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youngest pupils are learning to write, and are receiving elementary instruction in the use of numbers. It is much to be regretted that of the girls there are more than 11,000 that do not learn needlework —although these are probably the very young ones.

TABLE H.—Number of Pupils instructed in each Subject.

There was a large increase in the number of schools during the year. Eleven schools were finally closed, but fifty-six new ones were opened, and the number in operation at the end of the year was 1,200. This extension of operations has been attended by a slight reduction in the number of pupils per school—from 81-7 to 80-6, reckoning by average attendance. In 1889 there was a slight diminution of the number of schools with an average attendance of less than 50 each; in 1890 the number of such schools increased from 693 to 741. The number of schools with more than 50 each declined from 462 to 459. There is a large increase—from 113 to 148—in the number of schools described as " subsidised." The classification of schools according to their size is shown in Table J.

TABLE J.—Number of Schools, December, 1890. (In this enumeration every couple of half-time schools is reckoned as one school, except in the column for number of such schools.)

Exclusive of sewing-mistresses (of whom there are two less than there were a year ago), there were 2,970 teachers and pupil-teachers engaged at the end of the year. The number given in Table K is 2,978, four casual vacancies being taken into account in order to show the normal provision made for the instruction

E ucation Districts. d jS S tgi QJ ai* ■s»S 8 a° ao-s •z;oa g "a d o « ED a 'u *** o ■** ■o - S ffl'ri s>a o lasC30 a d I S o o o o E h d Q* "a o |8 a tj) ' a" d £ s ! °~ CO d o o~a £ 2 £a Oi o II ! Auckland laranaki Wanganui Wellington.. Kawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson 3rey Westland North Canterbury .. South Canterbury .. Jtago Southland 22,379 2,629 7,738 10,653 6,012 1,947 5,835 1,770 1,665 21,240 4,930 22,782 8,332 22,379 2,629 7,738 10,053 0,012 1,947 5,835 1,770 1,665 21,240 4,930 22,782 8,332 22,379 2,629 7,738 10,653 6,012 1,947 5,782 1,770 1,665 21,240 4,928 22,782 8,273 22,379 2,629 7,716 10,570 6,012 1,947 5,630 1,770 1,665 21,240 4,878 22,782 8,222 11,877 1,040' 3,30l| 5,563' 2,571: 848i 2,860 913 786 1 9,73l| : 2,131| 110,677' 3,720, 14,711 ' 1,398 ! 4,564 6,779 3,503 i 1,066 3,693 981 1,002 112,630 2,829 13,698 4,824 9,382 994 3,002 5,477 2,531 757 2,682 674 647 9,318 2,063 10,455 3,388 7,841 604 2,073 3,574 1,701 530 2,218 553 417 4,761 1,215 7,353 2,208 21,26515,979 2,476 1,895 6,568 5,549 10,340 7,555 5,072 4,357 1,596 1,493 4,854 4,010 1,515 1,073 1,214 987 20,47515,149 4,511| 3,423 20,53615,132 7,374; 0,012 19,646 1,647 3,731 9,032 4,798 1,037 3,395 1,338 913 19,534 4,186 21,533 6,949 9,792 1,154 1,786 4,033 2,352 587 2,384 702 515 9,732 1,780 8,179 2,728 4,609 32 296 311 140 82 230 29 11 1,911 175 1,022 160 Totals for 1890 .. Totals for 1889 .. 117,912! 115,456j 117,912 ;115,456! 117,7981 115,3101 1 1117,440 [114,730 56,018 54,062 71,678 69,176 51,370 49,543 35,108' 32 '611 | I 2,497 108,390 82,614: 404,345 83,717 I ■ I 4,051;-1,103[ 1 :97,739! 94,690! 145,724 45,307 I 417 9,008 8,356 Difference 2,4,56 1 1 2,456 ! 1 2,488 I j 2,710 2,502 i 1,827 i_ 1 3,049| 052 1,956

Education Districts. © o CO *o O ,3 o 02 s| d H 73 5 a p So 7 -"l CD 3 tfo BPh S a © a o u o t-i , Or-H irxg « 2 © o s © Nu: in iber o: © . II E-* . © m Q Schi ools i: lor tl ■O m 3 a io s aft d o o° C3 n whii he Qu; © - o B5 T3 2 *gtS fcm the Avi irter wascrjO OH © rage 3 . ■gfi Of; 25 iH .tteni © . ■3.3 a a 38 c 25 o CO lance a d . ■- ~ p£ Ph a o o a d cc Wo •"S o.a 3 A ■o 5 *9 •§» W O v, O <*>,SI u o cocfi ja a a 'A Q a CO is. ™ CO CD'-' O O o Auckland.. Paranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey W Testland North Canterbury.. South Canterbury.. 246 40 87 82 47 36 94 21 28 163 56 193 107 18,235 1,943 5,761 8,598 4,848 1,500 4,482 1,441 1,376 17,869 4,113 19,760 6,749 74*1 48-6 66-2 104-9 103-0 4D7 47-7 68-6 49-1 109-6 73-4 102-4 63-1 11 2 8 6 2 13 14 4 11 9 2 9 3 32 6 2 6 1 4 17 2 3 i 6 : 2 I 14 : 3 35 10 12 10 8 5 13 1 2 i 14 I 10 : 17 I 15 87 10 33 < 23 11 5 20 7 i 4 : 52 I 27 ' 69 i 49 26 6 7 9 6 • 6 1 16 4 2 I 26 4 I 27 I 12 13 3 7 0 4 1 5 20 2 9 7 6 1 2 1 8 9 1 1 8 5 40 as 20 25 1 10 12 11 19 40 1 7 2 14 5 8 5 7 "2 2 *i 1 2 2 I 3 I 17 4 ' 14 1 8 11 1 14 10 7 1 3 16 4 : 10 I 5 1 6 1 1 8 "l 6 1 11 2 6 as 3 Otago Southland 8 as 4 "e i Totals for 1890 Totals for 1889 1200 1155 96,670 94,308 2,302 80-6 81-7 94 91 : 98 . 92 I 152 i 130 I 397 ) 380 ■ 151 ) 159 . 85 I 83 84 87 74 07 35 36 30 30 54 as 27 64 as 32 148 113 11 13 Difference 45 -1-1 3 I 6 i 22 ! 17 -8 I 2 -3 7 -1 -10 as 5 35 -2