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in the estimates was 104,500 The fluctuation of the average attendance quarter by quarter is shown by the following statement of working average March quarter, 104,480, June quarter, 105,214, September quarter, 103,256, December quarter, 107,032.

TABLE A. —School Attendance and Yearly Increase from 1877 to 1894.

The proportion between the roll-number and the daily attendance was affected by epidemics in 1893. In 1892 the attendance had reached a higher proportion than in any previous year, and stood at 806 per cent, of the roll. In 1893 the percentage declined to 78-5, in 1894 it rose to the former highest level of 806. A comparative view of the attendance in the several districts is exhibited m Table B The increase in the number of pupils is most marked in the North Island, an actual decline appears only m the small districts of Grey and Westland.

TABLE B. —School Attendance for 1894.

Among the pupils enumerated in Table A and Table B there were m December 1,536 Maori and half-caste children attending public schools. The attendance at Native schools, in which there were 2,418 pupils, is independent

Sohi iol Attendance. Yearly Ini :rease on Year. 1.11-3 H I.S3 Its o o Average Ai ttendance. ill! Ills g o OS ■g o a o h swag •a H o Average Attendance. Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Fourth Quartei , . Whole Year. 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 50,849 59 707 68,124 74 359 76,309 79,416 84,883 90,670 95,377 99 206 103,534 104,919 108,158 110,665 112,279 114,305 116,819 55,688 65,040 75 566 82,401 83,560 87 179 92,476 97,238 102 407 106 328 110,919 112,685 115,456 117 912 119 523 122,620 124,686 127 300 49,435 57,301 62 946 63,009 66,426 70,077 74,050 80,183 83,361 87 386 90,849 94,308 96,670 96 264 100,917 99,872 106,151 45 521 53,067 60,625 61,822 63,709 07,373 72,657 78,327 80,737 85,637 90 108 93 374 94,632 97,058 99 070 98,615 103,490 73-8 74-6 74-2 73-6 74-0 75-1 76-6 76-1 77-0 79-3 80-3 79-9 803 80-6 78-5 80-6 8 858 8,417 6,235 1 950 3,107 5,467 5 787 4,707 3 829 4,328 1 385 3 239 2,507 1,614 2,026 2,514 9 352 10,526 6,835 1 159 3 619 5,297 4,762 5 169 3,921 4,591 1 766 2,771 2,456 1,611 3,097 2,066 2,614 7 866 5 645 63 3 417 3,651 4,573 5,533 3 178 4,025 3,463 3,459 2,362 [-406] 4,653 [-1,045] 6,279 7,546 7 558 1 197 1 887 3,664 5 284 5 670 2,410 4,900 4,471 3,266 1,258 2,426 2 012 [-455] 4,875

Education Districts. Eoll-Numbers. Pnniio A< 3- i , ft Pupils l?%™ initted 23L belonging gftSng , a The ng «^nd ° IY ye h ar. J Tear. y °* r . Eoll-Numbers. Average Daily Attendance. oj oto» - 1894. 1893. Fourth Quarter. Whole Year. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui "Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 22,733 3 129 8,038 11 065 6,499 1,817 5 126 1,604 1 558 20,285 4 954 21 188 8,823 10,709 1,622 4,496 6,098 3 446 834 2,343 428 390 7,589 1,565 7 232 3,353 8,423 1 114 3,290 4,591 2,883 509 1 494 859 374 6,560 1,378 5,867 2 782 25,019 3,637 9,244 12,572 7,062 2 142 5,975 1 673 1,574 21 314 5 141 22 553 9,394 10,824 1,499 3 849 5,317 3,075 914 2,415 720 693 9 280 2 203 10,272 4,064 10,103 1,320 3 517 4 908 I 2,810 850 2,300 723 679 8,590 2,143 9,413 3,670 20,927 2,819 7,366 10 225 5 885 1 764 4 715 1 443 1,372 17,870 4,346 19,685 7 734 20,384 2,653 7 136 10,166 5,655 1,679 4 662 1 310 1 322 17,485 4,319 19,254 7,465 80-4 73-7 77-0 799 80-0 79-4 77-5 772 81-2 81-3 82-6 84-9 77-9 77-2 71-5 73-2 77-0 79-2 75-7 766 81-3 i 82-4 80-7 796 j 81-8 76-7 Totals for 1894 Totals for 1893 116,819 114,305 50,105 48,800 39,624 38,419 127,300 124,686 55 125 51 938 51 026 47 934 106,15] 99,872 103,490 98,615 806 78-5 78-5 Increase in year Decrease in year 2,514 1 305 4,875 I 2-1 1 205 2,614 3 187 3,092 6,279