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TABLE B2.—Comparison of School Attendance at Public Schools for 1909 and 1910, North Island and South Island.

TABLE B3.—Average Attendance for the Year 1910 at the Public Schools as grouped in Table A1, as estimated for determining the Grades of Schools. (Part I of the First Schedule to the Education Amendment Act, 1908.)

It should be remarked that the average attendance as given in Table B3 differs from that in Table B for the following reason : Under certain contingencies due to an exceptional fall in the attendance at an individual school, the regulations provide that for each of one or more unfavourable quarters there may be substituted the average of a favourable quarter of the preceding year. This substitution is made for the sole purpose of determining the grade of the school, and consequently the amended average attendance is used in the compilation of Table 83, which gives the schools according to their grades. For statistical purposes the average attendance as given in Table B should be taken. Also, the totals of this table are for the mean of the four quarters of each school taken not the mean of the gross quarterly totals of all schools.

Average Attendance, Districts. 1909. 1910. Difference. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay 32,604 4,959 12,062 15,767 8,894 34,140 5,164 12,281 15,020 8,894 1.53G 205 219 147 Totals, North Island .. 74,286 74,286 70,099 76,099 1,813 1,813 Marlborougli Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland •• 1,964 4,992 1,057 986 17,075 4,767 17,768 8,778 2,021 5,000 1,009 1,008 18,030 4,874 18,002 8,1)00 57 77 12 i-> 461 107 294 122 Totals, South Island .. 58,487 58,487 59,039 59,689 1,152 1,152 Totals for Dominion .. 132,773 132,773 135,738 135,738 2,963 2,965

(1 |Incl llK iai ling E Secon< idary 1 Departments of District High ! Schools.) Hrutlfc. Q i < I i I i Q o Si a I i i & » § -6 m u p e O a d s≤ o £ S i : i 5 5 6 i o i 1 Totals Totals S for for ■= nil 11. 190«. J 0 1-8 266 37 41 1 9-15 1,384 208 317 II 16-25 2,598 332 878 III 26-35 2,435 647 674 IV 36-80 5,4391,250, 2,671 V 81-120 2,060 703 1,521 VT (VU 121-160 1,296 .. 869 iVIb 161-200 ] 1,599 .. 372 vit IVIIa 201-250 2,520; 271 952 v11 (VIIb 251-300 833( 268! 887 IVIHa 301-350 1,321 364 363 rai-IVIIlB 351-400 1,194 .. 786 (VIIIc 401-450 1,242 .. 839 (IXa 451-500 499 .. IX-JIXb 501-550 1,13911,098 522 (IXc 551-600 1,2.6 Xα 601-650 1,879' .. 616 Xβ 651-700 1,434| .. i Xc 701-750 1,442 .. .. Y Xd 751-800 .. .. .. a 1xf. 801-850 884 .. [ .. Xf 851-900 1,684 .. Xα 901-950 .. ..I .. Vxh 951-1,000 .. .. .. Totals, 1910 .. 34,361 5, 178 12,5507 Totals, 1909 .. 82,7564,96912,120 Difference .. 1,608 209J 87 31 318 616 664 1,893 799 1,288 642 1,133 771 550' 704; 808' 865 544 26 166 81 29 36 7 223 2'29 350 73 125 280 393 228 510 89 161 921 377 111 258 68 .. 857 1,175 3261.234 293 276 2,408 [,274 247 552 74 102 2,068 806 129 554 .. .. 689 624 181 535 548 .. 732 446 .. 212 .. .. 682 586 .. 255 .. .. 1,423 il 862 317 1,071, 400 734 4G8; 491 .. 473 533 .. .. 1,060 584 1,189 11,391 fj42 77'2 '.'. '.'. .. '.'. '.'. 792 10 34 50 814 1,118 i 189 508 300 4,504 4,924 414 1,162 748 9,060 8,884 111 7981,005 8,425 7,938 ; 866 2,6821,634 22,137 21,893 i 381 1,278 974 12,033 12,109 i .. 926 562 7,119 8,516 362 366 907 6,868 5,893 : .. 1,591 238 8,040 6,519 i .. 1,246 548 6,767 6,606 338 979. 301 6,466 6,1118 J 781 1,184 .. 5,789. 5,016 I 456 872 : 371 5,056 4,928 .. 1,529 .. 3,857 4,140 I .. 1.014 515 6,425 3,698 .. 602 .. '2,402 8,708 I 5,525 0,455 i 700 1,373 687 (1.227 8,868 1,442: 2,79'.) 1,689 2,219 ! 3,134 3,220 1,684 2,155 1,842: •• ! 767 1,458 16,698 15,972' 8,905 2,0235,074 1,6651,017 18,093 '9,010 1,9885,00O|l, 673 M717.710 j -105 40 74-8 30 888 ','.'. .. .. 1,013 '.)7f; 4,928 18,144 8, 980 13f,, 321183,1125 14,787 17,852J8,806 133,625 141 292 124 '2,696 - 279 I