E.—2.

Table A3.— Age and Sex of the Pupils on the Rolls of Public Primary Schools and Intermediate Schools and Departments at 1st July, 1936.

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(ExcludW Secondary "Departments of District High Schools and Form III of Intermediate Schools and Departments, but including special classes, Forms I and II of all Intermediate Schools and Departments, 1 6 r and Standard VII.) 5 and under 6 ft and trader 7 7andunder8 8 and under 9. 9 andunder 10. in and under 11. 11 and under 12. 12 and under 13. 13and under 14. 14 and under 15. 15 and under 16. 16 and Totals of all Ayes. Years. ' Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boy's. Girls. Boys. Girls. | Boys, j Girls. Boys, j Girls. Boys, j Girls. Boys, j Girls. Boys. J Girls. Boys, j Girls. Total. Bd Auckland DlStn0t T. 2.938 2,668 3,528 3,366 3,753 3,617 3,897 3,594 4,052 3,865 4,034 3,788 3,821 3,581 3,350 3,072 2,369 1,914 982 679 206 76 21 IS 32,951 30,238 63,189 Taranaki .. 486 480 589 612 667 584 675 659 680 656 713 623 710 650 623 612 442 394 168 180 43 19 2 5,798 o,469 11,26/ Wanganui .. 658 572 891 794 863 867 897 904 930 887 910 860 939 821 850 729 576 502 232 154 49 22 5 .. 7,800 7,112 14,912 Hawke's Bay .. 633 641 764 753 880 802 906 8-54 879 830 929 864 891 823 807 685 606 468 262 168 65 26 4 8 7,626 6,922 14,548 Wellington .. 1,228 1,166 1,507 1,393 .1,571 1,467 1,564 1,470 1,624 1,575 1,616 1,534 1,580 1,478 1,371 1,284 974 870 432 279 79 38 13 4 13,559 12,558 26,117 Nelson _ .. 319 314 374 356 38 8 384 400 377 399 333 375 365 380 416 347 349 275 190 100 71 27 11 3 1 3,387 3,167 6,554 Canterbury 1,489 1,386 1,857 1,826 2,000 1,872 2,052 1,824 2,075 1,897 2,068 1,953 2,054 1,991 1,858 1,701 1,398 1,152 578 400 133 47 8 4 17,570 16,053 33,623 otago 917 754 i s 064 1,044 1,080 1,039 1,078 1,036 1,102 1,075 1,090 1,057 1,160 1,019 964 888 606 530 256 165 41 8 10 2 9,368 8,617 17,985 Soiithland .. 489 515 654 591 626 628 696 629 720 663 683 674 682 658 607 581 464 395 231 131 22 14 2 1 5,876 5,480 11,356 Intermediate schools 13 48 59 500 437 789 733 625 492 321 186 75 39 10 3 2,369 1,952 4,321 and departments Totals for 1936 ~~9J57I 8,496 11,228 10,735 11,828 11,260 12,165 11,347 12,462 11,784 12,466 11,777 12,717 11,874 11,566 10,634 8,3351 6,907 3,562 2,413 740 300 78 41 106,304 97,568 203,872 Percentage of pupils 8-6 111 1M> KM) 7-5 2-9 0-5 0-1 100-0 .. of pji ch afrp , A \ , A n ( A f A f A -\ ( A Totals for 1935 .. 1,331 1,269 11,309 10,736 12,273 11,466 12,398 11,594 12,435 11,756 12,863 12,037 12,35011,424 11,798 10,882 8,828 7,460 3,711 2,395 835 399 76 37100,207 91,455 191,662 Difference .. +7,826+7,227 -81 ~-\ -445 -206 -233 -247 +27 +28 -397 -260 +367 +450 -232 -248 -493 -553 -149 +18 -95 —99 +2 +4+6,097+6,113+12,210