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B. Combined Schools New Plymouth Boys' High School 655 618 569 .. 569 560 402 247 229 618 26 .. 247 .. 37 .. 284 .. , 215 New Plymouth Girls' High School 530 504 .. 466 466 474 320 224 198 504 .. 19 .. 105 35 140 .. 71 Napier Boys' High School j. 305 288 288 .. 288 269 186 131 120 288 13 ., 43 .. 7 .. 50 .. 98 Napier Girls' High School .. 293 277 .. 260 260 263 168 128 116 277 .. 11 .. 60 8 68 50 Wairarapa College .. .. 484 451 235 170 405 416 484 218 196 450 9 10 45 9 26 54 26 120 45 Nelson College .. .. .. 589 572 534 .. 534 528 379 231 194 572 23 .. 228 .. 24 .. 252 .. 92 Nelson Girls'College .. .. 420 412 .. 379 379 377 270 157 144 411 .. 18 .. 75 35 110 141 Totals, B .. .. 3,276 3,122 1,626 1,275 2,901 2,887 2,209 1.336 1,197 3,120 71 58 563 240 77 104 640; 344 525 307 C. Technical Schools Auckland Technical School .. 1,587 1,488 773 489 1,262 1,362 792 825 788 1,486 34 22 .. .. 64 37 64 37 1,165 427 Elam School of Art .... 75 78 21 51 72 70 34 61 31 75 3 3 2 7 2 7 50 109 Otahuhu Technical School .. 481 448 235 166 401 420 237 260 240 448 14 5 12 6 12 6 193 55 Pukekohe Technical School .. 257 238 129 92 221 220 158 107 100 236 8 4 3 4 3 4 136 102 Hamilton Technical School .. 580 534 275 198 473 497 326 267 245 534 14 11 .. 19 6 19 6 262 98 Hawera Technical School .. 293 278 124 121 245 249 171 129 123 278 6 5 2 4 2 4 35 42 Stratford Technical School .. 372 347 169 141 310 316 194 189 174 347 7 8 .... 22 9 22 9 23 12 Wanganui Technical School .. 602 568 343 157 500 528 318 305 287 566 20 7 55 16 13 22 68 38 208 214 Feilding Technical School .. 276 271 175 81 256 251 151 127 104 271 8 7 122 2 2 124 2 9 11 Palmerston North Technical School 477 452 170 169 339 398 226 262 251 451 11 8 5 7 5 7 331 199 Horowhenua Technical College .. 375 361 164 162 326 329 233 157 148 361 8 8 2 3 2 3 24 26 Petone Technical School .. .. 390 359 172 130 302 331 190 209 203 359 10 4 2 1 2 1 439 130 Wellington Technical School .. 1.054 982 526 363 889 905 523 572 547 982 26 16 7 1 7 1 838 295 Westport Technical School .. 117 108 53 40 93 98 62 61 57 108 5 2 .... 3 3 35 31 Grevmouth Technical School .. 374 317 145 122 267 287 229 153 144 317 10 8 18 6 6 5 24 11 50 46 Christchurch Technical School .. 1,463 1.362 751 376 1,127 1,214 761 750 709 1,362 33 20 25 23 35 10 60 33 1,117 443 Canterbury College School of Art .. 124 124 13 92 105 121 62 70 50 112 7 2 1 15 1 5 • 2 20 144 224 Ashburton Technical School .. 299 275 122 103 225 236 131 177 171 274 6 7 3 8 3 8 128 72 Timaru Technical School .. 234 207 108 60 168 189 122 118 110 207 8 4 4 2 4 2 155 139 Dunedin Technical School . . 761 702 226 197 423 628 358 405 390 700 19 12 .... 8 13 8 13 810 505 InvercargiU Technical School .. 608 556 221 211 432 493 294 324 322 556 15 9 .. .. 44 28 44 28 163 173 Totals, C .. .. 10,799 10,055 4,915 3,521 8,436 9,142 5,572 5,528 5,194 10,030 272 172 221 60 259 180 480 240 6,315 3,353 Grand totals. 1943 .. 30,293 28,867 14,108 12,003 26,111 26,634 18,050 13,208 12,155 28,800 639 577 1,472 805 662 849 2,134 1,654 7,292 3,951 Grand totals, 1942 .. 28,734 26,628 12,963 11.143 24,106 24,228 17,087 12,423 11,413 26,573 592 564 1,255 671 585 739 1,840 1,410 6,275 3,806 Difference ,. +1,559 +2,239 +1,145 +860 +2,005 +2,406 +963 +785 +742 +2,227 +47 +13 +217 +134 +77 +110 +294 +244 +1,017 +145