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Table H5 MAORI CHILDREN attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS, December, 1945

Table H6 CLASSIFICATION and AGES of Maori Scholars attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS at the 1st July, 1945

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Education District. Number of Schools at which Maoris attended. Number of Maori Pupils at End of 1945. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland 441 4,337 4,146 8,483 Taranaki 71 616 481 1,097 Wanganui 89 752 672 1,424 Hawke's Bay 105 1,353 1,283 2,636 Wellington Nelson 75 8 483 16 506 20 989 36 Canterbury Otago 58 190 159 349 22 57 35 92 Southland .. 16 49 48 97 Totals 885 7,853 7,350 15,203 Note.-—For the purpose of this table half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori.

Years. P. 8.1. S.2. S.3. S.4. F. I. F.II. F. III. Total. 5 and under 6—Boys 707 707 Girls. . 619 619 6 and tinder 7—Boys.. 854 "6 860 Girls.. 781 7 788 7 and under 8 —Boys.. 797 132 4 933 Girls.. 652 152 6 810 8 and under 9—Boys.. 457 314 108 2 881 Girls. . 365 354 145 3 867 9 and under 10 —Boys.. 201 333 265 77 6 882 Girls.. 134 220 283 135 7 779 10 and under 11 —Boys.. 66 169 293 240 60 5 833 Girls.. 57 116 198 261 79 9 720 11 and under 12—Boys.. 16 65 158 257 211 46 1 754 Girls.. 21 48 133 273 218 70 4 767 12 and under 13 —Boys.. 6 19 63 202 238 158 41 2 729 Girls. . 8 6 67 157 207 227 64 1 737 13 and under 14 —Boys. . 8 10 33 84 167 204 143 6 655 Girls.. 2 7 14 82 151 209 118 7 590 14 and under 15—Boys.. 3 12 31 74 149 150 13 432 Girls. . 1 1 8 21 60 113 163 23 390 15 and under 16 —Boys.. 1 6 10 30 64 11 122 Girls.. 1 5 8 20 54 12 100 16 and over— Boys.. 1 6 1 8 Girls.. 1 4 6 11 Totals —Boys 3,112 1,051 937 899 766 593 405 33 7,796 Girls 2,640 911 855 937 730 649 407 49 7,178 Grand totals 5,752 1,962 1,792 1,836 1,496 1,242 812 82 14,974 Percentage 38-4 13-1 12-0 12-3 10-0 8-3 5-4 0-5 100-0 Median age, in years e.nd months — Boys 7 0 9 3 10 4 11 6 12 5 13 5 14 1 14 8 Girls 6 11 8 10 10 0 11 3 12 4 13 1 14 1 14 9 Note. —for the purpose of this table half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori.