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Rural Schools (Average Attendance less than 25).

Summary.

Highest Passes in Standards'. —In compliance with the regulations of the Board, I present a list of the pupils, boys and girls separately, who have gained the highest number of marks in the three highest standards. The following is the prize-list: — Standard VI. (Highest). Name. School. Age. Marks. yrs. mo. Boys —1. David Craig ... Featherston ... 11 10 ... 140 2. Thomas Moore ... Carterton ... 14 0 ... 135 3. Edgar Deverill ... Mount Cook Boys' ... 13 0 ... 134 C 4. Thomas Corlett ... Lower Hutt ... 14 1 ... 131 \4. Henry Jones f.. Mount Cook Boys' ... 14 0 ... 131 Girls —1. Charlotte Jackson ... Featherston ... 15 5 ... 157 2. Charlotte Cox ... Featherston ... 15 3 ... 156 3. Phoebe Myers ... Thorndon ... 13 4 ... 152 4. Elizabeth Tait ... Featherston ... 11 11 ... 143 Standard V. Boys —I. Herbert Phillips ... Mount Cook Boys' ... 13 6 ... 166 2. Byron Brown ... Mount Cook Boys' ... 13 2 ... 160 Girls—X. Olivia Payne ... Terrace ... 16 5 ... 176 2. Annie Denton ... Terrace ... 14 1 ... 175 Standard IV. Boys —l. Fritz Kummer ... Fernridge ... 13 5 ... 174 2, Frederick Ahlgren ... Te Aro ... 12 3 ... 172 Girls—l. Elizabeth Hornblow ... Greytown ... 10 11 ... 165 2. Violet Hazelden ... Mount Cook Girls' ... 14 1 ... 155 The following candidates were next to the prize-winners, and deserve honorable mention ; —■ Standard VI. —Boys : Charles Harris, Thorndon, 129 ; George Anderson, Thorndon, 127. Girls : Grace Osborne, Terrace, 137 ; Ellen Wallace, Mount Cook Girls', 135. Standard V. —Boys: Robert Renuer, Terrace, 158; William Haulon, Waihinga, 155. Girls: Alice Cox, Featherston, 163 ; Annie Fitchett, Mount Cook Girls', 160. Standard IF. —Boys : William Gavin, Terrace, 151 : Duncan McGregor, Fernridge, 146. Girls Annie Craig, Featherston, 154; Martha Carter, Carterton, 147.

0. School. ,3-1 o o a o W a 43 o ri 4T" as a.3 % *? J* & Ph m rt . Pi tiO 00 **1 cq O o II Q 02 Standards in which Classed. fl cd a a. & o ffl &.9 .9 B* --3 TS O S3 3 "° 6 o* "5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Korokoro Wainuiomata Tauherenikau Kaivvaiwai .... AVaingawa ... Gladstone ... Bideford (new school) Eketahuna (new school) Tenui 25 32 24 28 33 26 IS 19 27 24 26 22 28 23 23 17 19 22 18 14 12 25 21 18 7 12 20 17 12 14 23 23 15 8 11 17 I. 4 2 7 5 3 5 5 7 II. 4 3 5 5 5 7 3 1 7 III. 5 3 6 9 IV. 3 2 2 5 4 3 V. 1 2 i 2 VI. i 16 14 15 23 17 14 9 15 17 15 9 8 20 10 12 8 10 12 "3 5 1 4 Total 232 204 147 140 38 40 31 20 10 1 140 104

District. "o O 33 O w O 6 ft a o 6 ft 0> O* P s o d ■ ■ u c O » W . 3 .S . ■j rn _a j, « g 43fp I S a -goo 6 w EH H B fe ' Standards in which Classed. rrt <0 §| to d 6.a te a 00 «*a w S3 ft Wellington City... listrict-town iountry iural ... 8 8 18 9 345 201 51 26 2,763 1.610 920 232 2,500 1,463 853 204 1,609 1,014 599 147 1,550 945 573 140 I. 446 277 167 38 II. 444 257 180 40 III. 378 246 142 31 IV. 131 77 43 20 V. 118 55 31 10 VI. 38 28 10 1 1,578 923 576 140 1,14' 68! 431 10 Total this year... 43 128 5,525 5,020 3,369 3,208 928 921; 797 271! 214 77 3,217 2,37 Total last year... 87 124 4,590 4,119 2,868 2,510 707, 826 462 287 144 ! 84 Increase 935 901 501 698 335 -16 70 -7 221 95