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Table G. —Progress in Education: A Comparison of the Number of Pupils under Instruction in the Several Branches of Education in the Years 1903, 1908, 1913, and 1918 respectively.

1903. 1908. 1913. 1918. I. Primary education (including public and Native schools, and lower departments of secondary sohools) II. Industrial and special rchools (number actually reooiving primary instruction) III. Secondary education (including secondary schools, secondary departments of district high schools, teohnieal high schools, and Maori secondary schools) IV. Technical and continuation education 136,546 148,180 172,390 191,820 809 252 5,818 ; 7,742 9,959 13,850 16,910 6,583*i 13,051 15,206 V. University eduoation 1,194 15,609 1,711 18,367 2,371 19,428 2,280 21,442 249,560 VI. Registered private schools not included above (principally primary) Total under instruction 165,700 189,051 220,163 VII. Total under Instruction higher than primary (III, IV, and V above) Number of latter (VI I) reoeiving free tuition 13,545 4,260f 22,504 27,536 12,574 33,040 7,959 18,509 * Estimated. in ixlmate.