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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 1898.
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5 and under 6 Years. 6 and under 7. 7 a,na under 8. 8 and under 9. 9 and under 10. 11 and under 12. 13 and under 14. 10 and under 11.1 .2 and under 13. 14a,ndunderl5. Over 15 Years. Totals of all Ages. Education Districts. Boys. ] Girls, i I Boys. Girls. Boys. I Girls Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. J Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. I Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Totals. i [ Auckland 1,072 981 1,468 1,255 1,612 1,4541 i 1,669 1,460 1,640 1,531 1,670 1,604 1,500 1,498 1,386 1,095 582 641 281 359 27,557 1,592 l,207l 14,291 13,266 Taranaki 142 125 I 161 178 1 2571 213 233 m 274J 210 220 228 255 241 215 191 18l! 156 1041 I 86 54 46 2,096 1,8851 I 3,981 Wanganui 331 343; ■ ! 522 471. 615! C00 1 608 574 575! 563 631 578 630 549 539 507 407! 416 258 215 142 131 5,258 4,947 10,205 Wellington 587 482j i 775 712 909; 833 873 786 884 784 841 859 853 812 759 692 573 531 335 288 134 130 7,523 6,909 14,432 Hawke's Bay 267 201 405 373 486 ! 423i 517 422 487 451 465 465 454 415 415 335 3441 260 178 165 78 65 4,091 3,635 7,726 Marlborough 71 55 i 114 93j 118 i 110 121 115 132 113 117 108 119 123 115 104 89 86 63 77 28 50 l,087| 1,034 2,121 Nelson 248 250 ) 308 306 320i 292 322 301 354 304 386 315 306 311 306 302 288 175 159 67 72 3,080 2,835 5,915 Grey .'. 82 101 77 64 88J i 73 69 ' 101 76 86 88 88 77 96 88 102 96 74 48 43 33 33 822 861 1,683 Westland 58 43 I 62 58 63 1 64 75 73 67 66 80 86 63 93 71 74 56 58 53 49 41 24 689 688 1,377 North Canterbury 940 832 ! 1,058 998 1,145 ' 1,147 1,217 1,107 1,211 1,127 1,203 1,111 1,220 1,169 1,224 1,032 841 816 434 451 148 188 10,641 9,978 20,619 South Canterbury 220 209 > 260 254 316 i 278 336 i 263 290 ' 278 342 324 286 278 289 264 222 177 114 100 45 52 2,720 2,477 5,197 Otago 887 720 > 1,133 1,077 j 1,181 1,112 1,217 1,208 1,208 1,221 1,226 1,200 1,138 1,105 1,179 1,098 973 806 519 405 274 297 10,935 10,249 21,184 Southland 398 371 581 475 538 i 519 573 575 544 480 625 551 531 541 528 458 414 342 227 167 85 101 5,044! Totals for 1898 .. 5,303 4,773 i 6,924 6,314 7,648 7,118 7,830 7,196 7,742 7,214 7,517 7,524 7,233 7,226 6,545 5,040 3,085 2,846 1,410 1,548 4,580 63,344 9,624 7,894 5,691 18,277 131,621 Totals for 1897 .. 5,249 4,812 -89| ! 6,886 6,358 7,684 7,144 7,738 7,077 119 7,919 7,453 7,763 131 7,506 7,694 6,965 7,320 -94 6,779 -234 5,695 5,256 -216 3,133 2,871 1,378 1,517 18,459 63,738 132,197 Difference 54 38 -44 — 36J 92 -239 -170 268 -25 31 -26 -177 11 -48 32 -4 -182 -394 -57(