E.—3.

Table H5. Maori Children attending Public Schools, December, 1915.

Table H5a. Classification and Ages of Maori Scholars attending Public Schools at the End of December Quarter, 1915.

Table H6. Race of Children attending Native Village Schools. [Not printed for 1915.] Summary of Table H6.—Race of Children attending Native Village Schools.

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Education Distriot. ! No. of Schools. Boys. Maoris. Girls. Total. Certificates granted. Competency. Profioienoy. Auckland ... Taranaki Wanganui ... Wellington.. Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson 290 26 59 39 50 9 9 2 4 16 6 22 19 I 1,402 102 251 209 425 29 14 2 9 60 5 39 46 1,110 93 191 137 358 31 21 3 17 72 13 54 38 2,512 195 442 346 783 60 35 5 26 132 18 93 84 1 8 _ 2 2 12 10 1 Grey Westland ... North Canterbury South Canterbury I Otago Southland ... 3 7 1 Totals for 1915 ... Totals for 1914 ... 551 566 2,593 2,138 4,731 10 2,689 2,216 4,905 11 2,593 2,689 2,138 2,216 4,731 4,905 42 30 Difference -15 -96 -78 -174 -1 -96 -78 12 I 'Note.— For tho purposes of this ti and Maori are reckoned as Maori. itutn, h [ j ' ilf-caste children and children intermediate in blood betw .en half-caste

Years. J 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 Totals, 1915 Totals, 1914 Difference .. j Class P. s. I. _ CO uj 8} >> "3 t>. O .9 O -r m a n | o 161 113 .. 240 201 .. 1 303! 242 10 .14 299 274 71 37 128 ! 126 84 79 137 94 110 80 70 66 50 58 41 39 35 34 20 13 15 14 5 3 10 7 r 2 11 1 1,40611,162 386 325 l,474jl,244 378 322 -681-82 8 3 r o S. II. S _ rl rr O CO 8. III. S. IV. 8. V. ri, j te tA c '3 ' ° -3 ° C m o m i a tit £ O « M C5 S, VI. to ° •_ S. VII. Total. [fi CC « - 11 38 86 81 55 25 8 1 13 38 56 56 61 27 9 1 1 3 36 58 61 34 17 3 7 : 25 3 8 .. . 48 24 25 1 61 46 46 28 25 40 29 33 9 31 9 25 4 12 6 8 1 28 38 25 8 17 25 3 3 2 2 12 j 11 12 | 11 6 5 161 113 240 : 202 313 ! 256 382 324 253 250 372 263 284 247 268 260 179 : 144 105 ! 55 36 24 2,593 2,138 2,689 2,216 -96 -78 2 3 3 800 304 201 256 213 250 179 i 156 I 123 98 187 j 153 ; 112 89 95 89 52 71 32 29 37 i 20 5 4 7 4 _4 5 -37 i -8 i 3 11 6 - 6 -19 j -5 I 9 1 !- am, hi len half-caste Note.—For the purposi ,nd Maori are reckoned as I is of this ret' laori, Jf-cui itechildren and children intermediate in bli lod betwi

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