B.—l.
The number of Maoris and children of mixed race attending the public schools is shown in the following table : —
TABLE B2.—Children of Maori and Mixed Races attending Public Schools, December, 1902.
The number of children of Maori and mixed race attending the public schools has increased during the year by 340 —namely, from 2,688 to 3,028 ; the number of such children in the Maori village schools was greater by 444 in 1902 than it was in 1901; in the Maori boarding-schools there was an increase of 7. In the aggregate there were 6,626 children of Maori and mixed race receiving instruction last year, as against 5,835 the previous year —that is, there was a total increase of 791. Table C shows the number of the population, exclusive of Maoris and Chinese, at each year of age, and the percentage of children at each age that at 31st March, 1901, were receiving instruction in the public schools.
TABLE C.—Number on Public-School Roll compared with Population, according to Age and Sex.
Note.—The figures in column 3 are from the last Census returns (31st Maroh, 1901). It is estimated that the proportions are practically unchanged. The proportion of boys to girls is almost the same as for 1900 and 1901— 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 924 girls. The ratio of the children under ten years of age to those over that age is slightly lower than it was last year. The actual percentages are respectively 519 and 481 of the roll-number. Table CI gives the numbers, according to the returns of the BegistrarGeneral, that at 31st March, 1901, were under instruction at colleges or grammar or high schools, at private schools, at denominational schools, and at home respec-
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Of Maori Ki toe. Of Mixed Race living as Maoris. Of Mixed Hace living as Europeans. Total. Number of Schools attended Education Districts. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui .. Wellington .. Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South CanterburyCD tago Southland 419 39 125 89 246 1 6 367 21 76 66 153 786 60 201 155 399 1 10 31 I 34 1 3 8 7 6 9 18 i 22 65 4 15 15 40 343 26 19 40 74 14 289 26 25 38 63 11 4 632 52 44 78 137 25 4 793 690 66 50 152 108 135 113 338 238 15 11 6 9 1.483 116 260 248 576 26 15 179 22 39 40 35 5 6 4 1 7 ! i 7 8 6 4 8 11 13 8 15 19 5 24 2 36 54 2 20 2 35 42 7 44 4 71 <J6 ! 12 8 28 24 9 10 47 50 62 54 20 52 19 97 116 2 11 3 17 15 " 3 ' "i\ 8 12 "7 20 Totals for 1902 Totals for 1901 951 : 820 1 716 562 i 1,667 1,382 75 I 92 116 j 118 -41 I -26 i ! 167 234 637 571 557 501 1 1,194 1,072 1,663 1,507 1,365 1,181 3,028 374 2,688 352 Difference i 131 ; 154 285 66 56 122 I 1 156 184 340 22
(! School Roll i it End of L902. (1) < 4 '> VnniilnHnii Percentage of Popui ,5i?M i lonn lation on Boll of (as at 31st March, 1901). PubUo Schools (1.) Age (Years). Boys. Girls. Total. Percent- : aye of i Roll at ieach Age Boys. Girls. Total. I Boys. Girls. Total. 5 and under 6 6 „ „ 7 7 . „ 8 8 „ „ 9 9 „ ,10 10 . . 11 11 . , 12 12 . . 13 13 . „ 14 14 , „ 15 5,241 6,946 7,714 7.927 7,764 7,724 7,661 7,419 5,941 3,084 4,828 6,602 7,107 7,338 7,231 7,232 6,987 6,805 5,171 2,715 10,069 13,548 14,821 15,265 14,995 14,956 14,648 14,224 11,112 5,799 7-6 10-3 11-2 11-5 11-8 11'8 11-1 10-8 8-4 4-4 8,709 8,627 8,675 8,593 8,704 8,512 8,464 8,822 8,552 8,747 8,567 8,503 8,479 8,390 8,480 8,376 8,196 8,612 8,579 8,358 17,276 17,130 17,154 16,983 17,184 16,888 16,660 17,434 17,131 17,105 60-2 56-4 80-5 77-6 88-9 838 92'2 87-5 89-2 85-3 90-7 863 90-5 j 85-2 84-1 I 79-0 69-5 60-3 35-3 32-5 58-3 79-1 86-4 89-9 87-3 886 87-9 81-6 64-9 33-9 (5 . . 15) 15 „ over 67,421 1,480 62,016 1,345 129,437 2,825 97-9 21 86,405 84,540 170,945 78-0 ! 73-4 75-7 Totals 68,901 63,361 132,262 1000