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TABLE J1.—Average Attendance for the Year 1901 at the Schools as grouped in Table J.

Public-school Teachebs. In December, 1901, there were employed in the public schools of the colony 3,623 teachers, exclusive of sewing-mistresses; of these, 2,668 were adults and 955 pupil-teachers : the corresponding numbers for December, 1900, were 2,631 adults and 955 pupil-teachers. Of the adult teachers at the end of 1901, 1,222 were men and 1,446 were women; of the pupil-teachers, 184 were male and 771 female. The number of adult male teachers was 6, and of adult female teachers 31, more than in December, 1900 ; and the number of male pupilteachers was 22 less, and of females 22 more, than at that period. The average number of children in attendance to one teacher during the year 1901 was 31.

TABLE K.—School Staff, December, 1901.

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Working- i average Attendance, i S3 (8 3 3 I I I I H 0 I .a ex 1 a I •e § 8 i 9h o J] o o i p O 03 ! EH 1 to 8 9 , 20 21 , 30 31 „ 40 41 „ 50 51 „ 70 71 , 90 91 „ 120 121 „ 150 151 „ 200 201 „ 250 251 „ 280 281 „ 330 331 „ 390 391 , 420 421 „ 480 481 „ 510 511 „ 570 571 „ 600 601 „ 660 661 „ 690 , 691 „ 750 751 „ 780 781 . 840 841 „ 870 871 „ 930 931 , 960 961 „ 1020 1021 „ 1050 ) 62 ) 1,451 ) 2,078 ) 1,897 ) 1,196 ) 1,847 I 880 I 1,572 I 1,096 I 1,596 I 1,577 I 257 16 186 493 452 691 S 323 ! 832 I 355 i 629 276 I 1,136 483 378 i 104 ! 708 273 : 925 184 387 877 274 317 386 711 58 405 707 608 439 837 634 525 796 737 691 257 8 207 217 316 361 405 383 641 542 668 245 140 210 78 218 189 208 434 77 608 463 430 496 382 475 210 274 164 452 270 22 88 113 62 133 107 228 187 50 196 22 37 132 144 20 697 1,142 675 1,092 595 1,433 953 684 699 1,089 269 318 347 416 2,160 505 198 536 282 503 295 302 111 550 5 879 882 1,133 533 1,723 797 733 817 165 1,354 252 887 1,113 1,240 11 392 1,114 929 356 828 660 522 510 534 658 271 469 6,010 8,495 7,738 6,224 8,620 6,797 6,287 6,351 5,871 7,411 1,850 3,031 4,320 1,656 6,102 3,458 7,505 1,170 4,417 3,378 750 1,511 818 468 I .. I 1,030 [ 365 571 368 290 648 i 893 . .. 845 494 913 1,470 1,071 440 429 422 3,211 ' 580 1,900 1,345 528 643 627 989 2,128 590 644 682 567 603 ♦ • 1,351 750 .. 752 759 818 # 921 921 i 993 993 .. Totals, 1901 \i Totals, 1900 • 24,468 24,095 3,516 i 9,219 3,374 8,888 12,614 12,476 |6,855 16,805 1,767 1,746 4,741 4,845 1,369 1,461 1,049 1,140 16,585 16,741 4,474 4,464 !17,546 17,790 I 7,955 ]7,924 112,158* 111,749 * These bccording tc ,dvantage tl figures i the rej iat each do not agree w gulations under fraction of oneith the the Pi half or ise in 1 iblic-Sc: over is 'ables . aool Ti Bountei l and laoheri 1 as a B, bee i' Salai ■vhole. luse in :iea Act this table the averagi ;, under which eaoh e> is are n shool ga sckoned iins the

Head of Sole : Assistant i Total School. TeachereJ Teachers. 1 Adul I Number of It Teachers. Pupilteachers. M. P. i So £ Education Districts. It F. M. P. I M. I F. ' M. F. Total. M. P. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington .. ... Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland ..139 7 .. 19 6 .. 57 6 .. 54 10 ..I 31 12 .. 8 2 31 8 7 4 ..I 7 1 .. 84 3 28 1 .. ! 80 .. .. I 42 1 Ill is! 43 ! 24! 9 11 13 2 2! 55 j 13i 47| 53 109 22 « 55 22 41 69 15 24 63 i 28 88 47 MS 5 14 31 14 1 9 2 2 s 48 12 "170 298 14: 42 43! 114 69 109 39i 54 15 20 22 53 12 11 10 11 • 151 176 40 52 138 175 38 107 286 "584 42; 84 90! 204 134 243 73, 127 58; 78 99 152 81 42 35 ; 46 217 393 69 121 226 401 86: 193 1,446 2,668 1,415 2,631 31 37 48 5 22 21 21 1 8 8 1 18 9 15 12 180 29 78 142 b 7l| 13 40 13 8 88 15 i>61 33 24,468 3,516 9,219 12,614 6,855 1,767 4,741 1,369 1,049 16,585 4,474 17,546 7,955 30-1 298 303 300 31-3 194 23'7 23-6 19-0 332 31-1 36'8 33-4 73 21 16 5 4 44 6 7 Totals for 1901 .. Totals for 1900 .. Difference .. 587 61 .. 590 59 .. -3 2 401 404 624 615 234 222 . 7611,222 7411,216 184 206 771 749 h ,112,158* 111,749 310 31-1 176 181 -3! 9 12 20 6 -22 22 409 -0-1 -5 » Including seven male and fifteen female junior assistants, ieachers. * See note to Table Jl. •> Including one monitress. ■ Including six part-time