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Table H6. Proficiency Examination Results. —Native Schools and Maori Children in Public Schools, 1932 and 1933.

Table H7. Classification and Ages of Maori Scholars attending Public Schools at the 1st July, 1933.

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Proficiency Certificates. Competency Certificates. Number — — Total Attending o£ p""? n Percentage Percentage Certificates P; Number : of Number 1 of gained, presented. ga i ne( j. : Number gained. . Number presented. j presented. 1932. Public schools .. .. . • J 229 ; 161 70-3 33 ; 14-4 j 194 Native schools .. . I 262 ! 147 56-1 51 i 19-5 198 1933. Public schools .. .. •• 243 J 159 65-4 42 17 -3 201 Native schools .. . 244 j 148 60-6 38 15-6 . 186 I ! !

class P. S. X. 8. II. S. III. S. IV. j Form I. Form II. Form III. Total. Years. . • • . • • , • bS I » i « _ss <9 »5 oq ® g.-a g- ■§ & o'S o ; S&io.ti&'3g'S S 3 n 3 m 3 m 5 m ® i « ° : ° « s> w ® 5 and under 6 27 31 .. 1 i -'j 6 „ 7 471 458 1 2 | .. 4721 4M> 7 8 521 492 52 81 2 4 5" 5 577 8 " 9 392! 308 181 192 j 51 68 2 3 626 571 9 10 187' 162 221 195 j 142 174 42 51 5 3 .. o97, 585 10 " 11 73 62 150 122 ! 185 184 120 137 32 46 1 i 2 561 553 11 12 42 ! 31 81 60 120 122 170 156 103 101 24 ! 34 1 1 541 505 " 13 j* 9 44 30 75 48 138 135 118 111 64 70 21 22 .. .. 472 425 r, " 14 7 9 8 9 I 32 25 80 61 103 65 82 81 49 60 3 . . 364 310 ,1 " 15 2 2 1 7 2 16 12 32 24 61 37 53 29 2 4 173 110 it " 16 2 ■ ... 3 1 , 7 3 13 6 21 14 2 1 48 25 i ' 1 i o o 4 16 years and over .. 1 • • j • • Totals, 1933 742 694 614 627 571 i 556 401 353 245 i231jl48 128 , , 7 || 5 4,4604,156 3?294 1,436 T?241 1.127 754 ~476 276 12 8,616 Percentage .. 38-2 16-7 1 14-4 13-1 5-5. ; 3-2 00 100 ■<) Median age, in 9-7 9-4 10-7 10-4 11-9 11-7 12-6 jl2-3 13-513-ljl4 113-8 14-614-9 .. j .. years and' | | months ; ' : Totals, 1932 1,862 1,753 709 680 597 542 553 484 | 346 328 251<223 140 115 14 7 4,132 3?615 T?389 1,139 1?037 ! 674 474 255 21 8,604 Percentage ... 42-0 16-2 13-2 12-1 ! 100-0 Median age in, |7T| 7 4 9 6 lT7|l0 7 10 5 11 811 512 7 12 513 513 1 14 3:13 1014 815 4 .. .. years andj:j i ; j I months I | ! i 1 1 : 1 i, Note.—For the purpose of this table half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-cast» and Maori are reckoned as Maori.