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DETAILED TABLES BELATING TO PBIMABY EDUCATION.

The following tables relate to primary education for the year 1930.

Table A1. —Number of Public Schools, December, 1930, classified according to Grade.

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.

Table B1.—Attendance at Public Schools in 1930.

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>> . 05 - 02 i-H O Grade of School 12 !2 2 ° 5 q | o § and § * § © g> fl - -g £ jzj-g . Average Attendance. 3 2 2? -3 S ° -2 & 2 c6 !S <U "-J H a 13 -4_I ■H 3 « j? s £ ffl 03 -g OOOW «IEHPKP^OOWH 0 1-8 .. 63 12 28 30 25 28 22 25 14 247 1 9-20 .. 242 44 63 60 79 46 121 74 56 785 II 21-35 .. .. 146 39 33 28 51 23 77 50 44 491 'A 36-50 .. 100 28 24 14 , 18 14 40 29 29 296 III«i B 51-80 .. .. 78 18 29 22 19 7 46 25 19 263 C 81-120 .. 46 9 8 13 14 9 20 12 7 138 'A 121-160 .. 16 8 7 6 10 2 13 9 5 76 IV-4 B 161-200 .. .. 5 2 6 5 3 3 5 211 32 G 201-240' 10 2 2 6 1 7 2 4 34 'A 241-280 .. .. 8 3 3 2 3 .. 6 .. 2 27 V-l B 281-320 .. .. 6 .. 4 .. 7 .. 2 3 1 23 C 321-360 .. ..5 I 2 6 5 1 4 5.. 29 5 A 361-400 .. ..7 1 2 3 1 3 3 1 21 VI-J B 401-440 .. 8 2 1 4 1 1 1 2 20 C 441—480 .. .. 6 1 1 4 2 .. 14 'A 481-520 .. .. 7 .. 2 2 3 .. 4 2 .. 20 B 521-560 .. ..9 1 I 1 4 1 4 2 23 C 561-600 .. .. 6 1 .. 1 4 .. 4 3 1 20 D 601-640 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 3 .. 1 .. .. 7 E 641-680 .. .. 5 .. 2 .. 1 .. 2 .. 2 12 J F 681-720 .. .. 2 .. .. 1 2 .. 2 2 .. 9 Vil5 j G 721-760 .. .. 1 1 .. 2 H 761-800 .. .. 1 1 1 3 I 801-840 J 841-880 .. 1 .. .. 1 K 881-920 .. _L 921-960 .. Totals for 1930 .. 779 170 218 198 262 137 390 251 188 2,593 Totals for 1929 .. 776 173 214 198 258 139 399 255 185 2,597 Difference +3 -3 +4 .. +4 -2 -9 -4 +3 -4

(Excluding Secondary Departments of District High Schools, but including the Three Junior High Schools conducted by the Auckland Education Board.) Average Attendance for NnvnViovs Mean of Average Weekly Boll Whole Year (Mean of noil BuuiooiB. of Three Terms, 1930. Average Attendance of Three Average Terms). Attendance . , as Education District. Punils Pupils Percentage at at of A ™ ra g e 31st De- 31st De- Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Clirls. Total. -D W ,1 e i!Xn cember, cember, Boll, WW. 1929. 1930. Auckland.. .. .. 67,389 66,990 34,499 31,136 65,635 31,818 28,514 60,332 91-9 Taranaki.. .. .. 11,895 11,959 6,026 I 5,679 11,705 5,576 5,229 10,805 92-3 Wangamri .. .. 16,881 16,610 8,706! 7,650 16,356 8,017 6,997 15,014 91-8 Hawke'sBay ... .. 16,335 16,345 8,417 7,605 16,022 7,772 6,990 14,762 92-1 Wellington .." .. 28,330 28,514 14,476 13,367 27,843 13,361 12,235 25,596 91-9 Nelson .. .. .. 6,872 6,929 3,515 3,218 6,733 3.283 2,987 6,270 93-1 Canterbury .. .. 37,155 36,753 18,458 17,259 35,717 17,131 15,951 33,082 92-6 Otago .. .. .. 20,981 20,603 10,398 9,657 20,055 9,673 8,956 18,629 92-9 Southland .. .. 12,123 11,995 6,143 5,523 11,666 5,629 5,046 10,675 91-5 Totals, 1930 .. .. 216,698 110,638 j 101,094 211,732 102,260 92,905 195,165 92-2 Totals, 1929 .. 217,961 .. 111,502 1101,708 213,210 101,792 92,186 193,978 90-9 .:. Difference 1-1,268 -864 -614 1-1,478 +468 +719 +1,187 +1-3