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During the year 1909, 61 schools were closed; as in previous years, several * of these schools, although reckoned as closed in their original form, were reopened in another; some were amalgamated, some half-time schools became full-time schools; and so on. Including such reopened schools, the total number of schools opened during the year was 120. The totals of schools closed and of schools opened during the year are as follows :— Increases and Decritasks in Number of Public Schools. n . . ■ . Number of School* l Number of Schools Increase in Number Decrease in Number L " 6ll " M ' closed. opened. of Schools. of Schools. ! i _'J Auckland .. 15 30 15 Taranaki .... 2 5 8 Wanganui .... 7 12 5 Wellington .... 5 4 .. 1 Hawke's Bay .... 5 21 16 Marlborough .... 8 17 9 Nelson ...... 6 8 2 Grey ...... 2 4 2 Westland .... 2 .. 2 North Canterbury .. 4 5 1 South Canterbury .. 1 5 I Otago ...... 1 6 5 Southland .... 3 3 61 120 61 Increase 11909) .. .. 59 The net increase in the number of schools open at the end of the year is thus 59. The total number of public schools in each grade is shown in Table A; it is, of course, necessary to remember that the grading in 1908 was in accordance with the former scale, whereas the grading for 1909 is that prescribed by the First Schedule to the Education Amendment Act, 1908. TABLE A.—Number op Public Schools in each Grade, 1908 and 1909. Number of Schools. Number of 8chooI«. . „ , «. .--, i Grade (as in Education Amendment Grade las in Education Act, 1908). Ao * jtJOK, 1908. 1900. ' 0. (1-151 504 0. (1-8; 182 1. (16-20) '250 1. (9-15) 387 2. (21-25) .. .. .. 216 2. (16-25) .. .. .. 438 3. (26-32) 190 3. (26-35) ' 259 4. (33-40) .. .. •• 139 4. (36-80| .. .. .. 434 5. (41-50 169 15. (81-120) 118 6. 51-60 82 , ' 6a. (121-160) 55 7. 61-751 82 °- I 6k. (161-200) '' ' • 34 8. (76-90) 61 7 I 7a. (201-2501 31 9. 91-120) 75 'M 78. (251-300) " " 23 10. (121-150) 43 (Ba. (301-350) .. .. 21 11. (151-200) 40 8. Bb. (351-400) .. .. 14 12. 201-250) 38 I Be. (401-450) .. .. 12 13. 251-280) 15 (9a. (451-500) .. .. | 8 14. (281-330) 20 9. -9b. (501-550) .. .. 8 15. 331-390 17 I 9c. (551-600) .. .. 5 16. (391-420) 12 , 10a. (601-650) .. .. 9 17. (421-480) 9 10b. (651-700) .. .. 6 18. (481-510) 7 1 10c (701-750) .. .. 3 19.511-570) 8 I 10d. (751-800) .. 2 20. £71-600 .. •. • • • 2 10 --\ 10e. (801-850) .. .. 4 21. 601-660) 10 10k. (851-900) .. 2 22. 661-690) 2 100. (901-350) 23.(691-750) i 1011.(951-1,000) .. .. 2 24. (751-780) .. • • 4 25. (781-840) 2 26. (841-870) .. .. .. 1 27. (871-930) .. 28. (931-960) .. 29. (961-1,020) .. .. •• i 1 30. (Over 1,020) Total .. .. 1,998 Total.. ;. .. 2,057 I The number of schools in each grade in the several education districts is given in Table Al in the special paper dealing with primary education (E.-2).