E.—6.

Table K2.-Classification of Pupils on the Roll of Secondary Schools at the end of the Year 1922, according to Years of Attendance (exclusive of Lower Departments).

From these figures the following lesults relating to the length of time pupils remain at the seoondary sohools are obtained :— Boys. Girls. Percentage leaving at the end of the (list year or during the second year .. 22-8 23-6 second ,, third ,. .. 19-4 24-3 third „ fourth „ .. 26-6 25-5 fourth „ fifth „ .. 18-1 17-3 fifth „ sixth , „ .. 9-9 7-3 sixth „ seventh „ .. 3-2 24) 100-0 100-0 The average length of stay of the boys is 2-87 yoars, and the girls 2-70 years.

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Boys. Girls. First Year. Girls. Boys. Girls. Hoys. Girls. Second Year.l Third Year, Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. '. Fourth Year. Boys. Fifth Year. Sixth Year. Totals. pa . _ I! u o Boys. Girls. ctH nuys. Girls, f Boys. Girls. Whangarei High Schools 53 Auckland Bovs' Grammar 350 School Mount Albert Boys' Gram- 120 mar School Auckland Girls' Grammar School Epsom Girls' Grammar School Thames High Sohool .. 35 Hamilton High School .. 86 Now Plymouth Boys' H igh 106 School New Plymouth Girls' High School Wanganui Girls' College.. Palmerston North Boys' 105 High School Palmerston North (Jirls' High School Gisborne High School . . 78 Napier Boys' High School 84 Napier Girls' High School Dannevirke High School 27 Wellington Boys' College 234 Wellington Girls' College Marlborough High Sohool 44 Nelson Boys'College .. 112 Nelson Girls' College Christohurch Boys' High 165 School Chiistchuich Girls' High School Rangiora High .School .. 32 Ashburton High School . . '29 Timaru Boys' High School 89 Timaru. Girls' High Sohool Waitaki Bovs' High School 77 Waitaki Girls' High Sohool Otago Boys' High School 219 Otago Girls' High School Gore High School .. 42 Southland Boys' IT i g h 88 School Southland Girls' High School Totals .. ..2,190 53 411 359 . . A. Secondary Si •ichools. 2 113 104 217 822 . . 822 1 40 40 28 9 25 ! .. 218 .. 201 .. 40 40 218 ) 8 9 40 . . ■> 4 126 . . i .. 85 .. 48 .. 85 14 273 .. 273 202 202 .. 118 .. 69 ) '. . 42 13 1 445 445 151 15.1 .. 108 .. 68 i .. 43 4 2 376 376 35 31 86 59 106 .. > 31 16 28 18 9 i 59 47 35 35 28 i . . 67 . . 49 .. 16 47 67 ) 9 5 ( 14 10 !) 14 37 1 13 1 13 12 1 79 195 27! 79 73 152 195 133 328 271 . . 271 37 .. I .£■ 12 62 62 .. 53 .. II 14 7 .. 7 1 151 151 88 .. 60 . . 47 i .. 67 .. 47 .. 67 ' . . 15 25 i .. 0 .. 3 .. 5 6 3 252 219 219 252 .. 252 25 .. 3 3 75 .. 56 . . 26 i . . 10 i .. 3 .. 3 170 170 I 72 57 42 23 15 49 .. 42 . . 58 .. 40 .. 37 40 18 12 5 3 259 .. 129 . . 253 .. 221 .. 110 41 25 32 II II : .. 62 .. 50 .. 89 . . 66 .. 34 . .. 146 .. 91 57 49 i 18 2 18 20 4 2 2 10 .. 3 K 4 4 10 2 1 182 208 182 134 310 208 . . 208 156 156 60 59 119 721 .. 721 706 706 91 94 185 276 .. 276 219 219 494 .. 494 18 259 20 .. ' . . 15 ; 8 3 8 81 ■ . . 5 . . 10 2 2 16 5 1 1 60 721 2 .. 16 .. 2 28 2 11 25 62 81 .. 83 9 8 9 29 28 16 2 2 19 91 270 2 2 29 .. 12 19 .. 4 19 10 2 146 fif* :i9 59 I 6 25 . . 8 25 494 174 . . 162 .. 89 50 20 .. 20 495 405 21 22 27 14 8 33 13 29 20 13 55 . . 44 . . II .. 54 .. 23 79 .. 48 .. 62 . . 34 .. 24 147 .. Ill 183 .. 127 .. 66 43 23 26 18 12 65 .. 41 22 13 55 4 4 5 11 4 5 30 2 2 .. 2 5 2 5 14 2 3 1 74 72 234 74 63 137 72 89 161 234 .. 234 141 141 252 .. 252 138 138 538 .. 538 430 430 99 89 188 238 .. 238 5 3 .. 14 .. 2 79 30 . . 18 32 4 .. 15 .. 1 14 1 K 15 4 1 252 32 .. 14 15 1 fl 4 147 49 4 . . i n 12 538 49 .. 43 8 7 OPT 12 .. 12 7 9 1 2 23 65 8 25 9 . . 7 1 1 14 .. 5 7 14 99 238 25 .. 14 119 .. 76 .. 47 32 7 .. 281 281 1,937 1,500 1,434,1,054 778 524 450 183 139 33 183 27 5,544. 1,544 4,70510300 B. Endowed: Scl :hools. 20 . . 3 37 . . 14 57 .. 17 240 139 50 177 .. 177 250 .. 250 Wanganui Collegiate School :!2 Christ's College, Ohiist- 2(' church Totals . . . . 58 (Irand totals .. 2,248 .. I 43 .. 52 43 55 86 .. 107 .. 1,937 1,6461,434 ',161 778 27 .. 75 . . 102 .. 626 450 20 37 57 240 177 250 427 27 5,971 427 . . 427 i,971 4,765 10736 4,765