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TABLE D5.—Standard Classes of all Pupils on School-rolls at the End of 1908.

Pupils in Preparatory Classes. Education Districts. Boys. Girls. Total. Pupils preparing for Standard Totals. I. II. III. IT. V. IV. VI. VII. l Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. ; Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. 4,457 2,213 2,028 Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. 1 Total. Boys. Girls. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. 1,440 1,276 2,716 Boys. Girls. TotaJ. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland ... 6,153 5,514 11,667 Taranaki ... -933 834 1,767 Wanganui ... 2,573 2,161 4,734 Wellington ... 8,1*7 2,630, 5,757 Hawke's Bay ... I 1,943 1,695 3,638 Marlborough ... 373 359 732 6 2,307 2,087 4,394 2,362 2,095 4,241 2,080 ! 1,803 3,883 1,790 1,668 315 609 248 221 3,458 469 503 491 994 18,848 16,962 35,810 346 290 636 341 301 642 382 301 683 294 207 198 405 410 433 843 72 70 142 2,823 2,530 5,353 908 I 800 1,708 849 I 760 1,609 I 876 J 795 1,671 782 644 1,426 I 653 '■ 634 1,287 117 117 234 7,168 6,344 13,512 1,072 886 1,958 1,021 924 1,945 1,075 1,008 2,083 1,077 990 J 2,067 879 | 781 1,660 631 , 648 1,279 219 286 505 9,101 8,153 17,254 634 603 1,237 562 502 1,207 530 J • 868 326 ' 274 600 66 93 159 . 540 J 1,070 464 ; 404 5,169 4,674 9,843 127 123 250 122 100 1,064 I 644 { 563 222 152 121 617 330 302 273 134 J 129 ! 263 I 131 120 251 60 73 133 16 23 39 1,116 1,048 2,163 Nelson l,006i 843 1,849 Grey ... ... 366| 362 728 Westland ... 195! 169 364 342 109 280 94 622 203 j 329 90 288 99 189 81 95 632 176 359 98 i 322 681 325 | 271 83 181 77 79 ', 596 156 219 273 492 67 64 131 78 99 14 44 177 58 2,988 902 2,678 920 5,666 1,822 64 72 136 58 55 113 J 63 J 54 117 55 48 103 50 57 1,111 2,284 1,025 959 107 40 46 86 24 28 52; 549 529 1,078 North Canterbury 3,607 3,192 6,799 South Canterbury 1,020 868 1,888 1,241 1,184 2,425 1,185 1,128 2,313 : 1,244 : 1,208 2,452 1,173 i 1,984 635 616 1,251 184 171 355 274 221 495 10,384 i 9,619 20,003 333 302 635 319 306 625 320 i 271 591 325 295 620 280 ; 251 531 75 68 143 2,856| 2,532 5,388 Otago ... .... 3,688 3,444] 7,132| Southland ... 1,818 l,660 : 3,478 Totals for 1908 26,802 ! 23,731; 50,533 Totals for 1907 23,318 20,574 43,892. Difference ... 3,484) 3,157! 6,641 1,192 1,072 2,264 1,138 1,049 2,187 1,234 1,123 2,357 1,066 1,078 2,144 906 I 932 i 1,838 612 562 1,174 244 , 227 471 10,080 9,487 19,567 575 19,250 585 8,378 1,160 17,628 ! 606 8,982 530 8,137 1,136 615 ! 562 17,119 9,229 J 8,431 1,177 17,660 600 8,578 576 1,176 ; 546 472 ; I 7,934 16,507 7,374 6,849 7,618 16,160 \ 7,489 6,959 . 316 i 347 I-115 -110 1,018 14,223 344 319 663 5,175 4,953 10,128 5,537 5,457 10,994 -362 -504 -866 65 96 1,767 1,863 161 3,630 5,169 77,152 4,800 70,276 9,969 147.428 , 8,952 8,044 16,996 8,908 8,164 -27 17,072 8,826 18,151 47 I 403 280 16,977 8,542 14,448 -225 J 2,249 2,283 i 4,532 73,821; 67,250 141,071 298 334 632 74 683 31 -482 -420 -902 3,331 3,026 6,35: