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Table D2.—Examination Statistics for 1912.

Table D3.-Average Age of Pupils in 1912 at the Time of Annual Examination.

Number of Pupils. Standard VI Certificates granted Education Districts. Total Rolls at Time of Annual Examination. ii,. <>, i .. Present in Present in ' Present in Preparatory Standard Standard Examination., c f asse6 . VI classes . V 1I Classes. Pro- Compeficiency. tency. Total. iuckland ?aranaki Vanganui .. Vellington .. lawke's Bay larlborough ifelson Irey Vestland Jorth Canterbury louth Canterbury )tago louthland .. 45,060 6,160 15,283 18,379 11,127 2,390 6,311 1,947 1,206 21,988 5,946 20,934 11,069 42,886 5,873 14,481 17,714 10,749 2,303 6,138 1,857 1,158 20,997 5,746 20,113 10,672 16,595 2,165 5,275 5,985 3,759 762 2,166 732 456 7,346 2,013 7,120 3,828 2,368 368 901 1,445 619 149 395 107 62 1,293 358 1,179 659 259 128 199 290 117 23 112 43 53 305 143 314 39 1,998 291 701 1,061 401 99 228 45 49 1,010 248 1,015 468 235 65 151 301 125 23 158 20 15 235 72 148 62 2,233 356 852 1,362 526 122 386 65 64 1,275 320 1,163 530 Totals for 1912 Totals for 1911 167,800 162,536 160,687 155,244 58,202 56,770 9,903 9,742 2,025 1,757 7,644 7,212 1,610 1,808 9,254 9,020 Difference 5,264 5,443 1,432 161 268 432 -198 234

Education Districts. .verage A| ;es of the 'upils in ei ich Class. Average all Dii Ages for itricts. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland P. YrB. mos. 7 3 7 0 7 2 6 11 7 1 7 0 6 10 6 9 6 8 6 11 6 11 6 10 6 11 I. Yrs. mos. 9 4 9 1 9 5 8 10 9 1 9 0 9 1 9 3 8 10 8 11 9 0 9 0 8 11 II. Yrs. mos. 10 5 10 3 10 5 9 10 10 3 10 2 10 1 9 9 10 0 10 1 10 2 10 2 10 2 III. Yrs. mos. 11 6 11 3 11 5 11 0 11 2 11 1 11 3 11 4 11 0 11 3 11 2 11 4 11 0 IV. Yrs. mos. 12 5 12 2 12 4 12 0 12 1 12 3 12 3 12 2 12 0 12 2 12 2 12 3 12 1 V. Yrs. mos. 13 4 13 1 13 2 12 11 13 0 13 3 13 2 13 0 12 9 13 1 13 1 13 2 13 1 VI. Yrs. mos. 14 1 14 0 14 0 13 10 14 0 14 0 13 11 13 10 14 2 13 11 14 0 14 1 13 11 VII. Yrs. mos. 15 1 14 8 14 11 15 1 15 5 14 3 14 11 14 10 15 3 15 1 15 3 15 2 14 8 1912. Yrs. mos. 9 10 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 9 9 11 9 9 9 6 9 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 1911. Yrs. mos. 9 9 10 1 9 10 9 9 9 8 9 11 9 9 9 5 9 9 9 9 9 10 9 8 9 8 Average for Dominion, 1912 Range (difference between highest and lowest) Average for Dominion, 1911 Range (difference between highest and lowest) 7 0 0 7 8 0 1 7 10 0 3 8 11 0 3 6 12 • 3 0 5 13 0 2 7 14 0 0 4 15 1 1 2 9 0 9 5 7 1 9 1 10 2 11 3 12 2 13 2 13 11 15 0 9 9" 1 2 0 9 0 8 0 7 0 9 0 5 0 5 1 3 0 8