E.—2.

PRIMARY EDUCATION.

4. TABLES RELATING TO PRIMARY EDUCATION AND REPORTS (EXTRACTS) OF EDUCATION BOARDS. Table A1.-Number of Public Primary Schools classified according to Grade, and Intermediate Schools and Departments, December, 1934.

Table A2. —Attendance at Public Primary Schools and in Forms I and II of Intermediate Schools and Departments in 1934.

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I • * •'£ >> ■ <U 03 d co"^ Grade of School •§ 3 "3 ® ! 3 | | gog and § I © a d t. . ,5 , Average Attendance. 3 § g> | 1 3 o | o .a § § j2 ® =3 -3 o o"S0 •«! &H > B I p a O O aj^° 0 (1—8) .. . . 40 14 29 21 19 29 26 27 11 216 1 (9-20) . . 228 46 72 73 71 46 108 81 56 781 II (21-35) . . 152 41 34 25 44 23 85 42 42 488 {A (36-50) .. . . 105 28 22 15 23 12 46 25 25 30] III<J B (51-80) .. ..94 23 22 19 20 9 32 23 18 260 LC (81-120) .. ..35 7 14 11 13 10 23 9 8 130 fA (121-160) .. ..17 6 2 7 ' 7 1 7 6 6 59 IV<J B (161-200) .. ..7 4 4 5 6 3 6 5 2 42 (201-240) .. ..10 1 3 3 4 8 1 2 32 fA (241-280) .. ..5 2 5 1 8 1 4 1 2 29 V<i B (281-320) .. 8 1 2 1 7 4 5 1 29 IC (321-360) .. ..9 2 3 4 3 2 2 2.. 27 fA (361-400) .. 12 2 5 3 1 4 4 2 33 VI< B (401-440) .. .. 4 .. .. 1 3 .. 4 2 1 15 [C (441-480) .. .. 8 .. 1 1 1 .. 2 1 . . 14 f A (481-520) .. .. 7 3 1 I 3 .. 5 2 .. 22 B (521-560) .. . . 5 7 1 5 2 1 21 C (561-600) . . .. 8 .. 1 2 2 .. 2 1 1 17 D (601-640) .. .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 .. 2 .. .. 6 VII-i E (641-680) .. .. 1 1 .. 1 2 .. 5 F (681-720) .. . . .. 1 .. . . .. .. .. .. 1 2 G (721-760) .. 1 1 . . .. 2 H (761-800) I (801-840) .. . . .. . . .. .. .. .. 1 .. .. 1 LJ (841-880) .. Intermediate schools and depart- 7 .. 1 1 2 .. 2 3 .. 16 ments Totals for 1934 .. 764 179 220 196 248 138 380 244 179 2,548 Totals for 1933 .. 763 176 214 195 244 136 379 243 181 2,531 Difference .. +1 +3 +6 +1 +4 +2 -J-l +1 —2 +17 Note.—Thirteen half-time schools and fifty-three main schools with side schools attached are counted separately, and are included in the separate grades determined by the separate average attendance of each school.

(Excluding Secondary Departments of District High Schools, but including pupils in special classes and Standard VII.) Average Attendance for Krumhova Mean of Average Weekly Roll Whole Year (Mean of o of Three Terms, 1934. Average Attendance of Three Average Terms). Attendance —; . as 31st De- 31st-De- Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. p^olT'lsm cember, cember, ' 1933. 1934. Auckland Education District 60,845 61,046 31,338 -28,302 59,640 28,635 25,738 54,373 91-17 Taranaki „ 11,212 11,288 5,664 5,330 10,994 5,195 4,872 10,067 91-57 Wanganui „ 14,898 14,536 7,472 6.776 14,248 6,800 6,113 12,913 90-63 Hawke's Bay „ 14,514 14,338 7,470 6,550 14,020 6,797 5,960 12,757 90-99 Wellington „ 25,866 25,886 13,070 11,981 25,051 12,145 11,090 23,235 92-75 Nelson' „ 6,328 6,299 3,202 2,974 6,176 2,996 2,772 5,768 93-39 Canterbury „ 33,525 32,974 16,706 15,327 32,033 15,137 13,837 28,974 90-45 Otago „ 18,690 17,973 9,083 8.376 17,459 8,309 7,652 15,961 91-42 Southland „ 11,079 11,036 5,601 5,109 10,710 5,102 4,633 9,735 90-90 Intermediate schools and de- 3,684 4,279 2,330 2,023 4,353 2,171 1,877 4,048 92-99 partments Totals, 1934 .. .. 1.99,655 101,936 92,748 194,684 93,287 84,544 177,831 91-34 Totals, 1933 .. 200,641 .. 102,489 93,446 195,935 95,386 86,631 182,017 92-90 Difference .. .. -986 -553 -698 -1,251 -2,099 j —2,087 -4,186 -1-56 Note.—The corresponding figures for the secondary departments of district high schools will be found in Table G 1 on page 43 of this paper, and the corresponding figures for Form III of the separate intermediate schools in Table B 1 on page 29 of this paper.