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Secondary Schools. The following table gives a list of the endowed secondary schools providing free places to scholars, in terms of section 5 of " The Secondary Schools Act, 1903" : —

Number of Scholars holding Free Places in Secondary Schools during the First Term, 1904.

Under section 4 of the Act, Wanganui Girls' College and Christchurch Boys' High School have awarded 16 and 50 scholarships respectively. Wellington College and Girls' High School has not made provision under either section of the Act.

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School. CO* I . c3 O Number of Scholars enrolled. Bate of Capitation for the Term. "e8 C g . a g> ■ r-1 EC o< Begulations, 1903. Tot ,al iber F 3 (a). 3(6). 3(c). 3 (d). of lohoi [ lara. 6 18 2 M. 27 P. 10 Total. 37 & B. 9 5 a. o S, 342 Whangarei High School ... 11 Auckland Grammar School... 35 68 38 96 45 141 8 0 0 1,128 Thames High School 30 6 5 26 15 41 8 0 0 328 New Plymouth High School 28 8 19 1 5 3427 61 7 0 0 427 Palmerston North High School 117 3 66 54 120 10 15 0 1,290 Napier High Schools 33 22 33 11 1 56 44 100 6 10 0 650 Marlborough High School ... 25 9 30 5 2 32 39 71 10 0 0 710 Nelson College ... 60 4 46 59 51 110 10 15 0 1,183 Eangiora High School 43 1 15 2 32 29 61 10 0 0 610 Christchurch Girls' High School 1 4 41 1 8 55 55 8 10 0 467 Ashburton High School 38 28 6 30 42 72 7 0 0 504 Timaru High Schools 54 14 62 16 76 70 146 6 10 0 949 Waitaki High Schools 4 40 14 34 24 58 8 0 0 464 Otago High Schools 227 19 70 42 196 162 358 8 0 0 2,864 Southland High Schools ... 84 2 80 2 1 91 78 169 9 5 0 1,564 Totals ... 855 745 1,600 £8 7 3* £13,480 751 128 559 20 142 *Mean :ate.