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TABLE A1.—School Attendance and Yearly Increase from 1877 to 1905.

In the average of the weekly roll-numbers there is an increase of 2,189 for the year. The figures for 1904 were 136,282 and 138,471 for 1905. At the end of the year the number on the roll was 137,623, as against 135,475 for the previous year, an increase of 2,148. Although the standard of regularity of attendance last year compared very favourably with that of any other country in the world, it was even higher for 1905 —86 - 9 per cent., as compared with 85 - 5 per cent, for 1904, an increase of 1"4 per cent. In the first quarter the average daily attendance was 868 per cent, of the average weekly roll-number, in the second quarter 86*6 per cent., in the third quarter, 86*9 per cent., and in the fourth 871 per cent. The increase in total average attendance was as usual much greater last year in the North Island than in the South. In 1899 the average attendance for the South Island was 56,486 ; in 1900 this fell to 56,111, in 1901 to 55,358 ; a recovery in 1902 brought it up to 56,110, and a further fall in 1903 reduced it to 54,422. In spite of the increase of 1,061 for 1904, and an additional 549 for 1905, the South Island has still 454 less than it had in 1899.

TABLE A2.—Comparison of School Attendance, 1904 and 1905, North Island and South Island.

'p to 1893 the average attei idance ia the ' strict " average, after tl iat year it is the " wor] :ing' average.^ Sch. iol Attendanci Yearly Increase on Tear. So Sgg> . HP © O •a a H pi aSE B 'aVs o Average attendance. 13 id's . isSj <! a a Mo g T > 9 mPS Is , ?*- g'&s $ T3 a H It's o "o Average Attendance. Fourth Whole Quarter. Year. Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 50,849 59,707 68,124 74,359 76,309 79,416 84,883 90,670 95,377 99,206 103,534 104,919 108,158 110,665 112,279 114,305 116,819 119,900 122,425 123,533 123,892 123,207 123,416 122,725 123,456 124,095 125,150 126,653 55,688 65,040 75,566 82,401 83,560 87,179 92,476 97,238 102,407 106,328 110,919 112,685 115,456 117.912 119,523 122,620 124,686 127,300 129,856 131,037 132,197 131,621 131,315 130,724 131,351 132,262 133,568 135,475 137,623 49,435 57,301 62,946 63,009 66,426 ■ 70,077 74,650 80,183 83,361 87,386 90,849 94,308 96,670 96,264 100,917 99,872 107,032 108,708 110,274 111,952 109,561 109,050 111,498 112,354 111,556 114,232 117,965 120,725 45,521 53,067 60,625 61,822 63,709 67,373 72,657 78,327 80,737 85,637 90,108 93,374 94,632 97,058 99,070 98,615 104,996 108,394 110,517 112,328 111,636 110,316 111,747 111,797 113,711 113,047 116,506 120,265 73-8 74-6 74-2 73-6 74-0 75-1 766 76-1 77-0 79-3 80-3 79-9 803 806 78-5 81-8 82-8 83-3 83-9 83-4 82-6 84'1 84-1 84-9 83-9 85-5 86-9 8,858 8,417 6,235 1,950 3,107 5,467 5,787 4,707 3,829 4,328 1,385 3,239 2,507 1,614 2,026 2,514 3,081 2,525 1,108 359 [-685] 209 [ — 691] 731 633 1,055 1,503 9,352 10,526 6,835 1,159 3,619 5,297 4,762 5,169 3,921 4,591 1,766 2,771 2,456 1,611 3,097 2,066 2,614 2,556 1,181 1,160 [-576] [ - 306] [-591] 627 911 1,306 1,907 2,138 7,866 5,645 63 3,417 3,651 4,573 5,533 3,178 4,025 3,463 3,459 2,362 [-406] 4,653 [-1,045] 6,279 1,676 1,566 1,678 [-2,391] [-511] 2,448 856 [-798] 2,676 3,733 2,760 7,546 7,558 1,197 1,887 3,664 5,284 5,670 2,410 4,900 4,471 3,266 1,258 2,426 2,012 [-455] 4,875 3,398 2,123 1,811 [-692) [-1,320] 1,431 50 1,914 [-664] 3,459 3,759

Average Attendance. Districts. 1905. 1904. Difference. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay 27,507 4,252 10,774 14,071 7,629 25,722 4,092 10,39113,461 7,357 1,785 160 383 610 272 Totals, North Island .. 64,233 61,023 3,210 I