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Summary of Results for the Whole District.

NOETH CANTBEBUEY. Sir, — Education Office, Christchurch, 31st January, 1896. We have the honour to submit the annual return of the year 1895 for the schools of the North Canterbury District, as required in section 12 of the regulations under the Education Act. The lists appended contain practically all the information in regard to individual schools required by the regulation. In addition, summary tables are here furnished, presenting the general statistics in a form convenient for comparison with past results, and, as far as figures go, providing a means of estimating what is done in the chief groups of subjects. The routine of inspection and examination has very closely followed the lines of the previous year. The schools have never been more fully inspected, and examinations have been conducted in all but one small aided school, where shearing operations suspended school work at the time the Inspector gave notice of his intended visit. In addition, the usual examination of children in the Burnham Industrial School was conducted for the Department of Education, and four small schools in an outlying part were examined a second time to make the annual date more convenient for the local residents. The second examination of these schools is not included in the statistics. In the 185 schools examined, 21,227 children were presented, the highest total yet reached, and 20,028 were present. In the standard classes, 12,373 were reported as satisfying the tests at the different stages, and 2,239 failed. Of the latter number, 314 had made less than half attendances during the three quarters preceding, and under the old regulations would have been returned as " excepted."

I.—Pass-subjects: Numbers.

Classes. Total presented. Presented in Standards. Present. Passed. Average Age of those that passed. Yrs. mos. ligh School class ibove Standard VI. Standard VI. V. IV. „ III. II. I. 'reparatory ... 18 39 85 169 195 200 202 169 485 85 169 195 200 202 169 82 162 183 194 200 169 72 121 151 170 181 148 14 1 13 5 12 3 10 6 9 0 8 6 Totals 1,562 1,020 990 843 11 4*

Diani it Pass. Classes. Presented. Present. Excepted as under old Rule. Passed. Schools presenting. Average Age of those that passed. Failed. Yrs. mos. Above Standard VI. Standard VI. V. ... IV. ... III. ... II. ... I. -. Preparatory 256 1,342 2,156 2,904 3,222 2,821 2,621 5,905 1,309 2,061 2,813 3,132 2,746 2,551 5,232 26 44 73 103 53 15 150 401 536 611 144 83 1,133 1,616 2,204 2,418 2,549 2,453 74 142 170 180 177 181 174 13 10 13 1 12 1 10 11 9 9 8 8 Totals for 1895 Totals for 1894 21,227 21,095 20,028 19,795 314 397 1,925 2,030 12,373 11,814 185 179 11 11 5* 5 Mean of :Verage agi