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TABLE K12.—Lower Departments of Secondary Schools, 1923. —Average Attendance, Roll, Classification, and Staff.

DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS. Table L1.—School Attendance at Secondary Departments of District High Schools for 1923.

TABLE L2.—Subjects taken by Pupils in Secondary Departments of District High Schools, 1923.

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School. i 2d HHCH as" ?" Roll Number, !923- Olai j i „ m as Classification according to Stanc is P. 81. 82. S3. 84. Si G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. lards. 5. 88. I Totals. G. B. G. B. G. US 3,° 0 M. F. New Plymouth Boys' High School New Plymouth Girls' High School Wanganui Girls' College Gisborne High School Napier Boys' High School Napier Girls' High School Nelson Boys' College Nelson Girls' College Christchurch Girls' High School Timaru Boys' High School Waitaki Boys' High School 67 37 36 27 32 57 32 62 23 66 23 76J .. . .! 38 .. 39 16 12 36 .. .. 61 33 .. ..71 ..I 22 72 .. 24 .. i 5 i 6 6 3 4 ■■ 4 13 7 5 5 n .. . . 8 .. 10 2 '.'. .. 9 6 .. .-. 16 .. 3 8 .. 6 .. 33 46 18 3 11 10 7 2 io is 15 23 15 16 10 19 16 36 76 38 39 12 61 76 ; 38 i 39 : 28 86 61 33 71 22 72 24 1 i 2 2 2 o 3 2 3 16 i2 19 8 12 18 11 33 71 22 1 2 0 7 io 9 3 23 14 72 24 1 3 9 1 1 Totals.. 162 257 213 6 1 13 6 19 (I 30 33 56 62 LOO 89 257 243 500 7 14 J

Education District. h 2 fij H rj I" Roll Total. Number and Ages at 31st December. °J j.^™^,. Under ,,,, ,, ,, u ,. Over 10 13-14 14-1(1 15-16 ,1, ,,„.,„ nt i. ?IL. *«■»• Years. Years. **■■ «*■ ; Weekly uarters. Total. Mean of anceoi Average Pour Qi Attendlarters. Total. Hoys. Girls. " Auckland Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland 22 6 5 9 3 13 9 1 874 108 214 409 100 045 369 39 I 17 106 238 301 212 : 470 502 3 20 63 47 29 80 97 2 18 70 58 00 120 113 (i 61 139 114 89 219 245 12 22 35 31 55 50 4 48 184 222 187 373 353 2 44 92 112 119 183 221 1 5 14 11 8 15 26 17 3 2 (i 972 177 239 464 105 720 404 41 429 71 118 205 51 339 1.70 13 452 87 106 226 46 318 203 24 8S1 158 224 431 117 657 373 37 4 2 1 Totals for 1923.. 68 2,818 35 35 320 822 900 741 .1,521 1,607 3,128 1,390 1,462 2,858 Totals for 1922.. 61 2,006 I!) 19 290 818 819 054 1,437 1,406 2,903 1,337 1,345 2,082 I )i (Terence (increase) 7 212 16 24 4 81 87 84 I 141 16 225 59 117 176

Number of Pupils taking Subjects. I'ercentagi Num B of Whole iber. Subject. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. English and arithmetic .. .. .. .... Geography, history, and civics .. Latin .. .. .. ... ... French Mathematics .. ... .. ... Chemistry and physics Botany Agricultural science .. Dairy-work Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. Domestic science .. Needlework and cookery Woodwork and metalwork Laundry-work .. Book-keeping and commercial work Shorthand and typewriting Drawing 1,334 1,486 1,334 1,480 186 .150 1,058 1,102 1,241 .1,320 800 840 130 188 883 411 461 341 84 297 361 948 764 95 163 262 67 154 • 189 201 100-0 100-0 13-9 79-3 93-0 00-4 10-2 00-2 33-5 0-3 100-0 100-0 101 78-2 89-2 56-5 12-0 27-6 23-0 20-0 24-3 63-8 57-3 12-2 5-0 141 6-4 18-3 10-3 13-5 Total number of pupils 1,334 1,480 100-0 100-0