E.—6.

DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOLS. Table L1.—School Attendance at Secondary Departments of District High Schools for 1924.

Table L2. —Subjects taken by Pupils in Secondary Departments of District High Schools, 1924.

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•H Roll Wnmhpr nnrt a™. at •iicf Dpppmhpr Mean of Average Weekly Mean of Average AttendJioll JNumber and Ages at 31st December. Eoll of Four Quarters. ance of Four Quarters. O O Education District. o i 1° Under 10-1,1 1lt ik ik i« Over I® Total. ! Years Y ™ s < 3Ws TotaI - B °y s - Girls - Total " I I' ' | | L Auckland .. 25 963 19 97 264 304 279 534 560 1,094 491 508 999 Wanganui .. 6 150 .. 15 48 50 37 88 93 181 80 86 166 Hawke's Bav .. 5 207 16 59 67 65 126 110 236 118 102 220 Wellington .. 10 392 7 60 135 116 74 205 235 440 193 218 411 Nelson.. 3 115 3 6 33 34 39 60 62 122 56 56 112 Canterbury .. 13 651 1 59 187 206 198 349 395 744 322 360 682 Otago .. .. 9 361 1 32 103 90 135 183 212 395 175 198 373 Southland ..2 61 2 11 21 15 12 24 37 61 22 35 57 Totals for 1924 73 2,900 33 296 850 882 839 1,569 1,704 3,273 1,457 1,563 3,020 Totals for 1923 68 2,818 35 320 822 j 900 741 1,521 1,607 3,128 j 1,396 1,462 2,858 Difference .. 5 82 — 2 - 24 1 28 ; - 18 98 48 97 145 61 101 i 162 I I . I

I I Number of Pupils taking Percentage of Whole Subjects. Number. Subject. Boys. | Girls. Boys. Girls. English and arithmetic .. .. .. .. 1,417 1,560 100-0 100-0 Geography, history, and civics .. .. .. .. 1,417 1,560 100*0 100-0 Latin .. .. .. .. .. .. 216 200 15-2 12-8 French .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,101 1,231 77-7 78-9 Mathematics .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,321 1,392 92-9 89-2 Chemistry and physics.. .. .. .. .. 934 762 66-0 48-8 Botany .. .. .. .. .. .. 185 158 13-1 10-1 Agricultural science .. .. .. .. .. 963 375 68-0 24-0 Dairy-work .. .. .. .. .. .. 404 295 28-5 18-1 Hygiene .. .. .. .. .. 8 249 0-1 16-0 Domestic science .. .. .. .. .. .. 473 .. 30-3 Needlework and cookery .. .. .. .. .. 836 .. 53-1 Woodwork and metalwork .. .. .. .. 806 .. 56-8 Book-keeping and commercial work .. .. .. 220 283 15-5 18-1 Shorthand and typewriting .. .. .. .. 73 213 5-1 11-1 Drawing .. .. .. .. .. 73 91 5-1 8-8 Total number of pupils .. .. .. 1,417 1,560 100-0 100-0