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Table G5.—District High Schools: Subjects taken by Pupils.

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Number of Pupils taking Subjects. Subject. |. - I Boys. Girls. Accountancy .. .. • • 3 Agriculture .. .. • • 1 > 38-5 83 Arithmetic .. • • • • 2,223 2,539 Art and musical appreciation .. 57 79 Arts and crafts .. • • 420 1,258 Biology .. .. •• 271 211 Book-keeping .. .. •• 768 1,203 Botany .. • • • • 144 196 Business methods .. .. 3 12 Chemistry .. .. • • 653 498 Commercial correspondence .. 31 72 Cookery .. .. •• 1,670 Dairy science .. .. ■ • 444 82 Drawing .. . • • ■ 580 683 Dressmaking .. .. • • • ■ 46 Economics .. •. • • 40 35 Education Electricity and magnetism .. 1 Elocution .. .. • • 18 21 English .. • • • • 2,298 2,626 Farm course .. .. .. 52 French 1,500 1,421

Number of Pupils taking Subjects. Subject. : Boy 8. Girls General experimental science .. 1,308 1,539 Geography .. .. .. 1,622 1,847 History " .. .. .. 2,241 2,575 Home science .. .. 31 1,605 Home nursing and first aid .. .. 19 Horticulture .. .. . • 38 28 Housecraft .. .. .. .. 4 Hygiene .. .. .. • • 23 Latin .. .. .. 103 89 Maori .. .. . • 1 Mathematics .. .. .. 1,668 1,461 Office Routine .. .. 12 25 Physics .. .. . • 32 18 Physiology .. .. . • 25 32 Scripture .. .. .. 49 66 Sewing .. . . .• •• 1 > 296 Shorthand .. . . .. 279 913 Singing .. .. • • 1 > 423 2,067 Typing .. . • • • 293 945 Woodwork .. .. .. 1,514 Wool-classing .. .. 6