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CONCLUSION A comparison between the position in New Zealand and that in certain other countries may be of interest. Oversea Estimates of Increases in School Population. New Zealand The Office of Education, Federal Security Agency, has forecast Comparison, for the United States of America an additional ten and a half million pupils enrolled in all public and non-public elementary and secondary schools (from Kindergarten to Grade 12) in the thirteen-year period 1947-1960. This corresponds to an increase of almost .. .. .. 40 per cent. 50 per cent. The British Ministry of Education expects that in England and Wales the total number of all children of five to fifteen years of age enrolled in maintained and assisted primary and secondary schools will increase from 4-7 million in 1946 to 6 million in 1954, that is, by .. .. .. 27J per cent. 40 per cent. The Australian increase in total enrolments at State primary schools has been assessed by the Commonwealth Office of Education for the period between 1947 and 1954 as .. 46 per cent. 38 per cent. The estimates of school populations for different countries are, of course, comparable only with some reservation. The Australian estimates, for example, take into account the large immigration scheme of the Commonwealth, and are, perhaps for that reason, higher than the New Zealand figures ; but there is also some variation between the Australian States. The figures are, however, reliable enough to show that New Zealand is not alone in having to devote, in the years immediately ahead, an increasing portion of its national resources to the education of its children.

Table A—Total Enrolments

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(1930-1949 actual; 1950-1960 estimated) Primary. Post-primary. Year (1 July). Total. Public. Private. Public. Private. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) 1930 219,446 26,419 29,628 3,897 279,390 1931 222,707 26,448 1 30,739 4,602 284,496 1932 219,018 26,390 30,728 4,512 280,648 1933 205,025 26,097 30,690 4,315 266,127 1934 203,337 26,584 31,231 4,430 265,582 1935 201,694 26,923 32,028 4,743 i 265,388 1936 215,183 27,540 32,581 5,108 280,412 1937 213,878 27,507 32,975 5,595 279,955 1938 211,897 28,271 35,151 6,059 281,378 1939 210,503 27,972 36,260 6,266 281,001 1940 210,318 27,868 35,882 6,379 280,447 1941 210,541 27,836 33,823 6,451 278,651 1942 210,644 26,983 32,947 6,483 277,057 1943 208,861 28,521 35,431 7,184 279,997 1944 209,562 29,223 41,121 8,121 288,027 1945 214,007 29,583 44,732 8,933 297,255 1946 220,401 30,581 45,421 9,424 305,827 1947 232,075 31,929 45,628 9,968 319,600 1948 237,399 32,818 45,565 9,748 325,530 1949 247,049 33,941 46,911 10,243 338,144 1950 255,805 35,135 46,970 10,160 348,070 1951 266,915 36,685 48,390 10,420 362,410 1952 282,900 38,825 50,315 10,800 382,840 1953 296,850 40,650 52,855 11,340 401,695 1954 308,170 42,130 56,750 12,120 419,170 1955 317,845 43,420 60,965 12,910 435,140 1956 326,210 44,715 62,255 13,295 446,475 1957 334,335 45,970 62,020 13,490 455,815 1958 340,960 46,995 63,185 13,725 464,865 1959 345,305 47,685 66,025 14,215 473,230 1960 345,365 47,660 71,460 15,215 479,700