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Table H6. Proficiency Examination Results. —Native Schools and Maori Children in Public Schools, 1931 and 1932.

Table H7. Classification and Ages of Maori Scholars attending Public Schools at the 1st July, 1932.

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Proficiency Certificates. Competency Certificates. Number — • ./ < Total Attending 11 Percentage Percentage Certificates jrupiis Number of Number of gained, presented. g a i ne( j. Number gained. Number presented. presented. 1931. Public schools .. .. •• [ 258 136 I 52-7 72 27*9 [ 208 Native schools .. .. •• 322 153 j 47-5 . I 57 17-7 | 210 1932. Public schools .. .. •• 229 161 . 70-3 33 14-4 194 *Native schools .. .. •• 262 147 56 - l 51 19-5 198 I * In 1931 pupils from Native Mission schools and Chatham Island schools were included. These have not been included here.

Class P. S. I. s. n. S. III. i S. IV. Form I. Form II. Form III. Total. Y ears. . , . • . . . ~ cu oi : ai dq a5 II !■§ g ■§ | ■§ b o m 3 m 3 w 3 « om:0|M®pqgpq s> 5 and under 6 241 234 1 234 6 „ 7 472 480 2 9 .. X 474 490 7 „ 8 499 456 76 68 3 5 529 8 „ 9 344 321 183 181 40 56 3 4 1 571 562 9 „ 10 168 140 189 209 151 138 41 59 4 3 553 549 10 , 11 89 68 145 120 168 171 135 121 26 35 3 3 .. - 566 518 11 12 37 36 63 55 117 95 153 137 83 85 17 31 2 2 .. .. 472 441 12 13 9 16 36 28 78 48 136 90 99 108 70 70 13 16 1 1 442 377 ! q " 14 3 2 12 6 31 25 67 60 89 75 87 74 42 46 4 .. 335 288 ĪI " IB 1 2 7 2 14 10 34 15 64 38 51 37 4 2 175 106 t " 16 " " 1 2 2 1 3 3 9 5 9 6 23 10 3 3 50 30 16 years'and over " " 1 •• ' 2 ' ' » S 14 8 Totals, 1932 1,8621,753' 709 680 597 542 553 484 346 ! 328 251 140 !15 14 7 4,4724,132 3HĪ5 '• lT89 1J39 1,037 674 474 255 21 8,604 Percentage .. 42-0 ! 16-2 13-2 12-1 7-8 5-5 3-0 0-2 100-0 Median age, in 7 5 7 4 9 6 9 5 10 710 511 811 5 12 7 12 513 513 1 14 313 1014 815 4 .. years and months j Totals, 1931 1,8391,699 722 654 569 519 483 449 364 331 229 207 177 123 12 7 4,3953,989 1 "376 1 ,~088 932 695 436 300 19 8,384 Percentage .. 42-2 16-4 13-0 111 8-3 5-2 J-6 0-2 100-0 Median age, in 7 47 49 89 4 10 7 10 511 911 7 12 912 313 613 514 413 1015 815 6 .. years and months N 0TE . For the purpose of this return half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori.