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Table V3. —Number of Children being conveyed to School and Number receiving Boarding-allowance as at 1st July, 1940.

Table. —Particulars relating to Manual Instruction.

Table W. —Number of Students in the various Training Colleges at December.

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Number conveyed. __ Number Number of receiving Pupils „ Other T . , * Boardingon Roll. ±la11 " Means. Lotal - allowance. Primary— Education Boards— Auckland .. .. .. 63,914 250 8,194 8,436 110 Taranaki 10,605 51 1,699 1,749 18 Wanganui .. .. •• 14,172 13 1,533 1,540 51 Hawke's Bay .. .. •• 13,586 39 1,432 1,471 120 Wellington .. .. . ■ 25,337 111 1,585 1,696 52 Nelson" .. .. .. .. •• 6,267 29 569 598 23 Canterbury .. .. •• 30,899 38 2,611 2,649 86 Otago .. • • •• 16,234 29 1,595 1,624 53 Southland 10,799 78 1,524 1,592 34 Totals .. .. ..191,813 638 20,742 21,355 547 Intermediate schools and departments .. . .. 5,710 29 371 400 24 Secondary departments of district high schools .. 6,125 283 2,327 2,574 239 Secondary schools .. .. •• 15,698 1,464 1,203 2,602 1,318 Technical high schools .. .. •• •• 10,188 1,878 1,143 2,929 573 Combined schools .. •• •• •• 3,126 286 266 552 447 Native schools .. .. • ■ ■ ■ 10,539 .. 2,552 2,552 148 Chatham Islands .. • • • • • • 138 .. 4 4-10 * This is the total of individual pupils conveyed. In a few cases pupils are conveyed by rail, also by other means.

Number of Number of Pupils attending Schools Centres. from which — Pupils Boys. Girls, attended. J Public primary and Native schools .. .. 864 14,013 13,244 Intermediate schools and departments .. .. .. 18 3,257 2,623 Secondary departments of district high schools .. .. 76 1,731 1,961 Private schools .. ■■ •• •• 173 1,983 2,013 Totals 1,181 20,984 19,841 Note. —There were 146 manual-training centres during 1940.

1940. 1939. College. ~ Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total. Auckland .. .. • • 246 306 552 253 323 576 Wellington .. . ■ • • 124 192 316 121 212 333 Christchurcli .. •• •• 108 199 307 129 217 346 Dunedin.. .. •• 114 171 285 120 209 329 Totals .. .. 592 868 1,460 623 961. 1,584