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Table K11.-Lower Departments of Secondary Schools, 1926.—Average Attendance Roll, Classification, and Staff.

DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS. Table L1. —School Attendance at Secondary Departments of District High Schools for 1926.

Table L2.—Subjects taken by Pupils in Secondary Departments of District High Schools, 1926.

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~ xj „ „ Classification according to Standards. h c Roll ° S 2 .g o Number, . , ~ , " ; 1 *2 g 20 , , 1926 - Class P. 81. | 82. j S3. S-t. i S5. j 86. Totals. sgo School. _ 1 111 111 15 |o ' i I " I i~ « 2 ° 00 I ® "3 £ * £ H B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. -g M. F. <1 ft S H j I * New Plymouth Boys' High .. 43 45 j . .! .. 3 .. 3 .. 10 .. 7 .. 20 .. 45 .. 45 2 .. New Plymouth Girls' High .. 55 11 54 6 7! 3 2 1 7 .. 3 1 7 .. 13 .. 15 11 54 65 .. 2 Wanganui Girls' College .. 47-25 ..53 2 .. 2 .. 2 .. 11 .. 5 .. 31 .. 53 53 .. 2 GisborneHigh .. .. 34-26 22 17 1 4 3 3 11 5 7 5 22 17 39 .. 1 Napier Girls' High .. .. 55-3 .. 61 .. 5 . . 4 .. 5 12 .. 19 . . 16 .. 61 61 .. 2 Nelson College .. .. 29-6 33 3 .. 6 . . 4 .. 20 .. 33 . . 33 1 .. Nelson Girls'College .. 68-1 ..76 6 .. 8 .. 17 .. 17 .. 28 .. 76 76 .. 2 Timara Boys' High .. 56-2 62 .. 2 .. 2 .. 5 .. 11 .. 9 .. 15 .. 18 .. 62 .. 62 1 2 Timaru Girls' High .. 22-7 . . 26 .. 1 .. 2 .. 1 .. 4 .. 7 .. 5 .. 6 .. 26 26 .. 1 Totals .. .. 411-41 173 287 8 13 5 10 9 21 18 21 29 57 39 64 65101 173 287 460 4 12

Roll Nnmhpr and Aw at, Dppemhpr Mean of Avera S e Weekly Mean of Average Attend<3 ±1011 jnumber and A,es at dist uecemoer. llol] Qf Four QuarterSi ance of Four Q uar t ers . Education District. -gi go Under 1- u ik i« Over Total 13-U 14-15 1.5-16 Boy3 . Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. ; I I ; 1 - I I Auckland .. 25 1,098 10 135 301 363 289 553 640 1,193 513 587 1,100 Taranaki ..2 44 0 4 15 13 12 30 20 50 28 18 46 Wanganui .. 5 173 6 32 57 46 32 85 86 171 78 79 157 Hawke's Bay .. 5 201 4 22 48 65 62 118 115 233 108 108 216 Wellington .. 7 270 18 33 90 74 55 172 151 323 163 136 299 Nelson .. 5 201 5 30 61 36 69 120 106 226 111 97 208 Canterbury .. 15 760 8 79 227 244 202 405 429 834 372 390 762 Otago .. 11 317 1 30 97 89 100 163 182 I 345 150 169 319 Southland ..2 98 5 10 32 27 24 49 55 j 104 45 51 96 Totals for 1926 77 3,162 57 375 928 957 845 1,695 1,784 i 3,479 1,568 1,635 3,203 Totals for 1925 80 3,136 42 361 909 932 892 1,639 1,766 3,405 1,533 1,638 3,171 Difference .. -3 26 15 14 19 25 -47 56 18 74 35 j -3 32

Number of Pupils taking Percentage of Whole Subjects. Number. Subject. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. English .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,516 1,646 100-0 100-0 Arithmetic ./ .. .. .. .. .. 1,516 1,646 lOO'O lOO'O Geography, history, and civics .. .. .. .. 1,513 1,630 99-8 99-0 Latin .. .. .. .. .. .. 174 130 11-5 7-9 French .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,172 1,271 77-3 77-2 Mathematics .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,359 1,387 89-6 84-3 Chemistry and physics .. .. .. .. .. 1,132 1,067 74-7 64-8 Botany .. .. .. .. .. .. 110 112 7-2 6-8 Agricultural science .. .. .. .. .. 1,002 407 66-1 24-7 Domestic science .. .. .. .. .. 87 900 5 - 7 54-7 Needlework and cookery .. .. .. .. .. 882 .. 53-6 Woodwork and metalwork .. .. .. .. 789 .. 52-0 Bookkeeping and commercial work .. .. .. 280 303 18-5 18-4 Shorthand and typewriting .. .. .. .. 79 183 5-2 11-1 Drawing .. .. .. .. .. .. 76 80 5-0 4-9 Music.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 45 0*7 2-7 Scripture .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 13 1-6 0*8 Zoology .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 3 0-6 0-2 Physiology .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 17 0-2 10 Dairy science . . .. .. .. .. .. 531 478 35-0 . 29-0 Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. .. 67 210 4-4 12-7 Writing .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 22 1-6 1-3 Total number of pupils .. .. .. 1,516 1,646 100-0 100.0