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484, and the number of passes 291. The proportion of entries to passes was 66 and 60 per cent, respectively. The expenditure by the Government on manual and technical instruction during 1911 may be summarized as follows : — Manual instruction— £ s. d. £ c. d. Capitation on classes .. .. .. .. 21,095 11 2 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. .. 1,014 17 8 Grants for buildings, equipment, &c. .. .. 6,857 16 8 28,968 6 6 Technical instruction— Capitation— Day technical schools .. .. .. 9,477 0 0 Other classes (including free places) .. .. 21,819 6 5 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. .. 4,552 111 Grants for buildings, equipment, material, &c. .. 13,433 6 9 49,281 15 1 Manual and technical instruction— Railway fares, etc., of instructors and students .. .. .. 5,725 13 9 Examinations .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 683 14 4 Inspection and other expenses .. .. .. .. .. 1,014 9 3 £85,673 17 11 This total includes £6,550 from National Endowment revenue. The total expenditure by the Government by way of capitation, subsidies, and grants during 1910 was, for manual instruction, £24,008 7s. 7d., and for technical instruction £46,418 11s. 7d. SECONDAEY EDUCATION. Number of Schools. The schools usually included in the list of secondary schools in this report which were open in 1911 were thirty-two in number, namely,— (a.) "Endowed secondary schools" within the meaning of section 89 of the Education Act, 1908, and included in the Eighth Schedule to the Act 26 (b.) Secondary schools within the meaning of the same section (89), but established by the Minister under section 94 ... ... ... 4 (c.) Other endowed secondary schools not coming within the definition of section 89 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 Total ... ... ... ... ... ... 32 Of the endowed secondary schools only twenty-two were in operation during the year. Of the other four —Akaroa, Greymouth, Hokitika, and Waimate— the last three have never been in operation, and the first existed as a small struggling high school for a few years only; but a permanent increase of population might lead to the establishment (or re-establishment) of one or more of them at any time. Meanwhile, secondary education is carried on in the secondary departments of the district high schools established in each of these four centres, and statutory provision exists whereby the income derived from the endowments of the secondary schools may be devoted, if the Minister thinks fit, wholly or in part to the maintenance of these district high schools. It must also be borne in mind that, in addition to the above thirty-two schools, there are seven endowed schools providing suitable secondary education for Maori boys and girls, and a considerable number of private secondary schools. Roll and Attendance. (See also E.-6—Tables Xl to K4, and LI.) The total number of pupils attending the thirty-two secondary schools in the last terms of 1910 and 1911 respectively was— , 1910. , 1911. , Boys. Girls. Total. Boys. Girls. Total. Roll (exclusive of lower departments) 2,844 2,062 4,906 3,058 2,151 5,209 Number in lower departments ... 178 92 270 164 92 256 Total ... ... 3,022 2,154 5,176 3,222 2,243 5,465 Number of boarders (included above) 614 141 755 680 152 832