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Island shows a greater degree of regularity of attendance than the North, the respective rates being 87"5 per cent, and 864 per cent, of the average weekly roll. In 1904 the figures were 865 per cent, and 84*6 per cent, respectively.

Table A4.—Children of Maori and Mixed Races attending Public Schools, December, 1905.

As will be seen from the above table the number of children of Maori and mixed race attending public schools has increased in 1905 by 340—namely, from 3,446 to 3,786 ; the number of such children in the Maori village schools is also greater by, 109, rising from 3,754 in 1904 to 3,863 in 1905 ; while the number of scholars attending the Native boarding-schools has increased by 22, from 263 to 285. The total increase of pupils of Maori and mixed race in the colony thus amounts to 471, an advance of 63 per cent, on the number previously recorded.

TABLE B.—Age and Sex of Pupils, December, 1905.

Table B shows the age and sex of the pupils on the rolls of the public schools of the colony at the end of 1905 and the percentage of the roll at each age. It will be seen that whereas the percentage has remained fairly constant in the case of children from six to fourteen years, it is slowly increasing in the case of pupils from five to six years of age, and diminishing in that of pupils of fourteen years and over. This latter is probably due to the facilities for obtaining free education at secondary schools. In Table No. 2 of the Appendix will be found particulars of the age and sex of the pupils arranged for each of the education districts. The proportion of boys to girls is almost the same as for the previous five years, 52*28 per cent, as compared with 4772 per cent. Taking the average for the last five years, it is found that for every 100 boys on the roll there were 92 girls. Inspection and Examination. Table 01 is a summary for the whole colony of Table No, 3 in the Appendix, which shows the numbers in the several classes for the various districts. The pro-

Of Maori Kace. Of Mixed Race living as Maoris. Of Mixed Race living as Europeans. Total. Number of Schools attended Education Districts. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wnnganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 682 26 177 110 249 4 16 532 22 113 86 155 2 8 1,214 48 290 196 404 6 24 53 2 3 24 15 3 2 ; 45 4 14 22 4 98 2 7 38 37 7 2 404 26 20 38 81 15 2 368 16 43 33 68 4 2 772 42 63 71 149 19 4 1,139 54 200 172 345 22 20 945 38 160 133 245 10 10 2,084 92 360 305 590 32 30 203 17 44 38 44 4 6 8 11 4 11 6 10 10 16 1 14 21 14 27 1 "2 "l "4 1 17 6 26 51 1 28 10 45 98 11 28 10 40 63 8 21 14 39 59 19 49 24 79 122 4 143 13 17"3! 12 "l 23 11 4 19 47 4 11 Totals for 1905 .. Totals for 1904 .. 1,298 1,187 111 961 854 2,259 2,041 119 146 106 111 225 257 -32 687 594 615 554 1,302 1,148 2,104 1,927 1,682 1,519 3,786 3,446 406 390 Difference 107 218 -27 -5 93 61 154 177 163 340 16

Ages. Boys. Girls. Total. Percent! iges for Five Years. 5 and under 6 years .. 6»„ „ 7 , 7 „ , 8 „ 8 » 9 „ 9 . . 10 „ 10 . . 11 „ LI „ . 12 . L2 , , 13 „ L3_„ .-It.. L4 . „ 15 „ 5,864 7,397 8,080 8.170 8,195 8,080 8,094 7,649 6,081 3,002 5,323 6,728 7,561 7,628 7,652 7,510 7,359 6,930 5,342 2,412 11,187 14,125 15,621 15,798 15,847 15,590 15,453 14,579 11,423 5,414 1905. 81 103 11-4 11-5 11-5 11-3 11-2 10-6 8-3 39 1904. 7-8 10-3 11-5 11-5 11-4 11-5 111 10-7 8-3 40 1903. 7-8 10-4 113 11-5 11-5 11-5 11-1 10-6 8-2 4-0 1902. 7-6 103 112 115 11-3 11-3 111 10-8 84 4-4 1901. 7-9 10-4 11-3 11-4 11-4 11-5 11-2 10-5 8-2 4-3 5 . . 15 „ .5 and over 70,592 1,358 64,445 1,228 135,037 2,586 98-1 1-9 98-1 1-9 979 2-1 97-9 2-1 98-1 1-9 Totals 100-0 100-0 i 71,950 65,673 1137,623 1000 1000 100-0