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29. CONVEYANCE AND BOARD OF SCHOOL - CHILDREN. The following tables give the cost of conveying pupils to school and the cost of board of school-children attending public schools.

Table V1.—Cost of Conveyance of Pupils to Schools and to Manual Classes by Rail, Motor- vehicle, etc.

Table V 2. —Cost of Board of Pupils attending Schools. 1937-38. 1938-39. £ £ Public primary .. .. ... .. ..4,927 8,010 Secondary departments of district high .. .. .. 2,380 4,254 Secondary .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,364 21,933 Combined .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,052 7,818 Technical .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,115 7,202 Native .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,102 1,556 Totals .. .. .. .. .. £28,940 £50,773 30. MANUAL INSTRUCTION. During the year the usual instruction was given by class teachers in primary schools in the subjects elementary science and agriculture under the supervision of twenty-four itinerant agricultural instructors, one more than in the previous year. The extent to which classes in other manual subjects were taken by pupils from the different types of schools may be summarized as follows :—

There were 143 manual-train ing centres during 19,18.

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1937-38. 1938-39. Typo of School. Rail. Other. Total. Rail. Other. Total. ££££££ Public primary .. .. .. .. 2,576 101,641* 104,2171" 1,970 146,018* 147,988f Private primary .. .. .. 3,238 .. 3,238 2,317 .. 2,317 Manual classes in connection with public 6,173 4,243 10,416 4,297 4,844 9,141 primary Manual classes in connection with private 118 .. 118 25 .. 25 primary Secondary departments of district high .. 1,318 2,280 3,598 910 4,304 5,214 Secondary .. .. .. .. 5,998 4,618 10,616 3,266 7,165 10,431 Combined .. .. .. ., 1,642 515 2,157 1,245 1,094 2,339 Technical .. .. .. .. 7,484 3,644 11,128 4,096 6,070 10,166 Private secondary .. .. ..1,642 .. 1,642 836 .. 836 Native .'. .. .. .. 89 8,971 9,060 61 9,877 9,938 Totals .. .. .. .. 30,278 125,912 156,190 19,023 179,372 198,395 * This sum includes £303 for 1037-38 and £372 for 1938-39, the cost of conveyance of children to intermediate departments of secondary schools. f This sum includes the cost of conveyance of children to consolidated schools and intermediate schools.

Number of Number of Pupils attending Schools Centres. from which JS, Boys. Girls. Public primary and Native schools .. .. .. 838 15,719 14,679 Intermediate schools and departments .. .. .. 16 2,421 2,030 Secondary departments of district high schools .. .. 73 1,846 1,906 Private schools .. .. .. .. .. 163 2,034 2,098 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 1,090 22,020 20,713