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Attendance. The average daily attendance, in actual numbers and as a percentage of the average weekly rollnumber, for each quarter of the years L 909 and 1910 was as follows: —■ AotuaJ Attendanoe. Per (Wit. of Roll. 1909. 1910. 1909. 1910. First quarter .. .. .. .. 3,664 3,659 85-0 85-5 Second quarter .. .. .. .. 3,647 3,720 85-1 86-7 Third quarter .. .. .. .. 3,519 3.686 85-1 85-5 Fourth quarter .. .. .. .. 3,566 3,669 B<i-<> 81-7 The Following are some of the figures in regard to the attendance ai Native village schools for the year 1910, the corresponding figures for 1909 being inserted for purposes of comparison :— 1909. 1910. Number on rolls at end of year .. .. .. 4,12] 4,280 Average weekly roll-number .. .. .. .. t,308 4,325 Average yearly attendance .. .. .. .. 3,680 :'>.711 If to the Native village schools are added the Native mission schools and Native secondary schools, the following are the figures for 1909 and 1910 respectively : — 1909. 1910. Number on rolls of Native village schools at end of year . . 4,121 4,280 ~ mission schools at end of year . . 231 221 „ secondary schools at end of year 360 378 Combined rolls of Native schools .. .. .. 4/712 1,879 Combined average weekly roll-number .. .. .. 1,898 t.923 Combined average yearly attendance .. .. .. 1.21."> t,259 Percentage of regularity of attendance . . .. .. 86-0 86:5 Table H shows the mean average roll-number for every fifth year, from 1881 to 1896, and for each of the last eleven years. The year 1881 is practically the first year of operation of the Native schools under this Department. The table gives also the total average attendance for each year, the average attendance as a percentage of the roll, and the number of teachers employed in the Native schools.

Table H.- Schools, Attendance, and Teachers.

Table HI, in the appendix, gives in detail the staffs and salaries of the various schools in order of their grades. Table H2 supplies detailed information in regard to the roll-number, average attendance, and grading of the schools. As will be seen from the above table, the percentage of regularity of attendance was higher last year than it has been for at least ten years, a result which must be considered highly satisfactory when ii is remembered that all the Native, schools are situated in rural districts having, in most cases, a sparse and widely scattered population. In many of the village schools, notably Te Kao in the far North, the attendance is remarkably good, the regularity in fully one-third of them reaching over 90 per cent. There were 381 Maori boys and girls receiving higher education, 378 of whom were attending the various secondary Native schools, while the remaining 3 boys were pupils of other secondary schools. Of these, 54 boys and 83 girls were holders of free places provided by the Government. Detailed information in respect to Maori pupils receiving higher education will be found in Tables H2 and H3 of the appendix.

Number of Teachere. Numbei Ivei of M ,.. lM ,, f Average Attendance SjjS w *ss?&l \yzT'' lv, T " !l """ rsi " r 1 *,»,„« *« WeeUyRoll. M(Ue . F ,,, 1;Ul , Mllll , hVm «"*"—• 1881 . . . . .. 60 .. 1,406 . . 54 (> .. 4 48 1886.. .. .. 69 2,343 ' 2.020 Sii-2 tiO '.I .. 2(> 30 1801.. .. .. (i<i 2,395 1,837 7<i-7 59t ■ 8+ I Zβ 37 1896.. .. .. 74 2,874 2,220 77-:< IJ4+ lit .. (il 16 1900.. .. .. «4* 3,256 2,500 76-8 K7t 16+ .. 70 8 1901.. .. ■• 89* 3,257 2,692 79-6 70t 1st .. 69 16 1902.. .. .. 98* 3,650 3,006 82-3 77+ 20+ .. 83 II 1903.. .. .. 97* 3,805 3,012 79-2 76+ 20+ .. 79 13 1904.. .. .. 95* 3,794 3,083 81-3 73+ 2lt 85 II 190.-).. .. .. 95 4,097 3.428 83-7 74+ 22+ .. 87 16 1906.. .. .. 98 4,235 3,607 85-2 78+ 21+ 2 91 II 1907.. .. .. 99 4,321 3,561 82-4 82+ 18+ 2 106 3 1908.. .. .. ■ 96 4,479 3,781 84-4 76 19 2 104 f> {1909 .. .. 94 4,308 3,680 8.V I 7H IS :i mi 8 (1910 .. .. 00 4,325 :S,7I4 85-9 78 21 :t 106 I • Includes two subsidized schools. t tooludes two teachei-s joinfly in charge of one school. } The mean of average weekly roll .Mid the average attendance are the totals of each school for the year, tin: roll anil attendance of each school being reckoned to the nearest whole number (see table K2).