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Table C1.—Age and Sex of the Pupils on the School Rolls in the several Education Districts at the End of 1925.

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(Excluding Secondary Departments of District High Schools.) 6andunder7. 7 and under 8. 8 and under 9. 9 andunder 10. lOand under 11. 11 andunderl2. 12 and under 13. 13 and under 14. 14 and under 15. 15 and under 16. Over 16 Years. Totals of all Ages. Education District. — __ — Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Total. _____ [ Auckland .. .. 2,700 2,475 3,247 2,907 3,474 3,268 3,723 3,457 3,896 3,714 3,672 3,501 3,763 3,723 3,567 3,320 3,156 2,874 1,845 1,503 645 448 116 76 33,804 31,266 65,070 Taranaki .. .. 435 453 563 494 630 611 628 622 671 639 671 644 671 556 670 622 567 515 328 263 111 87 16 7 5,961 5,513 11,474 Wanganui .. .. 625 570 825 748 986 888 976 941 990 951 1,031 942 1,039 931 948 889 916 818 474 414 179 102 26 9 9,015 8,203 17,218, Hawke's Bay .. 624 557 756 717 881 872 910 898 977 900 1,004 851 939 892 956 813 769 733 523 379 160 106 35 25 8,534 7,743 16,277 Wellington.. .. 1,099 1,078 1,333 1,229 1,446 1,396 1,533 1,538 1,623 1,508 1,546 1,417 1,622 1,452 1,521 1,431 1,340 1,198 721 554 240 109 23 15 14,047 12,925 26,972 Nelson .. .. 292 311 366 362 405 365 410 360 448 358 431 357 394 378 418 373 334 337 189 149 54 35 14 3 3,755 3,388 7,143 Canterbury .. 1,573 1,495 1,746 1,714 1,908 1,865 2,071 2,039 2,128 2,024 2,192 2,020 2,034 2,077 2,008 1,955 1,847 1,737 1,058 818 312 224 23 19 18,900 17,987 36,887 Otago .. .. 899 854 1,023 952 1,137 1,101 1,205 1,193 1,319 1,199 1,247 1,116 1,285 1,196 1,242 1,166 1,100 995 510 390 132 78 15 6 11,114 10,246 21,360 Southland .. .. 543 539 604 532 721 662 642 650 750 639 755 665 752 702 705 606* 636 532 324 224 77 51 8 4 6,517 5,806 12,323 Totals for 1925 .. 8,790 8,332 10,463 9,65511,58811,02812,09811,698 12,80211,93212,54911,51312,49911,907 12,03511,17510,665 9,739 5,972 4,694 1,910 1,240 276 164111,647103,077 214,724 Percentage of pupils 8-0 9-4 10-5 1T2 lT2~ 114 10-8 9-5 5-0 ~b5 .. 100-0 of each age Totals for 1924 .. 7,577 6,85510,88710,21511,971 11,41512,706111,37212,261 11,363 12,50011,891 12,13511,44412,12511,33010,497 9,373 6,166 4,796 2,016 1.361 337 197 111,178(102,112 213,290 j 1 1 I L_ Difference .. +1213+1477 -424 -560 -383 -387 -608 -174 +541 +569 +49 -378 +364 +463 -90 -155 +168 +366 -194 -102 -106 -121 -61 -33 +469 +965+1,434