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SECTION D.—MANUAL INSTRUCTION—continued. Table J13.—Some Particulars relating to Pupils attending Special Manual-training Centres during the Year ended 31st December, 1928.

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Number of Pupils attending from —— — —: — ; — — Total Number of Pupils Total Number of Classes .Number j in Attendance. in Weekly Attendance. Education District. Manual- Primary Schools. "District miTschools. ° | Junior HighSchools 0 Secondary Schools. Private Schools training i ___ Centres. i Wood- Metal- Domestic Wood- Metal- Domestic ! Wood- Metal- Domestic j Wood- Metal- ! Domestic Wood- Metal- Domestic Wood- Metal- I Domestic Wood- j Metal- Domestic work. work. Subjects, work. work. Subjects. | work. work. Subjects. ; work. work, j Subjects. work. work. Subjects. work. work. ! Subjects, work. 1 work. Subjects. Auckland .. 29 4,812 : 55 4,551 402 .. 398 962 j 253 1,247 40 10 289 427 ! 31 575 6.643 349 7,060 366 14 405 Taranaki .. 7 999 895 18 10 22 15 133 148 1,172 .. 1.068 47 47 Wanganui .. 10 1,161 ' .. 1.007 102 ... 141 .. .. 58 46 .. 94 145 1,415 46 1,293 72 2 65 Hawke's Bav .. 7 1,119 .. 1,023 58 . . 43 .. .. .. 139 23 j 107 162 | 129 1,468 23 1,302 66 3 67 Wellington .. 15 2,333 .. , 2,127 99 .. 109 132; 217 162 287 56! 224 104 .. 214 2,955 273 2,836 100 12 99 Nelson .. .. 8 591 27 | 602 71 13 79 .. 52 86 714 40 767 40 3 44 Canterbury .. 24 3,321 .. 3,159 209 286 62 95 .. 465 505 4,057 95 3,950 145 4 173 Otago .. .. 15 1,640 .. 1,596 117 .. ! Ill 149 148 133 199 199 178 .. .. 120 2,105 347 2,138 89 11 108 Southland. .. 4 1,039 .. 900 49 49 26 86 1,114 .. 1,035 44 44 Totals .. 119 17,015 82 15,860 1,125 13 1,226 j 1,243 618 1,542 807 429 : 813 1,453 31 2,008 21,643 1,173 21,449 969 49 1,052 The total number of primary schools earning capitation for elementary science and elementary agriculture in each district was as follows : Auckland, 471 ; Taranaki, 168 ; Wanganui, 190 ; Hawke's Bay, 166 ; Wellington, 217 ; Nelson, 116 ; Canterbury, 298 ; Otago, 21 1 ; Southland, 142 : total, 1,979. The total number of pupils involved was 48,622. t