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Age and Sex of Pupils. (E.-2.—Table CI.) Table C shows the age and sex of the pupils on the rolls of the public schools of the Dominion at the end of 1912, and the percentage of the roll for each age.

Table C. —Age and Sex of Pupils, December, 1912.

Fuller information in regard to age and sex is given in Table B on page 5. Age. —s4 per cent, oi the children are under ten and 46 per cent, over that age. The proportion of pupils under ten years of age has increased by 0-2 per cent. Sex.- —The proportion of boys to girls in the public schools remains almost stationary ; in December, 1912, for every 100 boys on the roll there were 91 girls. According to the census returns for 1911 there were 100 boys between the ages of five and fifteen for every 97 girls. The apparent reasons for thisjdiscrepancy, and some other questions suggested by a study of Tables B, C, and D were discussed in last year's report. Table Cl in E.-2 shows the age and sex of the pupils on the rolls of the public schools in the several education districts at the end of 1912. Classification and Examination. Table D is a summary for the whole Dominion of Table Dl in E.-2, which shows the numbers in the several classes for the various districts. The proportion of pupils in the preparatory classes at the end of the year showed a slight decrease. In 1910 it was 37-15 per cent, ; in 1911, 37-30 per cent, ; in 1912, 36-70 per cent.

Table D.—Classification of Pupils at Public Schools, December, 1912.

More detailed information in regird to the classification of pupils can be obtained by referring to Table B appearing on page 5.

Ages. 1912. Boys. Girls. Total. 1912. Percentages for Five Years. 1908. 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 5 and under 6 years 6 7 . 7 „ 8 „ .. 8 . 9 „ 9 10 ., 10 11 . 11 12 . 12 13 . 13 14 . 14 15 . 6,921 9,490 10,404 10,393 9,635 9,287 9,150 8,663 7,280 3,823 6,235 8,708 9,495 9,497 9,051 8,637 8,571 7,999 6,415 3,300 13,156 18,198 19,899 19,890 18,686 17,924 17,721 16,662 13,695 7,123 8-2 10-6 11-7 11-3 110 11-2 109 10-4 8-4 4-2 8-7 108 116 11-4 11-2 107 106 10-2 8-5 4-3 8-4 11-2 11-5 11-4 113 10 9 10-2 100 85 4-5 8-4 11-1 120 11-5 111 109 105 9-6 8-4 4-5 7-9 10-9 11-9 119 11-2 10-8 10-7 10-2 8-2 4-3 15 and over 85,046 1,794 77,908 1,516 162,954 3,310 97-9 2-1 98-0 2 0 97-9 2-1 98-0 20 980 2-0 Totals .. ! 166,264 86,840 79,424 100-0 1000 1000 1000 1000

(Including Secondary Departments of District 1GH iCHOOLS.) Classes. lioys. Girls. Total. Girls. Total. Percentages for Five Years. Jlass P .. . SI.. . S2.. . S3.. . S4.. . 85.. . S6.. . 87.. Totals.. \ 1908. .. I 32,439 28,579 61,018 I 34-27 10,805 9,810 20,015 11-96 10,514 9,850 20,304 11-61 9,978 9,480 19,458 11-98 9,242 8,603 17,845 11-20 7,646 7,073 14,719 ! 965 5,122 4,798 9,920 6-87 1,094 1,231 ; 2,325 2-46 .. 86,840 79,424 | 166,264 100-00 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 36-66 37-15 37-30 36-70 12-25 12-17 12-34 12-40 11-82 11-94 11-90 12-25 11-34 11-44 i 11-59 11-70 10-78 10-39 ! 10-48 \ 1073 908 9-10 ' 8-72 8-85 6-56 616 6-21 5-97 1-51 1-65 1-46 1-40 100-00 10000 100-00 100-00 10000 100-00