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is every reason to believe that the actual number is about 13,000, and that the difference is to be accounted for by removals from one school to another, and by temporary absences long enough to lead to the removal of names from the schoolrolls, and the restoration of the names when the absentees resume their attendance. The reports in which the Inspectors state the number of passes and failures, and assign marks to indicate their judgment with respect to the efficiency of instruction given in the subjects in which individual "pass" is not required, afford evidence of decided progress. Of the pupils on the roll, 49-21 passed one standard each in 1890; in 1889 the percentage was 48-45, and in 1888 it was 47-15. The percentage of failures was 17-14 in 1890, against 17-45 in 1889, and 19-5 in 1888. The percentage of efficiency in class-subjects rose from 49-6 in 1888, and 52-1 in 1889, to 54-3 in 1890; and the mean of the additional marks from 49 in 1888, and 49-8 in 1889, to 51-9 in 1890. Table Fis a general summary of the results of inspection.

TABLE F.—Inspection Statistics.

In the next Table (Q) an analysis of the inspection returns is given in such a form as to show success and failure with respect to the several standards. The percentage of failures computed from this table in the manner prescribed in the regulations is highest in Standard V. and lowest in Standard I. : for the several standards, beginning with Standard 1., it is 7-45, 11*58, 21-49, 24-90, 29-08, 21-15.

TABLE G.—Passes and Failures.

Table H shows that there are still some pupils who are learning nothing but reading; to such children attendance at school must be very uninteresting and irksome, and probably it is doing them positive harm, In most districts the

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Education Districts. *•> j d £ P .2 av o O O QJ 2 & I * O tfl a, 03 H ft > dtgS sHa Ph 4= Ph Absent. •d o o o H Failed. Passed. o Deo £.1 S3 Ph •s ,■ S£ K d v.; do "S d O Htn OQ-" m d p"^ M" : O 03 ■? ' Ph Ph d is ■s " Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland.. North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 22,403 2,609 7,633 10,694 5,732 No retur 5,714 1,729 1,685 20,779 4,789 22,430 8,899 8,176 962 2,866 3,207 2,000 as. 1,807 508 564 6,817 1,585 7,961 3,184 86 41 127 47 762 135 283 216 86 747 103 270 350 126 2,500 336 772 460 685 10,132 1,073 3,401 0,334 2,788 19-8 23-8 18-5 0-8 19-9 45-2 41-1 44-5 59-2 48-6 56-9 54-9 49-5 68-6 62-8 60-0 49-7 43-2 71-0 520 124 26 44 107 66 198 51 136 81 53 450 139 356 205 192 10 26 469 132 495 304 737 126 170 2,429 595 2,021 884 2,718 912 828 10,507 2,272 11,399 4,271 21-3 12-1 17-0 19-1 20-4 15-1 17-1 47-6 52-7 49-1 50-6 47-4 50-8 48-0 57-1 55-2 37-0 45-8 55-0 54-0 55-0. 37-5 35-1 38-2 57-0 53-0 69-0 570 For the colony* Mean 54-3 Mean 51-9 115,090 39,697 917 2,902 3,230 11,715 56,635 54,937 17-14 49-21 In 1889 .. 17-75 I I 48-45 52-1 49-8 113,366 39,946 846 2,825 2,949 11,863 * Exclusive of Marlborough.

Education Districts. I. Pi II. Passes in Standards. 'assc :es in £ III. Standards. IV. V. VI. Failures in Standards. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington .. Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland .. ! 2,608 .. ! 310 846 .. 1,330 861 .. No ret 635 192 182 .. 2,763 601 .. 2,533 .. 1,100 2,510 307 866 1,377 640 urns. 539 193 187 2,626 525 2,561 1,071 2,147 240 801 1,456 583 575 226 158 2,186 476 2,301 863 1,668 125 488 997 403 405 159 130 1,615 340 1,931 708 817 68 275 727 211 332 83 102 878 191 1,227 350 382 23 125 447 90 232 59 69 439 139 846 179 202 16 108 16 130 53 13 11 159 29 204 67 352 43 123 114 130 135 3 41 251 78 265 74 611 115 200 152 150 109 32 38 740 174 559 309 624 92 215 60 117 218 27 31 636 156 451 220 527 55 91 43 114 134 42 30 447 116 392 175 184 15 35 75 44 88 4 19 196 42 150 39 For the colony* .. 13,9C1 13,402 5,261 I ,3,030 ■1,008 1,614 3,189 2,847 2,166 891 12,012 18,969 * Exclusive of Marlborough.