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TABLE D.—Subjects of Instruction.

In every subject except reading the number receiving instruction is larger in proportion to the number on the rolls than it was last year. This is especially the case with respect to vocal music, and also to needlework, considering that in this latter subject the roll-number to be compared is that of the girls alone. It appears, however, that there are 3,065 children not being taught writing, of whom 2,123 are found in Otago alone; and 5,038, nearly half of these also being in Otago, are not learning arithmetic. In the Hawke's Bay Education District every child on the rolls is returned as learning writing and arithmetic, and it is difficult to understand why it should not be so in every district. Number or Public Schools. The diminution of the rate of increase of attendance is certainly not due to any want of desire or effort on the part of the Boards to keep pace with the wants of a growing and spreading population. The number of schools, which at the end of 1877 was 730, had risen by the end of 1881 to 869, the increase for the four years being therefore 139; and the increase for the year now under review was 33, a number very little below the average. The number of teachers also was raised during the year from 1,971 to 2,087, the difference (116) being about one-sixth of the whole difference (687) between the numbers at the end of 1877 and the end of 1881 respectively. The following table shows the distribution of large and small schools in the several districts. More minute information on the subject will be found in Table No. 10, Appendix, pages 42-56.

TABLE E.—Number of Schools Open at the End of 1881. (In this enumeration every two half-time schools are reckoned as one school.)

Education Districts. I'Si's a 1-1 a OS I "C < ~d . ||l 50 n. s o a I w 1 II o > o . > ■ —. +3 g aj o i§ d s c M Auckland Paranaki /Vanganui Wellington lawke's Bay ttarlborough kelson ... forth Canterbury louth Canterbury (Vestland )tago ... louthland 15,830, 15,830 1,709! 1,709 4,488 4,488 6,147 6,147 3,206 3,206 1,321 1,321 4,062 4,062 16,051*16,050 3.531 3.53 ■ 2,935 2,935 19,274 19,274 5,O33 5,033 t83,587 83,586 82,401 82,400 1,186 1,186 1,709 4.439 6,128 3,2o6 1,267 3,868 15,665 3.53" 2.935 4.793 15,830 1,665 4.399 5,9 2° 3,206 1,079 3,622 15,332 2,936 2,875 16,972 4,713 8,739 765 1,956 2,910 1,077 6,7 2,081 6,i59 1,298 1,217 8,343 2,098 37,260 35>849 10,600 1,063' 2,538 3.5'° 1.54* 8311 2,466, 8,230 i,86r 1,583! 10,441 2,955 47,620 45,033: 5.943 586 i,736 2,682 947 608 i !,96i , 5.573 , 1,270 1 1,098 7,565 i,975 4,630; 498, 841 1,289 453 427 982 2.757j 613 435 4,591 1,030 18,545 16,889 12,227 ',379, i,86i 4,°i7; 1.474 519 "6, I 10,167 ; '.979; 656; 9.832 2,518 13.938 1,276 3.5°5 4.793 2,430 746 1,088 13,^3 2,484 '.913 13,380 3,396 62,232 60,405 n,8ro 962 2,465 4,161 2,478 421 505 10,818 2,647 ',435 14,515 3,552 55,769 47.7°5 j 6,411 53i 1,353 i,97° 962J 368| 1,267 6,,52 i.i6s! 747i 6,475 1,514 U8.9I5 27,166 2,398 123 250 354 42 107 ■12 1,281 281 141 i ■•• 424 208 Totals for 1881 Totals for 1880 80,522 78.318 78,549 75,693 2,856 31.944 I 28,784 47.205 45,867 I 1,338 5,58o 5,i° ] 14' Increase 2,204 1,411 2,587 3.160 .,656! 1,827 8,064 i,749 479 (?) * One boy unable to speak. f This includes 27 children under g years of age, not reckoned in other tables or calculations.

Education Districts. U3 *3 If 11 n u 3 O <||§ .2 o f s I I 1 Number oi School: TO o in which the s, i s 3 Oh S ft rt 1 rt "in O .ttendi O o .nee for the Quarter was— ■Si I! r u . . w - T3 w • u * C 2U g| »^ O «) O u) OS M* CO -U) ■f « I S a. "=° So S Us "S-S Z C3^ 00 y-< ° S o 0 .- 0) 3 Auckland Paranaki Wanganui Wellington Sawke's Bay Marlborough S"elson ... North Canterbury... South Canterbury... Westland ... '94 3° 57 48 36 20 70 129 33 35 '54 63 869 836 12,275 1.237 3,49+ 4,876 2,199 998 3,179 11,760 2,613 2,276 16,061 3,77 6 64,744 64,407 63-3 41-2 6i- 3 ior6 611 49'9 45'4 91-2 79'2 65-0 i°-V3 yr1) H ! 2 2 1 6 3 2 23 2 6 4 3 6 12 7 3 5 10 5 86 80 2/ 3 8 1 3 2 7 12 7' '5 i 23 20 10 3 26 46 17 13 56 37 20 5 3 6 4 4 12 18 6 11 2 3 2 6 7 '7 14 1 5 2 2 1 3 11 8 6 1 1 4 "e 1 1 i ■■• 1 2 5 1 37 6 10 3 9 9 1 2 2 3 5 2 1 3 •3 3 8.5 90 1 20 8 2 12 4 66 58 3 2 '4 3 9 1 2 12 1 2 9 2 2 7 "5 2 8 Dtago ... Southland 6 2 2 Totals for 1881 Totals for 1880 74" 5' 77'° 40 34 337 321 : 107 ! 96 60 65 49 46 27 3° 14 16 47 44 64 59 4 8