46-1 26-5 54-5 37-2 44-0 15-7 15-8 18-0 31-1 83-3 33-5 24-7 23-9 25-4 21-8 34-2 29-8 17-1 23-2 19-7 17-6 24-4 23-4 29-2 25-5 20-8 22-3 For the colony 11-7 11-1 8-9 60 3-2 1-6 42-5 12-3 18-1 30-1 30-7 34-2 28-7 23-1

Education Districts. S a ° £ o a 6C o 00 •9 is 6 a A 'u < •a . r. C3 O ■-- c6.m ■ags K§0 s ° ft a o o m a >s S4 l| H "g ,© g o 'as ?"* o p E= S IS H <B A .2 ("> 13 0 CD O §§ O o H n Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury .. South Canterbury .. Otago Southland 20,469 2,368 6,105 8,844 5,052 1,650 5,145 1,500 1,878 19,462 4,369 22,255 7,231 20,469 2,368 6,104 8,844 5,052 1,650 5,145 1,500 1,878 19,462 4,369 22,255 7,231 20,409: 2,368 6,105 8,844 5,052 1,619 5,073 1,500 1,878 19,181 4,317 22,255 7,049 20,409 2,368 5,993 8,371 5,052 1,610 5,012 1,500 1,878 19,406 4,289 22,255 6,903 11,291' 871 2,401 3,872 2,072 764 2,502 645 927 8,152 1,849' 9,623, 2,515 13,621 I 1,257 3,721 4,815 2,900 1,017 3,240 840 1,132 10,563 1 2,304 ,12,734 3,471 61,615 59,222 8,160 822 2,225 3,477 1,995 617 ' 2,497 i 599 I 752 1 7,440 : 1,629 : 9,367 . 2,399 6,789 291 1,460 1,972 1,028 468 1,502 258 411 3,458! 780j 6,347 1,189 19,01316,696 2,025! 1,763 5,290! 4,912 7,931! 6,651 4,074 4,122 1,400! 1,239 3,878; 3,491 1,0871 940 1,091' 1,099 117,45015,172' 3,644 2,986 !l8,26015,020 j 5,264 5,434 90,407 79,525 74,587 77,061 ' 15,820 2,464 18,570 1,541 3,662 7,255 4,806 865 1,552 826 1,003 16,498 3,570 18,770 5,354 83,772 75,171 8,775 1,068 1,529 3,475 1,945 488 2,005 491 020 8,194 1,467 7,489 2,164 39,710 36,162 4,356 39 273 88 99 77 268 47 1,306 179 217 115 Totals for 1886 Totals for 1885 106,328 102,407 106,327 102,407 105,710 101,953 105,100 100,857 47,484 44,531 ; 41,979] l!39,396' I '125,953' 22,107 7,064 7,179 Increase 3,921 3,920 3,757 4,249 . i 2,953! I, | 2,393| j i :| 2,583; 3,548 -115 3,846 8,001