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Table C1.—Age and Sex of the Pupils on the School Rolls in the several Education Districts at 30th June, 1928.

(Excluding Junior High Schools and Secondary Departments of District High Schools.) 5aD Years er6 6 and under 7. 7 and under 8. 8 and under 9. 9 andunder 10. 10 and under 11. 11 and under 12. 12and under 13.13and under 14. 14 and under 15. 15 and under 16. Over 16 Years. Totals of all Ages. Education District. 1 : Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys, i Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. I Girls. Boys. Girls. Total. J ; I Auckland.. .. 3,226 2,864 3,988 3,587 4,037 3,644 3,908 3,618 3,564 3,269 3,688 3,359 3,764 3,564 3,356 3,105 2,659 2,448 1,312 931 370 211 60 23 23,932 30,623 64,555 Taranaki .. .. 568 546 669 635 664 680 701 677 666 627 629 648' 658 621 637 565 501 425 233 157 49 33 9 .. 5,984 5,614 11,598 . Wanganui .. 734 688 965 940 1,073 997 1,032 909 981 854 967 928 946 957 1,013 836 716 650 352 238 86 33 8 7 8,873 8,037 16,910 Hawke's Bay .. 779 677 951 830 1,012 868 945 874 919 859 899 881 932 923 869 836 745 603 327 258 97 37 17 5 8,492 7,651 16,143 Wellington .. 1,343 1,197 1,690 1,579 1,750 1,575 1,626 1,610 1,524 1,410 1,569; 1,401 1,622 1,657 1,416 1,417 982 932 467 356 88 46 14 11 14,091 13,191 27,282 Nelson .. .. 327 299 387 362 414 362 420 379 403 376 361 349 442 342 363 351 270 258 136 105 38 19 8 5 3,569 3,207 6,776 Canterbury .. 1,626 1,564 2,092 2,062 2,192 2,024 2,110 2,084 1,973 1,869 1,990 1,961 2,140 2,142 2,014 1,888 1,570 1,423 761 545 204 90 19 8 18,691 17,660 36,351 Otago .. .. 946 920 1,245 1,212 1,281 1,203 1,202 1,163 1,088 1,095 1,169 1,114 1,173 1,024 1,219 1,102 814 687 383 212 75 27 4 2 10,599 9,761 20,360 Southland .. 568 513 819 700 712 665 711 666 723 639 666 650 679 622 665 579 495 398 222 130 48 18 9 3 6,317 5,583 11,900 Totals for 1928 .. 10,117 9,26812,806 11,907 13,135 12,018 12,655 11,98ojll ,84110,998 11,938 11,291 12,356| 1X,852 11,552 10,679 8,752 7,824 4,193 2,932 1,055 514 148 64110,548101,327 211,875 Percentage of pupils 9-1 11-7 11-9 11-6 10-8 11-0 H'4 10-5 7-8 3-4 0-7 0-1 j 100 of 6£tcll | . ■ __ ) —. —- —— . 1 ' Totals for 1927 .. 9,91lj 9,024 12,580 11,502 12,817 11,956 11,853 10,848 11,781 111, 375 12,767 12,121 12,363 11,623 11,779 11,072 9,300 8,075 4,236| 2,988 1,132] 620 157 85110,676101,289211,965 Difference .. + 206;+ 244+ 226+ 405 + 318 + 62+ 802+1132 + 60- 377- 829- 830 - 7 + 229- 227 - 393- 548- 251 - 43 - 56 - 77 - 106 _ 9 - 21 - 128 + 38 - 90 I 1 | j