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The next table (H) is not of any great value, seeing that the table (D) of classification according to standards expresses nearly all the same facts in a more convenient form. It is interesting, however, to notice that music, which cannot be made compulsory in all cases, is very widely taught, and that a very large proportional number of girls are learning needlework. The prominence now given to drawing also appears in the table.

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

The number of schools continues to increase almost in proportion to the number of pupils. At the end of 1886 there were 1,054 schools, with a mean average attendance of 81; and in December, 1887, there were 1,093 schools, with a mean average attendance of 82. In this enumeration two half-time schools taught by one master are counted as one school; otherwise the number of schools would be stated at 1,123. The mean average attendance corrected for the difference between strict average and working average is 80, with which the corresponding number for future years will have to be compared. The following table exhibits the characteristic differences of the districts with respect to the average size of a school.

TABLE J. —Number of Schools, December, 1887. (In this enumeration every couple of half-time schools is reckoned as one school, except in the column for number of such schools.)

It will be seen that Otago —followed closely by Wellington, and North Canterbury, and at no great distance by Hawke's Bay—has the largest proportion

VII

Education Districts. Its Hi o3 ■A 00 a 13 . a a rt oi o %S o Si Co m S || II la H © o II ■3 a; u •a 1 a Auckland .. Paranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawkc's Bay Marlborough Nelson 3-rey Westland North Canterbury .. 3outh Canterbury .. Dtago Southland 21,001 2,395 6,679 9,611 5,462 1,734 5,413 1,608 1,920 20,045 4,584 22,680 7,787 21,001 2,395 6,679 9,611 5,462 1,734 5,413 1,608 1,920 20,045 4,584 22,680 7,787 21,001 2,395 6,679 9,611 5,462 1,717 5,303 1,608 1,920 20,045 4,572 22,080 7,643 21,001 2,395 6,561 8,051 5,334 1,660 5,159 1,608 1,920 20,045 4,572 22,680 7,530 11,085 892 2,827 5,178 2,288 751 2,787 671 967 8,899 1,935 10,185 2,920 14,055 1,321 3,899 5,406 3,103 996 3,437 910 1,155 11,606 2,561 12,989 4,124 8,993 887 2,421 3,792 2,165 619 2,610 638 780 8,222 1,983 10,029 2,842 7,161 449 1,502 2,217 1,097 489 1,723 335 484 3,882 958 7,253 1,541 19,923 2,329! 5,575] ■ 8,71l| 4,554! 1,495! 4,278; 1,138 1,218! 18,500 4,001' 19,387 6,018 16,733 1,857 i 5,448 j 6,287 ' 3,652 ! 1,270 ] 3,479 1,093 1,068 15,270 1 2,322 16,271 i 5,654 19,101 1,546 3,933 8,241 4,383 654 2,0Y3 1,202 1,245 17,928 3,832 19,725 5,840 89,703 83,772 9,265 1,037 1,622 3,553 2,102 564 2,167 547 705 8,680 1,525 7,895 2,458 4,610 43 253 74 173 97 131 38 1,524 155 242 175 Totals for 1887 Totals for 1886 110,919 106,323 110,919 106,327 110,636 105,710 108,522 105,106 51,985 47,484 65,622 61,615 45,981 41,979 29,091 25,953i | 97,127 190,407, 80,404 79,525 42,126 39,710 7,515 7,064 Increase 3,138 j i 6,720 879 I 5,931 2,416 451 4,591 4,592 4,926 3,416 4,501 4,007 4,002

Education Districts. <S o I 02 o5 o a 1 < t Q l> <1 a o ©FH too h o a Nu: 10 I? ibcr rtf CO Pi 3 a 2S if Sch. S3»; b a ■oft is I'ft ids i: n whi luartf §1 I 5 ich tl ;rwai O ■ •—< It §8 le Atti If 8 ri I! ;nda] ice fo] 3'ft •gfi gg CO a =s . as b ft a the o *& CO M'o =m O Oil ° 9 S5 la in o <w O S,a o i a •& o ft O 00 06rH fO *O O "o CZ3 Auckland.. Uaranaki.. vVanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough kelson 3-rey Wcstland.. Sorth Canterbury.. South Canterbury.. Dtago .. Southland 221 35 76 71 45 31 88 20 24 154 49 183 96 17,219 1,800 5,265 7,417 4,453 1,311 4,186 1,241 1,532 15,935 3,632 19,479 6,119 77'9 51-4 69-3 104-5 99-0 42-3 47-6 62-0 63-8 103-5 74-1 106-4 63-7 12 4 6 4 g 11 4 8 4 o 0 1 20 2 3 4 1 14 4 2 15 4 11 10 23 5 7 6 5 4 9 1 2 16 5 22 14 91 12 31 23 12 4 21 5 5 43 25 59 35 22 7 11 8 5 5 18 2 17 3 0 i 4 2 6 1 4 14 3 13 9 IS 1 9 4 6 1 5 2 11 9 8 5 7 1 1 G 1 1 ..I 1 1 5 1 9 S '*2 2 50 as 25 2 as 1 16 1 12 8 8 14 27 2 5 2 12 3 1 'i 2 4 24 3 30 14 16 1 11 5 2 12 4 12 6 5 1 10 2 1 4 as 2 4 as 2 11 1 1 Totals for 1887 Totals for 1886 1093 1054 89,589 85,343 82-0 81-0 76 71 95 96 119 106 366 371 149 129 80 83 74 72 73 67 34 35 27 24 60 as 30 62 as 31 118 119 10 11 Difference 39 4,246 1-0 -1 13 -5 20 -3 2 6 -1 3 -2 as 1 -1 -1