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TABLE D.—Number of Pupils instructed in each Subject, December, 1904— continued.

Public Schools. The number of schools open at the end of 1904, counting 84 half-time schools as 42, was 1,785, or 44 more than were open in December, 1903. In Table El the schools are classified, as for 1903, according to the yearly average attendance. The classification is in accordance with the grades in Part I. of Schedule I. to " The Public-school Teachers' Salaries Act, 1901," as re-enacted by " The Education Act, 1904."

TABLE E1.—Number of Schools, December, 1904.

In the next table the average attendance in each education district is shown in detail by a statement of the aggregate attendance at each group of schools under

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Education Districts. 09 °* 0 a ea - o M to $9 Si al to fl o 00 CD cj CD .Q O 6 5 H if a o Q M to O a 3 B .3 CUD a s 4i E O * 9 i 9 •z, 'to a Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 30,207 4,834 12,201 15,831 8,765 1,943 5,522 1,667 1,036 19,378 5,114 19,372 9,605 13,025 2,080 5,575 7,986 4,298 748 2,588 718 466 8,948 2,626 9,021 4,404 10,798 1,498 4,454 6,830 4,234 687 1,895 510 364 5,842 2,127 7,412 2,881 19,082 3,141 6,483 9,518 4,686 962 3,184 1,061 642 12,202 2,987 10,808 5,585 1,316 45 42 409 41 45 7 18,181 3,457 8,108 12,007 4,564 1,180 3,362 27,907 4,387 10,102 15,035 8,345 1,639 5,316 1,540 737 18,082 4,749 18,870 8,777 125,486 116,105 9,502 1,952 4,469 6,632 3,591 892 2,509 661 367 8,814 2,198 7,699 4,013 27,721 4,562 9,785 14,839 8,173 1,854 5,296 1,667 830 18,191 4,990 13,248 8,468 863 15 528 542 504 10,282 2,754 6,027 6,868 77,294 50,829 Totals for 1904 Totals for 1903 135,475 133,568 62,483 61,216 1,267 49,532 47,313 80,341 79,748 3,853 3,974 53,299 51,668 119,624 109,648 Difference 1,907 2,219 593 -121 26,465 9,381 1,631 9,976

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