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2.—ADDITIONAL STATISTICS. District High Schools. The following table shows in detail the number of pupils who were attending the district high schools in the several education districts at the end of the year 1903 :—

The subjects of instruction in these schools are as follows, the numbers after each subject showing the number of schools in which it was taught: English, arithmetic, and algebra, 50 each ; Euclid, 48 ; Latin, 45 ; geography, 38 ; book-keeping, 35 ; French, 34 ; shorthand, 21, elementary science, 18; history, 16; botany, 13; drawing, 10; physics, 9; physiology, 7; sewing, 4; woodwork, 3; elementary chemistry, handwork, trigonometry, and typewriting, 2 each ; and ambulance and cookery, 1 each.

Districts. Schools. Number Passed Standard VI. M. F. Total. Number if Pupils on Roll. Others. Totals for Districts. Totals. M. F. Total, ' Auokland .. .. 1 Aratapu Cambridge Coromandel Hamilton West.. Onehunga Opotiki Paeroa Waihi .. 12 14 8 13 46 5 21 27 12 16 12 15 45 11 27 17 24 30 20 28 91 16 48 44 *2 "2 24 30 20 30 91 16 48 44 Taranaki Stratford 34 19 53 2 2 55 303 I Wanganui .. .. -/ Eltham Feilding Hawera Marton College Street (P.N.) Patea Wanganui Boys' 5 19 29 21 86 7 44 11 20 48 ■ 15 73 8 16 39 77 36 159 15 44 12 2 4 2 3 16 4 3 3 9 32 43 80 39 168 15 73 55 "3 8 "l 29 29 Wellington .. .. j Masterton Pahiatua 43 6 53 13 96 19 96 19 450 Hawke's Bay .. .. j Gisborne Dannevirke Woodville 10 27 23 21 21 13 31 48 36 "2 "2 31 50 36 115 Nelson .. .. .. -j Motueka Reefton Westport 16 12 40 16 14 37 32 26 77 1 1 33 26 77 117 136 Grey Greymouth 17 25 42 42 Westland ' Hokitika 8 20 28 28 42 28 North Canterbury .. < Akaroa Amberley Darfield East Oxford Kaiapoi Kaikoura Lincoln Lyttelton Southbridge 17 8 15 14 12 7 8 35 9 13 10 15 12 13 6 16 37 25 30 18 30 26 25 13 24 72 34 1 1 31 18 30 26 2.5 13 24 72 34 \ South Canterbury / Geraldine Temuka Waimate 13 30 34 10 19 35 23 49 69 23 49 69 273 141 Otago .. .. .. < Balolutha Hampden Lawrence Mosgiel Naseby.. Palmerston Port Chalmers .. Tapanui Tokomairiro 22 17 39 15 9 13 13 16 22 27 14 14 14 12 8 18 12 24 49 31 53 29 21 21 31 28 46 49 31 53 29 21 21 31 28 46 ■ Southland Gore Riverton Winton 34 17 10 27 19 20 61 36 30 61 36 30 309 127 Totals for th 16 colony 1,022 1,002 2,024 60 12 72 2,096