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Table Q2. —LENGTH OF POST-PRIMARY COURSE.

TABLE Q3.—Number of PUPILS AT EVENING TECHNICAL AND PART-TIME DAY CLASSES.

Table R. —Number of Pupils at NATIVE SCHOOLS, etc.

Table.—MANUAL INSTRUCTION.

Table W.—Number of Students in the various TRAINING COLLEGES at December.

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Secondary Combined District High j AU SchooR Sehools - I Sohools - Day Schools. Schools - Number. Number. Number. | j Number. | J Number, j Leaving in first year .. 672 12 161 15 1,208 26 700 27 2,741 19 Leaving in second year 1,379 26 290 28 1,768 38 805 30 4,242 31 Leaving in third year .. 1,369 25 367 35 1,132 24 552 21 3,420 25 Leaving in fourth year 1,998 37 234 22 587 12 588 22 3,407 25 or later Totals .. 5,418 100 1,052 100 4,695 100 2,645 100 13,810 100 Note.—The approximate average length of school life of pupils attending post-primary schools was : Secondary schools, 2 years 10 months ; combined schools, 2 years 8 months ; technical high and day schools, 2 years 3 months ; secondary departments of district high schools, 2 years 5 months ; all post-primary schools, 2 years 6 months.

Number on Roll, ! Number holding Number July. I Free Places. Year. of ! i Centres. Males. Females. Males. Females. 1939 .. .. 144 11,728 5,901 7,900 3,301 1940 . .. 138 10,315 5,836 7,621 3,238 1941 . .. 126 8,894 6,258 7,231 3,467

1941. I 1940. Schools. Roll. j Schools. Roll. Native village schools .. .. •• 149 10,651 146 10,539 Mission and boarding schools (primary) .. 10 G80 10 680 Public schools with Native children enrolled 875 12,712 840 12,477 Totals .. .. 1,034 24,043 996 23,696 Note. Of the pupils enrolled at Native village schools, 1,199 in 1941 and 1,068 in 1940 were Europeans.

Number of Number of Pupils attending Schools Centres. from which „B'.V Public primary and Native schools .. .. .. 903 14,973 14,484 Intermediate schools and departments .. .. .. 19 3,406 3,184 Secondary departments of district high schools .. .. 84 1,879 2,172 Private schools .. • ■ • • • • • • 188 2,292 2,246 Totals 1,194 22,550 22,086 Note. —There were 154 manual-training centres during 1941.

1941. 1940. College. 1 Men. Women. Total. Men. Women. Total. Auckland . .. • ■ 196 369 565 246 306 552 Wellington .. .. .. 105 227 332 124 192 316 Christcliurch .. ■ ■ • ■ 91 234 325 108 199 307 Dunedin.. .. .. 105 184 289 114 171 285 Totals .. .. .. 497 1,014 1,511 592 868 1,460