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APPENDIX C.

MANUAL INSTRUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

No. 1. DETAILED TABLES. Table G1.—Some Particulars relating to Elementary Handwork and Manual Instruction in Public Schools for the Years 1910 to 1916 inclusive.

Table G2. —Elementary Handwork and Manual Instruction, 1916 (Public Schools).

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1910. 1911. ' 1912. 1913. 1914. 191.5. 1916. Number of public schools Number of schools taking elementary handwork Number of schools taking manual subjects Number of classes for manual subjects, e.g. — Woodwork and ironwork Cookery, lauudry-work, and dressmaking Agriculture and dairy-work Elementary science Swimming and life-saving Number of district high schools providing approved ru ral courses Capitation for elementary handwork Capitation for manual instruction Capitation for rural courses Cost to Government of conveyance of pupils to manual-training centres Receipts of Education Boards Expenditure of Education Boards 2,096 I , 196 2,166 2,214 1,273 1,319 2,255 2,301 1,382 1,513 2,338 1,793 2,355 1,898 786 979 1,139 1,227 1,298 419 507 615 782 1,087 1,199 223 234 233 254 33 34 1,398 1,445 281 461 666 305 165 16 321 390 502 574 832 1,005 273 260 200 222 17 28 587 929 1,382 376 257 37 657 1,001 I ,446 373 260 38 £ 5,775 10,838 1,491 2,689 £ £ 5,308 5,430 11,745 15,804 2,896 3.047 2,940 2,203 £ £ 5,906 6,456 18,563 18,016 5,705 6,888 3,796 | 4,566 £ 0,869 20,574 7,007 5,414 £ •7,623 21,939 7,794 6,335 26,206 26,719 28,034 37,123 30,385 40,521 45,379 35,270 42,646 ! 35,11 I 41,551 42,582 47,807 42,827 I

Elementary Handwork. Manual II --truction. ji £ Education District. 9 2 I I I no ~" ■g o L, fH I 1 § .2 .. tt _ "r §*h6m s* Sul ■o | 1 A 3 it " X J « . o*! .a r=§ 1 -*fl § oil £ fe jjects mid Number of Cla I T-I '« FH to fl r Id %' tJB s a _> a -9 fi S re sses. it P € . A cn J§°3 » „ •8 fl 6JJ— -Hi "o co _ a ___\ |5 H Auckland .. •• 479 331 Taranaki 109 108 Wanganui .. ... 183 156 Hawke's Bay .. 121 92 Wellington .. .. 199 125 Nelson . . .. 70 46 Canterbury .. ■ ■ 316 233 Otago .. -- 260 224 Southland .. 161 130 204 109 147 138 214 377 188 48 35 61 49 60 30 104 77 17 19 145 133 88 65 101 61 30 44 55 7 30 24 27 5 82 27 10 9 55 82 68 54 16 8 359 120 158 117 116 45 218 201 112 998 265 322 239 406 100 633 476 298 211. 187 Totals for 1916 .. 1,898 1,445 1,210 373 ! 260 1,446 3,737 1,001 657 Totals for 1915 . . 1,793 1,398 1,225 921 587 376 257 1,382 3,531