E.—2.

Table B2.—Comparison of School Attendance at Public Schools for 1912 and 1913, North Island and South Island.

Table B3.—Average Attendance for the Year 1913 at the Public Schools as grouped in Table A1, as estimated for determining the Grades of Schools. (Part I of the First Schedule to the Education Amendment Act, 1908.) (Including Secondary Departments of District High Sohools.)

The following notes are appended in explanation of this table :- followinTLa e so a ns c :- c attendanCe aS * iven in Table B3 Offers from that in Table Bl for the (1.) Under certain contingencies due to an exceptional fall in the attendance at an individnnl (2) The tot Sof hffl average attendance as given in Table Bl should be Taken. (_.) Ihe totals of this table are for the mean of the four quarters of each <w>hnnl f.t on separately, not the mean of the gross quarterly totals of all schools (d.) New schools, many of which were open for only part of the year, are included as having ra^a^f,' - ?, 1 ; of di,tricl high _,o_f_.: Grade IV, ,11; V. 56 ¥L" 155 Vl° 60

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Average Attendance. Districts. 1912. Difference. 191:5. ~ I Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay 38,714 5,362 13,370 16,198 9,724 40,715 5,472 13,904 16,672 10,296 2,001 110 534 474 572 Totals, North Island .. 83,368 87,059 3,691 Matlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury .. South Canterbury Otago Southland 2,117 5,562 1,744 1,042 19,127 5,113 18,654 9,555 2,158 5,685 1,765 1,105 19,316 5,251 19,233 9,670 41 123 21 63 189 138 579 115 Totals, South Island .. 62,914 64,183 1,269 Totals for Dominion .. 146,282 151,242 4,960

Grade. a i I I DC a t 8 s o ! 1' a g o ! ■ I 6 *.| , I « if I o j> &__ i _5 6 § a 1 Totals for 1913. Totals for 1912. 0 I II III IV V VIII raij ■xj J Tc Tc 1-8 240 9-15 1,514 16-25 2,901 20-35 2,614 36-80 ' 6,385J 81-120 I 2,182j fVlA 121-160- J 1,452 (VlB 161-200 I 1,697 JVIIa 201-250 ! 2,246! (VIIe 251-300 i 2,004j (VI Hα 301-350 1,769! JVIIIb 351-400 390 (VIIIc 401-450 1,808 (IXa 451-500 i 2,077 -|IXb 501-550 2,112 (lXc 551-600 /Xa 601-650 3,296 Xβ 651-700 731 Xo 701-750 1,467 Xd 751-800 1,615 Xe 801-850 743 Xf 851-900 893 Xα 901-950 751 Xh 951-1,000 Xi 1,001-1,050 'otals, 1913 .. '40,887 5 otala, 1912 .. {38,917 S 0 3 4 161 1 899 4 463[ 5|1,669| 2 572| 2 150 7 3 3! .. t| 505 1. ) .. ) 382 i\ .. t 1 .. i 549 3 50 60 1 444 I 304 3 765 , 588 3 681 ,' 642 3| 3,162 i 1,5841 2 874 1,260i ) 1,610 733! 180 1,115' 942 981i > 530 ' 1,169; 1,924 1,2971 ! 808 716 ! 455 l,320 : 471 1 542 .. 586i .. ! 1,919 673 704 0 68 17S 4 307 23£ 8 315 251 2 577 118 i\ l,37O : 437 3 1,300 165 3 1 408 146 5' 552 .. 1 1,003 221 ) 1,522 .. H 261 .. i 369 .. ) .. 418 3 65 8 376 1 536 8 304 71,289 Si 508 61 694 535 1 472 263 3 5 .. 5 44 65 6 105: 92 6 llll 140 4 57 101 9 289 189 3 194 A 5 391 .. 1 194 .. 5 .. 331 482 .'.' 5 40 2 289 0 958 1 841 9 2,389| i 2,0901 1,273 166 693! 4931 I 1,930' 740: 487 : 924 561 616 3,147 0 1 9 173 8 475 1 5111 9 747i 0- 343 3 121 6 371 3 .. 3! .. y .. j )| 372i r\ 428! t 490J [ 490 1 T, 3 i2', 5 1,024 l 96a 7 2,72£ 3 1,33c 1 96C 1 765 360 i 1,123 ' 1,292 i 1,144 i\ 434 )| 2,072 ) 2,135 598 634 I 7 44 17 358 i\ 805 8 884 61,794 31,120 0 898 5 512 0 636 3 238 2 600 4 405 A 930 B 4,788 '5 9,268 4 8,761 4 24,030[ 0 12,039| 8 8,445 2 6,284' 6 7,748 8 7,847; 3 9,404 4,921 5 5,755 6,516 ) 6,918 1,800! 9,6341 2,108 5,684 , 4,098 2,361 1,792 751 0 868 8 4,651 8 9,085 1 9,144 0| 24,007 9| 11,778 B 7,758 i\ 5,688 3, 9,174 7\ 7,803 1 7,860 L 6,756 i 3,398 ) 5,745 ! 4,728 > 3,853 l| 8,187 ! 1,985 : 5,799 i 3,911 2,481 1,785 .. i .. 2! .. ) 529 }| 638 > 5! .. l l •• ..l 808 825 1,526 .. 791 .. 664 754 I = 1,2731 I 884 . X ! 793 899 I • • _ I i ! I I I I ' * 14,111 16,6111 13,412 (16,246 699 365 " .. 889 5,4911 5,4101 I" 10,369 2,167 ! i 9,801 2,148J{ 568 is] I ,[_ '5,7061 '5,5831 1,7711,1121 jl, 7431,0461 19,329 5 19,250 5 79 5,2761 5,1521 19,345' 19,107i 328: 9,707 1 9,608 151,882 1 Differenoe .. j 1,970 :147,333 81 .. 1 28 66 124 I "" 4,549 1 l__ _ l_ i l I L