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Table of Results. Wellington City Schools.

HAWKE'S BAT. Sib, — Napier, 31st January, 1883. I have the honour to submit for your information my general report upon the progress and condition of education in this district for the year ended the 31st December, 1882. Population.—-According to the statistics of population which have recently been published by the (Government, I find that, exclusive of Maoris, the population of the four counties included within the Education District of Hawke's Bay is nearly 21,000. For school purposes this population is classed into 33 school districts, in each of which there is a duly elected School Committee for the management anfl promotion of education. Teaching Staff and Attendance. —Thirty-six schools were in operation at the close of the year, in which were engaged 35 head-teachers, 11 assistants, and 43 pupil-teachers. Area and Accommodation. —The superficial area in the schoolhouses, exclusive of those which do not belong to the BoSrd, is about 31,000 square feet. This area is sufficient for the convenient accommodation of 3,100 children. At the close of the school year there were 3.363 children returned as actually attending school. This shows that the schools are full, and some of them overcrowded, although, as I shall have occasion to show further on, a large percentage of the children in the district have not yet been brought within the operation of the Education Act. All the school-buildings and residences which have been erected during the past four years are in fair order and repair, but I think the time has arrived when every building should be repainted and every schoolhouse distempered internally, if only to avoid unnecessary loss in the future.

0 m o a Hi 11 Pn CO S> h -s] ft • '■6 i Sh a! Numbers ircsentei Sta: 1 and pi idard. ,ssed ii each School. I. II, III. IV. y. VI. Thorndon ■ TeAro Terrace Mt. Cook Boys' 380 514 294 391 358 489 276 36S 378 512 244 382 338 375 223 288 305 317 182 192 90 85 82 67 Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed 39 39 46 45 28 28 41 29 38 35 41 40 27 27 46 46 74 74 87 85 86 73 41 39 66 52 66 63 40 40 85 81 107 92 44 23 73 42 73 42 42 32 60 55 81 59 42 38 48 38 48 43 33 24 47 33 38 36 37 32 32 10 25 17 9 6 20 12 17 12 31 22 28 21 17 8 5 5 Mt. Cook Girls' 366 355 354 267 208 78 Newtown 374 346 185 170 147 87 Thorndon Infant 187 125 20 27 27 100 Te Aro Infant... 453 230 63 46 46 100 Mt. Cook Infant 554 487 25 74 74 100 Totals I 3,513! 3,034 2,163 1,808 1,498 83 Presented Passed 380 363 386 352 424 312 312 257 188 134 118 80 1)1 •trict Town Schoi >ls (over 100 o: Bo. iks). Masterton 486 391 318 272 246 90 Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed Presented Passed j Presented Passed 61 61 17 16 48 47 81 20 19 18 12 11 37 32 83 83 12 12 33 32 43 42 28 26 9 9 14 14 55 54 14 13 45 28 32 11 22 21 12 10 23 12 29 21 13 10 12 9 23 20 18 11 8 3 19 8 30 17 3 2 13 12 17 8 10 6 7 4 5 1 14 10 5 3 13 9 2 Clareville 112 97 79 64 56 88 Carterton 270 263 193 164 137 84 Grreytown 220 205 174 148 101 68 Featherston Taita 160 106 150 92 108 63 104 54 89 40 86 74 7 7 6 3 9 3 Lower Hutt 205 170 143 107 70 65 Totals 1,559 1,368 1,078 203 149 122 82 85 50 56 35 913 739 81 Presented Passed 225 205 222 218