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TABLE B5.—European Children attending Native Schools, December, 1906.

Age and Sex of Pupils. Table C shows the age and sex of the pupils on the rolls? of the public schools of the colony at the end of 1906, and the percentage of the roll for each age. The percentage has remained fairly constant in the case of children from six years and over ; it is slowly increasing in the case of pupils from five to six years of age.

TABLE C.—Age and Sex of Pupils, December, 1906.

The proportion of boys to girls remains about the same as for the previous five years, 52-19 per cent, as compared with 4781 per cent. For every 100 boys on the roll there were 92 girls. In Table No. 2 of the Appendix will be found particulars of the age and sex of the pupils arranged for each of the education districts. Inspection and Examination. Table Dl is a nummary for the whole colony of Table No. 3 in the Appendix, which shows the numbers in the several classes for the various districts. The proportion of pupils in the preparatory classes, which has for years past been showing a gradual increase, shows a still further increase for the year from 28*28 to 29 "36.

TABLE D1.—Classification of Pupils, December, 1906.

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Hoard Roll-number at end of Year. Standard VI Certificates Number granted. of Schools _ attended. Proficiency. Competency. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland Caranaki rVanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay llarlborough tforth Canterbury )tago 138 16 7 3 22 1 8 6 112 12 14 2 27 250 28 21 5 49 1 15 13 Id 8 6 7 io 3 7 7 2 1 i 3 i Totals 382 20 201 181 22 10

Ages, Boys. Girls. ' Total. Percent) iges for F: ive Years. 5 and under 6 years .. 6 „ „ 7 „ 7 „ „ 8 „ 8 „ „ 9 „ 9 . „ 10 ., LO „ „ 11 „ LI „ , 12 „ L2 „ „ 13 „ .3 „ „ 14 „ .4 ,. „ 15 „ 6,100 7,737 ! 8,045 8.356 8,255 8,171 8,030 7,725 6,162 3,029 5,442 7,041 7,409 7,693 7,596 7,635 7,464 6,960 5,400 2,476 11,542 14,778 15,454 16,049 15,851 15,806 15,494 14,685 11,562 5,505 1906. 8-8 10-6 11-1 11 5 11-4 11-4 11-1 10-5 8-3 4-0 1905. 8-1 10-3 lid 11-5 11-5 11-3 11-2 10-6 8-3 39 1904. 7-8 10-3 11-5 11-5 11-4 11-5 11-1 10-V 8-3 4-0 1903. 7-8 10-4 113 11-5 11-5 11-5 111 10-6 8-2 4-0 1902. 7-6 10-3 11-2 115 11-3 11-3 11-1 10-8 8-4 4-4 .5 and over 71,810 1,307 65,116 1,269 136,726 2,576 98-2 1-8 98-1 1-9 98-1 1-9 97-9 2-1 97-9 2-1 Totals 139,302 i 1000 100-0 100-0 72,917 66,385 1000 100-0

Classes. Boys. Girls. Total. •ercentag, is for Five Years. Preparatory Standard I ... Standard II Standard III Standard IV Standard V Standard VI Standard VII* .. 21,810 8,799 8,824 8,909 • 8,569 7,606 5,876 2,524 19,088 8,040 8,141 8,038 7,856 7,145 5,599 2,478 1906. 40,898 29-36 16,839 12-08 16,965 12-18 16,947 12-17 16,425 11-79 14,751 10-59 11,475 8-24 5,002 3-59 1905. 28-28 1206 11-95 12-67 12-03 10-69 8-37 3-95 1904. 27-97 11-55 12-49 12-73 12-38 10-68 8-17 4-03 1903. 27-56 11-82 12-30 12-75 12-28 10-98 8-08 4-23 1902. 26-87 11-68 12-05 12-64 12-60 11-13 8-52 4-51 Totals.. 72,917 66,385 139,302 i 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 100-00 * Inel iding second; Lry departm >nts of district high schools,