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Table C3.—Age and Sex of Pupils, December, 1916.
Table C4.—Classification of Pupils at Public Schools, December, 1916.
Table C5. —Average Age of Pupils as at 31st December, 1916.
Ages. 1916. Boys. Girls. Total. 1916. 1912. Percentages for Five Years. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 5 and under 6 years 6 ., 7 „ 7 „ 8 „ 8 „ 9 „ 9 „ 10 „ 10 „ 11 „ 11 „ 12 „ 12 „ 13 „ 13 „ 14 „ 14 „ 15 „■ 7,753 10,307 11,101 11,320 10,774 10,653 10,388 10,144 8,293 4,259 6,945 9,441 10,500 10,396 10,089 9,968 9,729 9,325 7,452 3,771 14,698 19,748 21,601 21,716 20,863 20,021 20,117 19,469 15,745 8,030 7-9 10-9 11-9 11-9 11-2 10-8 10-7 10-2 8-2 4-3 8-0 10-6 11-8 11-8 11-7 10-9 10-5 10-2 8-4 4-3 8-0 10-9 11-5 11-7 11-4 11-3 10-5 9-9 8-6 4-4 7-8 10-8 11-7 11-4 11-4 11-2 10-9 10-0 8-5 4-5 7-9 10-6 11-6 11-7 11-2 111 10-8 10-5 8-5 4-3 15 and over 94,992 1,675 87,616 1,601 182,608 3,276 98-0 2-0 98-2 1-8 98-2 1-8 98-2 1-8 98-2 1-8 Totals 100-00 ___ 100-00 : _ 100-00 100-00 96,667 89,217 185,884 100-00
(Includin; Secondary Departments of District High Schools.) Classes. Boys. Girls. Total. Percental ges for Five Years. Class P .. .. 34,825 81 .. .. .. 12,208 82 .. .. .. 11,840 53 .. .. .. 11,404 54 .. .. .. 10,620 55 .. .. .. 8,941 86 .. .. .. 5,692 S7 .. .. .. 1,137 Totals .. 96,667 • 31,125 | 65,950 11,501 ; 23,709 10,949 22,789 10,641 22,045 9,666 20,286 8,292 17,233 5,728 11,420 1,315 2,452 19.12. 36-70 1.2-40 1.2-25 11-70 10-73 8-85 5-97 1-40 1918, 36-22 12-39 12-32 11-90 10-84 8-97 6-02 1-34 1914. 36-33 12-11 12-26 12-01 10-80 9-08 6-05 1 -36 1915. 35-94 12-50 12-19 11-92 10-70 9-22 6-19 1-34 1916. 35-48 12-76 12-26 11-86 10-91 9-27 6-14 1-32 89,217 '■ 185,884 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 { j 100-00 I I I
Education Districts. P. Yrs. mos. Auckland . . .. .. .. 7 3 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 7 4 Wanganui .. .. .. . . 7 0 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 7 1 Wellington .. . . . . .. 7 0 Nelson .. .. .. .. 0 10 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 6 11 Otago ' .. . . .. .. 6 10 Southland .. .. 6 11 I. Yrs. mos. 9 4 9 4 9 2 8 11 8 10 8 9 9 0 8 10 j 8 11 Avi irage Ages of the Pu II. Yrs. mos. 10 3 10 4 10 4 10 1 9 11 9 8 10 0 10 0 9 11 III. Yrs. mos. 11 7 11 4 11 4 11 1 10 10 10 10 11 1 11 0 II I >ils in eac! IV. Yrs. mos. 12 6 12 3 12 4 12 2 11 11 11 8 12 1 12 1 12 I. Class. V. Yrs. mos. 13 3 13 2 13 2 13 2 12 10 12 7 12 11 13 0 13 0 1 VI. Yrs. mos. 13 11 13 11 13 10 1.3 10 13 8 13 4 13 9 13 10 18 9 Average Ages for all Districts. 1916. Yrs.'mos. 9 10 9 11 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 6 9 8 9 8 9 7 Average for Dominion, 1916 .. 7 0 Range (difference between highest 0 6 and lowest) Average for Dominion, 1915 .. 6 11 Range (difference between highest 0 6 and lowest) 9 0 9 0 1 7 1 9 10 1 0 8 10 1 0 10 II 0 11 0 2 9 2 9 1.2 0 12 0 2 10 2 9 18 0 13 0 0 8 1 8 13 0 13 0 9 7 10 9 9 9 0 5 9 9 0 6