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Table H4. Maori Children attending Public Schools, December, 1929.

Table H5. Classification and Ages of Maori Scholars attending Public Schools at the 30th June, 1929

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1 , T , , Number of Maori Pupils at S. VI Certificates Number of End of 192g Number awarded. Education District. : ? ,°°, S a . examined Total. which Maoris ; in S VT I I attend. . , mti ' ' ,t> (t • i Com13oys. Girls. . Total. j Proficiency.; petency] Auckland .. 398 2,054 1,870 3,924 97 48 22 70 Taranaki .. 63 341 294 635 17 11 6 17 Wanganui .. 70 311 290 601 21 14 5 19 Hawke's Bay .. 88 738 695 1,433 58 34 6 40 Wellington .. 62 307 323 630 31 19 7 26 Nelson .. 10 17 20 37 3 2 1 3 Canterbury .. 43 177 147 324 12 10 1 11 Otago 20 49 52 101 5 4 .. 4 Southland 13 41 46 87 10 5 3 8 Totals .. 767 4,035 3,737 7,772 254 147 51 198 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. 8. in. S. IV. S. V. S. VI. S. VII. Total. Years. ! [ ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~ i ~ ~\ ! ! i ] ! «J 05 m rn 03 to 00 CO 5? <j£ J0 <£ I \ _W !» J£ 00 CO £j* H *rj v? 5*» |L T2 o .a o a o .tt o .S3 o .£3 o js o •" o •? o PQ o W o ffl O M O w OpqjO|cq O(pOpq O 5 and under 6 311 285 311 285 6 „ 7 446 383 1 2 .. 1 447 386 7 „ 8 473 402 40 70 1 6 514 478 8 „ 9 338 254 145 126 33 52 6 1 516 439 9 10 191 156 175 132 103 131 37 35 3 3 509 457 10 ,, 11 89 82 119 92 132 124 80 87 . 18 28 1 439 413 11 „ 12 48 43 61 63 113 100 136 126 80 64 16 17 2 1 .. .. 456 414 12 „ 13 20 20 23 36 63 57 108 96 95 86 56 52 10 15 .. .. 375 362 13 „ 14 7 11 12 16 32 37 65 58 90 87 70 78 43 49 .. 1 319 337 14 „ 15 1 1 6 4 9 8 17 11 43 31 52 45 60 50 1 2 189 152 15 16 .. 1 .. .. 1 ] 6 6 11 4 13 13 22 14 .. 1 53 40 16 years and over, .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 3 1 1 1 3 ..2.. 10 3 1,9241,638 582 542 487 517 450 425 | 343 305 209 206 140 129 3 4 4,138|3,766 V Y J K Y > V ~V K V ' | V Y J K V V V J K V ' K Y J 3,562 1,124 1,004 875 648 415 269 7 7,904 Percentage .. 45-1 14-2 12-7 1M 8-2 5-2 3-4 0-1 100 | • 1 1 1 i Median age in 7-5 ! 7-5 9-7 9-7 10-10 10-7 11-10 11-8 12-9 12-8 13-5:13-5 14-3 14-0 . J ..I .. .. years and months I I I I Note. —For the purpose of this return half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between halfcaste and Maori are reckoned as .Maori.