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Table B1a. —School Attendance at Public Schools for 1914.

Table B2. —Comparison of School Attendance at Public Schools for 1913 and 1914, North Island and South Island.

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ling jeconi !ary leparti tents of >is irict Hig] Ichoo! '•) ;oll Num' tors. Avoraf Who: Average h-o Attendal le Year (Me Attendance Quarters). ice for tan of j of Four Average Attendance as Percentage of the Mean of Average Weekly Roll of Four Quarters. Education Districts. Pupils at 31st December, 1913. Pupils belonging at 31st December, 1914. Mean of Average Weekly Roll of Four Quarters, 1914. Hoys. Girls. Total. 1914. 1913. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson 46,417 6,076 15,41.4 18.400 11,089 2,457 6,323 1,992 1,189 22,076 5,947 21,133 11,218 48,689 6,240 15,877 1.9,214 12,384 2,516 6,408 2,043 1,193 22,669 6,220 21,538 11,622 48,092 6,146 15,687 18,861 1.2,010 2,458 6,390 2,002 1,187 22,229 6,042 2L,045 11,321 22,474 2,902 7,495 9,071. ' 5,720 1,173 3,075 911 544 10,426 2,830 10.252 5,254 20,358 2,609 6,023 8,071 5,212 1,078 2,608 829 497 9,448 2,597 9,252 4,836 42,832 5,511 14,118 17,142 10,938 2,251 5,743 1,740 1,041 19,874 5,427 19,504 10,090 89-1. 89-7 90-0 90-9 911 91-6 89-9 86-9 87-7 89-4 89-8 92-7 89-1 88-3 88-9 89-4 90-3 89-8 90-0 89-3 90-4 90-1 87-9 88-6 91-8 88-2 Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland Totals for 1914 Totals for 1913 170,331 176,613 170,331 173,470 167,457 82,1 33 78,708 74,078 70,651 156,211 149,359 90-1 89-2 Difference 6,282 6,013 3,425 3,427 6,852 +' •9

Averago Attendance. Districts. Difference. 1913. 1914. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay 40,715 5,472 13,904 16,672 10,296 43.045 5,043 14,339 17,443 11,069 2,330 171 435 771 773 Totals, North Island 87,059 91.539 4,480 Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 2,158 5,685 1,765 1,105 19,31.6 5,251 19,233 9,670 2,251 5,833 1,765 1,106 20,243 5,531 19,776 10,090 93 148 1 927 280 543 420 Totals, South Island 64,183 66,595 2,41.2 Totals for Dominion 151,242 158,134 6,892