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Table C3.-Children belonging to Public Primary Schools classified according to Classes in Schools of the various Grades.

Table C4.—Average Age of Pupils as at 31st December, 1922.

Table C5 .—Proficiency Certificate Examination Results, 1922, in Public and Private Schools.

Schools Schools Schools of of of Grade 0. Grade I. Grade II. Attend- Attend- Attendance ance ance 1-8. 9-20. 21-35. Schools Schools of Grade of Grade IIIA. IIIB. Attend- Attendance ance 36-80. 81-120. Schools of Grade IVa. Schools Schools Schools Schools Schools of Grade of Grade of of of Grade IVB. IVc. Grade V. Grade VI. VII. Attend- Attend- Attend- Attend- Attendance ance ance ance anee 161-200. 201-240. 241-400. 401-480. above 480 Total Roll Number, December 1922. Attendance 121-160. Class P .. 513 3,615 I 5,343 51 .. 200 1,487 2,083 52 .. 162 1,422 2,064 53 .. 1.57 1,280 1,929 54 .. 149 1,226 ! 1,725 85 .. 90 1,048 1,570 56 .. 77 764 1,120 57 .. 4 23 50 'Totals, 1922 1,352 10,865 15,884 Totals, 1921 1,254 10,965 15,964 Difference +98 -100 -80 11,807 4,438 4.066 1,845 4,063 1,647 4,239 1,523 3,691 1,470 3,405 1,262 2,418 882 71 41 3,052 1,184 1,107 1,047 987 863 618 24 2,013 2,199 10,764 4,572 22,186 794 854 4,004 1,780 8,352 701 827 3,801 1,794 8,391 734 796 3,900 1,712 8,344 026 741 3,511 ! 1,577 7,646 567 646 3,197 ' 1,486 7,188 472 516 2,549 1,174 6,117 41 1 3 . . 4 70,502 26,649 20,039 25.601 23,349 21,322 16,707 262 33,760 13,107 34,160 13,260 8,882 7,593 6,008 6,580 31,729 14,095 68,228 7,232 8,038 32,901 9,869 63,945 -1,224 -1,458 -1,172 [ 4,226 | 4,283 210,491 205,181 -400 -153 1,289 i 5,310

Education District. Avei •age Ages o )f the Pup: Lis in each Class. Average Ages for all Classes, 1922, P. Yrs. mos. SI. Yrs. mos. S2. Yrs. mos. S3. Yrs. mos. S4. Yrs. mos. S5. Yrs. mos. S6. Yrs. mos. Yrs. mos. Auckland .. .. .. ..72 Taranaki .. .. .. .. 7 2 Wanganui .. .. .. ..71 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 7 1 Wellington .. .. .. ..7 0 Nelson .. .. .. ..70 Canterbury .. .. .. .. 6 11 Otago .. .. .. 0 10 Southland .. .. .. .. 6 10 9 4 9 3 9 1 9 2 8 11 8 10 9 0 8 9 8 9 10 4 10 4 10 2 10 3 9 11 10 0 10 2 9 11 9 11 11 4 11 4 11 3 11 4 11 0 11 1 11 3 11 1 11 0 12 5 12 4 12 3 12 4 12 0 12 1 12 2 12 I 12 I 13 4 13 3 13 2 13 3 13 0 13 0 13 2 13 0 13 1 14 2 14 0 14 1 14 1 13 10 14 0 14 0 13 10 13 8 10 0 10 0 10 0 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 11 9 10 Average for Dominion, 1922 .. 7 0 Range (difference between highest 0 4 and lowest) 9 0 1 7 10 0 2 5 11 0 3 4 12 0 3 5 13 0 2 4 14 0 0 (i 9 11 0 2

Education District. Number of SO Pupils on Iloll. Prolicieney Certificates. Number. Percentage. Endorsed Competency Competency Certificate*. j gffig^ previous column). Number. Percentage. Number. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland 4,625 915 1,457 1,150 2,546 018 3,005 2,074 1,007 Public School. 3,793 691 963 864 1,722 411 1,991 1,512 742 i. 82-0 75-5 66T 74-7 67-6 66-5 66-2 72-9 69-5 399 104 190 127 449 108 687 265 169 488 i 8-6 90 11-4 22 13'0 31 110 26 17-7 124 17-5 99 22-8 197 12-3 11 15-8 14 14-2 014 » Totals 17,463 12,689 72-7 2,488 Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland 517 170 78 212 498 122 495 288 95 Private Schoi !*. 71 17 10 31 45 26 109 45 15 71 17 10 31 45 26 109 45 15 13-7 3 10-0 13-0 14-0 li 9-0 9 21-3 5 22-0 8 15-6 15-8 2 389 127 50 143 305 70 304 184 58 75-2 74-7 64-1 07-5 61-2 57-4 61-4 63-9 61-1 Totals 2,475 1,630 65-9 369 14-9 33