E.—B.

Table H4. Maori Children attending Public Schools, December, 1926.

Table H5. Classification and Ages of Maori Scholars attending Public Schools at the End of December Quarter, 1926.

16

m £ o Number of Maori Pupils. S. VI Certificates awarded. O a . Number Education District. •» —. — : examined Total. If® mS. VI. Endorsed a| Boys. Girls. Total. fleecy, petenoy. pe C t °- y . Auckland .. .. ..382 1,868 1,715 3,583 57 36 13 2 51 Taranaki .. .. ..59 305 274 579 12 8 3 11 Wanganui .. .. 69 267 245 512 ! 10 7 1 .. 8 Hawke'sBay .. .. .. 87 652 602 1,254 30 20 8 1 29 Wellington .. .. ..56 286 282 568 19 11 7 18 Nelson .. .. 9 15 27 42 4 2 1 3 Canterbury .. .. 42 160 134 294 4 2 1 .. 3 Otago .. .. 22 49 40 89 3 3 .. .. 3 Southland .. .. 14 52 44 96 7 7 .. .. 7 Totals.. .. ..740 3,654 3,363 7,017 146 96 34 3 133 Note. —For the purpose of this return, half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori.

Class P. S.I. S. II. S. m. S. IV. S. V. s. VI. S. VII. Total. Years. ~ ~ ~ ~ ] " j ~ ~ j " ~ ~ ' ! i ] ( M W W oJ cc m M jA ® «j J® ! ,3 g? .3 ? <2 J® «B £? >* 73 >> 'S >? 7: ! £? H £? Bb^H>»^5 i> » 73 o o M o .s o .3 o 5 o 5 o •» o •>3 o • .S3 pq O pq 0 pq pq pq C5pqOcqOpq2>pqiC5 | 5 and under 6 195! 190 195 190 6 „ 7 350 292 2 3 .. 1 352 296 7 „ 8 350 324 17 18 367 342 8 „ 9 329 311 92 93 14 16 2 437 420 9 „ 10 221 211 142 134 67 70 14 13 444 428 10 „ 11 120 104 137 122 99 121 48 66 11 9 1 416 422 11 „ 12 70 60 83 79 140 118 124 98 37 47 2 6 1 1 .. .. 457 409 12 „ 13 27 42 58 41 79 84 117 103 71 72 36 26 4 3 1.. 393 371 13 „ 14 17 13 23 15 42 36 54 81 89 72 58 38 15 22 1 .. 299 277 14 15 6 1 7 1 10 4 26 26 43 42 60 36 39 26 4 3 195 139 15 16 1 4 5 2 2 .. 12 2 8 17 18 10 32 16 2 3 80 54 16 years and over .. 1 .. 1 1 .. 2 1 3518245 19 15 1,6861,553 566 508 454 451 397 391 260 262 180 117 99 70 12 11 3,654 3,363 V. y > V y > \ ; v y ) \ > i ) v. > k ) v, j 3,239 1,074 905 788 522 297 169 23 7,017 Percentage .. =46'2% =15-3% =13-0% =11-3% =7-5% =4-3% =2-4% Note.—For the purpose of this return, half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori.