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Table C1. —Number of Public Primary Schools.

Table C2.—Number of Schools other than Public Primary Schools.

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Total Average Attendance.! Number of Schools.* Grade of School and Primary Department.* Department § Totals. Eange of Roll. - — In each In each In each In each In each In each In each In each 8ubgrade. Grade. Subgrado.j Grade. Snbgrade. Grade. Subgrade. Grade I (1-8) .. .. .. 126 126 815 815 .. .. 815 815 II (9-24) .. .. 729 729 10,743 10,743 .. .. 10,743 10,743 IIlA (25-30) .. .. 152 \ -, 9 f 3,722 \ 2R / .. \ 3,722 \ 28 ? IITb (31-70) .. .. 570 / 722 { 24,309 / 28 ' 031 \ 46 / 40 \ 24,355 / - 8 ' 07 ' IVa (71-110) .. .. 185 j f 14,734 | f 183 | f 14,917 ) TVB (111-150) .. .. 80 V 319 J. 9,296 [>32,051 581 >-1 9,877 i 33,689 TVo (151-190) .. .. 54 J [ 8,021 J [ 874 J I 8,895 J Va (191 230) .. .. 33 1 - f 6,309 1 ' f 531 ] f 6,840 Ve (231-270) .. .. 34 I 12fi J l 30 5 q 0 J 465 L 2 103 J 8,142 I 32 7Q2 Vc 271-310) .. .. 30 ( 126 1 7,784 562 8,346 Vi> (311-350) .. .. 29 J ( 8,829 J [ 545 J [. 9,374 J VI (351-870) .. .. 163 163 73,695 73,695 1,768 1,768 75,463 75,463 Totals .. .. 2,185 2,185 175,934 175,934 5,555 5,555 181,489 181,489 * Three half-time and thirty-eight schools with side schools attached are counted as separate schools. t The average attendance shown under this heading is the average attendance for the year ended 31st August, 1940, computed and adjusted in accordance with the regulations governing the staffing of schools. The unadjusted total average attendance for the year ended 31st December, 1940, was: Primary departments, 174,885; secondary departments, 5,566. t The average attendance shown under this heading includes any pupils in Form III or in special classes. § This refers to secondary classes conducted mainly in rural areas in district high schools.

(All schools not marked as "private" are State controlled.) Number of Schools in December, Number of Schools in December, 1940. 1939. Type Of school. Type Boys' Girls' Mixed T . f „, Boys' Girls' Mixed T . . Schools. Schools. Schools. iolal - Schools. Schools. Schools. ' Chatham Islands .. .. Primary .. .. .. 4 4 .. . . 6 0 Intermediate schools and depart- Intermediate ..2 1 16 19 2 I 14 17 ments* Secondary departments of dis- Post-primary .. .. .. 96 06 .. .. 95 95 trict high schools Secondary .. .. .. Post-primary.. 11 12 16 39 11 12 16 39 Combined .. .. . . Post-primary 3 3 1 7 3 3 1 7 Technical .. .. .. Post-primary . . .. . . 21 21 . . .. 20 20 Native village . . .. Primary .. .. . . 146 146 .. .. 146 145 Native mission and boarding Primary .. .. . . 10 10 1 .. 10 II (private)f Native post-primary (private) Primary and 3} 5 .. 8 3} 5 .. 8 post-primary Lower departments of secondary Primary .. 3 3 .. 6 3 3 .. b schools (private) Private primary . . .. Primary .. 43 48 215 306 44 49 211 304 Endowed and registered private Post-primary .. 23 39 1 63 22 37 I 60 secondary schools Special§ .. . . .. Primary 1 1 2 4 1 1 2 4 ♦Eleven of these in 1940 were intermediate departments. t These are also included in the figures for Private Primary Schools. t Two of these are included in the numbers of Eegistered Private Secondary Schools. § Two of these are schools for the mentally backward, one a school for the blind, and one a school for the deaf. The New Zealand Institute for the Blind is privately controlled.