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DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS. Table L1.—School Attendance at Secondary Departments of District High Schools for 1925.

Table L2.—Subjects taken by Pupils in Secondary Departments of District High Schools, 1925.

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•g I Roll Number and Ages at 31st December. ! Mean of Average Weekly" Mean of Average Attend- © * Roll of Four Quarters. auce of Four Quarters. Education District. -g § j So | j Under 10 1fl 141c i* i« Over * ; T ° tal ' YIL YcaL Years Years B °y s - "«?»• Glrto. Total. Auckland .. 25 1,046 20 117 298 305 306 547 571 1,118 508 528 1,036 Taranaki 2 30 1 2 13 11 3 18 20 38 16 18 34 Wanganui 5 133 1 21 42 34 35 72 73 145 68 67 135 Hawke's Bay .. 5 220 2 24 65 62 67 121 121 242 113 114 227 Wellington .. 10 369 6 56 111 105 91 183 209 392 170 197 367 Nelson .. 5 171 5 31 33 59 43 88 96 184 84 88 172 Canterbury .. 15 691 4 65 202 217 203 370 394 764 344 362 706 Otago .. 11 395 3 33 111 115 133 205 ! 235 440 197 220 417 Southland .. 2 81 12 34 24 11 35 ; 47 82 33 44 77 Totals for 1925 80 3,136 42 361 909 932 892 1,639 1,766 3,405 1,533 1.638 3,171 I j __ ' Totals for 1924 73 2,900 33 296 850 882 839 1,569 1,704 3,273 1,457 1,563 3,020 ! Difference .. 7 236 9 65 59 50 53 70 62 132 .76 75 151

Number of Pupils taking Percentage of Whole Subjects. Number. Subject. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. J ! | 1 ; English and arithmetic .. .. .. .. 1,502 1,648 100-0 100-0 Geography, history, and civics .. .. .. .. 1,502 1,648 100-0 100-0 Latin .. .. .. .. .. .. 226 181 15-5 . 11-0 French .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,203 1,283 80-1 77-8 Mathematics .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,255 1,267 83-6 76-9 Chemistry and physics .. .. .. .. .. 1,078 957 71-7 58-7 Botany .. .. .. .. .. .. 217 198 14-4 12-0 Agricultural science .. .. .. .. .. 1,041 445 69-3 27-0 Dairy-work .. .. .. .. .. .. 456 453 30-6 27-5 Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. 48 266 32-0 16 1 Domestic science .. .. .. .. ,. .. 622 .. 37-4 Needlework and cookery .. .. .. .. .. 797 .. 48-4 Woodwork and metalwork .. .. .. .. 682 .. 45-4 Bookkeeping and commercial work .. .. .. 205 299 13-6 18-1 Shorthand and typewriting .. .. .. .. 75 173 * 5-0 10-5 Drawing .. .. .. .. .. .. 90 123 6-0 7-5 Total number of pupils .. .. .. 1,502 1,648 100-0 100-0