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Table D.—ROLL NUMBERS at Educational Institutions (exclusive of University Colleges and Kindergarten Schools).

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Total Total , Number Number Children. Adolescents. Adults. Type of School. on the Roll on the . J r on the Roll 011 1st July, 1st July, Under 10-11 11-12 12-13 13-14 14-15 15-16 16-17 17-18 18-19 19-20 20-21 21 Years 1940. 1941. 10 Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. Years. and over. III ! I i r~ Public primary schools .. 190,997 190,103 105,136 23,548 21,823 19,869 14,411 4,560 694 56 6 Special classes for backward 816 767 113 95 133 149 147 71 26 13 20 children Native village schools (primary) 10,539 10,651 5,842 1,233 1,077 1,068 889 420 111 10 1 Native mission and boarding 680 680 347 78 84 86 52 30 3 schools (private primary)* Public primary schools, Chatham 138 134 59 20 16 15 12 9 2 1 j Islands Secondary schools, lower depart- 188 148 27 22 41 24 21 9 3 1 ments Private primary schools* .. 26,924 26,926 13,661 3,301 3,351 3,231 2,287 828 212 44 8 2 1 i Intermediate schools and depart- 5,710 6,699 .. 70 889 2,416 2,383 792 135 12 1 1 ments Secondary departments of district 6,125 5,852 .. .. 2 89 920 2,001 1,594 830 319 78 18 1 high schools Secondary schools .. .. 15,698 14,950 .. .. 4 190 2,333 4,713 3,974 2,465 1,003 238 26 4 Combined schools .. .. 3,126 3,053 .. .. 1 36 436 972 878 475 204 39 11 .. 1 Technical high and day schools .. 10,188 9,257 .. .. 1 71 1,585 3,573 2,617 1,008 293 62 15 6 26 Part-time students at day and 16,151 15,152 .. .. 20 20 92 595 1,771 2,844 2,623 1,952 1,123 627 3,485 night classes Native secondary schools* — Primary .. .. .. 76 82 7 10 15 16 12 14 6 2 Post-primary .. .. 432 444 .. .. .. .. 24 100 117 105 58 33 5 2 Endowed and registered private 5,947 6,007 .. .. 10 172 985 1,629 1,532 1,119 453 95 9 1 2 secondary schools* Correspondence school —- Primary .. .. .. 1,749 1,805 948 178 152 146 136 102 53 27 15 9 7 14 18 Secondary .. .. .. 745 711 .. .. .. 21 120 200 165 119 54 19 9 2 2 Training-colleges .. .. 1,457 1,503 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 172 450 470 226 185 Schools for mentally backward, &c. 231 235 16 20 24 22 34 48 42 17 5 3 4 School for the deaf .. .. 101 115 41 10 8 12 13 14 10 7 New Zealand Institute for the Blind 37 32 9 4 2 8 3 3 1 2.. Grand totals .. .. 298,055 295,306 126,206 28,589 27,653 27,661 26,895 20,683 13,946 9,155 5,237 2,981 1 694 886 3 720 , Estimated population (inclusive of .. .. 129,800f 111,900 28,500 28,800 i 28,800 28,800 28,700 28,900 28,300 25,300± Maoris) at 1st July, 1941 j 1 ■ * Native mission schools are registered private primary schools, and three Native secondary schools are registered private secondary schools, but in this table these schools are considered, respectively, missions schools and Native post-primary schools. f Estimated population five years of age but under ten years of age. { Estimated population twenty-one years of age and under twenty -two years of age.