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This number does not include Maoris receiving primary education at schools not under Government inspection ; of these no separate return is made. The classification of Maori children attending Native schools is given in the special report on Native schools (8.-3). The following table shows the age, sex, and classification of the 4,462 children on the rolls of the public schools :—

TABLE Ca.—Classification of Maori Children attending Public Schools, December, 1910.

N B.—For the purposes of this return, half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori. During the year no Native schools were handed over to the Education Boards, and the attendance has, partly on this account, remained practically stationary— 4,467 as aga : nst 4,434 in 1909. The policy is steadily followed of handing over Native schools to the Education Boards as soon as the pupils have become, educationally at least, so far European in character that they can be conveniently taught with European children. This point is reached when the Maori can use English fluently in his ordinary conversation. It is part of the same policy to assimilate the programme of work in Native schools as nearly as possible to that in public schools, and to make no distinction in point of salary between teachers in the two classes of schools. Europeans in Native Schools. (E.-3.- Table H4, page 22.) There were 427 European children—232 boys and 195 girls—attending Native village schools at the end of the year. Under this head children who are intermed ate in blood between half-caste and European are reckoned as European. The following table gives the classification of these scholars in ages and in standards :—

TABLE Cb.—Classification of European Children attending Native Schools, December, 1910.

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By Ages. |! By Stai idard Classes. I Years. Boys. Girls. Total. Classes. Beys. Girls. Total. ' Av * r g a / e II 5 and under 6 6 „ 7 7 „ 8 8 9 9 „ 10 10 „ 11 11 „ 12 12 „ 13 13 „ 14 14 „ 15 15 years and over 189 223 314 317 310 337 256 237 177 76 39 122 311 j 206 429 ! 264 578 288 605 257 567 258 595 209 465 173 410 141 318 47 123 22 61 3n| 429 ! 578 605 567 595 465 410 318 123 61 4,462 Class P. „ SI „ S2 „ S3 . S4 „ S5 „ S6 . S7 Class P... „ SI „ S2 „ S3 „ S4 . S5 „ S6 » S7 ... 1,346 378 ! 292 t 198 147 i 83 > 23 8 1,346 378 292 198 147 83 23 8 1,172 273 210 154 94 62 20 2 2,518 651 502 352 241 145 43 10 Yrs. Mos. 7 5 9 4 10 6 12 0 12 10 13 6 14 2 15 6 Totals Totals ... 2,475 1,987 4,462 Totals i 2,475 2,475 1,987 4,462 11 11

By Ages. By Standard Classes. I 1 Years. Boys. : Girls. Total. Classes. Boys ( Girls. Total. 5 and under 6 6 . 7 7 . 8 8 „ 9 9 „ 10 10 „ 11 11 „ 12 12 „ 13 13 „ 14 14 „ 15 15 years and over 23 15 38 29 20 i 49 31 22 53 27 29 , 56 19 19 38 23 27 50 22 15 i 37 20 27 j 47 21 11 32 13 9 22 ... 4 1 5 Class P ... „ SI ... „ S3 ... „ S3 ... „ S4 ... „ S5 ... „ S6 ... „ S7 ... 88 28 23 23 20 26 13 11 66 32 11 16 26 27 14 3 154 60 34 39 46 53 27 14 Totals 232 195 427 232 195 427 Totals 232 195 427