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DETAILED TABLES RELATING TO PRIMAEY EDUCATION. The following tables relate to Primary Education for the year 1916. The extract from the Minister's Eeport (E.-l) relating to Primary Education is not being republished this year in this paper.

Table A1.—Number of Public Schools, December, 1916.

Table B1. —School Attendance at Public Schools for 1916.

[Classifiei d ace on ling to •ari Pi lucation . a o CO CD 5 Aot, 1! 3 PH CO fl cd -J Grade of School and Average Attendance. id g 1 3 ■"1 3 I r, 3 s a a a § cd EQ CO "co 04 I w a o a CD t* _ o ca aS o •a a 3 HH a o CO 8 ." fill .-LOg ■2-Q o o M _to 0 1-8 1 9-20 II 21-35 ■' ■ fA 36-80 111 (B 81-120 fA 121-160 IV{ B 161-200 [ C 201-240 fA 241-280 V J B 281-320 v 1 0 321-360 I'D 361-400 VT (A 401-4.50 Vl ]B 451-.500 'A 501-550 B 551-600 0 001-650 D 651-700 VTT J E 701-750 V11 1 F 751-800 I G 801-850 H 851-900 1 901-950 J 951-1,000 .. 40 192 148 156 22 7 13 5 8 5 5 4 1 5 4 2 7 1 5 1 1 I 9 32 39 53 7 ,5 2 I 12 61 38 50 I I 11 1 1 5 2 4 23 43 25 26 15 4 3 2 4 3 5 1 42 71 50 44 16 5 9 2 7 2 4 2 1 4 1 1 13 40 22 26 8 4 3 3 14 108 87 93 23 II 8 5 3 2 6 3 1 3 3 2 3 2 2 23 69 59 57 15 6 5 2 3 7 1 2 4 3 5 13 49 41 50 10 4 5 2 2 2 i 189 665 509 555 127 57 47 20 37 17 27 15 5 19 13 8 17 .10 8 4 1 4 1 VI 4 i 1 i 3 1 i VII 2 2 I 1 Totals for 1916 633 152 201 157 267 121 381 20.1 182 2,3.55 — i964 , .-.3 Totals for 1915 147 272 128 384 257 186 2,338 Difference . . +22 + 17 + 10 - 5 -7 -3 +4 -4 id are in icluded in Note. —Part-time schools am: ;he respective grades determined main sc) by the si hools wit ih side-; shoo Is a' ittendar ttachod t ioe of eat ire count ih sohoo ,ed sepai i ■ately, a,: eparate i ,verago

Education Districts. (Excluding Roll Numbers. Secondary Departments o: Departments of District H Mean of Average Weekly Roll of Four Quarters, 1916. igh Schools.) Average Attendance for Whole Year (Mean of Average Attendance of Four Quarters). Boys. Girls. Total. Average Attendance as Percentage of the Mean of Average Weekly Roll of Four Quarters, 1916. Pupils Pupils at belonging 31st De- at 31st cember, Decern1915. ber, 1916. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland.. Taranaki Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland 50,632 6,365 16,137 12,592 22,723 6,613 32,697 21,651 11,702 50,048 9,384 14,699 12,838 23,449 6,600 32,939 21.918 11,894 25,853 4,885 7,622 6,498 12,057 3,475 16,989 I 1,209 6,020 23,712 4.430 6,926 6,062 10,962 3,192 15,777 10,351 5,050 49,565 9,315 14,548 12,560 23,0.19 0,667 32,766 21,560 11,670 22,598 4,295 6,787 5,749 10,828 3,047 15,170 10,425 5,437 20,441 3,901 6,078 5,322 9,691 2,743 13.933 9,515 5,020 43,039 8,196 12,865 11,071 20,5.19 5,790 29,103 19,940 10,457 86-8 88-0 88-4 88-1 89-1 86-8 88-8 92-5 89-6 Totals, 1916 Totals, 1915 181,112 183,769 94,608 87,062 181.670 178,827 84,336 84,395 76,644 76,500 160,980 160,895 88-6 90-0 Difference 2,657 2.S43 -1.-4 -59 144 85