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Table No. 2. Age and Sex of the Pupils on the School-rolls in the several Education Districts at the End of 1905.

5 and under 6 Years. 6 and under 7. 7 and under 8. 8 and under 9. and under 10. 10 and under 11. 11 and under 12. 12 and under 13. 13andunderl4. 14 and under 15. Over 15 Years. Totals of all Ages. Boys. Girls, j I Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. I Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Totals. Auckland 1,396 1,232 1,736 1,608 1,833 1,715 1,896 1,694 1,902 1,668 1,798 1,682 1,919 1,684 1,725 1.607J I 1>471 1,246 729 531 311 256 16,716 14,923 31,63! Taranaki 191 168 281 227 303 285 323 292 319 278 286 271 294 269 279 232 200 177 100 89 62 26 2,638 2,314 4,95! Wanganui 514 451 663 595 792 719 831 651 737 737 766 690 667 671 666 628 505 451 292 235 121 104 6,554 5,932 12,481 Wellington 701 555 854 716 918 901 943 914 932 883 1,004 869 945 831 898 830 762 662 429 339 182 187 8,568 7,687 16,25. Hawke's Bay 320 314 498 414 543 506 548 503 548 527 498 454 527 455 503 396 400 327 210 182 88 109 4,683 4,187 8,87( Marlborough 64 63 97 90 110 101 103 113 104 112 125 93 126 100 113 95 82 73 47 39 25 21 996 900 1,891 Nelson 286 251 296 271 306 323 346 311 326 280 295 291 303 316 301 281 245 251 106 106 50 33 2,860 2,714 5,57< Grey 78 105 95 70 87 84 85 91 92 94 73 91 72 86 67 83 66 66 49 26 18 14 782 810 1,59! Westland 56 41 48 61 59 49 52 68 62 60 51 48 50 43 55 27 46 50 24 22 22 30 525 499 1,02< North Canterbury 857 800 1,001 989 1,119 1 1,038 1,088 1,044 1,180 1,119 1,136 1,092 1,147 1,036 1,094 992 834 768 407 314 178 152 10,041 9,344 19,38i South Canterbury 226 191 285 257 277 273 298 298 315 257 305 230 330 274 301 265 214 194 105 89 50 621 2,706 2,440 5,14f Otago 772 758 1,012 960 1,155 1,058 1,063 1,073 1,103 1,118 1,146 1,091 1,161 1,058 1,129 1,006 821 732 333 313 182 162 9,877 9,329 19,20f Southland 403 394 531 470 558 509 594 576 575 519 597 558 553 536 518 488 435 345 171 127 69 72 5,004 4,594 9,59i Totals for 1905 .. 5,864 5,323 7,397 6,728 8,060 7,561 8,170 7,628 8,195 7,652 8,030 7,510 8,094 7,359 7,649 6,930 6,081 5,342 3,002 2,412 1,858 1,228 71,950 65,673 137,62! Totals for 1904 .. 5,482 5,025 7,270 6,725 8,066 7,471 8.02S 7,496 7,962 7,495 8,190 7,479 7,864 230 7,211 7,515 134 6,932 5,995 5,253 2,972 2,447 1,317 1,280 70,661 64,814 859 135,47! Difference 382 127 3 -6 132 157 31 148 -2 86 89 30 -35 41 -52 1,289 298 90 142 233 -110 2,141