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Table C1.— Age and Sex of the Pupils on the School Rolls in the several Education Districts at 1st July, 1930.

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(Excluding Junior High Schools and Seoondary Departments of District High Schools.) 5andunder6 6 and under 7 7 and under 8 8 and under 9. 9 andunder 10. 10 and under 11. Ilandunderl2. 12andunderl3. 13and under 14. 14 and under 15. 15 and under 16. Over 16 Years. Totals oi all Ages. - - Years. '__ ; Education District. ~~ I 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, j Girls. lotal. Auckland .. .. 3,181 2,930 3,751 3,484 3,881 3,656 4,183 3,832 3,936 3,615 4,028 3,667 3,429 2,967 3,189 2,942 2,490 2,201 1,173 806 336 167 33 13 33,610 30,280 63,890 Taranaki .. .. 582 504 699 671 710 658 698 709 690 685 722 676 635 603 572 590 470 409 175 137 47 23 6 2 6,006' 5,667 11,673 Wanganui.. .. 772 629 1,028 841 975 861 986 940 1,030 943 1,007 892 938 783 841 849 673 576 326 232 73 36 18 6 8,667 | 7,588 16,255 Hawke's Bay .. 740 700 915 813 972 899 1,032 922 1,039 884 932 895 874 834 832 798 654 592 300 197 76 44 19 8 8,385! 7,586 15,971 Wellington.. .. 1,409 1,242 1,616 1,483 1,708! 1,546 1,774 1,675 1,878 1,673 1,683 1,625 1,458 1,436 1,412 1,406 1,013 946 450 276 81 50 5 5 14,487 13,363 27,850 Nelson .. .. 314 351 387 359 431 389 388 371 427 : 382 434 425 379 346 346 323 282 196 102 63 28 10 6 2 3,524 3,217 6,741 Canterbury .. 1,723 1,565 2,004 1,859 2,128 2,047 2,217 2,182 2,177 1,966 2,149 2,042 1,885 1,888 1,858 1,795 1,501 1,344 622 422 155 69 16 8 18,435! 17,187 35,622 Otago .. .. 1,053 934 1,151 1,092 1,178 1,188 1,204 1,221 1,267 1,167 1,256 1,149 1,053 1,035 1,039 965 778 695 327 167 54 27 5 2 10,365 9,642 20,007 Southland.. .. 547 533 636 622 688 627 826 712 702 671 712 652 681 537 598 624 496 390 174 99 36 14 1 6,097 5,482 11,579 Totals for 1930 .. 10,321 9,888 12,187 11,224 12,67111,871 13,308 12,564 13,146 11,986 12,923 12,023 11,332 10,429 10,687 10,292 8,357 7,349 3,649 2,399 886 440 109 47 109,576 100,012j209, 588 Percentage of pupils 9-4 ll-2 11-7 12-3 12-0 11-9 10-4 10-0 7-5 2-9 0-6 0-1 100 Totals for 1929 .. 9,948 9,00812,45611,46613,34112,50913,16912,16812,91511,94211,82810,76811,72211,11311,53810,755 8,459 7,460 3,961 2,692 967 487 136 54110,440:100,422 210,862 Difference .. 373 380 -269 -242 -670 -638 ; 139 396 231 44 1,095 1,255 -390 --684; -851 -463 -102 -111 -312 -293 -81 -47 -27 -7 -864 -410-1,274