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DETAILED TABLES RELATING TO PEIMAEY EDUCATION.

The following tables relate to primary education for the year 1929. Table Al. —Number of Public Schools, December, 1929, classified according to Grade.

Table B1 .—Attendance at Public Schools in 1929.

I 5» ® - 03 fl >> • Grade of School 'd *d § ™ -2 s a |o<£ 0 „a a " oc . ,0 ee^.jq' -1 fmci c3 ®5 06 © q a . 1—1 £5 o • Average Attendance. 3 § •« a o _2 g, 3 J* te J ! f § | § o op 0 1-8 .. 66 14 25 27 25 24 22 24 7 234 1 9-20 .. 235 44 65 68 77 46 123 78 54 790 II 21-35 . . 154 39 32 26 51 27 83 52 49 513 f A 36-50 .. 104 29 23 14 16 13 44 33 29 305 III<j B 51-80 .. ..70 18 26 19 20 9 45 20 19 246 LC 81-120 .. ..44 11 10 13 16 9 18 12 8 141 fA 121-160 .. ..14 5 8 7 6 3 13 8 5 69 IV ■{ B 161-200 .. 8 3 3 3 5 3 3 1 1 30 LC 201-240 .. ..5 1 3 3 6 1 8 3 5 35 fA 241-280 .. ..11 2 5 2 4 1 6 1 1 33 V<{ B 281-320 .. .. 4 .. 1 .. 3 .. 4 1 1 14 LC 321-360 .. ..7 2 3 6 7 1 3 5.. 34 fA 361-400 .. .. 9 .. 3 2 2 .. 4 4 1 25 VI<! B 401-440 .. ..5 2 1 1 2.. 1 2 2 ]6 LC 441-480 .. .. 8 .. .. 1 3 1 3 4 .. 20 f A 481-520 .. .. 8 .. 1 2 2 .. 3 .. .. 16 B 521-560 . . .. 6 1 1 1 2 .. 3 1 .. 15 C 561-600 .. .. 5 1 1 2 2 1 4 3 .. 19 D 601-640 .. . . 4 . . 1 .. 4 .. 3 1 1 14 E 641-680 .. ..5 .. .. .. 3 .. .. .. 2 10 VTT J F 681-720 .. .. 2 .. 1 . . 1 .. 4 2 .. 10 Vlie j G 721-760 .. .. 1 ■ • 1 1 1 4 H 761-800 .. .. 1 •• •• •• 1 .. .. 2 I 801-840 . . .. 1 .. . • ,- .. .. .. .. .. 1 J 841-880 . . .. • • • • •• • • •• ■ • 1 • ■ .. 1 K 881-920 L 921-960 Totals for 1929 .. 776 173 214 198 258 139 399 255 185 2,597 Totals for 1928 .. 776 175 212 191 260 146 | 395 253 190 2,598 Difference .. .. [ -2 +2 +7 -2 -7 | +4 +2 -5 -1 Note. —Part-time schools and main schools with side schools attached are counted separately, and are included in the separate grades determined by the separate average attendance of each school.

(Excluding Secondary Departments of District High Schools, but including the Three Junior High Schools conducted by the Auckland Education Board.) Average Attendance for Rnii NniviViova Mean of Average Weekly Roll Whole Year (Mean of of Three Terms, 1929. Average Attendance of Three Average Terms). Attendance as Education District. Punils Punils i Percentage at at of Average 31st De- 31st De- Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. cember, cember, Koll, 192J. 1928. ! 1929. Auckland.. .. .. 67,600 67,389 34,803 31,324 66,127 31,671 28,270 59,941 90-6 Taranaki.. .. .. 11,830 11,895 5,982 5,686 11,668 5,421 5,119 10,540 90-3 Wanganui .. .. 17,129 16,881 8,849 7,883 16,732 8,027 7,074 15,101 90-2 Hawke's Bay .. .. 16,443 16,335 8,425 7,548 15,973 7,672 6,839 14,511 90-8 Wellington .. .. 28,152 28,330 14,402 13,277 27,679 13,122 12,030 25,152 90-8 Nelson .. .. .. 6,973 6,872 3,564 3,177 6,741 3,258 2,885 6,143 91-1 Canterbury .. .. 37,373 37,155 18,700 17,459 36,159 17,130 15,884 33,014 91-3 Otago .. .. .. 20,957 20,981 10,530 9,808 20,338 9,775 9,036 18,811 92-4 Southland .. .. 12,237 12,123 6,247 5,546 11,793 5,716 5,049 10,765 91-2 Totals, 1929 .. .. 217,961 111,502 101,708 213,210 101,792 92,186 193,978 90-9 Totals, 1928 .. 218,794 .. 111,879 |l02,515 214,394 101,334 92,086 193,420 90-2 Difference .. .. -833 -377 j -807 j — 1,184 + 458 +100 + 558 + 0-7