E.—2.

[Appendix C

Number of Pupils in Attendance at District High Schools.—Secondary Departments.

Standard VI Examinations, 1911.—General Summary of Results.

SOUTH CANTERBURY. Sin,— Education Office, Timaru, 25th March, 1912. We have the honour to submit our annual report on the schools of this district for the year 1911. At the beginning of the year there were eighty-three schools in operation. The attendance at Kohika fell so low that the school was closed in the third quarter. New schools were established at Rockwood and Hook Bush, and permission was granted for conducting household schools at Struan and Little Roderick. The usual visits of inspection were paid to all the public schools, and to the five Roman Catholic schools in this district. The following table shows the number of pupils on the roll of the public schools, the number present at the annual examination, and the average age of the pupils in each class :—

The figures in this table show for the year an increase of seventy-five in the roll number, and of this increase fifty-five belong to the Sixth Standard.

XVII

On Roll at Time of Annual Examination. Present at Annual Examination. -iS"* School. Boys. Girls. Total. Akaroa ... Christchurch West Kaiapoi... Kaikoura Lincoln Lyttelton Norman Training College ... Southbridge i 7 105 11 4 9 12 6 13 167 7 53 16 12 13 4 6 17 I 14 158 27 16 22 16 12 30 13 158 26 15 22 16 9 30 167 128 295 289

Present at Certificates gained. Ixamination. Proficiency. Competency. Public schools Private schools Special examinations 1,400 131 6.1 985 76 36 284 37 14 Totals 1,592 1,097 335

Classes. ■ Number on Roll. Present at the Annual Examination. Average Ape of tbe Pupils in each Class. itandard VII VI V IV Ill II ... I ... 'reparatory 137 444 484 631 645 644 688 2,096 135 436 472 608 634 621 662 2,017 Yrs. mos. 15 2 14 0 13 4 12 3 11 3 10 1 9 1 7 0 Totals ... 5,769 5,585 9 10