E.—l.

Of the total numbers on the rolls on the day of examination those passing Standard I. formed 11 per cent.; Standard 11., 11*4 per cent. ; 111., 10-6; IV., 9-5; V,, 7-3; VI., 4-8. In Table H is given the number of pupils receiving instruction in each subject of the syllabus.

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

Public Schools and Tbachees. The number of schools open at the end of 1899 was 1,645, or 21 more than were open in December, 1898. The total average attendance for the fourth quarter of 1899 was 107,066, against 107,904 in the corresponding quarter of 1898. The mean average attendance per school, therefore, fell from 66 - 4 to 65-1.

TABLE J. —Number of Schools, December, 1899. 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 schools with an average attendance during the fourth quarter of less than 20 increased by 22 —viz., from 429 to 451; the number of schools with average attendance 20 to 24 decreased by 17, from 203 to 186 ; hence the total number of schools with average attendance under 25 was 5 more than in December, 1898 —637 as against 632. The number of schools with an average attendance of 25 to 49 pupils increased by 32, the figures being in December, J899, 531 schools, and in December, 1898, 499 schools.

VI

Education Districts. g Of CD 0-9** *2 ooti 00 a io CO CD « ob a 1 ci -r~a a a •S&S If! p. A di CH 00 O Q 23 u o m 3 u . Il §. 2 a 3 £& p CD a o m CO O o o 6 'm B O .2" at-— K .sa p3 o OH O Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 28,013 4,039 10,321 14,768 7,860 2,100 5,835 1,605 1,292 20,218 5,139 20,608 9,517 28,013 4,039 10,321 14,768 7,860 2,100 5,835 1,605 1,292 20,218 5,139 20,608 9,517 28,013 4,039 10,321 14,768 7,860 2,100 5,835 1,605 1,292 20,218 5,139 20,608 9,517 28,013 4,039 10,321 14,768 7,860 2,100 5,835 1,521 1,292 20,218 5,139 20,608 9,517 14,0*84 1,798 5,207 8,139 3,878 1,102 3,468 784 730 10,750 2,706 11,021 4,765 17,121 2,378 6,647 9,591 4,835 1,356 3,923 918 879 12,994 3,356 13,236 5,847 13,266 1,771 4,978 7,962 3,754 1,074 3,196 588 703 10,716 2,706 10,533 4,528 10,139 1,068 3,776 5,927 3,349 731. 2,490 473 520 6,059 2,030 7,819 3,369 27,813 4,009 8,935 14,631 7,853 1,998 5,105 1,355 1,131 20,057 5,139 19,645 9,162 18,341 2,798 6,129 9,140 4,968 1,243 3,749 806 714 12,056 3,109 11,963 6,076 23,284 2,967 3,839 13,967 6,456 777 3,462 839 863 18,517 2,623 20,151 8,636 11,854 1,744 3,222 6,653 2,980 910 2,440 590 490 9,322 1,129 8,329 3,247 541 5 143 1,342 66 180 342 3 45 1,688 47 676 218 'Totals for 1899 Totals for 1898 131,315 131,621 131,315 131,621 131,315 131,621 131,23l| 131,5221 |68,432 168,363 83,081 83,964 .65,775 , 66,069 ! -294 47,750 47,208 126,833 127,155 -322 81,092 82,048 106,381 109,091 -2,710 52,910 54,509 5,296 7,824 Difference 542 -956 -1,599 -2,528 -306 -306 -306 -291 691 -88;

Education Districts. a CD 0. O m "3 o 3 - o OI 8* a$ cS H io a a a ocr Pa CD S Sfa £ a CD a o 8 <0r-A tog © o t>CD < 3 © Num' »er o1 © ■ ra en a a do m Schi © • ■§pp Dols in whi( for the Qui rH *» «■ 3 rH © ■ rrj M !'& a w «e o «5 $ co crjo ih the Ave] irter was— iOQj a w cao o ■age Atteni © . £ ft ■§£ egg rH © • (fig ou5 o so lance "3 a d . .2-0 —I u ftcS o SES PM ft o» o io CD a w| -3.8 ID CO a s fc © so to Si co o PH O oa *, o SCO A a s a ■o CD A CO 3 . «0C CO rP O o .a o on in rP co of grH Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey .. Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 353 63 132 146 75 62 123 29 33 199 67 222 141 22,534 3,091 8,144 11,739 6,241 1,741 4,658 1,411 1,129 16,745 4,391 17,365 7.877 63-8 49-1 61-7 80-4 83-2 28-1 37-9 48-7 34-2 84-1 65-5 78-2 55-9 49 7 9 26 11 40 42 9 18 19 5 29 11 51 2 8 18 6 1 18 5 5 18 6 25 13 54 9 17 12 6 3 13 1 104 31 55 40 24 8 28 7 4 70 26 73 61 35 5 15 14 8 4 7 4 2 16 10 25 14 9 5 6 19 1 8 10 6 5 3 15 1 10 6 6 1 4 1 2 11 3 10 7 10 2 4 7 2 7 50 as 25 13 9 "i 2 2 asl 18 17 17 40 41 3 4 2 asl 7 1 2 14 3 15 6 "l 1 3 1 23 9 21 18 14 1 8 9 10 3 10 4 11 6| 2 2 asl 23 12 20 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 8 as 4 Totals for 1899 .. Totals for 1898 .. 1,645 1,624 107,066 107,904 651 66-4 275 266 176 163 186 203 531 499 159 168 81 91 84 79 77 78 50 50 26 27 64 as 32 63 as 31 205 176 24 20 21 -838 9 13 -17 32 -9 -10 5 -1 -1 1 29 4 Difference ••