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Table H5 MAORI CHILDREN Attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS, December, 1949

Table H6 CLASSIFICATION and AGES of Maori Pupils Attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS at the 1st July, 1949

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Education District. Number of Schools at Which Maoris Attended. Number of Maori Pupils at End of 1949. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland 440 70 92 109 86 18 63 16 14 5,273 635 864 1,511 623 39 181 39 40 4,895 563 787 1,380 558 26 171 29 33 10,168 1,198 1,651 2,891 1,181 65 352 68 73 Totals 908 9,205 8,442 17,647

Age, in Years. P. S. 1. S.2. S.3. S.4. IT. I. F.n. 1 F.ni. Total. 5 and under 6—Boys.. 746 746 Girls.. 741 741 6 and under 7—Boys.. 972 3 1 976 Girls.. 825 4 ( , 829 7 and under 8—Boys.. 889 155 5 1,049 Girls.. 725 217 8 950 8 and under 9—Boys.. 458 404 142 10 1,014 Girls.. 393 403 176 7 979 9 and under 10—-Boys.. 151 372 424 126 3 1,076 Girls.. 119 313 349 158 8 947 10 and under 11 —Boys.. 48 161 338 313 7-7 ' 9 946 Girls.. 44 123 302 329 114 11 923 11 and undw 12—Boys.. 12 60 181 326 279 '91 2 951 Girls.. 7 38 161 260 276 112 1 855 12 and under 13—Boys.. 5 13 52 186 267 228 89 840 Girls.. 3 14 43 159 265 246 91 1 822 13 and under 14—Boys.. 3 20 86 206 261 175 751 Girls.. 5 12 60 133 262 219 1 692 14 and under 15—Boys.. "3 2 2 38 79 191 209 5 529 Girls.. 6 17 60 150 229 6 468 15 and under 16—Boys.. 2 7 37 74 1 121 Girls.. 1 4 11 29 55 5 105 16 and under 17—Boys.. 7 16 1 24 Girls.. 1 "l 5 11 2 20 17 and over Boys.. - 1 1 Girls.. 1 1 Totals —Boys.. 3,284 1,173 1,165 1,087 918 824 566 7 9,024 Girls.. 2,857 1,117 1,058 995 868 815 606 16 8,332 Grand totals 6,141 2,290 2,223 2,082 1,786 1.639 1,172 23 17,356 Percentage 35-4 13-2 12-8 12-0 10-3 9-4 6-8 0-1 100 0 Median age, in years and months— , Boys 6 11 9 1 10 0 11 4 12 5 13 4 14 1 14 8 Girls 6 10 8 10 10 0 11 0 12 2 13 2 14 0 15 0