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Table No. 2. Standard Classes of all Pupils on School Rolls at the End of 1899.

Pupils preparing for Standard Pupils in Preparatory Classes. Pui )ils that have passei Standard VI. Education Districts. I. II. III. IV. v. VI. Boys. Girls. ! Total. Boys. Girls, j Total. Boys. Girls. Total, i Boys. Girls. Total. Girls. Total. j Boys. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. | Total. Boys. Girls. Total. I I Aucklaua ... ... 4,209 3,595 I 7,804 1,804 1,579 3,383 1,826 1,650 3,476 2,043 .' 1,863 3,906 1,968 1,934 3,902 256 561 660 1,413 1,460 1,381 2,841 966 889 1,855 352 494 846 Taranaki 606 510 1,116 290 258 548 346 277 623 354 298 652 305 164 178 342 74 84 158 20 19 39 Wanganui ... 1,353 1,277 2,630 689 638 1,327 693 j 683 1,376 837 758 1,595 753 547 524 1,071 313 332 645 121 143 264 Wellington ... 1,916 1,615 I 3,531 884 854 1,738 954 794 1,748 1,050 1,022 2,072 964 926 1,890 924 857 1,781 577 579 1,156 401 451 852 Hawke's Bay 1,078 927 2,005 612 520 1,132 585 501 1,086 632 518 1,150 521 522 1,043 401 373 774 273 234 507 89 74 163 Marlborough 245 236 481 132 116 248 142 127 269 144 125 269 138 139 | 277 133 124 257 83 99 182 49 68 117 Nelson 668 618 1,286 367 301 668 348 334 682 418 391 809 442 338 780 375 370 745 277 291 568 146 151 297 Gr<;y ... ... | 227 266 493 81 90 171 90 95 185 97 88 185 120 101 221 76 94 170 65 58 123 25 32 57 Westlana 141 123 j 264 74 68 142 73 84 157 80 82 162 85 90 175 63 78 141 53 68 121 65 65 130 North Canterbury 2,580 2,314 | 4,894 1,189 1,114 2,303 1,222 1,150 2,372 11,514 1,355 2,869 1,412 1,398 ! 2,810 1,284 1,160 2,444 900 I 839 1,739 340 447 787 South Canterbury 633 573 1,206 313 264 577 364 286 650 341 335 676 399 348 747 ; 321 301 622 224 194 418 100 143 243 Otago 2,526 2,307 ! 4,833 1,264 1,173 2,437 1,235 1,219 2,454 1,446 1,304 2,750 1,468 1,384 2,852 1,157 1,150 2,307 950 875 1,825 551 599 1,150 Southlana ... 1,279 1,129 2,408 15,490 32,951 607 550 1,157 15,831 656 597 1,253 676 613 1,289 657 598 I 1,255 546 485 1,031 370 356 726 201 197 398 Totals for 1899 17,461 , 8,306 7,525 8,534 7,797 16,331 9,632 8,752 18,384 9,232 i 8,694 17,926 7,451 7,075 14,526 5,125 4,898 10,023 2,460 I 2,883 5,343 Totals for 1898 I j 17,375 14,893 32,268 597 683 8,493 -187 7,721 16,214 8,677 8,130 16,807 -476 9,674 8,951 18,625 : j 9,189 8,804 17,993 -110 -67 7,402 49 7,299 14,701 -175 4,881 4,703 195 9,584 439 2,586 2,843 40 5,429 Difference 86 '-196 -383 43 -143 -333 -42 -199 -241 | 1-224 244 I j-126 -86