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Table H3 —NUMBER OF FULL-TIME TEACHERS Employed in State Schools, December, 1948, and December, 1947

Table K2—SIZE OF CLASSES in Public Primary Schools of Grade IVb and Over

Table N—AGES at Which Pupils Began Post-primary Course, 1948

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Type of School. December, 1948. December, 1947. Principals and Sole and Head Teachers. Assistant Teachers. Total Teachers. Principals and Sole and Head Teachers. 1 Assistant Teachers. Total Teachers. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. j F. Public (primary) .. ,. Intermediate Secondary departments of district high schools Secondary ■Combined Technical Maori (primary) •Chatham Islands •Correspondence— . Primary Secondary Technical Correspondence Special Totals 1,599 17 27 4 28 144 3 1 ' "l 3 304 13 3 15 3 1,474 184 257 447 93 454 42 4 35 10 6 3,462 210 132 383 66 273 217 2 46 61 1 27 3,073 201 257 474 97 482 186 3 5 35 11 9 3,766 210 132 396 69 273 232 2 46 61 1 30 1,570 16 27 4 28 143 4 1 ' 1 3 365 13 3 13 ' 3 1,443 181 236 468 91 459 37 6 34 6 5 3,433 192 140 400 71 247 203 2 45 55 29 3,013 197 236 495 95 487 180 4 7 34 7 8 3,798 192 140 413 74 247 216 2 45 55 ' '32 1,827 338 3,006 4,880 4,833 5,218 1,797 397 2,966 4,817 4,763 5; 214

Number of Children. February, 1937. February, 1948. February, 1949. Number of Classes. Per Cent. Number of Classes. Per Cent. Number of Classes. Per Cent. Under 31 .. 31-40 41-50 51-60 61 and over Totals 346 927 1,259 487 25 11-4 30-4 41-4 • 16-0 0-8 1,007 1,753 1,307 136 24-0 41-7 31-1 3-2 1,049 1,761 1,376 142 24-2 40-7 31-8 3-3 3,044 100-0 4,203 100-0 1 4,328 100-0

(Excluding Schools of Art) Type of School. Age at Which Post-primary Course Begun. Total Numbers Beginning Post-primary Education. Under 12 Years. 12 Years. 13 Years. 14 Years. 15 Years and o-ver. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys.Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Secondary Combined Technical , .. District High Correspondence .. Totals .. 14 4 2 7 2 17 5 6 13 5 478 120 335 207 29 715 134 396 315 44 1,657 352 1,652 863 72 1,971 310 1,452 955 132 751 179 1,221 612 56 609 122 806 562 73 176 50 304 243 11 83 18 163 173 32 3,076 705 3,514 1,932 170 3,395 589 2,823 2,018 286 29 46 1,169 1,604 4,596 4,820 2,819 2,172 784 469 9,397 9,111