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[APPENDIX (.'.

WANGANUI. Sir, — Education Office, Wanganui, 25th March, 1911. We have the honour to present our report for the year ended 31s1 December, 1910. We deal first with those phases of the subject that lend themselves t<> statistical treatment, not forgetting that . however illuminating statistics may appear to be, they point rather to presumptive than to unmistakable inferences. The following table has been compiled from the returns furnished by the teachers in connection with their annual examinations: —

Table Ia.

Table Ib.

The total number of pupils on the rolls of the inspected schools in the district at the time of the annual examination was therefore 15,330. The proportion of the pupils in the various classes, and the average age of each class, are in the following table compared with those for the Dominion.

Table II.

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Number on Present at the Average Ages Glasses. Roll at Annual Annual of Pupils in Examination. Examination. eaeh Glass. Yrs. mos. Standard VII (including secondary pupils in D.H.S.)... 266 237 15 0 VI ... ... ... ... ... 947 911 14 0 V ... ... ... ... ... 1,269 1,233 13 0 IV 1,488 1,457 12 3 III ... ... ... ... ... 1,592 1,544 11 3 II 1,727 1,693 10 1 I ... ... ... ... ... 1,749 1,690 9 3 Preparatory 5,363 4,959 7 2 Totals ... ... ... ... ' 14,401 13,724 11 6* 13,724 11 6* * Mean of average age.

The following are the numbers from the Roman Catholic schools: — Classes. Number on Present at the Average Ages Roll at Annual Annual j of Pupils in Examination. Examination. each Class. Standard VII VI v IV Ill ;; n i Preparatory Totals .. .. .. ... Yrs. mos. 5 4 15 2 68 65 14 3 61 57 13 3 123 115 12 5 .. 94 82 11 1 ..I 111 107 10 1 ..i 128 120 9 0 339 313 7 2 929 i 863 11 7* 863 11 7* * Mean of average age.

Glasses. • Dominion (1909). Wanganui (1910). Per Cent. Average Age. Per Cent. Average Age. 'reparatory... itandard I II Ill IV V VI „ VII Yra. mos. Yrs. moa. 36-6(3 -6 11 37-24 7 2 12-25 9 2 12-15 9 3 11-82 10 3 11-99 10 1 11-34 11 4 11-06 11 3 10-78 12 3 10-33 12 3 9-08 13 0 8-81 13 0 6-56 13 11 6-58 14 0 1-51 15 0 1-84 15 0