E.—3.

(b) MAORI STUDENTS holding UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIPS at end of 1940.

Table H5. MAORI CHILDREN attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS, December, 1940.

Table H6. CLASSIFICATION and AGES of Maori Scholars attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS at the 1st July, 1940.

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Number. University Course. University at which Scholarship is held. 1 Arts .. .. Auckland. 4 Medical .. .. Otago. 1 Science .. .. Victoria.

Number of Number of Maori Pupil* at Qnl>s\/-tla o± en( * Of 1940. Education District. ?? . which Maoris —— attended. „ . _ , , Boys. i Girls. Total. Auckland .. .. .. 418 3,456 3,430 6,886 Taranaki .. .. .. 68 509 455 964 Wanganui .. .. .. 73 612 538 1,150 Hawke's Bay .. .. .. 97 1,089 1,062 2,151 Wellington .. .. .. 76 328 398 726 Nelson .. .. .. 12 25 22 47 Canterbury .. .. .. 55 164 150 314 Otago .. .. .. 29 56 53 109 Southland .. .. .. 12 45 38 83 Totals .. .. 840 6,284 6,146 12,430 Note.—For the purpose of this table half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori.

Class P. S.I. 8. II. S. III. S. IV. Form I. Form II. Form III. Total. Years. " ' , | ; j ' j ? I 3 & I I % i I i : I i I ! i I i V 4 ft 1 | « J W | C5 rt 0 m © | # o B I o cq | CD «iO W | O 5 and under 6 488 460 .. .. . Ago aba 6 „ 7 707 083 6 9 " " 713 692 7 „ 8 676 671 84 106 7 10 767 787 8 „ 9 416 367 275 279 68 91 2 1 ' 761 738 9 „ 10 226 187 309 284 216 233 42 67 3 4 1 ' 7 9 7 77 r, 10 „ 11 86 71 193 157 242 243 146 190 30 28 1 . 698 689 11 12 27 25 80 56 202 171 217 249 105 127 15 33 . 1 " 646 66 : > „ 13 13 10 36 35 106 82 163 162 179 153 102 105 20 26 . 619 573 13 ,.14 6 1 17 11 28 31 93 88 143 99 158 123 74 89 5 8 524 450 14 ,, 15 2 .. 5 10 7 16 25 57 52 89 72 85 70 3 6 262 237 15 „ 16 .... 1 1.. 1 4 .. 10 3 12 14 29 30 4 7 60 56 16 years and 1 3 ! 8 5 2 3 14 9 over Totals, 1940 2,647 2,4751,001 943 880 869 683 782 527 466 381 348 216 221 14 24 6,349 6,128 5,122 1,944 1,749 1,465 ~993 729 38 12^477 Percentage .. 41-1 15-6 14-0 11-7 8-0 5-8 3-5 lOO'O Median age in 7 2 7 2 9 5 9 3 10 7 10 5 .11 811 612 812 613 513 4 14 213 11 14 814 8 years and months Note. — For the purpose of this table half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori.