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The increase in the development of the Native village schools since the year 1881, when they were transferred to the control of this Department, is shown in the following table :—

Table Ha. —Schools, Attendance, and Teachers.

It will be seen that there has been an increase of 80 per cent, in the number of schools, and this does not take into account many schools which have been transferred to the various Boards of Education during the period covered by the table. The average attendance has risen from 1,406 to 4,142. The decrease in the percentage of average attendance is the result of the outbreak of smallpox, which, as is well known, was, in the main, confined to the Native population. Table H2 in 8.-3 supplies detailed information in regard to the roll number and average attendance. The number of Maoris attending public schools on the 31st December, 1913, as compared with the number attending at the 31st December, 1912, was—l9l2, 4,913; 1913, 4,791. Details are to be found in Table H5 in E.-3. The total number of children of Maori or of mixed race on the rolls of primary Native schools, public schools, Native mission schools, and secondary Native schools, together with such pupils as were receiving special technical training at the end of the year 1913, is given in the following schedule :—

Classification of Pupils. Tables H6, H6a, and H6b in E.-3 give full information as to the races and classification of pupils on the rolls of the Native schools. As will be seen, 87 per cent, were Maoris speaking Maori in their homes, I*9 per cent, were Maoris speaking English in their homes, and 11-1 per cent, were Europeans.

Year. Number 0' Mean of Average i Schools Avenuze Attendance: at End wXZ,,. T° le Year. Average Attendance as Percentage of Weekly Boll. Number of Teachers. I Teachers in Charge. Assistant Teachers. Scwingraistresses. ;Male. Female. Male. Female. 1881 .. 1886 .. 1891 .. J896 .. 1901 .. 1902 .. 1903 .. 1904 .. 1905 .. 1906 .. 1907 .. 1908 .. 1909 .. 1910 .. 1911 .. 1912 .. 1913 . . 60 69 66 74 89* 98* 97* 95* 95 98 99 95 94 99 104 108 107 2,343 2,395 2,874 3,257 3,650 3,805 3,794 4,097 4,235 4,321 4,479 4,308 4,325 4,494} 4,644 4,835 1,406 2,020 1,837 2,220 2,592 3,005 3,012 3,083 3,428 3,607 3,561 3,781 3,680 3,714 3,878} 4,042 4,142 86-2 76-7 77-3 79-6 82-3 79-2 81-3 83-7 85-2 82-4 84-4 85-4 85-9 86-3 87 85-7 54 60 59f 64f 70f 77t 76f 73t 74f 78f 82f 76 76 78 81 86 86 6 9 8f 1 lit ! •• i8t .. ; 20f I 20f .. 21f .. 22t ! I 21t 2 18f 2 19 2 18 3 21 3 22 3 22 4 21 4 4 26 26 61 69 83 79 85 87 94 105 104 101 106 119 122 118 48 30 37 16 15 11 13 11 15 11 3 5 5 4 3 2 4 school. X 1911 flg uri 3S ameudei * Includes two subsidi: led schools. t Includes two teachers jointly in chi irge of one I.

Actual Number. Number per 10,000 of Maori Population at Census of 1911 (49,829). I. Primary schools— (a.) Government Native schools (6.) Mission schools .. (c.) Public schools II. Secondary schools III. Special technical training • •*• • • 4,132 116 4,791 9,039 419 13 829 23 961 1,813 84 3 Totals 9,471 9,471 1,900