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Table H5 MAORI CHILDREN Attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS, December, 1948

Table H6 CLASSIFICATION and AGES of Maori Scholars Attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS at the 1st July, 1948

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Education District. Number of Schools at Which Maoris Attended. Number of Maori Pupils at End of 1948. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Hawkes Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland Totals 456 69 93 112 63 15 59 17 15 4,881 650 833 1,438 488 26 158 39 62 4,672 533 743 1,325 510 18 147 29 39 9,553 1,183 1,576 2,763 998 44 305 68 101 899 8,575 ! 8,016 16,591

Age, in Years. P. S.l. S.2. S.3. S. 4. F.I. F. II. I F. III. 1 | Total. 5 and under 6—Boys 691 | 691 Girls .. 696 696 6 and under 7 —Boys .. 958 2 960 Girls .. 826 8 1 835 7 and under 8—Boys .. 833 144 12 1 990 Girls .. 769 190 13 3 975 8 and under 9—B oys .. 454 431 137 1 1,023 Girls .. 389 373 166 15 943 9 and under 10—Boys .. 169 349 328 87 9 942 Girls .. 127 296 328 136 6 893 10 and under 11 —Boys .. 52 166 306 307 103 7 941 Girls .. 40 130 239 282 117 6 1 815 11 and under 12—Boys .. 8 63 189 275 226 82 1 844 Girls .. 11 36 152 269 263 113 3 847 12 and under 13—Boys .. 5 16 51 203 289 212 56 1 833 Girls .. 1 7 48 140 226 234 90 1 747 13 and under 14—Boys .. 2 28 76 201 243 169 3 722 Girls .. 2 5 12 60 142 238 205 2 666 14 and under 15—Boys .. 1 5 19 76 174 203 4 482 Girls .. 3 30 55 134 210 8 440 15 and under 16—Boys .. 3 2 10 44 97 5 161 Girls .. 1 3 2 12 37 60 6 121 16 and under 17 —Boys .. 1 1 11 13 5 31 Girls .. 1 1 5 13 20 Handover Boys.. 8 8 Girls .. 1 4 5 Totals —Boys .. 3,170 1,174 1,059 972 915 773 539 26 8,628 Girls .. 2,861 1,046 966 937 822 767 583 21 8,003 Grand totals 6,031 2,220 2,025 1,909 1,737 1,540 1,122 47 16,631 Percentage 36-3 13-3 12-2 11-5 10-4 9-3 6-7 0-3 100-0 Median age, in years and months — Boys 6 11 9 0 10 2 11 4 12 5 13 4 14 3 16 0 Girls 6 11 8 10 9 11 11 1 12 1 13 2 14 0 14 11 r