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PRIMARY EDUCATION.

Table A1.—PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS BY GRADE, and Intermediate Schools and Departments, December, 1940.

Note.—Throe half-time schools and thirty-eight main schools with side schools attached are counted separately, and are included in the separate grades determined by tlio separate average attendance of each school.

Table A2.—ATTENDANCE at Public Primary Schools and Intermediate Schools and Departments in 1940.

Note. —Tho corresponding figures for the secondary departments of district high schools will 1)0 found in Tablo G 1 on pago 24 of this paper, and tho corresponding figures for Form 111 of tho separata intermediate schools in Tabic B 1 on page J4 oi this paper.

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£ Education District. u i_i lid ,q o ►*»!;• g % 8 Boll for determining Grade ~ ® g S of School. « 3 3 ~ 3 g a § 1 § ■£ ■ jf a g • J — o 2 eo i j* .2 o X o n n'*~ Q I •ggfislsil'SSffiH 0 CCS^I c3(^<3JC6-»-'5 w < h S I a I & I n 3 o <g I 1-8 .. ..23 4 13 15 15 21 10 18 7 126 II 9-24 .. .. 183 39 64 69 60 45 132 79 58 729 TTTa 25-30 .. ..52 12 11 8 13 7 21 12 16 152 IIIB 31-70 . . 218 47 42 36 39 30 74 41 43 570 IVA 71-110 .. .. 54 8 18 15 23 7 28 21 11 185 IVb 111-150 .. 27 10 4 5 8 4 5 10 7 80 IVc 151-190 .. ..15 5 2 7 7 3 7 3 5 54 VA 191-230 . . 5 3 2 2 7 8 3 3 33 VB 231-270 .. ..13 2 2 4 3 .. 8 2 .. 34 Vo 271-310 .. ..11 1 4 1 5 1 2 4 1 30 Vd 311-350 .. 6 2 4 6 1 5 3 2 29 VI 351-870 .. ..58 7 12 10 26 3 28 13 6 163 Intermediate schools and 8 .. 1 2 2 .. 2 4 .. 19 departments — Totals .. 673 138 .177 178 214 122 330 213 159 2,204 i

(Excluding Form III pupils of Intermediate Schools, Secondary Departments of District High Schools, but including pupils in special classes and Standard VII.) Avorago Attendance for ■Rrtii MhiyiI-vovq Mean of Average Weekly Roll Whole Year (Mean of iton iNumoers. rp^ reQ Terms, 1940, Average Attendance of Three Average Terms). Attendance —. as Education District. pupils Pupils | of"verttle lit ftt ! I W Aftlrl v 31st De- 31st Do- Hoys. Girls. Total. Boys, i Girls. , Total. noli 1640 cember, camber, [ ' 1939. 1940. Auckland .. .. 65,970 66,146 33,171 30,948 64,119 29,787 27,584 57,371 89-48 Taranaki .. .. 11,065 11,032 5,555 5,189 10,744 5,077 4,750 9,827 91-47 Wanganui .. .. 14,632 14,617 7,444 6,821 14,265 6,752 6,149 12,901 90-44 Hawke'sBay -- .. 14,667 13,952 7,236 6,523 13,759 6,547 5,907 12,454 90-52 Wellington .. .. 26,211 26,098 13,286 12,166 25,452 12,107 11,001 23,108 90-79 Nelson .. .. .. 6,570 6,487 3,256 3,054 6,310 3,015 2,815 5,830 92-39 Canterbury .. .. 32,534 32,090 16,309 14,783 31,092 14,901 13,447 28,348 91 • 18 Otago .. 17,528 16,894 8,596 7,904 16,500 7,903 7,242 15,145 91-79 Southland .. .. 11,347 11,103 5,664 5,170 10,834 5,180 4,721 9,901 91-39 Intermediate schools and de- 4,490 5,450 2,981 2,572 5,553 2,786 2,384 5,170 93-10 partments Totals .. .. 205,014 203,869 103,498 95,130 198,628 94,055 86,000 180,055 90-65