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TABLE K.—Numbers and Proportions of Passes in Standards.

It will be seen that in this table the numbers presented and passed are compared with the roll number for December. To be perfectly fair they ought rather to be compared with the sum of the roll numbers of the several schools at the several dates of their examination ; but this last-described number, which would certainly be smaller than the roll number for December, has not been ascertained. As the table stands it shows that more than half the scholars were examined in standards, and that between 39 and 40 per cent, of all the scholars passed a standard. This proportion is higher than any that has been obtained in previous years. A comparison of Table L with the corresponding tables in previous reports shows that the average ages of the pupils when they pass the several standards are subject to very little variation from year to year, the average age of passing the First Standard being 8-7, both in 1883 and 1884, and the average age of passing the Sixth being 14 in both years. ■

TABLE L.—Average Age of Pupils at Standard Examinations.

Passed Standards. Education Districts. Eoll (Dec., 1884). Presented. Passed. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Total. Per cent. 10-5 7-9 of Eoll Numbe: r. Ul 97,238 | 51-8 p.c. of roll number 76 p.o. of number presented 111-8 4-9 2-9 1-4 39-4 luckland.. ?aranaki .. Vanganui Wellington lawke's Bay .larlborough kelson Canterbury South Canterbury Vestland.. )tago Southland Per ci mt. of Number 76-8 64-3. 34-2 30-7 66-5 56-8 89-3 74-4 76-1 77-0 89'9 83'9 92-2 82-2 85-9 74'8 75-2 68-9 82-8 71-3 85-3 69-8 76-1 55-8 present ;ed in e£ I 60-3 27-3 I 51-0 84-5 55-4-81-4 85-5 67-7 71-5 75-3 708 43-5 .ch Stai 62-8 27-3 69-5 80-0 69-0 75-0 87-5 77-2 77-1 71-3 79-7 62-7 idard. 18,389 2,113 5,G27 7,395 4,110 1,493 4,808 18,332 4,067 3,105 21,414 6,385 9,454 978 3,243 3,919 2,499 798 2,524 9,132 2,258 1,682 10,963 2,899 6,915 472 1,953 3,440 1,903 688 2,099 7,437 1,670 1. 327 8,394 1,982 79-0 710 63-5 97-1 84-0 96-6 90-9 93-3 86-7 91-5 91-4 88-5 75-1 I 35-4 52-0 I i 91-2 I 64-4 66-3 : 57-3 I 70-1 59-8 70-8 56-4 51-1 j 73-1 48-3 60'2 87-8 76-2 86-2 83'1 81-4 73-9 78-9 76-6 68-4 Totals for 1884 Totals for 1883 97,238 92,476 50,349 46,439 38,280 34,566 86-4 86-5 80-8 78'2 68-6 64-8 64-6 64-7 68-3 66-7 75-1 79-4 76-0 74-4

Education Districts. Avi irage A| ;es (in Years) foi Standi urd. Mean if Ages. I. 9-0 8-5 8-5 8-8 8-8 8-7 8-3 8-6 8-5 8-4 9-1 II. 10-5 10-1 9-7 9-9 10-4 9-6 9-4 10-0 9-5 9-8 10-2 III. 12-0 11-2 ll-l 11-1 11-3 11-1 10-7 11-3 11-0 11-3 11-6 IV. 13-0 12-7 12-3 12-0 12-4 12-1 12-1 12-6 12-2 12-0 12-5 V. 14-0 134 13-2 13:4 13-1 13-1 13-0 13-3 12-9 12-1 13-1 VI. 14-5 13-6 14-0 14-5 14-1 14-0 14-1 14-3 13-4 13-7' 14-0 1884. 121 11-6 11-5 11-6 11-7 11-6 11-2 11-6 11-2 10-9 11-7 1883. 12-2 11-1 11-6 1882. 12-4 11-5 11-4 1881. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland ii-4 11-6 11-7 11-2 11-3 11-9 11-0 13-3 11-5 11-6 11-2 11-3 11-9 11-2 11-0 11-9 11-8 11-4 11-1 11-8 11-2 12-0 11-7 Mean of the eleven returns Bange (difference between highest and lowest) 8-7 9-9 11-3 12-3 13-1 14-0 11-5 11-5 11-5 11-5 0-8 1-1 1-3 1-0 1-9 1-1 1-2 2-3 1-4 0-9 1883— Mean of the ten returns Bange (difference between highest and lowest) .. .. i 8-7 9-7 11-2 12-3 13-2 140 1-6 1-1 1-6 1-2 1-4 2-0