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EDUCATION: SECONDARY EDUCATION. [In continuation of E.-12, 1908.]

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

1. EXTRACT FROM THE THIRTY - SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINISTKR OF EDUCATION.

Secondary Education. Number of Schools. The schools usually included in the list of secondary schools in this report which were open in 1908 were thirty in number, namely,— (a.) "Endowed secondary schools" within the meaning of section 89 of the Education Act and included in the Eighth Schedule to the Ac! .. 25 (b.) Secondary schools within the meaning of the sumo section (89), but established hv tin- Minister under section 94 .. .. .. .. 3 (c.) Other endowed secondary schools not coming within the definition of section 89 .. .. •• • •• ..2 Total 30 " Five of the endowed secondary schools named in the Schedule to the Act had not been established at the end of the year, although there were district high schools in the same places which were to some extent assisted by funds derived from the endowments of the secondary schools. In one of the cases referred to (the Gisborne High School) a secondary school proper was opened in February, 1909. A list of the schools is given in Table J2. The number of district high schools in operation during the year was sixty-six. Roll and Staff. The total number of pupils attending the thirty secondary schools in the last terms of 1907 and 1908 respectively were as follows :—

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oil (exclusive of lower departments) umber in lower departments , 1907. — Boys. Girls, 2,441 1,610 87 58 Total. 4,061 [46 1908. Boys. (Iirls. Total. 2,502 1,678 4,180 88 59 147 Total.. 2,528 1,668 4,196 2,590 1,737 4,327 'umber of boarders (included above) 485 124 609 557 136 693