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Table H 8. Classification as regards Ages and Standards of Children at End of December, 1913.

Standard VI. Standard VII. Class P. Standard I. Standard II. Standard III. Standard IV. Standard V. Kace Totals. Totals. Ages. ,Euroj Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. iEuro] leans. Mai iris. JEUTO] leans. Maoris. jBuro] Maoris. Euro] Maoris. :Euroj Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans, i Maoris. leans. leans. leans. leans. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. I B. G. B. G. B. a. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B G. B. J G. B. G. B. G. B. G. 5 and under 6 years .. 15 21 141 141I 15 36 29 21 20 39 141| 141 156 162 I 318 - I • • 6 „ 7 „ .. 33 19 223 201 3 1 1 224; 201 j 260 221 481 •• 7 „ 8 „ .. 20 24 223 218 6 11 17 19 3 i 1 1 241 238 270 277 547 •• 8 „ 9 „ .. 14 9 213 182 10 8 43 44 7 9 11 13 2 3 2 33! 29 267 241 j 300 ! 270 570 9 „ 10 „ .. 6 5 130 101 5 f 78 77 11 7 I 44 49 4 9 19 16 3 1 3 1 1 29j 27 275| 244 304 271 575 •■ 10 „ 11 „ .. ! 3 56 47 2 7 77 57 9 5 I 60 48 8 5 46 39 9 8 8 13 4 1 2 1 1 ct 36J 29 249 205 285 234 519 11 . 12 „ .. 1 34 22 2 3 36 32 2 3 62 57 5 5 49 « 9 11 29 21 5 5 5 1 1 2 2 25j 28 2171 1801 242 208 j 450 2 1.... 12 „ 13 [ 13 „ 14 14 „ 15 17 4 16 4 - - 1 2 1 29 15 3 23 7 12 2 1 j 39 25 9 29 18 7 3 j 3 2 74 27 19 53 J 38 13 j 6 3 3 8 1 49 48 21 50 27 20 6 5 6 10 5 4 20 37 34 21 25 18 5 2 G 9 3 4 17 20 7 14 18 7 .. 3 14 2 1 18 3 2 54 6 6 •• 4 1 ■■ 4 3 20 17 14 31 20 9 232 199 177! 137 96! 252 194 J 121 230 157 105 482 351 226 .. o 15 years and over .... 2 3 3 3 6 2 7 14 3 ! 1 2 18 10 2 20 13 6 3 4 4 71 49 75 53 128 ■• •■ i Total .. .. 92l 81 10411 939 1,980 29 37 302 I "~57 274 34 I 29 j254 I '228! 23 ' 29 241 I "aii 33 29 172 185 27 I 27 117 I 80 I 14 I 19 63 I 54 11 '■ 10 258: 257 220ljl,931 2,459 2,188 4,647 17 63 482 52 452 62 307 54 197 33 117 12 21 515 4,132 i 2, 53 642 545 504 369 150 33 4,647 Note. —For the purposes of this return, half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are to be reckoned as Maori, and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and European as European.