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TABLE L2.—School Attendance at Secondary Departments of District High Schools for 1916.

TABLE L3.-Number of Pupils in Secondary Departments of District High Schools taking various Subjects.

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Education Districts. Roll Numbers. Mean of. of Foi Vverage Weekly Roll ir Quarters, 1916. Girls. Total. Averagi Whole Average A ;e Attendance for e Year (Mean of Lttcndanee of Four Quarters). Girls. Total. Average Attendance as Percentage of the Mean of Average "Weekly Roll of Four Quarters. 1916. Pupils at 31st Dec, 1915. Pupils at 31st Dec., 1916. Boys. Boys. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington. Nelson Canterbury Otago 268 139 183 165 281 106 643 317 283 180 | 130 163 277 134 657 291 139 96 67 91 161 57 416 139 176 315 103 199 88 155 91 182 164 325 79 136 338 754 181 320 124 87 60 86 152 51 384 129 159 283 93 180 78 138 83 169 152 304 68 I 19 303 687 167 296 89-5 90-5 89-0 91-8 93-5 87-5 91-1 92-5 Totals I'm- 1916 2,102 2,115 1,166 1,220 2,386 1,073 1,103 J 2,176 91-2 Totals for 1915 2,102 2,402 1,126 1,071 2,197 91-9 Difference .. 13 — 16 —53 32 —21 —0-7

Aneki Haw Bi 'ke's I Wei ay. t( lmg111. Canterbury. Totals. Percentage. land. Taranaki. Wan: ranul. Nelson. Otago. Subjects. B. G. B. G. B. B. G. B. G. B, G. G. B. G. | B. G. B. G. B. G. English and Arithmetic .. 128 History and Geography .. 128 Latin .. .. .. 14 French .. .. 31 Mathematics . . .. 127 Surveying and Mensuration Chemistry and Physics .. 73 Botany. . . . 60 Agricultural Science .. 114 Hairy Science .. .. 90 Wool-classing Physiology and Zoology . . 59 Hygiene . . .. 9 Elementary Science of Com- 8 mon Life Domestic Science Needlework and Cookery Woodwork and ironwork.. 88 Book-keeping and Commer- 72 cial Work Shorthand and Typewriting 16 Drawing . . . . 27 164 164 24 56 160 87 95 57 83 86 53 46 42, 21 34 36 5 80 90 56 28 .. .. 76 77 59 70 73' .. 43 .. 45 41 35 6 80 80 69 52 18 56 2 5 78 73 85 138 151 50 136 151 52 68 67 6 12 32 76 84| 96 12 49! 10 45 69 80 93 10 70 .. .. 50 50 13 10 43 73 72 15 16 53 368 34 lj 211 21 295 62 300 65 157: 48 25 8 35 311 290 155 33 218 12 202 131 88 64 124 114 70 29 117 62 84 97 78 167 162 122 46 163 23 91 102 97 1,032 957 499 147 875 152 672 337] 6O81 251 25 127 186 154 1,126 1.050 495 227 934 35 563 [ 467 417 276 100 93 48 14 85 15 65 33 51) 24 2 12 18 15 100 93 44 20 83 3 50 41 37 25 88 92 133 107 67 21 10 16 9 78 66 i I '' I 47 32 13 '.'. - 59J .. 71 .. 71 .. ! 77 120 75 ; 75 85 5 22 12! 25! i 25 59 55 43 59 69 143 441 173 13 39 15 • • • > i .. 108 .. 88 . . 41 72 68 7 20 .. 56 . . 41 .. 43 7 8 16 21 .. '71; .. .. 71 25 24 69 .. 16 30; .. 126 .. ! 117 .. 29 ! 35 54 13 27 17 77 124 22 142 43 37 17 82 493 342 165 632 48 33 15 56 34 128 22 368 33 16 8 . . 27[ 42; 17 i I28 1 164 1 87 17 22J 24 87 95 57 17 66 .. 80[ 80 23 22 26 85J 138 151 15 17 70 194 84 98 3 22 8 29 143 329 166 273 14 32 15 24 Total number of pupils 128; 50 73 368 ! 124 167 1,032 1,126 100 100 311