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Table No. 5. Ages of the Scholars on the Books in the several Districts, for the Last Quarter of 1881.

Under 5 Years. 5 and under 7 Years. 7 and under 10 Years. 10 and under 13 Years. 13 and under ]5 Tears. Over 15 Years. Totals of all Ages. Education Districts. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. I Males. Females. Total. I I i Auckland ... i,8S3 I.620 3,473 3,009 2,562 S,S7 T 2,493 2,37' 4,864 yoo 790 1,578 "5 229 344 8,258 7,572 15,830 Taranaki ... 204 185 389 3^3 274 597 272 269 541 82 80 162 5 15 20 886 823 1,709 Wanganui... 52 7 55 1 1,078 844 722 1,566 688 638 1,326 213 212 425 43 5° 93 2,315 2,173 4,488 Wellington 7°7 728 i,Si5 i.'S 1 979 2,130 1,005 824 1,829 294 276 570 46 57 I0 3 3,283 2,864 6,147 Hawke's Bay 436 39° 826 661 526 1,187 472 419 891 138 104 242 30 10 40 i,737 i,449 3,186* Marlborough »54 '45 299 251 216 467 212 192 404 76 58 134 13 4 17 706 6i5 1,321 Nelson 481 407 888 7°3 697 1,400 688 641 1,329 193 194 387 J9 39 58 2,084 1,978 4,062 North Canterbury ... 2,093 1,782 3,875 2,970 2,799 5,769 2,471 2,271 4,742 720 683 I,4O3 117 141 258 8,37' 7,676 16,047' South Canterbury 45° 455 905 624 577 1,201 561 495 1,056 163 l6l 324 23 22 45 1,821 1,710 3,53' Westland ... 354 339 693 ;n 567 1,078 429 425 854 122 122 244 27 36 63 i,443 1,489 2,932' Otago 2,068 1,869 3,937 3,574 3,332 6,906 3,"3 [ 2,912 6,025 1,035 991 2,026 .65 2'5 380 9,955 9,319 19,274 Southland ... 607 512 1,119 856 860 I,7l6 810 722 1,532 265 260 525 7i i 7O 141 ! 2,609 2,424 5,033 Totals for 1881 I I t ... I 10,014 8,983 18,997 '5,477 14,111 I 29,588 13,214 12,179 25,393 4,089 3,93' 8,020 674 888 1,562 43,468 40,092 83,56* Totals for 1880 1,3 > 2 i>3°9 2,621 9,302 8,5'3 i7,8iS 14,998 i3,7'6 i 28,714 12,516 11,620 24,136 3,924 3,783 7,707 682 726 1,408 42,734 39> 66 7 82,401 * Twent' ■•seven children under 5 years of aj ;e (20 in Hawke's Bay, 4 in North Canterbury, and 3 in Westland) are omitted from this table.