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

• • • Public Schools and Teachers. The number of schools and the number of teachers are greater in proportion to the number of pupils than they were a year ago. The number of schools at the end of the year was 1,464. In this enumeration, 52 half-time schools, with 26 masters, are reckoned as 26 schools.

TABLE J. —Number of Schools, December, 1895. (In this enumeration every couple of half-time schools is reckoned as one school, except in the column for number of such schools.)

The number of teachers at the end of the year was 2,366 (showing an increase of 106); of pupil - teachers, 1,020 (decrease, 26); and of sewingmistresses, 190 (increase, 14). Their distribution according to their school status, and according to sex, is shown in Table K. It will be seen that there is a growing preponderance of women, and that there is a fall in the number of pupil-teachers.

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Education Districts. ob a B e3 0> p. __ a o a 3 a a ri C. O a a! fas r i 3 ft H 3S o © >- o to E si a a _ _ So. 3 a '% e. u a 4, "8 © O •" M ,__ tn OS o o > fi is IS O o Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 25,594 3,769 9,614 13,048 7,347 2,229 5,995 1,710 1,551 21,368 5,331 22,729 9,571 25,594 3,769 9,614 13,048 7,347 2,229 5,995 1,710 1,551 21,368 5,331 22,729 9,571 25,594 3,769 8,614 13,048 7,347 2,229 5,995 1,709 1,551 21,368 5,331 22,729 9,564 25,594 3,769 9,607 13,048 7,347 2,229 5,889 1,699 1,551 21,368 5,316 22,729 9,485 13,606 1,513 4,493 7,010 3,205 1,194 3,359 801 829 11,306 2,661 11,523 4,831 16,588 2,055 5,989 8,244 4,371 1,495 4,031 937 975 13,992 3,332 14,323 5,961 12,200 1,491 4,115 6,810 3,217 1,157 3,085 623 783 11,278 2,626 11,375 4,558 9,088 1,073 2,970 5,133 1,992 482 2,302 468 665 6,494 1,592 8,080 3,109 25,370 3,650 8,333 12,785 7,225 2,089 5,172 1,581 1,211 21,109 5,040 21,352 9,275 17,143 2,546 6,245 9,113 5,296 1,354 3,820 1,161 926 13,389 1,652 14,504 6,144 20,755 2,479 4,978 12,327 6,710 1,349 3,623 1,048 877 19,467 2,229 21,767 8,411 11,255 1,738 2,698 5,686 2,887 986 2,491 560 641 9,863 2,233 8,855 3,333 1,760 19 186 705 154 228 308 3 15 1,917 144 1,173 406 Totals for 1895 Totals for 1894 129,856 127,300 129,856 127,300 129,848 127,237 129,631 127,091 66,331 64,117 82,293 80,217 63,318 60,511 43,448 42,999 124,192 120,912 83,293 84,788 106,020 105,913 53,226 51,485 7,018 6,626 Difference 449[ | 3,280 -1,495 107 1,741 392 2,556 2,556 2,611 2,540 2,214 2,076 2,807

Education Districts. a o o 'o o -fl o oi 8 a o3 % 51 £ fl © a o u o ©,-H »o __ _ _ o __- *. a o_ © 5 Nui iber ol 0 - TO §ft _ . rfi a—r o Sch. .ols i: fort] Q- 1 ,. n-; to *£ in © . s'» leg o r while Qi rch the Avei larter was— _ rn _s a a 3 S <0 Ph no „o io p ■gp. o. o •age Attenr r_ W Is o CO [ance rO a tS . ».§ — rn »c3 ?* Pm a of O CD a =w o °a H O ©CC A3 a a 5. ■a TO TO •§» a: o <M O ofl *. © ©CO .Cr a a © _ o . .a!£ OT <"• O o £ u co ,8 ft _s Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 312 54 116 104 59 60 108 25 31 187 65 214 129 21,043 2,912 7,633 10,654 5,985 1,763 4,854 1,461 1,351 17,641 4,487 19,679 7,759 67-4 53-9 65*8 102-4 101-4 29-4 44-9 58-4 43-6 94-3 69'0 92-0 60-1 15 4 12 6 4 37 24 7 16 11 2 25 6 36 5 7 12 6 3 15 2 3 13 6 18 16 70 9 14 5 5 1 11 3 1 26 5 19 19 94 21 43 36 16 9 26 5 3 r 57 31 66 48 34 7 14 10 8 4 17 4 4 24 8 30 14 16 2 4 10 4 2 6 1 1 15 6 15 10 19 3 8 7 7 1 2 1 1 15 2 11 5 13 2 13 8 4 2 7 1 1 12 1 11 9 Q i l l 9 3 10 8 1 1 7 "2 2 40 as 20 24 1 19 16 4 40 33 8 1 2 1 3 5 1 9 2 4 as 2 13 7 12 5 22 2 8 as 4 Totals for 1895 .. Totals for 1894 .. 1,464 1,410 54 107,222 106,151 73-2 75-3 169 160 142 148 188 150 455 i 454 178 : 172 92 86 82 88 84 79 46 41 28 32 52 as 26 48 as 24 196 156 17 10 Difference 1,071 -2-0 9 -6 38 : 1 6 i 6 -6 5 5 -4 4 as 2 40 7