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V

In the following Table (Gr) the passes and failures for each separate standard in each district are set out. The passes expressed as percentages of the number examined in each standard are as follows: —Standard. 1., 95 - 8; 11., 92.7; 111., 82; IV., 74-5 ; V., 77-6 ; VI., 88-7. These results are in every case better than those of the previous year, and in the case of the Sixth Standard remarkably better. Eegarded as percentages of the number of pupils on the roll, the passes in the several standards are as follows : —Standard 1., 11 - 3 ; 11., 11 "7 ; 111., 11*2 ; IV., 9-4; V., 7-1; VI., 4-8.

TABLE G.—Passes.

The information contained in Table H is given according to custom, and is not without its value.

TABLE H.—Number of Pupils instructed in each Subject.

It is necessary to guard against a misapprehension which might arise from a cursory inspection of Table B, where the number of pupils entering in 1897 is stated at 48,756, and the number that have left at 40,092, and where it appears also that 7,504 left between the closing of the schools in 1896 and the reopening in 1897. It is, however, impossible to suppose that nearly 50,000 old scholars left and nearly 50,000 new ones entered in the year. These high numbers result from frequent removals from one school to another, and from long absences which lead to the temporary striking-off of names. The number 1,160, which is the difference between arrivals and departures, is probably really to be accounted for by the admission of about 16,000 new pupils and the departure of about 15,000. The census tables show that the country could not keep up an annual supply of more than about 17,000 new pupils, and an investigation of

Education Districts. I. Ps II. Passes in Standards. 'asses in E III. Standards. IV. V. VI. 1 I. II. III. IV. V. I Present at Examination. VI. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland .. 3,141 492 .. 1,172 .. 1,639 898 210 641 167 151 .. ! 2,293 574 .. 2,474 .. 1,085 3,146 414 1,258 1,684 859 259 711 205 172 2,393 673 2,567 1,150 3,086 328 1,153 1,588 796 270 621 182 140 2,461 608 2,477 1,037 2,498 222 864 1,407 570 189 582 157 153 2,121 532 2,157 1,029 1,813 122 556 1,080 404 178 466 113 141 1,568 396 1,813 732 1,106 56 285 709 270 75 337 74 106 1,167 272 1,398 499 3,251 603 1,253 1,682 1,009 218 680 178 165 2,344 582 2,508 1,105 3,421 546 1,377 1,814 965 273 805 210 185 2,571 695 2,654 1,196 3,727 516 1,469 1,901 968 341 822 219 159 3,059 727 2,829 1,254 3,513 440 1,216 1,728 754 253 805 197 172 2,878 741 2,710 1,351 2,360 229! 739 1,337 544 235 638 150 162 2,096 499 2,204 898 1385 82 373 851 319 92 429 87 115 1391 324 1535 177 For the colony In 1896 .. .. 14,937 .. 15,093 I 15,491 15,405 14,747 14,667 12,481 12,152 9,382 8,526 !6,354 15,579 15,578 15,861 16,712 16,775 17,991 18,177 16,758 16,395 12,091 11,590 7160 6997

Education Districts. S MO) i|8 l<5 "3 a no H be a 3 ! 111 H ls Q o ■a i o 0J C5 Q s -*3 u a a Q Q s d I I I o a> '3 o o > Is 2 CD O a Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 27,683 3,845 10,190 14,031 7,579 2,180 5,943 1,698 1,462 20,828 5,211 21,787 9,760 27,683 3,845 10,190 14,031 7,579 2,180 5,943 1,698 1,462 20,828 5,211 21,787 9,760 27,683 3,845 10,189 14,031 7,579 2,180 5,943 1,698 1,462 20,828 5,211 21,787 9,743 27,683 3,845 10,190 14,031 7,579 2, ISO 5,943! 1,644 1,462 20,828 5,211 21,787 9,682 14,238 1,642 5,042 7,472 3,381 1,200 ! 3,487 828 851 11,110 2,820 11,419 4,925 17,155 2,203 6,486 8,976 4,386 1,418 4,159 1,385 1,017 13,692 3,455 14,179 6,139 13,109 1,608 4,748 7,367 3,242 1,151 3,280 634 805 11,086 2,821 11,146 4,718 9,759 1,106 3,723 5,366 2,616 695 2,456 401 569 6,548 2,146 8,340 3,445 47,170 45,968 27,555 3,811 8,847 13,790 7,546 2,087 . 5,177 1,517 1,203 20,229 5,013 20,627 9,329 126,731 125,944 18,123 1,710 6,133 9,263 5,221 1,358 3,733 1,143 802 12,405 3,057 12,769 6,083 81,805 84,159 22,193 2,700 4,262 13,208 6,772 1,252 3,359 935 956 18,411 4,767 19,736 8,705 11,826 1,730 3,242 6,180 3,045 946 2,302 622 562 9,605 2,193 8,936 3,456 1,235 2 150 1,250 20 224 80 11 a 1,952 4 632 305 Totals for 1897 Totals for 1896 132,197 131,037 132,197 131,037 132,179! 131,037 !l32,065 130,929 68,415 68,668 84,650 84,598 65,715 64,567 107,256 107,830 -574 54,645 54,088 5,909 5,622 287 Difference I 1,202 787 -2,354 557 1,160 1,160 1,142 1,136 -253 52 1,148