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1905. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: SECONDARY EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-12, 1904.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

1. EXTRACT FROM THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION. The number of endowed secondary schools giving free tuition to all qualified pupils at the end of 1904 was twenty, and the number of pupils holding free places was 1,595. There were besides about 387 holders of scholarships and exhibitions given by these schools, or by Boards of Education, or by the four endowed secondary schools not coming under the conditions. Further, there were 2,291 qualified pupils receiving secondary education in the secondary classes of the district high schools, which numbered fifty-two. On the whole, therefore, the effect of recent legislation and the regulations thereunder has been to afford free secondary education for some 4,273 children from the primary schools, whereas at the end of the year 1901 the number was about 963. Scholarships. The following table shows the number of Education Board scholarships held in December, 1904, with their tenure and annual value. The total expenditure of the Boards under this head amounted to £8,260 ls. 9d. The total paid to the Boards for scholarship purposes by the Department was £8,034 lis.

Number and Value of Education Board Scholarships.

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Number Period Boards' Education Districts. h S} d ln Boys. Girls. of Expenditure «&• Tenure. on bcholgrthip. . I Annual Value, &c. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington 85 11 25 38 66 3 14 15 I 19 8 11 23 Years. 3 Varies Varies 2 £ s. d. 1,841 7 11 283 2 0 757 13 3 910 12 0 10 at £30; 22 at £25 ; 17 at £20; 36 at £15 6 at £35; 1 at £22 10s.; 4 at £10 14 at £40; 11 at £15. 8 at £35 ; 2 at £18 18s.; 1 at £17; 27 at 2 at £40 ; 4 at £30 4s. ; 7 at £30 ■ 1 at £22 10s.; 1 at £12 ; 5 at £10 4s.; 1 at £10 ; 4 at £8 8s.; 5 at £2 2s 3 at £35 ; 5 at £10. 3 at £50 10s.; 3 at £40; 2 at £25 ; 9 at £1 5s. 1 at £26 ; 2 at £25 ; 1 at £8. 2 at £24 ; 1 at £12; 2 at £4. 22 at £40; 14 at £20. 9 at £22 10s.; 1 at £13 10s.; 14 at £7 10s 5 at £40; 1 at £35 ; 5 at £30 ; 2 at £25 • 14 at £20 ; 8 at £15 ; 5 at £12 10s.; 11 at £7 10s. 15 at £35; 5 at £15. Hawke's Bay 80 14 16 2 498 1 2 Marlborough Nelson 8 17 2 10 I 6 7 2 2 155 0 0 377 5 0 Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago 4 5 30 24 51 1 3 17 16 33 3 2 19 8 18 Varies 2 2 2 Varies 64 10 0 69 0 0 1,236 10 6 836 19 10 1,114 8 4 Southland 20 16 4 2 615 11 9 Totals, 1904.. Totals, 1903.. 354 350 210 203 144 147 8,260 1 9 8,550 4 0