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TABLE B2.—Comparison of School Attendance at Public Schools for 1908 and 1909, North Island and South Island.

TABLE B3.—Average Attendance for the Year 1909 at the Public Schools as grouped in Table A1, as estimated for determining the Grades of Schools. (Part I of the First Schedule to the Education Amendment Act, 1908.)

It sbould be remarked that the average attendance as given in Table B3 differs from that in Tab'e B for the following reason : Under certain contingencies due to an exceptional fall in the attendance at an individual school, the regulations provide that for each of one or more unfavourable quarters there may be substituted the average of a favourable quarter of the preceding year. This substitution is made for the sole purpose of determining the grade of the school, and consequently the amended average attendance is used in the compilation of Table 83, which gives the schools according to their grades. For statistical purposes the average attendance as given in Table B should be taken.

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Average Attendance. Districts. 190H. 1909. Difference. Auckland .. Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay 30,359 4,550 11,587 15,011 8,438 32,604 4,959 12,062 15,767 8,894 2,245 409 475 756 456 Totals, North Island .. 69,945 74,286 4,341 Marlborough Nelson Grey Weetland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago .. Southland 1,867 4,866 1,509 919 17,339 4,650 17,338 8,659 1,964 4,992 1,657 986 17,575 4,767 17,768 8,778 97 124 88 67 236 111 430 119 Totals, South Island .. 57,215 58,487 1,272 Totals for Dominion .. 127,160 132,773 5,613

nc: ling iecon lary 'opartments o; 'istrict igl 100 Is. ■a Grade. 3 3 i < 3 is a 3 ft. OS E3 a 0) DO a a a g DO a ** S n pa 'a> M i i CD : & 9 O E o X) a a a ■ o fi o & ? ss as OJ ft, ft. -ft. 3 oj o2 $ "a -> j m JB POO 6 I o a Totals £ for a 1909. S 32 B 0 1-8 231 1 9-15 1,472 II 16-25 2,761 III 26-35 1,996 IV 36-80 5,253 V 81-120 1,966 vt (VIa. 121-160 1,615 V1 iVIb. 161-200 ' 1,607 vr . IVIIa. 201-250 2,064 V iVIIb. 251-300 590 (VIIIa. 301-350 1,372 VIIIJ VII Ib. 351-400 1,180 (VIIIc. 401-450 1,899 (IXa. 451-500 IX-JIXb. 501-550 587 (IXc. 551-600 1,247 ,Xa. 601-650 1,873 Xn. 651-700 668 Xc. 701-750 1,445 „iXd. 751-800 A 1Xe. 801-850 1,617 Xf. 851-900 1,313 Xci. 901-950 951-1,000 1 78 161 294 616 1,192 952 255 341 7fi 161 294 616 1,192 952 255 341 547 533 8 1 4 6 2 ! 2 r > 1 7 J 78 408 832 628 2,699 1,437 870 337 980 758 347 776 831 n 40c 83S 62f 2,696 1,437 87C 337 980 758 347 776 831 601 538 47 398 578 713 1,722 1,025 1,335 565 858 501 875 720 955 406 47 398 578 713 1,722 1,025 1,335 565 858 501 875 720 955 406 1,484 642 1,409 837 842 7 8 8 3 2 1, 5 I, 5 5 3 1 1, 5 3 •) 5 1 2 1, ) 7 I 102 178 143 168 213 292 424 217 529 344 130 305 1,445 291 1,003 1,206 398 623 916 164 562 775 .. 545 1,157 322 .. 392 102 168 424 344 ,445 ,206 916 775 ,157 322 ,879 772 171 2i: 21' 181 29 391 16' 89! 42 54 22 5 75 75 165 357 248 598 64 95 902 405 1,070 72 .. 897 416 697 315 252 2,676 809 2,738 94 98 1,645 351 1,228 335 .. 843 .. 1,112 183 .. 733 357 179: 506 .. 1,376 323 1,574 .. 1,13C .. 1,100 689 1,572 371 388 1,189 354 445 444 978 .. 969 503 .. 1,551 493 571 .. 576 .. 1,212 .. 1,348 i, 58 I 369 i 713 1,124! 1,498 1,086 764 541 480 573 I 1,113 I 4,924 I 8,884 J 7,938 1 21,893 i 12,109 8,516 5,822 I 6,519 6,600 6,618 5,016 4,928 4,140 3,698 3,703 6,455 3,368 2,799 2,219 3,226 2,155 547 533 .'. '.'. 783 397 524 IX 601 538 '.'. 215 1,484 642 1,379 .'. '.'. 679 1,409 837 842 .'. 680 674 ' " 810 772 '.'. '.'. .'. 976 .] .. 976 Totals, 1909 .. 32,756 Totals, 1908 .. 30,517 1, 4, 4,969 4,626 ,969 ,626 ) IS i 11 12,120 11,678 2,120 1,678 ) lfj 3 15 15,972 15,034 5,972 5,034 I 9, I 8, 9,010 1,983 5,000 8,449 1,852 4,890 ,010 1, ,449 1, ,98S ,852 J . 1,673 1987 17,710 4,787 17,852: 1,574 926 17,533 4,666 17,473 99 61 177 121 : 879 ,8,806 '8,675! 133,625 127,893 Difference .. 2,239 I) 343 343 442 442 2 938 938 i 561 131 110 561 131 ! 131 5,732