E.—&

Table L2.—Classification of Pupils on Roll of Secondary Departments of District High Schools at the 30th June, 1929, according to Years of Attendance.

Table L3.—Subjects taken by Pupils in Secondary Departments of District High Schools, 1929.

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Number of New* Entrants in 1929 First Year i Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth T t 1 who had not prei Year. Year. Year. Year. Year. r , viously received Education District. , ™ f , Secondary ±otais. Education. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. G. B. | G. B. G. B. G. B. G. Auckland .. 462 405 282 202 108 114 53 50 9 17 2 .. 916 788 1,704 487 437 Taranaki .. 36 38 11 16 10 5 2 3 1 1 .... 60 63 123 35 36 Wanganui .. 65 57 30 | 41 29 17 5 6 1 130 127 257 75 64 Hawke'sBay .. 92 88 51 40 25 20 10 11 4 1 .... 182 160 342 97 92 Wellington .. 85 101 40 45 21 32 9 16 .. 5 .. 2 155 201 356 95 109 Nelson . . 62 68 46 32 21 20 15 7 1 2 .. .. 145 129 274 67 72 Canterbury .. 211 2.09 146 136 62 77 23 33 4 15 .. 2 446 472 918 221 211 Otago .. 95 105 63 57 26 30 15 17 6 8 .. 3 205 220 425 101 108 Southland .. 41 31 26 19 12 22 5 3 4 3 1 2 89 80 169 42 32 Totals .. 1,149 1,102 695 594 314 337 137 146 30 52 3 9 2,328 2,240 [4,568 1,220 1,161 _ . | i * Pupils under this heading who were on the roll at 30th June, 1929, are included in the first two columns of this table under the heading "First Year."

1 I Number of Pupils taking Percentage of Whole Subjects. Number. Subject. ! Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. English .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,325 2,235 99-9 99-8 History .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,318 2,208 99-6 98-6 Arithmetic . . .. .. .. .. .. 2,304 2,185 99-0 97-5 Geography .. .. .. .. .. .. j 1,943 1,825 83-5 81-5 Chemistry and physios .. .. .. .. j 1,960 1,678 84-6 74-9 French .. .. .. .. .. .. I 1,793 1,629 77-0 72-7 Mathematics .. .. .. .. ; 1,931 1,419 82-9 63-3 Agriculture .. .. .. .. .. .. | 1,880 318 80-8 14-2 Book-keeping and commercial work .. .. .. 737 988 31-7 44-1 Domestic science .. .. .. .. .. : 54 1,600 2-3 71-4 Shorthand and typewriting .. .. .. .. 393 788 16-9 35-0 Woodwork .. .. .. .. .. .. ! 1,167 .. 50-1 Cookery .. .. .. .. .. .. i .. 1,095 .. 48-9 Music and singing .. .. .. .. .. 347 548 1.4-9 24-5 Needlework .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 872 .. 38-9 Drawing .. .. .. .. .. .. 415 ! 368 17-8 15-6 Dairy science .. .. .. .. .. 507 165 21-8 7-4 Latin .. .. .. .. .. .. 135 107 5-8 4-8 Writing .. .. .. .. .. .. 93 77 4-0 3-4 Physiology and hygiene .. .. .. .. 39 124 1-7 5-5 Botany .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 35 1-0 1*6 Arts and crafts .. .. .. .. .. 12 34 0-5 1-5 Scripture .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 19 0-8 0-8 Elocution .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 23 .. 1 '0 School method .. .. .. .. .. 4 12 0-1 0-5 Economics .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 .. 0-6 Total numbers on rolls at 30th June, 1929 .. 2,328 2,240 100-0 100-0