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III. DETAILED TABLES, etc. TABLE A1.—Number of Public Schools, December, 1909.

TABLE B1.—School Attendance at Public Schools for 1909.

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[Classified acco ling ,0 Part I of First Schedule to the ] iucal ion lendment 1 ct, 19( 18.] Grade of School 'a 3 and d 4 Average Attendance. 3 § o h a <a < Eh 3 a a ac a a , I * d • J d DC a - Q2 3 » I -2 I \ j s S *i? = o 3 gj Xj 33 rs ? <o ? x a % 6 z u a 3 =-■£ 5® 2 S a o H m a a o ■a a « 0 3 1 1 o ; m 3 Soi o o H 1908. Grade. 73 o EH 0 1-8 31 7 1 9-15 122 13 II 10-25 138 15 III 26-35 63 19 IV 36-80 103 24 V 81-120 19 7 vi (V1a. 121-160 11 VI |VIb. 161-200 8 „ TT 1 VIIa. 201-250 9 2 V iVIIb. 251-300 2 VIIIa. 301-350 4 1 /III J VIIIB. 351-400 3 (Villa 401-450 5 (IXa. 451-500 .. 1 IX-JIXb. 501-550 1 1 llXc. 551-600 2 Xa. 001-650 3 Xb. 651-700 1 Xc. 701-750 2 y ]Xd. 751-800 a 1Xe. 801-850 2 Xp. 851-900 1 Xg. 901-950 VXh. 951-1,000 .. 11 30 40 21 54 15 6 2 4 8 1 2 2 8 21 34 22 9 ! 10 31 12 17 28 7 12 27 22 11 28 4 5 23 12 4 10 8 34 26 6 21 7 5 9 12 4 6 1 1 7 6 1 3,2.. 5 4 .. 4 1.. 4 .. .. 2 .. 14 1 3 1 .. .: .. .. 3 .. 1 3 1 .. .. 1 ■M 12 21 12 26 12 6 4 4 1 34 17 11 4 6 4 1 1 22 28 28 10 21 6 8 4 2 "' i 9 7 4 3 7 1 2 1 10 12 5 5 1 i 3 29 15 80 53 17 6 4 2 6 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 19 20 14 16 4 2 2 1 1 12 45 58 23 51 12 8 1 6 4 5 3 1 2 3 1 2 10 27 35 37 31 11 5 3 2 2 1 1 1 182 387 438 259 434 118 55 34 31 23 21 14 12 8 8 5 9 6 3 2 4 2 0 (1-15) .. 1 (16-20) .. 2 (21-25) .. 3 (26-32) .. 4 (33-40) .. 5 (41-50) .. 6 (51-60) .. 7 (61-75) .. 8 (76-90) .. 9 (91-120).. 10 (121-150).. 11 (151-200).. 12 (201-250).. 13 (251-280).. 14 (281-330).. 15 (331-390).. 16 (391-420).. 17 (421-480).. 18 (481-510).. 19 (511-570).. 20 (571-600).. '21 (601-6G0).. 22 (661-690).. 28 (691-750).. 24 (751-780).. 25 (781-840).. 26 (841-870).. 27 (871-930).. 29 (931-1,020) 30 (Over 1,020) 504 250 21G 190 139 169 82 82 61 75 43 40 33 15 20 17 12 9 7 8 2 10 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 2 "2 Totals for 1909 .. 525 90 Totals for 1908 .. 510 87 "l 525 510 90 87 196 105 191 166 123 107 78 69 120 85 118 33 2 2 34 36 209 208 81 77 235 230 166 2,057 166 1,998 59 1,998 Difference .. 15 3 15 "T ; 5 -1 1G 9 -2 1 4 I 1 5 1

(Including Secom lary lepartmem ;s ol list; let High ig: Schools.) [e Attendance for e Year (Mean of „ „ , Attendance of Four Percentage of the Quarters). , Mean of — Average Weekly Roll of Four Quarters. Roll Numbers. Averai Who! Average Education Districts. _ Art*X? mfttod ginning <™ •"Year. Left during the Year. i Pupils j belonging: at End of I Year. Mean of Average Weekly Roll of Four Quarters. Boys. Girls. Total, i 1909. 1908. Auckland .. .. 32,724 j 17,691 Taranaki .. .. 5,143 : 2,460 Wanganui .. .. 12,262 6,817 Wellington .. | 15,426 9,486 Hawke'sBav .. 8,844 4,399 Marlborough .. 1,987 878 Nelson .. .. ] 5,195 2,344 Grey .. .. 1,690 813 Westland .. .. 1,014 367 North Canterbury ..,18,338 7,776 South Canterbury .. 4,960 1,758 Otago .. .. 18,115 6,787 Southland .. .. 9,245 3,270 12,546 1,810 5,230 7,426 3,105 595 1,823 565 276 5,567 1,178 5,002 2,250 37,869 5,793 13,849 17,486 10,138 2,270 5,716 1,938 1,105 20,547 5,540 19,900 10,265 37,265 5,709 13,899 17,605 10,046 2,215 5,743 1,911 1,098 20,444 5,462 19,695 10,050 17,256 2,616 6,448 8,364 4,678 1,032 2,675 837 503 9,276 2,522 9,285 4,617 15,348 32,604 2,343 4,959 5,614 12,062 7,403 15,767 4,216 8,894 932 1,964 2,317 4,992 820 1,657 483 986 8,299 17,575 2,245 4,767 8,483 17,768 4,161 8,778 87'5 86-9 868 896 88-5 88-7 869 86-7 89-8 86-0 87-3 90 2 87'3 ; 86-6 85-8 85-8 88-1 86-8 87-5 858 867 87-4 86-8 87-0 89-2 87-4 Totals for 1909 .. 134,943 64,846 Totals for 1908 .. 130,866 62,502 47,373 45,940 152,416 147,428 151,142 145,974 70,109 67,182 62,664 132,773 59,978 127,100 87-8 87-1 871 Difference 4,077 2,344 1,433 4,988 5,168 2,927 2,686 5,613 0-8