E.—2,

TABLE B2.—Comparison of School Attendance at Public Schools for 1907 and 1908, North Island and South Island.

TABLE B3.—Average Attendance for the Year 1908 at the Public Schools as grouped In Table A, As estimated for determining the Grades of schools. (Part I of Fourth Schedule to "The Education Act, 1908.")

It should be remarked that the average attendance as given in Table B3 differs from that in Table B for the following reason : under certain contingencies due to an exceptional fall in the attendance at an individual school, the regulations provide that for each of one or more unfavourable quarters there may be substituted the average of a favourable quarter of the preceding year. This substitution is made for the sole purpose of determining the grade of the school, and consequently the amended average attendance is used in the compilation of Table 83, which gives the schools according to their grades. For statistical purposes the average attendance as given in Table B should be taken.

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Average Attendance. Districts. Difference. 1907. 1908. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay 28,057 4,246 10,926 14,007 7,878 30,359 4,550 11,587 15,011 8,438 2,302 304 661 1,004 560 Totals, North Island .. 65,114 69,945 4,831 Matlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 1,763 4,682 1,460 903 16,161 4,506 16,'958 8,479 1,867 4,868 1,569 919 17,339 4,656 17,338 8,659 104 186 109 16 1,178 150 380 180 Totals, South Island . .* 54,912 57,215 2,303 Totals for Dominion .. 120,026 127,160 7,134

Ino] .ing iecom lary lepari ;men ;a ol 'is ,ricl :ig] Grade. I ■3 1 I I I I t>1 m I a f o i d o a> C 0 a 3 i u+ u \ $ I 3 o Totals (or 1908. Totals, 1907. I o o ■ .. j. ;i 5 .'. 6 7 8 9 ,0 .1 .2 .3 .4 L5 L6 17 18 L9 iO !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 .. j !G !7 !8 JO 1,497 1,321 1,225 ! 1,424 1,399 1,788 1,093 1,175 1,151 1,023 870 1,665 1,986 274 993 2,242 879 949 191 127 ! 284 343 328 429 275 205 165 399 115 211 237 343 475 554 365 439 1,085 499 691 560 801 541 723 967 282 597 1,151 425 311 393 401 402 307 516 507 514 269 799 720 1,079 659 ' 602 215 174 233 119 186 475 321 511 278 920 J 899 j 533 330 86 75 106 74 137 : 199 397 190 311 ! 357 202 ! ! 416 169 257 265 286 400 689 467 94 71 62 99 127 63 180 84 54 22 36 49 105 418 474 476 661 510 1,093 220 647 908 1,122 855 683 1,018 844 1,218 366 468 152 238 213 250 248 I 232 294 68 393 95 594 412 564 664 472 755 611 893 591 983 678 333 1,861 515 1,271 333 1,143 928 j 1,530 1,094 . 608 635 t 373 434 374 752 652 509 270 265 505 544 668 719 467 533 5,095 4,479 4,826 5,465 4,947 7,611 4,427 5,425 5,085 7,669 5,993 7,166 7,662 3,913 5,900 6,612' 4,235 4,261 3,561 4,636 1,235 6,513 1,371 2,871 3,360 1,626 952 4,739 4,167 4,727 5,510 4,810 7,161 5,480 4,806 4,330 8,148 5,142 7,266 6,545 4,366 3,356 7,286 3,101 5,407 2,421 5,364 1,232 4,948 1,861 2,755 758 1,572 1,660 1,690 313 151 283 96 165 101 366 317 550 895 295 313 314 363 425 1,776 890 425 381 484 514 j 961 1,151 627 1,249 1,000 506 648 1,081 1,177 614 1,420 664 I 1,322 624 707 I 649 2,871 810 855 1,732 I .. 818 771 952 997 997 1,044 rotftls,1908 rotals,1907 30,517 28,848 4,626 4,330 11,678 11,064 15,034 14,181 8,449 7,982 1,852 1,784 68 4,890 4,768 1,574 1,468 926 921 17,533 16,579 954 4,666 4,549 117 I 17,473 17,161 |8,675 8,017 127,893 121,652 121,652 Difference 1,669 296 614 853 467 122 106 5 312 658 6,241