E.—l

V

The proportion of boys to girls is almost the same as for 1900—52 per cent, to 48 per cent. Taking the average for the last four years, we find that for every 100 boys on the rolls of the schools there are 93*3 girls. The number of young children enrolled having, as already stated, shown an increase, the ratio of those under ten years of age to those over that age is somewhat higher than it was last year. The actual percentages are respectively 52-4 and 47-6 of the roll-number. Insteuction and Examination. Table D is a summary for the whole colony of Table No. 2 in the Appendix, which shows the numbers in the several classes for the various districts. The proportion of pupils in the preparatory classes shows a. large increase for the year, from 26 per cent, to 26 - 78 per cent. The proportions in classes S 6 and S 7 have also increased. The other classes present a slight decrease. This does not appear to indicate any change in the degree of strictness with which children are promoted from one standard class to another, as, allowing for the advance of a year, the figures for the classes S 1 to S 7 agree tolerably closely with those of the previous year.

TABLE D.—Classification by Standards, December, 1901.

Table E gives the passes in standards. In forming a comparison with previous years it will probably not be unfair to treat the number present at the Inspector's annual visit as practically equivalent to the number present at examination. Accordingly, for the whole colony, of those so present in Standard I. there passed 94-1 per cent. In 1900 the corresponding figures were 93*8 per cent.

TABLE E.—Passes in Standards, 1901.

The proportion of the number that passed the various standards to the total number on the rolls on the day of the Inspector's annual visit was 55*1 per cent. In 1900 the corresponding figures were 55-6 per cent. In Table F are given the percentages of passes of those examined (or present) in the standard classes and other examination statistics for the several education districts of the colony.

Standards. Boys. I Girls. Totals. , Percentages for Fi' 'e Years. 'reparatory classes !lass for Standard 1. II. III. IV. V. '„ ",, VI. 'assed Standard VI. 18,645 7,907 8,193 8,817 8,749 7,748 5,564 2,640 1901. 16,531 35,176 26-78 7,120 15,027 11-44 7,716 15,909 12-11 8,233 17,050 12-98 7,973 16,722 12-73 7,190 14,938 11-37 5,401 : 10,965 8-35 2,924 ; 5,564 4-24 1900. 1899. 26-00 25-09 11-54 12-06 12-25 12-44 ' 13-45 14-00 13-38 13-65 11-44 11-06 7-91 7-63 4-03 4-07 1898. 24-52 12-32 12-77 14-15 13-67 11-17 7-28 4-12 1897. 24-58 12-30 12-85 14-30 14-10 10-90 7-26 3-71 Totals.. 68,263 63,088 ] 131,351 100-00 100-00 ; 100-00 100-00 100-00

Present ai Inspector's Annual Visit. Passes in Standards. Education Districts. II. III. IV. V. I VI. i I. II. III. IV. V. VI. I. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 3,255 510 1,330 1,702 1,067 237 648 165 115 2,092 562 2,127 1,034 3,414 582 1,290 1,800 1,054 253 647 172 121 2,288 558 2,384 1,059 3,501 549 1,361 1,923 1,005 275 664 168 133 2,578 614 2,493 1,201 3,489 507 1,311 1,862 926 252 723 176 136 2,414 668 2,414 1,145 2,714 379 965 1,470 719 204 586 162 121 2,C69 568 2,094 967 1,781 3,102 173 441 642 1,211 1,011 1,626 446 957 163 230 428 563 111 ! 150 99 104 1,412 i 2,022 416 537 1,399 2,039 666 982 3,058 475 1,176 1,629 940 242 524 162 112 2,096 523 2,204 980 3,008 422 1,118 1,655 864 253 535 147 125 2,129 541 2,145 1,042 3,007 362 ! 1,044 ; 1,591 788 230 549 140 108 1,946 559 2,047 952 1 2,308 270 756 1,211 572 192 458 134 104 1,622 457 1,764 818 1,358 126 500 831 325 129 314 93 85 1,161 291 1,099 542 Totals for 1901 .. Totals for 1900 .. 14,844 14,702 15,622 15,963 ,16,465 117,612 16,023 ! 16,353 113,018 12,655 8,74,7 13,964 8,378 13,720 14,121 14,436 ; 13,984 14,922 I ; 13,323 13,793 10,666; 10,343 6,854 6,365