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Table Al.—Number of Persons under Instruction in Switzerland during 1905 : Population, 3,463,609. Number Actual 100^Jof Number. £ opu . lation. I. Primary Schools .. ... .. .. .. .. 544,212 1,571-2 11. Secondary Schools,— (a.) " Sekundarschulen " .. .. .. 46,904 (6.) " Mittelschulen " .. .. .. .. 23,466 70,370 2031 111. Continuation and Technical Schools, — (a.) General Continuation Schools .. .. 47,076 (b.) Vocational Continuation Schools .. .. 40,963 (c.) Lower Technical Schools .. .. .. 14,474 (d.) "Techniken" .. .. .. .. 3,026 105,539 304-8 IV. " Hochschulen " (Universities, Polytechnikum, &c.) .. .. 9,880 28-5 Total in public institutions .. .. .. .. 730,001 2,107-6 V. Private Schools, Secondary (included in Government returns) .. 13,744 39-7 Total .. .. .. .. .. 743,745 2,147-3 Number of persons receiving instruction other than primary (all above except I) .... .. .. .. 199,533 5760 Table A2.—Number of Persons under Instruction in New Zealand during 1906 : Population, 956,457. Number Aftunl P er lation. I. Primary Schools (including Native and Special Schools, excluding secondary departments of District High Schools) .. 142,657 1,491-5 11. Secondary Schools, — (a.) Secondary departments, District High Schools 2,594 (b.) Secondary Schools proper .. .. .. 4,359 6,953 72-7 111. Continuation and Technical Schools and Classes (average attendance) .. .. .. .. .. .. 17,992 1881 IV. University Colleges (including Higher Technical) .. .. 1,344 140 Total in public institutions .. .. .. .. 168,946 1,766-3 V. Private Schools (not included above, principally primary) .. 16,522 172-8 Total .. .. .. .. .. 185,468 1,9391 Number of persons under public instruction other than primary.. 26,289 275-0 A large number of the 17,992 pupils in continuation or technical classes in New Zealand are attending classes in one subject only, whereas nearly all the corresponding 105,539 persons in Switzerland are taking courses of subjects. Finance. It is by no means easy to make a proper and accurate comparison of the cost of education per head of the population in the various countries of the world, for the items included under the several heads are not always the same, and often to some special item of expenditure in one country there is nothing exactly corresponding in another. Sometimes inquiry upon the spot is a considerable aid in unravelling the problem, and I think it will be found that the figures given below are approximately correct. Tables Bl and B2 show the amount spent by the State and public authorities in Switzerland and out of public moneys in New Zealand on four branches of education, namely, — (1.) Primary Schools, including in New Zealand the Maori Village Schools, and in both cases (New Zealand and Switzerland) including the Normal Institutions or Teachers' Training Colleges. (2.) Secondary Schools, including, in New Zealand, District High Schools and Secondary Schools proper ; in Switzerland, the Sekundarschulen and Mittelschulen. (3.) Continuation and Technical Schools, including General and Vocational Continuation Schools, also Technical Schools, higher Technical Schools, and Trade Schools. (4.) Higher institutions, including Universities and other institutions of University rank (such as the Federal Polytechnikum at Zurich, and the Canterbury School of Engineering and the Otago School of Mines). The expenditure is shown separately for buildings and for all other purposes except buildings, under the head of Buildings being included expenditure for repairs as well as that for new buildings, as these items are