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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 1899.

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5 and v Yei mder 6 ITS. 6 and under 7. 7 and under 8. 8 and under 9. 9 and under 10. 10 and under 11. 11 and under 12. 12 and under 13. 13 and under 14. 14 and under 15. Over 15 Years. Totals of all Ages. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girl Boys. Girls. I Boys. | Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Totals. Aucklana 1,154 1,013 1,463 1,317 1,617 1,477 1,711 1,447 1,670 1,473 1,639 1,561 1,697 1,591 1,555 1,437 1,176 1,064 671 639 275 366 14,628 13,385 28,013 Taranaki 145 122 206 177 217 217 264 233 230 216 305 201 212 235 240 208 175 148 111 75 54 48 2,159 1,880 4,039 Wanganui 361 337 511 505 587 578 649 606 616 593 622 559 575 585 585 487 430 410 240 245 130 110 5,306 5,015 10,321 Wellington 567 514 800 680 872 l 818 881 782 891 865 867 779 894 856 809 752 617 565 342 340 130 147 7,670 7,098 14,768 Hawke's Bay 285 234 404 384 472 432 483 435 524 421 493 463 460 445 453 391 332 236 203 153 82 75 4,191 3,669 7,860 Marlborough 62 69 95 86 112 ! 106 i 134 107 114 110 122 120 i 128 106 111 115 97 85 59 72 32 58 1,066 1,034 2,100 Nelson 258 248 304 296 i 299 . 303 : 325 303 336 I 301 342 294 387 290 297 299 246 253 173 124 74 83 3,041 2,794 5,835 Grey .. 75 105 75 i 95 i 80 ) 75 78 ! 61 68 i 90 68 87 73 87 81 76 81 70 65 49 37 29 781 824 1,605 Westlana 50 39 59 I 44 57 62 ! 62 ! 63 73 1 76 56 60 i 77 90 65 84 63 67 43 42 29 31 634 658 1,292 North Canterbury 932 820 1,114 [ 1,022 ! 1,128 1 1,063 I 1,136 I 1,127 1,222 ! 1,108 1,199 1,127 1,176 1,090 1,133 1,071 871 726 397 411 133 212 10,441 9,777 20,218 South Canterbury 211 191 283 1 272 ! 276 i 260 ) 318 ! 266 323 ! 258 296 294 338 301 285 270 200 194 113 94 52 44 2,695 2,444 5,139 Otago 847 804 1,069 ) 985 i 1,179 ) 1,160 ) 1,186 i 1,124 1,194 -. 1,192 1,193 1,202 ! 1,223 1,226 1,156 1,007 906 757 458 368 186 186 10,597 10,011 20,608 Southlana 376 356 498 1 492 ! 637 r 524 [ 541 522 569 I 579 561 477 593 507 503 502 408 320 220 177 86 69 4,992 4,525 9,517 131,315 Totals for 1899 .. 5,323 4,852 6,881 L 6,355 i 7,533 i 7,075 i 7,768 ! 7,076 7,830 I 7,282 7,763 7,224 : 7,833 7,409 7,273 6,699 5,602 4,895 3,095 2,789 1,300 1,458 68,201 63,114 Totals for 1898 .. 5,303 20 4,773 6,924 -43 1 6,314 1 41 1 7,648 L -115 5 7,118 > -43 ! 7,830 ) 7,196 7,742 ! 7,214 7,894 -131 7,517 ' 7,524 7,233 7,226 6,545 5,691 5,040 3,085 2,846 1,410 1,548 68,277 -76 63,344 131,621 Difference i 88 I 68 -293 ■ \ 309 176 47 -145 10 -57 -110 -90 j -230 79 -62 -120 154 -89 -30(