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Table A.—Number of Students, according to Ages, admitted to Classes at Technical Schools other than Technical High-school Classes; also Primary School "Leavers" joining Technical High Schools in the next Year.

Table B gives figures bearing on the same question. It will be seen that the attendance of students from clerical, commercial, and other occupations largely followed by women lias fluctuated about practically the same mean for the last sixteen years, while that of students from professions—more than 75 per cent, being teachers—has diminished largely, the teachers' classes being excluded from the list since 1921, and students in diploma courses at the University colleges since 1925. On the other hand, there has been a tendency for the entries of students from the engineering and building trades to increase, especially in the last four or five years, partly due to increased activity in these trades, but largely also to the operation of Apprenticeship Committees under the Apprentices Act, 1923. The changes which have taken place in the work of the technical schools have thus been in the direction of making the training of boys for industrial occupations much more prominent, with a corresponding reduction in the attention given to general and continuation work, and to classes for amateurs.

Table B. —Students in Technical Classes: Numbers attending from certain Groups of Occupations.

There are 110 special changes to report in connection with the staffing of technical classes, the quality and character of the instruction, and the provision of buildings, furniture, and equipment. The remarks in our report last year on these matters apply equally to the year now under review.

(1) 1.(2) (3) ' (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Students ad- Junior Free Totals mitted who Place Tntnk of Under 13 13-15 15-17 Over 17 TrW-ai* left a Primary First-year Pupils nni 11T rm<J umns Years of Age. Years of Age. Years of Age. Years of Age. r ' School in the in qiv nnrl «Jovpt. Six Year. ' Previous Technical * and Year. High Schools. Seven M. I P. M. F. M. F M. F. M. I F. M. F. M. F. M. F. 1917 .. 423 377 1,6011,3992,6492,3303,9965,6258,6699,731 1 1,347 929 595 627 2,273 1,556 3,829 1918 .. 386 423 1,8121.5262,4592,0603,5734,6718,2308,680 1,302 910 700 711 2,002 1,621 3,623 1919 .. 413 487 1,931 1,4882,6402,0994,3054,5879,2898,66111,581 936 821 710 2,402 1,646 4,048 1920 .. 454 543 1,773 1,475 2,6242,1384,7004,#1 9,5519,077,1,363 856 759 588 2,112 1,444 3,556 1921 .. 561 664 1,5291,526 2,8642,061 3,9803,647 8,9347,898' 1,350 790 945 758 2,295 1,548 3,843 1922 .. 214 205 1.039 869 2,2691,586 3,537 2,543 7,059 5,203 1,016 720 1,213 929 2,229 1,649 3,878 1923 .. 185 1891,2491.0502,217 1,4863,7062,981 7,3575,706> 1,048 824 1,512 1,117 2,560 1,941 4,501 1924 .. 218 2041,036 929 2,559 1,739 4,328 3,231 8,141 6,102; 1,024 850 1,476 1,202 2,500 2,052 4,552 1925*.. 140 181 974 940 2,5321,5174,0212,6617,6675,299| 940 724 1,378 1,226 2,318 1,950 4,268 1926')".. 170 205 937 728 2,6851,375 3,979 2,602 7,7714,910 1,037 616 1,960 1.631 2,997 2,247 5,244 1927f.. 85 68 783 569 2,70111,4624,3462,394 7,915 4,493 857 637 1,846 1,576 2,703 2,213 4,916 19281".. 59 70 604 516 2,205|1 ,302 4,138 2,069 7,006 3,957 700 472 2,023 1,663 2,723 2,135 4,858 * Epidemic year. t Technical day schools counted with technical high schools. Note.—The 1928 figures show roll at the 30th June, 1928 ; not total enrolments as for previous years.

.] ~ . 'i Commercial, &c. ] Engineering and Building. d • r C'. r cJ' ccnd Year - *1 It s! ■•§ 11 i !| I S | il | i 4 il. 4 1 Total - U I li. ■! H. Tota! - i | & s'SS |h | |l 8 Jig | fS3 |o | O 02 £ H ft H H ft P ft EH Ph 1913 .. 1,752 1,144 230 84 151 3,361 638 238 601 535 162 2,174 5,535 2,880 1914 .. 1,874 1,187 267 118 170 3,616 644 228 622 521 136 2,151 5,767 2,820 1915 .. 1,996 1,307 241 100 176 3,820 699 214 441 454 126 1,934 5,754 3,285 1916 .. 2,207 1,422 262 127 147 4,165 745 248 377 384 117 1,871 6,036 2,382 1917 .. 2,382 1,373 249 102 176 4,282 784 261 351 315 124 1,835 6,117 3,294 1918 .. 2,173 1,295 227 68 151 3,914 826 316 290 289 101 1,822 5,736 2,684 1919 .. 1,911 1,295 227 102 130 3,665 961 278 362 346 109 2,056 5,721 2,754 1920 .. 2,146 1,300 245 85 119 3,895 876 476 546 506 79 2,483 6,278 2,997 1921 .. 2,214 1.042 240 131 130 3,757 900 408 577 539 107 2,531 6,288 1,134 1922 .. 1.957 1,203 264 86 79 3,589 701 359 511 428 186 2.185 5,774 872 1923 .. 1,972 858 135 83 83 3,131 754 420 634 519 69 2,396 5.527 1,002 1924 .. 2,209 966 168 81 110 3,534 757 446 667 713 103 2,686 6,220 1,187 1925 .. 2,183 928 125 78 125 3,439 757 428 847 827 155 3,014 6,453 858 1926 .. 2,513 1,016 197 147 3,873 812 488 811 905 190 3,206 7,079 800 1927 .. 2,573 1.063 198 188 4,022 979 444 828 971 193 3,415 7,437 676 1928 .. 2,253 1,090 154 175 3,672 912 375 740 825 218 3,070 6,742 650 Note.—The 1928 figures show roll at the 30th June, 1928 ; not total enrolments, as for previous years.