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2. ABRIDGED REPORTS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION AND THE INSPECTORS OF TECHNICAL SCHOOLS AND MANUAL-TRAINING CLASSES. Education Department, Wellington, 26th June, 1930. Sib., — We have the honour to submit, in accordance with the regulations, the following report on manual and technical instruction for the year 1929 : — We have, &c, W. S. La Trobe. E. M. Burns. F.' C. Renyard. W. S. Austin. The Director of Education, Wellington. I. TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION. Attendance. The total number of students in part-time day and evening classes was 11,187, of whom 5,627 held junior or senior free places and 5,560 paid fees. Of the total number, 1,444 had been attending primary schools in the previous year. From Table J 8 appended to this report it will be seen that 6,186 students, being 55-3 per cent, of the total, were seventeen years of age or over, while 1,305, or 11-6 per cent., were under fifteen years of age. Of this 11-6 per cent., however, a considerable number, probably at least one-third, were part-time day pupils included among the 1,225 persons of '"' no occupation " as given in Table J 7 appended to this report. Tables A and B below give some indication of the way in which attendance at technical schools has changed in recent years. These tables are included in order to give more reliable information as to changes in the relative attendance at day and evening classes, and as to the development of the various courses, than can be obtained by comparing the tables published in the respective years without making due allowance for changes in the form of the tables and the limits of the field which they cover.

Table A.—Number of Students, according to Ages, admitted to Classes at Technical Schools other than Technical High-school Classes; also Primary School "Leavers" joining Technical High Schools in the next Year.

(1) . (2) (3) (4) (5) : (6) (7) (8) (9) Students ad- Junior Free Totals mitted who Place of ColTJndcr 13 13-15 15-17 Over 17 Totals left a Primary First-year Pupils umns Years of Age. Years of Age. Years of Age. Years of Age. ' School in the in „. I Six Year. | Previous Technical b * x aM heven - and Year. High Schools. Seven M. P. M. F. M. F M. F. M. i P. , M. F. M. , F. M. F. „ Both I j Sexes. I F j jj i 1917 .. 423 3771,6011,3992,6492,3303,9965,6258,669j9,731 1,347 929 595 1 627 2,273 1,556 3,829 1918 .. 386 423 1,812 1.5262,4592,0603,573 4,671 8,230,8,680'1,302 910 700 711 2,002 1,621 3,623 1919 .. 413 4871,9311,4882,6402,0994,3054,5879,2898,66l[ll,581 936 821 710 2,402 1,646 4,048 1920 .. 454 5431,7731,4752,6242,1384,7004,9219,5519,077| 1,353 856 759 588 2,112 1,444 3,556 1921 .. i 561 6641,5291,5262,8642,0613,9803,6478,934,7, 898 1,350 790 945 758 2,295 1,548 3,843 1922 .. 214 2051,039 8692,2691,5863,5372,5437,0595,203 1,016 720 1,213 929 2,229 1,649 3,878 1923 .. 185 1891,2491,0502,217 1,4863,7062,9817,3575,700 1,048 824 1,512 1,117 2,560 1,941 4,501 1924 .. 218 2041,036 929 2,559 1,739 4,328 3,231 8,141 6,102j 1,024 850 1,476 1,202 2,500 2,052 4,552 1925*.. 140 181 974 9402,5321,5174,0212,6617,6675,299| 940 724 1,378 1,226 2,318 1,950 4,268 1926f• • 170 205 937 7282,6851,3753,9792,6027,771 4,910 1,037 616 1,960 1,631 2,997 2,247 5,244 1927-j-.. 85 68 783 5692,701 1,4624,3462,3947,9154,493 857 637 1,846 1.576 2,703 2,213 4,916 1928+.. 59 70 604 516 2,205 1,302 4,1382,069 7,006 3,957 700 472 2,023 1,663 2,723 2,135 4,858 1929+.. 51 56 621 577 2,3421,354 4,093 2,093 7,107 4,080 853 591 2,127 1,749 2,980 2,340 5,320 _J _j L * Epidemic year. t Technical day schools counted with technical high schools. Note. —The 1928 and 1929 figures show roll at the 30th June in each year; not total enrolments as for previous years.