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Table No. 1. Age and Sex of the Pupils on the School Rolls in the several Education Districts at the End of 1893.

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5 and under 6 Years. 6 and under 7. 7 and under 8. 8 and under 9. 9 and under 10. 10 and under 11. :i and under 12. 12 and under 13. 13 and under 14. 14 and under 15. Over 15 Years. Totals of all Ages. Education Districts. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. I Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Totals. I Auckland 893 852 1,320 1,152 1,404 1,294 1,509 1,388 1,443 1,376 1,535 1,355 1,342 1,316 1,257 1,142 934 1,012 514 581 219 416 12,370 11,884 24,254 Taranaki 109; 106 158 136 208 177 219 197 192 197 244 198 196 160 184 189 142 131 75 77 31 32 1,758 1,600 3,358 Wanganui 312! 291 432 418 516 519 547 509 559 498 564 488 509 454 406 409 344 317 202 141 85 75 4,476 4,119 8,595 Wellington 493 417 636 677 845 723 659 717 786 728 743 680 668 639 632 585 500 467 244 233 100 82 6,306 5,948 12,254 Hawke's Bay 294 282 425 338 465 389 427 389 437 404 417 380 352 349 322 304 235 227 111 130 54 51 3,539 3,243 6,782 Marlborough 55 53 97 92 121 124 123 111 165 114 111 112 105 93 113 96 91 84 57 40 26 35 1,064 954 2,018 Nelson 262 231 307 308 327 303 342 330 350 312 330 326 318 298 300 315 240 267 140 142 50 80 2,966 2,912 5,878 Grey .. 1 53j 62 83 71 99 101 91 91 86 99 91 92 89 89 73 89 74 80 59 48 24 36 822 858 1,680 Westland 69 64 72 75 88 88 74 80 82 78 83 83 84 85 82 » 80 71 59 66 40 54 813 820 1,633 North Canterbury 884 823 1,148 1,080 1,282 1,030 1,207 1,281 1,357 1,226 1,270 1,167 1,230 1,204 1,139 1,026 868 789 410 394 174 240 10,969 10,260 21,229 South Canterbury 221 225 282 262 299 311 317 293 325 287 298 278 283 290 255 247 200 176 112 95 52 59 2,644 2,523 5,167 Otago 905 841 1,146 1,039 1,259 1,262 1,347 1,268 1,219 1,238 1,432 1,249 1,325 1,192 1,185 1,148 997 819 623 503 292 273 11,730 10,832 22,562 Southland 402 331 465 483 568 497 556 507 587 501 545 513 512 501 526 421 381 366 221 187 110 100 4,873 64,330 4,407 60,360 9,280 Totals for 1893 .. 4,952 .1 i 4,578 i 6,571 6,131 7,481 6,818 7,418 7,161 7,588 7,058 7,663 6,921 7,013 6,670 6,474 6,047 5,086 4,806 2,827 2,637 1,257 1,533 124,690 Totals for 1892 .. 4,973 -21 i 4,605 : -27 i 6,552 19 5,982 7,171 6,888 7,554 6,963 7,593 6,866 7,207 6,849 6,931 6,539 6,557 6,095 4,899 187 4,420 386 2,710 117 2,598 1,236 1,432 63,383 59,237 122,620 Difference i i -136 456 72 82 131 -83 -48 39 101 947 149 310 -70 198 -5 192 21 1,123 2,070