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Table H6. Proficiency Examination Results. —Native Schools and Maori Children in Public Schools, 1933 and 1934.

Table H7. Classification and Ages of Maori Scholars attending Public Schools at the 1st July, 1934.

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Proficiency Certificates. Competency Certificates. Number of Form II iotal Attending p -i Percentage Percentage Certificates r> resented Number of Number of gained, gained. Number gained. Number presented. presented. 1933. Public schools .. .. .. [ 243 159 65-4 42 17-3 I 201 Native schools .. .. ..J 244 148 60-6 38 15-6 | 186 1934. Public schools .. .. .. 254 I 158 62-2 52 20-5 210 Native schools .. .. .. 244 I 170 69-7 42 17-2 ; 212 • I I (_ I

Class P. S. I. S. II. S. III. S. IV. Form I. j Form II. Form III. Total. Yegj-g. 7 j ] ~ | ~ ~ I ~ ~ j "I | >> T 3 S, £ £ S, ,23 S. tl ' SL -2 5 ® ® o .a & 3 & .a & 3 i? .a & j -s I & 3 & ~ & 3 ffl ; ® M ffl O M one fq E5 , cq a m g g 2; 5 and under 6 36 37 ! .. 36 37 6 ,, 7 460 429 1 2 .. 1 .. .. .. 461 433 7 „ 8 561 511 60 68 2 2 .. 623 581 8 „ 9 , 401 352 172 210 46 55 2 j 3 1 . . . . 622 620 9 „ 10 206 167 209 189 146 160 50 ! 65 2 5 -1 613 586 10 „ 11 j 108 75 145 134 198 179 132 133 31 40 4 1 .. .. 2 1 620 563 11 „ 12 I 25 22 74 60 137 119 168 173 98 97 25 40 1 1 1 2 529 514 12 „ 13 ! 14 12 28 27 82 62 154 128 132 135 79 79 23 27 1 2 513 472 13 „ 14 5 3 15 6 37 29 87 63 91 85 95 97 44 50 I 1 5 375 338 14 „ 15 2 3 4 4 6 25 18 37 24 63 30 45 46 5 3 184 131 15 „ 16 .... 1 1 3 4 5 2 15 4 22 16 7 1 57 24 16 years and over 1 1 .. 2.. 3 4 j 4 3 10 8 Totals, 1934 1,8181,608 708 701 655 613 622 I 584 398 388 283 251138 144 21 17 4,643|4,306 1,409 1,268 1?206 786 534 38 ' 8?949 Percentage .. 38-3 15-7 14-2 13-5 8-8 6-0 3-1 0-4 100-0 Median age, in 7 9 7 8 9 7 9 5 10 8 10 611 911 612 612 513 413 1 o 13 11 15 213 10 year sand [ months j i ' I Totals, 1933 jl,7321,562 742 694 614 I 627 571 I 556 401 i 353 245 231 148 | 128 I 7 J 5 4,4604,156 3,291 1,T36 1>241 1,127 754 476 276 i 12 8^616 Percentage .. 38-2 16-7 14-4 13-1 8-8 5-5 3 : 2 0-1 100-0 Median age, in 7 8 7 7 9 7 9 410 7 10 411 9 11 712 6(12 313 5|13 114 1(18 814 614 9 I years and months | | i I I Note. —For the purpose of this table half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between , M te and Maori are reckoned as Maori.