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Table D1a. —Classified Return of the Numbers on the Rolls of Public Schools at the end of 1914.

Table D2.—Examination Statistics for 1914.

Table D3.—Average Age of Pupils in 1914 at the Time of Annual Examination.

Ages. Class P. Standard I. Standard II. Standard III. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Standard IV. Standard V. Standard VI. Standard VII.: Totals. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. 5 and under 6 .. 6 „ 7 .. 7 „ 8 .. 8 „ 9 .. 9 ,. 10 . . 10 „ 11 .. 11 „ 12 .. 12 „ 13 .. 13 „ 14 .. 14 „ 15 .. Above 1.5 7,350 9,984 9,011 5,170 1,824 571 173 75 23 10 4 6,853 9,118 8,251 4,320 1,412 442 162 62 25 12 3 6 5 109 129 1,3681,487 4,104j3,878 3,309 3,092 1,5061,259 519 378 187 122 65 50 21 12 9 6 11 ,203 10418 11,16710157 36 261 6 155 1,465 3,957 3,424 1,547 610 186 54 7 7 165 1,529 3,835 2,993 1,291 453 153 45 ii 10 160 1,268 3,704 3,299 1,817 688 183 35 3 161 1,406 3,563 2,997 1,437 536 134 21 9 165 1,222 3,100 2,999 1,734 540 137 6 156 1,304 3,043 2,858 1,522 416 75 4 123 993 2,668 2,881 1,347 374 5 129 1,078 2,706 2,688 999 212 1 9 111 816 2,189 I ,782 735 6 90 828 2,134 I ,569 533 3 41 217 405 50. 2 34 207 375 636 7,356 1.0,099 10,54.4 10,908 10,528 10.559 9,745 9,213 7,983 4,342 1,808 6,858 9,254 9,906 9,894 9,906 9,096 9,041 8,500 7,315 3,562 1,492 Totals, 1914 .. Totals, 1913 .. 34,195 33,01.7 30,660 29,347 11411 11037 10477 10176 11164 10505 10258 9,989 9,906 9,578 9.380 9,081 8,390 8,032 7,817 7,403 5,643 5,403 5,160 4,970 1,173 1,122 1,254 1,184 93,085 89,861 85,424 82,307 Difference . . j 1,178 1,313 374 301 659 269 328 299 358 414 240 190 51 m70 •3,224 3,117

Number of Pupils. Standard VI Certiflt ;ates granted. Education Districts. Total Bolls !>,.„„„„<. t, at Time of Present at rv Annual Examination. VT™ = y Examination. masses. Present in Standard VI Classes. Present in Standard VII Classes. Pro- Cornpeitciency. toncy. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 49,539 6,391 16,157 19,691 12,510 2,530 6,635 2,071 1,255 23,138 6,330 21,816 11,634 46,501 6,149 15,503 19,177 12,048 2,466 6,482 1,919 1,170 22,197 0,168 21,127 11,208 17,871 2,031 5,655 6,329 4,080 824 2,236 663 428 7,578 2,150 7,102 4,034 2,652 395 985 1,441 764 169 437 143 76 1,476 463 1,218 748 233 145 209 255 137 15 92 27 65 358 114 322 25 2,168 292 717 935 496 82 257 80 55 1,001 349 1,218 545 343 72 180 339 127 41 119 35 8 340 56 159 145 2,511 364 897 1,274 623 123 376 115 63 1,341 405 1,377 690 Totals for 1914 .. Totals for 1913 . . 179,697 173,459 172,115 164,1.97 60,987 57,869 10,967 10,283 1,997 2,006 8,195 7,489 1,964 1,835 10,159 9,324 Difference 6,238 7,918 3,118 684 -9 706 129 835

Education Districts. .verage Aj ;es of the ■upils iu ei .eh Class. Average all Di; Ages for itricts. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland P. Yrs. mos. 7 3 7 0 7 3 0 11 7 1 6 8 6 11 6 6 6 10 6 11 6 11 6 11 6 10 I. Yrs. mos. 9 5 9 2 9 5 8 10 9 1 8 8 8 11 8 10 8 9 9 0 9 2 8 11 8 10 II. Yrs. mos. 10 5 10 3 10 5 9 8 10 3 9 9 9 11 9 10 9 4 10 0 10 0 10 0 10 1 III. Yrs. mos. II. 5 11 4 11 5 1.0 I I 11 1 11 0 10 11 10 11 11 3 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 IV. Yrs. mos. 12 5 12 2 12 3 12 0 12 2 12 1 12 1 12 2 12 1 12 2 12 2 12 2 12 2 V. VI. Yrs. mos. Yrs. mos. 13 4 14 I 13 2 1.3 11 13 3 14 1 12 8 13 10 13 1 14 I 13 0 1.4 0 13 0 14 1 13 2 14 0 13 0 1.3 10 13 0 13 II 13 I ! 13 11 13 3 13 7 13 0 13 11 VII. Yrs. mos. 15 2 15 8 15 0 14 10 15 3 14 11 14 10 15 3 15 0 15 I 15 5 15 5 15 ' 0 1914. Yrs. mos. 9 10 9 11 9 11 9 9 9 10 9 8 9 9 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 9 7 1913. Yrs. mos. 9 10 9 II 9 11 9 9 9 1.0 9 8 9 9 9 7 9 5 9 9 9 11 9 10 9 7 Average for Dominion, 1914 Range (difforence between highest |and lowest) 7 0 1 9 9 0 I. 9 10 1 I 1 1.1 0 2 6 12 3 0 5 13 0 1 13 8 0 11 6 15 2 0 10 9 0 9 4 Average for Dominion, 1913 Range (difference between highest and lowest) 7 1 9 1 10 2 11 3 12 2 13 2 14 0 15 0 9 10 0 9 0 11 0 10 0 7 0 10 1 0 ] 0 5 0 8 0 6