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Table No. 8. Classification of Pupils on the School Rolls, December, 1900.

Table No. 9. Average Age of Pupils at Standard Examination of Schools in 1900.

Table No. 10. Number of Maori Pupils receiving Higher Education, &c., at the End of 1900.

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Standards. Boys. Girls. Totals. . i Preparatory classes Class for Standard I. II. ... III.... IV. ... V. ... VI. ... Passed Standard VI. 474 358 334 295 174 87 26 8 422 275 229 225 123 58 14 7 422 275 229 225 123 58 14 7 896 633 563 520 297 145 40 15 Totals ... .. r 1,756 1,353 3,109 i

Standards. Number passed at Annual Examination. Average Age. I. ... II. ... III. ... IV. ... V. ... VI. . . ... 411 374 218 152 52 15 Yrs. Mos. 9 |9 11 0 11 10 12 7 13 10 15 0

Governmi mt Pupils. Private Pupils. School. Scholarshipholders. Temporary. Boarding-schools— St. Stephen's (boys), Parnell, Auckland Te Aute (boys), Hawke's Bay Hukarere (girls), Napier St. Joseph's (girls), Napier Otago University— Medical students (male) 16 9 17 5 ... 25 34 60* 401 17! )tago University— Medical students (male) 2 Totals ... Totals ... 49 ->ir151 * Including 10 Europeans, rho is more European than Maori. I t Including 9 girls who are mi >re European thi .n Maori. } Including 1 girl