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Table H 7. Classification as regards Ages and Standards of Children on the Native Village-school Rolls at the End of December, 1916.

Class P. Standard I. Standard II. Standard III. Standard IV. Standard V. Standard VI. Standard VII. Race Totals. Grand Totals. Ages. :Euro] leans. Maoris. iEuroi leans. Maoris. Euro] :ans.| Maoris. Euroj leans. Maoris. iEuro] ians. Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans. Maoris. Europeans.: Maoris. ! Europeans. Maoris. I B. G. B. i G. B. G. B. G. B. G. i B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. j O. B G. B. j G. B. G. i ! B. G. B. G. .1 I j I 1 ! ! 18 13 123j 112| 141 125 I 266 36 38 256 ; 203| 292 241 | 533 26 40! 267 229] 293 269 562 37 37 308j 293] 345 330 675 37 29 314 251 351 283 634 861 32 2S0 252 316 284 j 600 31 31 298 251 329 282 j 611 28 23 241 213 269 236 I 505 5 and under 6 years .. 18 ib 123 112 ■■ •• I •■ 6 ., 7 , .. 31 34 256 202 3 4 1 2 ■ - - ■■ ■■ 7 . 8 „ .. IS 28 244 206 5 9 19 20 3 3 4 3 - - 8 „ 9 , 16 IS 213 201 12 10 75 69 6 11 20 22 3 2 1 1 .. .. - - 9 „ 10 . 10 5 151 104 6 7 80 75 10 8 J67 64 9 5 16 11 1 4 1 1 I ! --!-•• - •• ; ! " 1 10 . 11 „ .. i 59 62 4 3 87 70 7 8 I 70 71 12 11 53 33 6 7 11 13 3 3 3 .. 1 .. j .. ! •• 11 . 12 „ 33 28 1 2 42 40 3 2 82 74 9 7 91 62 10 13 32 j 39 6 7 18 7 1 1 .. .. I " I •■ 1 ' •■ : 12 „ 13 „ 91 10 1 25 12 3 j 45 41 8 3 65 58 6 6 I 57 50 4 10 25 36 • i 1 6 ! 4 14 I 6 '.. .. 13 . 14 „ 14 . 15 „ 15 years and over 1 1 '8 1 4 5 10 3 11 2 1 1 1 26 ! 4 I i21 8 j 4 1 38 I 19 7 30 17 8 5 2 1 3 47 45 15 43 17 7 ! 6 4 1 7 3 2 45 23 19 33 23 15 12 j 6 2 6 6 2 j 12 17 12 r is 8 1 • 17 1 1 i I 19 j .. j .. 61 : 4 i 2 116 1 6 2 x ! 5 27 20 187 160 214 180 394 15 10 115 89 130 99 229 2 4 4 59 56 63 60 123 2 295- 2772448,2,1122, 743 2,389 5,132 1 572 4,560 j 5032 I -• ! •• - " •• •■ ■• Totals .. i 1 9 9 i 94 1098' I 935 32 35 311 1300 36 33 319 I 308 41 29 289 I !220 31 I 34 207 'l69 I I 25 ' 32 130 I 117 27 ' I 18 55 I 9 1 193 2,033 67 641 69 627 70 509 65 376 57 247 45 2, 126 708 696 579 441 161 17 57i32 5,132 For the purposes of this table, half-caste ohildren and ohildren intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori, and ohildren intermediate in blood between half-caste and Euro] lean as Euro] ieau.