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The following table shows the number of Native village schools classified according to grade for the years 1918 and 1919 :— 1918. 1919. Grade I (average attendance 9-20) .. .. .. ..18 17 ~ II i (average attendance 21-25) .. .. .. ..13 14 ~ II ii (average attendance 26-35) .. .. 27 27 „ 111 A i (average attendance 36-50) .. .. 37 38 ~ Hla ii (average attendance 51-80) .. .. ..16 15 ~ lIIb (average attendance 81-120) .. .. .. 8 8 ~ IVa (average attendance 121-160) .. .. .... 119 119 801 l Number and Attendance. The number of pupils on the rolls of Native village schools at the end of 1919 was —Boys, 2,763 ; girls, 2,435 ; total, 5,198 —134 more than in the previous year. Included in these numbers are 354 boys and 294 girls who are Europeans, leaving a total of 4,550 Maori children. There was a slight decrease in. the numbers in 1918 owing, probably, to the withdrawal of a number of Maori children from a Native school for enrolment in a private school ; this loss in numbers has now been recovered. • The following are some figures for the years 1.918 and 1919 in connection with attendance at Native village schools: — 1918. 1919. Number on rolls at end of year .. .. .. .. 5,064 5,198 Average weekly roll number .. .. .. .. 5,044 5,191 > Average yearly attendance .. .. .. .. 4.338 4,485 Percentage of regularity of attendance .. ... . . 860 86-4 Small increases in all of the figures will be observed, the regularity of attendance being also better than in the previous year. When the special conditions pertaining to the Native schools are taken, into account the attendance compared with the record for public schools may be regarded as reasonably good. Of 119 schools, forty schools attained a percentage regularity of 90 and upwards and ninetyseven schools reached the figure of 80 per cent, or over. The number of pupils on the rolls of the Native mission schools at the end of 1919 was 167, and on the rolls of the Native boarding-schools 434. The total number of children on the roll, at the end of the year, of Native village, mission, and boarding schools visited and inspected by the Inspectors of this Department was therefore 5,799. The following are the figures for the years 1918 and 1919 in respect of the three classes of Native schools mentioned : — 1918. 1919. Combined rolls of Native schools .. .. .. .. 5,710 5,799 Combined average weekly roll number .. .. .. 5,694 5,803 Combined average yearly attendance . . . . 4,927 5.036 Percentage of regularity of attendance .. . . .. 865 86-6 The increase in the development of the Native village schools since the year 1881, when they were transferred to the control of this Department, is shown in the following table : —

Native Village Schools.—Number, Attendance, and Teachers.

1881 1886 1891 1896 1902 1907 1912 1917 1918 1919 Year. i i 4 I Number Schools j Mean of Average , v , Average Attendance: atitna We ekly Roll. Whole Year. Year. 60 .. 1,406 69 2,343 2,020 66 2,395 1,837 74 2,874 2,220 98 3,650 3,005 99 4,321 3,561 108 4,644 4,042 118 5,191 4,507 119 5,044 4,338 119 5,190 4,485 Average ! Number of T, Attend - i anceas , Teachers in Charge. Percentage of Weekly ! ■; RolL Male. ! Female. : Teachers. Assistant Teachers ?eacherB. Assistan Male. nt Teachers Female. 54 6 86-2 60 9 76-7 59 8 77-3 64 11 82-3 77 20 82-4 82 18 87-0 86 22 86-8 71 45 86-0 73 43 86-4 ! 73 I 44 | 1 2 4 9 8 7 4 26 26 61 83 105 122 122 119 115 . j ,