E.—l

VII

The standard passes for 1892 number 63,113, and this number is 52-6 per cent, of the number of pupils belonging to the schools at the time of inspection. The percentage of passes has been steadily rising from 35T in 1882 to 50 - 2 in 1891 and 52-6 in 1892. The percentage of failures—l4T—is the lowest yet recorded. In 1886 the analysis of the school-rolls on inspection days was as follows : In preparatory classes, 37 - l per cent.; above the Sixth Standard, 0 - 6 ; absent, 3 - 7 ; " excepted," 3 - 2 ; failed, 12 - 9 ; passed, 42 - 5. The corresponding analysis for 1892 is—Preparatory, 32 - 7; above Standard VI., IT ; absent, 2-3 ; " excepted," 2 - 7 ; failed, 8 - 6 ; passed, 52 - 6.

TABLE G. —Passes and Failures in 1892.

The general percentage of failures in the several standards is as follows : Standard L, 6-5; Standard 11., 7*4; Standard 111., 17-6; Standard IV., 21-8; Standard V., 21-2; Standard VI., 13 per cent. The percentage of failures is very low in Wellington and in Nelson. As in former years, the Fourth and Fifth Standards seem to have presented the greatest difficulty to the pupils. The figures in Table H supply very little information that is not implicitly contained in Table D. There are only two districts that have any pupils not yet learning to write, and only four that have any not learning arithmetic. The number of girls not learning needlework is less than the number of girls below r the class preparing for Standard I. The number of children not receivinginstruction in drawing is less than 7 per cent, of the number attending. Military drill is taught by officers of the Permanent Artillery at the large schools in the principal towns.

TABLE H.-Number of Pupils instructed in Each Subject.

Passes in Standards. Failures in Standards. Education Districts. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago. Southland 3,092 278 938 1,464 801 240 671 184 167 2,493 589 2,542 1,193 14,652 2,613 272 847 1,491 719 247 599 169 149 2,595 589 2,534 1,028 13,852 2,443 283 659 1,386 618 168 652 179 172 2,510 556 2,413 942 1,989 147 446 1,241 421 139 606 141 123 1,785 415 1,947 704 1,228 106 279 979 266 90 418J 125' 90 1,283 276 1,498 536 702 32 156 520 145 59 313 71 48 738 174 1,074 318 221 36 143 3 143 42 30 30 3.3 127 54 131 42 266 32 114 50 114 21 55 16 26 163 46 146 63 493 87 282 120 145 78 63 16 69 565 142 450 267 549 372 86 47 240 ! 149 103 j 91 194 139 54 41 42 113 39 23 47 45 565 362 127 ! 84 519 | 317 258 ' 161 14 1. 4' 4i 4i 35 15 21 135 25 88 36 For the colony 12,981 10,104 7,174 4,350 1,035 1,112 2,777 2,823 jl,944 652 63,113 10,343

Education Districts. .• a 3 t w c © ■S'Hw 3a° 3 fes o a •6 © w a © a a a fl' 8 H o r3 ft ca So o CD O O m B u Is gj P o 6 © O •1-4 m d m 3 3 © !h © .2 "•*■ ■sa <D O o ° O !> Auckland .. taranaki Wanganui Wellington lawke's Bay .larlborough kelson key Westland ■forth Canterbury .. South Canterbury .. )tago Southland 23,471 3,148 8,294 11,840 6,523 2,069 5,888 1,766 1,614 21,230 5,110 22,668 8,999 23,471 3,148 8,294 11,840 6,523 2,069 5,888 1,766 1,614 21,230 5,110 22,668 8,999 23,471 3,148 8,294 11,840 6,523 2,069 5,853 1,766 1,614 21,230 5,110 22,668 8,982 23,471 3,148 8,289 11,840 6,523 2,069 5,671 1,766 1,614 21,230 5,086 22,668 8,866 12,30815,208 1,251 1,637 3,613 4,888 6,293 7,598 2,845 3,807 974 1,204 3,169 3,820 833 964 840 1,033 10,34313,328 2,244| 3,014 10,98213,488 4,123! 5,264 i 59,818'75,253 57,587:73,007 2,2311 2,246 10,579 1,202 3,237 6,079 2,696 847 2,933 702 786 10,284 2,162 10,579 3,868 8,838 876 2,282 5,004 1,835 590 2,459 533 502 5,496 1,448 7,859 2,825 22,78515,964 2,9431 2,200 7,002i 5,844 11,6691 8,480 6,200i 5,122 l,908l 1,539 4,755] 3,734 1,454! 1,199 l,85l| 967 20,52514,352 4,860 3,516 20,69514,801 8,328 6,021 20,180 1,846 3,889 10,384 5,594 1,040 3,650 1,209 1,122 19,078 4,411 21,250 7,733 10,328 •1,322 2,153 4,812 2,743 756 2,354 692 607 9,866 2,013 8,207 3,013 48,866 46,671 3,324 141 217 452 277 67 154 14 50 1,936 155 1,074 182 Totals for 1892 .. Totals for 1891 .. !l22,620 !ll9,523 122,620 119,500 122,568 119,414 122,241 119,084 55,954 53,565 40,547 37,010 114,475 83,739 110,884 82,150' 101,386 98,101 8,043 8,012 Difference J 3,097 3,120 3,154 3,157 I ! 2,389 1 3,537 3,591 l,589j ! 3,285 2,195 31