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Table H6 CLASSIFICATION and AGES of Maori Scholars attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS at the 1st July, 1946

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Years. P. 8.1. S.2. S. 3. S. 4. F.I. F. II. F. III. Total. 5 and tinder 6—Boys .. 695 I ■ 695 Girls .. 641 641 6'and under 7—Boys .. 950 8 958 Girls .. 857 14 2 873 7 and under 8—Boys .. 774 130 7 911 Girls .. 713 170 7 890 8 and under 9—Boys .. 477 352 101 ' 1 931 Girls .. 376 347 119 10 852 9 and under 10—Boys .. 191 325 274 106 ' 4 900 Girls .. 167 251 304 141 3 866 10 and under 11—Boys .. 69 167 311 258 63 "l 869 Girls .. 49 125 230 276 116 1 797 11 and under 12—Boys .. 23 71 175 285 211 62 "3 830 Girls .. 13 43 137 256 221 71 5 746 12 and under 13—Boys .. 11 14 66 181 245 171 38 "3 729 Girls .. 5 18 52 143 252 177 63 710 13 and under 14—Boys .. 3 7 18 79 184 218 147 3 659 Girls .. 6 6 12 82 146 230 186 6 674 14 and under 15—Boys .. 2 4 7 30 80 167 175 9 474 Girls .. 2 1 5 28 58 151 179 10 434 15 and under 16—Boys .. 5 13 36 59 7 120 Girls .. 2 25 26 58 3 114 16 and under 17—Boys .. 7 1 8 Girls .. "2 2 5 3 12 n and over— Boys . . Girls .. Totals—Boys .. 3,195 1,078 959 945 800 655 429 23 8,084 Girls .. 2,829 975 868 938 . 823 658 496 22 7,609 Grand totals 6,024 2,05.3 1,827 1,883 1,623 1,313 925 45 15,693 Percentage 38-4 13-1 11-6 12-0 10-3 8-4 5-9 0-3 100-0 Median age, in years and months — Boys 6 11 9 2 10 4 11 5 12 6 13 5 14 2 14 7 Girls 6 11 8 10 10 0 11 2 12 3 13 4 14 0 14' 6 Note.—for the purpose of this table half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori.