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Table A 2.—ATTENDANCE at Public Primary Schools and Intermediate Schools and Departments in 1945

(Excluding Forms III and IV pupils of Intermediate Schools, Secondary Departments of District High Schools, but including pupils in special classes and Standard VII) Education District. Roll Numbers. Mean of Average Weekly Roll of Three Terms, 1945. Average Attendance for Whole Year (Mean of Average Attendance of Three Terms). Average Attendance as Percentage of AverageWeekly Roll, 1945. Pupils at 31st December, 1944. Pupils at 31st December, 1945. Boys. Grills. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland Intermediate schools and departments Totals 68,329 10,804 13,916 13,975 26,497 6,408 30,999 16,194 10,183 8,309 69,349 11,199 14,411 14,517 26,543 6,487 31,394 16,224 10,196 9,077 34,313 5,545 7,091 7,273 13,318 3,213 15,496 8,123 5,033 4,798 31,983 5,045 6,659 6,522 12,129 2,968 14,472 7,372 4,718 4,343 66,296 10,590 13,750 13,795 25,447 6,181 29,968 15,495 9,751 9,141 30,222 5,000 6,303 6,495 11,730 2,902 13,786 7,212 4,490 4,455 28,022 4,526 5,857 5,763 10,680 2,658 12,810 6,543 4,233 4,002 58,244 9,526 12,160 12,258 22,410 5,560 26,596 13,755 8,723 8,457_ 87-85 89-97 88-43 88-86 88-07 89-95 88-74 88-77 89-46 92-52 205,614 209,397 104,203 96,211 200,414 92,595 85,094 177,689 88-66 Note. —The corresponding figures for the secondary departments of district high schools will be found in Table G 1 on page 37 of this paper, and the corresponding figures for Forms III and IV of the separate intermediate schools in Table B 1 on page 27 of this paper.