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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 1901.

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5 and under 6 Years. 6 and under 7. 7 and under 8. 8 and ui nder 9. li and under 10. 10 and ui nder 11. 11 and u inderl2. 12 and u iuderl3. 13 and .nder 14. 14 and under 15. Over 15 Years. Totals of all Ages. Education pistricts. Boys. Girls. I i Boys. Girls. Boys. 1,363 1,693 224 264 Girls. [ Boys, j Girls. Boys. Boys. Girls. Boys. J Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Totals. j ' I Auckland 1,155 1,067 1,458 1,518 1,708 1,561 1,745 1,575 l,675i 1,487 1,665 1,480 1,535 1,490 1,250 1,135 659 593 294 281 14,837 13,550| 28,387 Taranaki 170 147' 234 227 254j 251 241 239 279 251 256 208 267 212 163 130 128 80 64 45 2,320 2,014 4,334 Wanganui 428 380; 585 559 636 630 686 611 617: 613 711 617 610 607| 565 516 422; 399 302! 199 140 133 5,702 j 5,264 10,966 Wellington 631 514 802 717 886! 397 521 97 ! 109 851 885 742 873 825 884 815 858 853 824 739 657 622 361 310 139 105 7,800 7,093 14,893 Hawke's Bay 304 293 1 408 425 512 460 513: 475 •479 429 472 410 467 395 335 330 180 181 90 64 4,281 3,859 8,140 Marlborough 67 84 118 106 123 : in: 117 108 138 110 118 105 109 in 103 75 46 61 23 44 : i,07i 1,018 2,089 Nelson 229 240 '! 294! 261 313 308 309 314 325: 287 324 305 321 280 300 269 297! 232 159 135 73 75 2,944 2,706 5,650 Grey .. 71 90 1 72 86] 76 97] 67 87 81 &2 79 81 71 82 73 80 67 68 51 33 40 30 748 816 1,564 Westland 59 49; i ! 47 61 53 48 58 45 60 57 55i 58 62 68 59 65 67 68 291 47 34 35 583 601 1,184 North Canterbury 882 809 1 1,041 979 1,174 1,049 1,187 1,053 : 1,101 1,100 1,182 1,119 1,187 1,093 1,082 1,029 82ll 738 370 348 131 163 10,158 9,480 19,638 South Canterbury 217 188 i 265 229 280 262 307 29.3 1 288 27l! 308 284 339 270 278 245 240 208 112 96 40 54 2,674 2,400 5,074 Otago 767 787 ' 1,092 1,19V 1,140 'j 1,078 1,174 1,110 1,156 1,111 1,201 1,085 1,102 1,105 1,1.05 1,006 829 745 475 328 169 171 10,210 9,723 19,933 Southland 362 1 364 575 487 516 j 557 539 516 603 537 567 544 559 516 530 430 408 358 199 187 77 68 4,935| 4,564 9,499 Totals for 1901 .. 5,342 : 5,012 ■i ! 6,991 6,657 7,661 7,156 7,809 7,157 7,720 7,280 J ! 7,882 ! 7,185 7,620 7,077 7,194 6,590 5,659 5,108 3,071 2,598 1,314 I 1,268 68,263 63,088 131,351 Totals for 1900 .. 5,163 179 i 4,864, J 6,933 6,451: 7,684 206 - 23 : 7,054 7,650 7,299 7,769 7,176 7,727 7,249 7,687 -671 6,978 7,337 6,839 5,613 5,028 2,963 2,595 1,322 -8 1,343 67,848 415 62,876 212 130,724 Difference I 58 i ■ i 102 159 -49 104 155 -64 -143 -249 46 80 3 -75 148 -142 99 108 627