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1911. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: NATIVE SCHOOLS. [In continuation of E.-3, 1910.]

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly bij Command of His Excellency,

CONTE N T S. l'age Appendix : Page No. I.—Extract from Report of Minister .. .. 1 Table HI. Native Schools and Teachers .. 13 H2. Attendance at Schools .. .. 19 No. 2.—Report of Inspectors:— HB. Higher Education .. .. .. 21 New Schools, &c. .. .. .. 4 H4 - European Children at Native Schools 22 General Remarks 4 H5 - Maori Children at Public Schools .. 22 ~ „ , . Ksa. Classification of Maori Children at S >' Uabus •• ■■ ■• 9 Public Schools 22 Teachers' Certificates .. ..9 H6 Bace of Children 23 Sohool Buildings and Grounds .. 9 H6a. Ages and Race of Children .. .. 24 Mission Schools .. .. ..10 H6b. Standards and Race of Pupils .. 25 Boarding-schools .. . .. 10 H7. Standard Classification .. ..25 Scholarships, &c. .. .. .. 11 HB. Ages and Standards .. .. 27 Attendance .. .. .. .. 12 H9. Inspection Results .. .. 28 Conclusion .. .. .. .12 HlO. Summary of Expenditure .. .. 29

No. 1. extract from the thirty - fourth annual report of the minister of education. Number of Schools. At the end of the year 1909 there were ninety-four Native village schools in operation. During the \r;ir 1910 three new schools were opened —viz., Rakaunui, Kawhia ; Port Waikato, near the mouth of the Waikato River; and Waimiha, King-country : and the schools at Pamoana, Wanganui River; ;ind Tβ Kopua, Maniapoto country, were reopened. At the 31st December. 1910, there were, in addition to public schools giving instruction to Maori children, 114 schools in operation in New Zealand for the primary purpose of giving instruction to the Maori— Native village schools .. . . .. . . .. .. . . !>!) Mission schools subject to inspection liv the Education Department .. 6 Boarding-schools affording secondary education to Maoris .. .. . . 9 Total .. ~ .. .. .. .. ..11l

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