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The following figures indicate the attendance per cent, of roll for the last six J Attendance per Cent, of Roll. 1909 .. .. .. .. .. .. 87-8 1910 .. .. .. .. .. .. 87-7 1911 .. .. .. .. .. .. 89-3 1912 .. .. 88-9 1913 .. .. .. 89-2 1914 .. .. -.. .. .. .. 90-1 Reference to the graph below will show the improvement in the attendance percentage since the year 1878. Percentage op Average Attendance as compared with the Average Roll Number op Primary Schools por the Years 1879-1914. Note.—The- noticeable depressions in the graph in the years 1893 and 1907 are accounted for by tho prevalence of epidemics in those years.