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standards, and 71,422 of these passed. This number (71,422) is equal to 54-45 per cent, of the number on the rolls (131,171), and to 83-25 per cent. of the number examined. In the previous year the percentages corresponding to this 54-45 and to this 83-25 were the highest yet recorded, being 54-93 and 84-45.

TABLE F. —Inspection Statistics.

In 1895 the passes were 70,287, and the failures were 12,943, these numbers being in the proportion of 84 - 45 to 15"55 ; for 1896 the proportion is 83 - 25 to 16-75, which is not quite so favourable. The percentage of failures being from this point of view 16 - 75, the corresponding percentage for each standard can be ascertained from Table G, and the result is as follows : Standard 1., 4*B ; 11., 8-2; 111., 19-3; IV., 25-9; V., 26-4; VI., 21-3. These percentages are less favourable in the three highest standards than those of last year, when the percentages for the six standards from the First to the Sixth were —4 - 5, 8-2, 19-6, 23-5, 23-9, and 156.

TABLE G.—Passes.

Table H, though most of the information it contains could be ascertained by studying Table D in connection with the regulations for standard examinations, has its uses. For example, it shows that 54,088 girls are instructed in needlework, although the number of girls above the age of seven is only {vide Table C) 52,261.

V

Education Districts. ltolls on Days of Inspection. Preparatory Classes. Pupils above Sixth Standard. Present in Standard Classes. Passed. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson 26,774 3,778 9,786 13,638 7,221 2,185 6,051 1,671 1,556 21,318 5,291 22,380 9,522 131,171 8,883 1,374 3,156 4,086 2,660 561 1,630 547 469 5,887 1,510 6,792 2,905 221 10 80 349 29 72 180 56 65 308 114 585 153 17,018 2,279 6,239 8,977 4,449 1,497 4,117 1,040 996 14,602 3,570 14,708 6,303 13,889 1,499 4,873 7,559 . 3,628 1,209 3,256 862 871 12,212 3,043 13,217 5,304 Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland For the colony.. 71,422 40,460 2,222 85,795 In 1895 127,962 39,823 2,006 83,230 70,287

Education Districts. I. Passes in Si mdards. Prese: it at Examination. II. III. IV. V. VI. i I. II. III. IV - i V. jvi. I I Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland .. ! 3,013 3,157 .. 405 393 .. [ 1,219 1,199 .. 1,597 ' 1,581 868 865 2C0 298 707 I 672 198 J 189 .. ! 175 . 148 .. 2,359 | 2,534 650 I 636 .. 2,525 2,629 .. 1,117 1,104 3,157 393 1,199 1,581 865 298 672 189 148 2,534 636 2,629 1,104 2,921 335 1,089 1,533 714 212 696 171 170 2,492 641 2,517 1,176 2,328 229: 714; 1,838 601 238 567 131 155 2,080 505; 2,861 905 1,536 91 i 430 942 404 107 388 98 131 1,578 ; 369 |1.824 628 934 46 222 568 176 94 226 75 92 1,169 242 1,361 374 3,132 526 1,329 1,656 961 271 760 206 190 2,443| 657 2,575 1,155 3,502 518 1,339 1,717 983 312 767 198 157 ! 2,725 657 2,731 1,169 3,596 545 1,449 1,856 941 303 885 205 198 3,116 778' 2,881 1,424 3,391 420 i 1,104 i 1,675 759 314 754 185 188 2,777 697 2,875 1,256 2,184 188: 671; 1,266 549 179 597 145 159 2,138 487j 2,163 864 1213 82 317 807 256 118 354 101 104 11403 I 294 1483 435 For the colony In 1895 .. .. 15,093 il5,405 .. 14,895 !l5,635 14,667 14,397 12,152 11,952 8,526 7,936 5,579 ! 5,482 15,861 15,759 16,775 17,037! 18,177 17,908 16,395 15,612 ll,590! 10,425; '6997 16494