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Table No. 8. Classification of Pupils on the School Rolls, December, 1897.

Table No. 9. Average Age of Pupils at Standard Examination of Schools in 1897.

Table No. 10. Number of Maori Pupils receiving Higher Education, &c., at the End of 1897.

Number of Maori ex-Native-School Pupils holding Industrial Scholarships at the End of 1897.

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Standards. Boys. Girls. Totals. Preparatory classes ■Class for Standard I. II. ... III.... IV. ... V. ... VI. ... Passed Standard VI. 337 392 348 251 154 69 15 3 301 330 251 215 141 44 11 2 638 722 599 466 295 113 26 5 Totals ... 1,569 1,295 2,864

Standards. Number passed at Annual Examination. Average Age. I. ... II. ... III. ... IV. ... V. ... VI. . . 470 339 249 128 23 5 Yrs. 9 10 12 13 13 13 Mos. 11 11 1 5 3 5

Governmi snt Pupils. School. Private Pupils. Scholarshipholders. Temporary. Boarding-schools— St. Stephen's (boys), Parnell, Auckland Te Aute (boys), Hawke's Bay Hukarere (girls), Napier... St. Joseph's (girls), Napier University College, Auckland (male student) ... Canterbury College, Ghristchurch (male student) 22 4 12 4 1 1 2 29 33* 621 45| 23§ Totals ... 54 31 163 * Including 5 boys who are more European than Maori. f fho are more European than Maori. § Including 1 girl who ncluding 15 Euri is more Europeai >peans. J Ii i than Maori, am icluding 10 girls I 1 European.

Number. District. Trade to which Scholars are apprenticed. 1 1 3 2 1 Opotiki >f Blacksmith. Carpenter. Printer. Saddler. Farmer. ■/ tt Mangonui tt Total.., 10