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Table No. 4. Ages of the Scholars on the Books in the several Districts, for the Last Quarter of 1883.

5 and under 7 Years. 7 and under 10 Tears. 10 and under 13 Tears. 13 and under 15 Tears. Over 15 Tears. To! ;als of all Ages. Education Districts. Males, j Females. | Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. i 1,850 1,644 3,494 3,320 2,946 6,266 2,590 2,474 5,064 869 1,009 1,878 156 262 418 8,785 8,335 17,120 Auckland Taranaki ... 254 228 482 403 350 753 313 289 602 79 113 192 4 27 31 1,053 1,007 2,060 Wanganui 698 544 1,242 1,038 979 2,017 ! 782 732 1,514 283 278 561 46 66' 112 2,847 2,599 5,446 "Wellington 869 741 1,610 1,312 1,209 2,521 1,050 913 1,963 325 309 634 36 76 112 3,592 3,248 6,840 Hawke's Bay 488 433 921 773 685 1,458 555 431 986 152 146 298 10 24 34 1,978 1,719 3,697 Marlborcragh 190 179 369 276 236 512 203 197 400 78 94 172 15 18 33 762 724 1,486 Nelson 540 543 1,083 I 788 781 1,569 678 623 1,301 286 230 516 23 58 81 2,315 2,235 4,550 North Canterbury ... 2,175 2,067 4,242 3,539 3,106 6,645 2,614 2,460 5,074 797 778 1,575 ! 119 142 261 9,244 8,553 17,797 South Canterbury ... 512 443 955 745 735 1,480 568 515 1,083 168 166 334 20 48 68 2,013 1,907 3,920 Westland 331 318 649 541 535 1,076 437 523 960 138 175 313 21 21 42 1,468 1,572 3,040 Otago I 2,243 2,023 4,266 3,929 3,574 7,503 3,051 3,060 6,111 1,129 1,073 I 2,202 202 261 463 10,554 9,991 20,545 Southland 641 572 1,213 1,150 1,066 2,216 909 843 1,752 325 314 639 68 87 155 I 3,093 2,882 5,975 J i I j Totals for 1883 10,791 9,735 20,526 17,814 16,202 34,016 13,750 13,060 2G,810 4,629 4,685 9,314 720 1,090 1,810 47,704 I 44,772 92,476 Totals for 1882 110,537 9,199 j 19,736 16,115 14,887 31,002 13,544 12,685 26,229 ' 4,210 4,355 8,565 676 971 1,647 '45,082 42,097 87,179