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attendance for each year, the average attendance as a percentage of the roll, and the number of teachers employed in the public schools.

TABLE B.—Schools, Attendance, and Teachers.

Details of these facts relating to the several districts are given in Tables 81, 82, and 83, on pages 25 and 26. The roll statistics cannot be considered as complete unless there are included all the children for whose primary education the State is responsible. To the above figures we must add the number of pupils in the Maori village schools (called Native schools) and in the schools of the Chatham Islands, which are under the direct control of the Department; the complete roll for all public primary schools for the year 1909 then appears as follows :— 1909. 1910. Public schools ... ... ... ... ... 151,142 154,756 Maori village schools (Native schools) ... ... 4,308 4,325 Chatham Islands schools ... ... ... ... 92 93 155,542 159,174 Attendance. (E.-2.-Tables 81, 82, and 83, pages 25 and 26.) The average attendance for the year 1910 rose from 132,773 to 135,738, an increase of 2-2 per cent., as compared with an increase of 2-6 per cent, in the roll number. The increased, attendance is manifest in every district except two— Wellington, where the attendance has fallen by 147, and Hawke's Bay, where it has remained stationary. The standard of regularity of attendance is still very satisfactory, although it has slightly fallen since last year. The following are the figures for the last five years : — Attendance per Cent, of Roll. 1906 ... ... ... ... ... ... 869 1907 ... ... 84-6 1908 ... x 87-1 1909 ... ... ... ... ... ... 878 1910 ... ... ... ... ... ... 877 Otago again leads with the excellent percentage of 90*5, with Marlborough second with 89-2, Wellington (88 9) being the highest for the North Island. Under section 9 of the Education Amendment Act, 1910, which came into force on the Ist January, 1911, all children are required to attend the school whenever it is open, so it may be confidently anticipated that the percentage of attendance in future years will .show a still further increase.

Mean Average Number o /fveraee Average Attendai ce Year. of w™£ w? Attendance, as PercentSchools. B®ii Whole Year.: age of Ko "- Weekly Roll Adults. Number of Teachers. Pupil-teachers. M. F. j Total. j M. F. Total. 187H .. .. .. 748 t .. '48,773 ■ 1883 .. .. .. 971 90,859 69,838 76-9 1888 .. .. .. 1,158 I 113,636 190,108 79-3 1893 .. .. .. 1,375 125,092 J100.321 79'8 1898 .. .. .. 1,055 133,782 111,636 834 1300 .. .. .. 1,707 132,897 111,748 j 84-1 1901 .. .. .. 1,715 132,868 111,797 84-1 1902 .. .. .. 1,754 133,952 113,711 84-9 1903 .. .. .. 1,786 134,748 113,047 83-9 1904 ,-. .. .. 1,827 136,282 116,500 85-5 1905 .. .. .. 1,851 138,471 120,205 66-9 1906 .. .. .. 1,921 140,320 121,958 869 1907 .. .. .. 1,963 141,946 120,020 846 1908 .. .. .. 1,998 145,974 127,160 1 87-1 1909 .. .. .. 2,057 151,142 13-2,773 87'S 1910 .. .. .. 2,096 ! 154,756 135,738] 87-7 707 905 1,089 1,107 1,234 1,216 1,222 1,272 1,270 1,272 1,302 1,314 1,332 1,331 1,400 1,456 454 656 887 1,096 1,370 1,415 1,446 1,685 1,726 1,797 1,835 1,887 1,955 2,021 2,208 2,252 1,161 ■ 118 1,561 ; 159 1,926 219 2,203 238 2,604 I 229 2,031 ! 206 2,668 j 184 2,967 ' 143 2,996 147 3,06<J 144 3,137 151 3,201 , 153 3,287 172 3,352 161 3,614 166 3,708 174 332 571 694 S25 831 749 771 604 552 505 528 518 478 476 530 526 450 730 913 1,063 1,060 955 955 747 699 649 679 671 650 637 696 §700 ! i_ [ ' Average of three quarters. + Strict average. t Working average. .veragc. ; Working average. 8 Exclusive of 32 male and 151 female probationers.