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probably would not for one reason or another proceed in the absence of such schools to secondary schools. The number of pupils on the rolls of day technical schools was 1,341, of whom 598 were males. Free places were held by 1,260 pupils, including 552 males. The following table gives the school age and sex of free pupils at day technical schools:—

The number of pupils holding Junior Free Places tenable for two years was 1,129, the number holding Senior Free Places tenable for three years being 131. Fifty-one per cent, of the pupils who entered on Junior Free Places in 1910 continued to attend during 1911, while about 30 per cent, of the pupils who completed the second year of their Junior Free Places at the end of 1910 qualified for and were awarded Senior Free Places in 1911. The courses of instruction taken up by students at day technical schools were as follows:— Males. Females. Totals. Industrial .. .. .. .. .. 362 0 362 Commercial .. .. .. .. ..193 499 692 Domestic .. .. .. .. ..0 237 237 Agricultural .. .. .. .. 41 0 41 Art 2 7 9 Totals .. .. .. ..598 743 1,341 Over 50 per cent, of the pupils on the roll of day technical schools attended commercial courses, industrial courses being taken by 27 per cent, and domestic courses by 17 per cent, of the pupils. Courses of agricultural instruction were provided at two of the schools, and were attended by forty-one pupils, or about 9 per cent, of the total roll. The capitation payments made during the year on account of day technical schools amounted to £9,477. The following remarks re-late to technical classes other than classes at day technical schools : — The number of individual students in attendance during 1911 was 13,632, representing an increase of about 3 per cent. Some particulars as to the age and sex of students are as follows :—

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1910. 1911. School Age. Males. Females. 1 Total. Males. j Females. Total. T • , ., 'First year.. Junior free pupils ] o j r r (Second year [First year .. Senior free pupils -j Second year (Third year 355 112 26 12 2 381 175 64 15 4 736 287 90 27 6 328 176 36 9 3 422 203 70 12 1 750 379 106 21 4 Totals 507 639 1,146 552 708 1,260

Under Twenty-one Twenty-one Years of Years of Age. Age and over. Totals. [ales 'emalea 4,156 3,644 2,816 3,016 6,972 6,660 Totals 7,800 5,832 13,632