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Boarding-schools for the secondary education of Maoris have been established by religious bodies, and the Government provides a number of scholarships tenable at these schools, which are inspected by the Department's officers. There were twelve schools at the end of last year, with an enrolment of 512 Maori pupils, of whom 174 held Government scholarships. In addition, three Maoris held scholarships at Auckland University College and Otago University, taking courses in arts, law, and medicine, and five Maoris held agricultural scholarships, four being tenable at Te Aute College and one at Massey Agricultural College. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS. No new junior high schools were in operation during the year. Information concerning the attendance and classification of pupils and also the staffing of the schools is given in the table below. The totals of the rolls and classification of pupils for the year 1929 are also given for purposes of comparison.

Roll Number and Classification of Pupils in Attendance at and Staffs of Junior High Schools.

Ages of Pupils in Attendance at Junior High Schools at 1st July, 1930.

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oj+=o a fn © •53 §> . og £2 Classification of Pupils on Roll as at 1st July, 1930. So- 1 lg oj w , Number Qf *o , § « g •- Teachers> Junior High School. S S m 2m Sol II Form I. Form II. Form III. All Forms. f -§•§ -§-$ - • —r~r — i Total. ; if 1 §"m J 3 ™ 5 Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. BoysJcirls. Boys. Girls. M. F. ■§ Sfr.g jq <_ g (a) Whangarei .. 147 176 282 275 69 65 I 80 80 * * 149 145 294 7 3 10 (c) Kowhai .. 462 437 775 769 188 162 ! 180 157 60 66 428 385 813 14 12 26 (c) Northcote .. 174 132 257 266 64 52 55 62 23 23 142 137 279 5 5 10 (b) Matamata .. 78 106 146 145 43 32 42 39 + f »5 71 156 4 4 8 (a) Rotorua .. 56 100 141 135 39 32 j 32 34 * * 71 66 137 2 1 3 (d) Rongotai .. 10 169 175 171 132 .. 43 .. * * 175 .. 175 5 .. 5 (a) Marlborough .. 118 153 254 248 74 65 ! 69 55 * * 143 120 263 4 2 6 (a) Waitaki Boys' 71 96 162 152 92 .. : 71 .. * * 163 .. 163 6 . . 6 (a) Waitaki Girls' 78 72 145 133 .. 66 .. 74 * * .. 140 140 .. 6 6 Totals, 1930 .. 1,194 1,441 2,337 2,294 701 474 572 501 j 83 89 1,356 1,064 2,420 47 33 80 Totals, 1929 . . 1,188 1,304 2,204 2,149 560 507 598 470 96 90 1,254 1,067 2,321 Difference .. 6 137 133 145 141 -33 -26 31 1—13 —1 102 - 3 99 (a) These schools are senior high schools to which junior departments consisting of Form I (Standard V) and Form II (Standard VI) pupils have been attached. They are sometimes called junior-senior high schools. Ib) A district high .school including a primary-school department up to Standard IV, a junior high school or junior secondary department consisting of the former Standard V and Standard VI pupils, and a senior high school or senior secondary department. (c) These schools are separate junior high schools including the former Standard V and Standard VI pupils and also a small Form III or the lowest form of the senior high school. (d) A senior secondary school to which boys of Forms I and II are admitted. * Number of Form III pupils included in the statistics for secondary schools. t Number of Form III pupils included in the statistics for district high schools.

tj , 11 Years 12 Years 13 Years 14 Years 15 Years 16 Years 17 Years ,. Jl 0 and and and and and and and Junior High School under 13. under 14. under 15. under 16. under 17. under 18. 00 CO 5» 02 03 02 0Q • 02 CO M ca ® i >> T! T! r-2 ' 73 o -rt O .H o -S O u o -a O •? O i -H ° *r! wo w c5 o m 3« cs P5 o | m I cs mo Whangarei .. .. 3 3 31 28 57 58 40 42 14 14 4 Kowhai .. .. 10 19 58 61 128 116 124 113 78 63 29 11 1 2 1 .. Northcote .. .. 4 9 25 24 41 46 46 38 19 14 7 4 .. 2 .. .. Matamata .. .. 1 3 14 14 23 21 30 19 13 13 4 1 Rotorua .. .... 2 8 8 26 26 22 16 10 12 5 2 ... Rongotai .. .. 8 .. 41 .. 63 .. 44 .. 16 .. 3 .. Marlborough .. 2 .. 25 31 36 37 50 43 22 8 6 1 1 .. 1 . Waitaki Boys' . . 7 .. 41 .. 39 .. 49 . . 24 .. 3 Waitaki Girls' .. .. 7 .. 33 .. 47 .. 36 .. 14 .. 3 Totals .. 35 43 243 199 413 351 405 307 196 138 60 22 2 4 2 .. Note. —The table " Age and Classification of Pupils in Attendance at Junior High Schools at 1st July, 1930," is printed earlier in this report.