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Table A4.—Standard Classes of Pupils on the Rolls of Public Primary Schools and Intermediate Schools and Departments at 1st July, 1936.

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(Excluding 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 and Standard VII.) Pupils at 1st July in Standards and forms. Special Classes for Pupils in Preparatory _ — — Totals. Backward _ ___ Children. ' Standard I. Standard II. Standard III. Standard IV. Form I. Form II. Form III. r * ī ī 4 ī 6 i ī ī i T~ i i t lii i I i i i i i i 11 i t i 3 £ g ! g s s g S S j g 3 g g I 5 g g g a h St " Ct 103 73 176 11,015 9,825 20,840 3,891 3,611 7,502 3,609 3,250 6,859 4,190 3,865 8,055 4,050 3,816 7,866 3,273 3,153 6,426 2,769 2,590 5,359 51 55 106 32,951 30,238 63,189 Taranaki .. 21 3 24 1,863 1,688 3,551 728 648 1,376 594 586 1,180 753 667 1,420 720 636 1,356 620 665 1,285 488 555 1,043 11 21 32 5,798 5,469 11,267 Wanganui .. 19 10 29 2,568 2,290 4,858 868 860 1,728 872 746 1,618 938 880 1,818 941 871 1,812 845 752 1,597 737 688 1,425 12 15 27 7,800 7,112 14,912 Hawke's Bay .. 23 10 33 2,495 2,261 4,756 915 883 1,798 773 687 1,460 964 849 1,813 930 877 1,807 742 706 1,448 761 624 1,385 23 25 48 7,626 6,922 14,548 Wellington .. 69 36 105 4,287 3,819 8,106 1,608 1,480 3,088 1,401 1,364 2,765 1,649 1,455 3,104 1,739 1,632 3,371 1,459 1,476 2,935 1,318 1,272 2,590 29 24 53 13,559 12,558 26,117 Nelson 19 12 31 1,073 991 2,064 420 343 763 353 340 693 390 350 740 375 368 743 402 413 815 346 335 681 9 15 24 3,387 3,167 6,554 Canterbury 72 23 95 5,441 4,866 10,307 2,024 1,785 3,809 1,832 1,647 3,479 2,118 1,895 4,013 2,119 2,076 4,195 2,113 2,001 4,114 1,833 1,739 3,572 18 21 39 17,570 16,053 33,623 Otago.. 31 11 42 2,996 2,632 5,628 1,139 1,064 2,203 951 910 1,861 1,177 1,048 2,225 1,178 1,087 2,265 1,042 956 1,998 842 893 1,735 12 16 28 9,368 8,617 17,985 Southland .. 11 5 16 1,918 1,741 3,659 735 639 1,374 601 539 1,140 752 685 1,437 679 662 1,341 662 675 1,337 ol2 524 1,036 6 10 16 5,876 5,480 11,356 , , 1,166 947 2,113 1,203 1,005 2,208 2,369 1,952 4,321 Intermediate schools .... . • • • • • • • • • and departments Totals for 1936 368 183 551 33,656 30,113 63,769 12,328 11,313 23,641 10,986 10,069 21,05512,93111,694 24,62512,73112,025 24,75612,32411,744 24,06810,80910,225 21,034 171 202 373106,304 97,568 203,872 Percentageof pupils 7777 0-3 .. 7 S7~ 7 77"~7: 7 ĪŌ7~77~ 7 12-1 .. .. 12-1 .. .. 11-8 .. .. 10-3 .. .. 0-2 .. .. 100-0 of each standard Totals for 1935 7ĪŌ 170 510 25,830 22,841 48,671 11,009 9,778 20,787 12,380 11,150 23,530 13,66712,678 26,34512,99212,285 25,27712,62011,85124,47111,11510,386 21,501 254 316 570100,207 91,455 191,662 Difference .. +28+13 +41 +7,826+7,272+15,098+1,319+1,535+2,854-1,394—1,081 -2,475 -736 -984-1,720 —261 —260 -521 —296 —107 -403 —306 -161 -467—83 -114—197+6,097+6,113+12,210