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Table H3.—NUMBER OF FULL-TIME TEACHERS employed in Departmental Schools, December, 1947, and December, 1940

Table K2. —SIZE OF CLASSES in Public Primary Schools of Grade IVb and over

Table N. —AGES at which Pupils began Post-primary Course, 1947 (Excluding Schools of Art)

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December, 1947. December, 1940. Principals Principals 1 1 1 Wryt g\ /\-C QATIAAI and Sole Assistant Total and Sole Assistant Total jLypc ui ociiuui. and Head Teachers. Teachers. and Head Teachers. Teachers. Teachers. Teachers. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. P. M. F. Public (primary) 1,570 365 1,443 3,433 3,013 3,798 1,624 510 1,007 3,225 2,631 3,735 Intermediate 16 181 192 197 192 8 79 78 87 78 Secondary departments of district 1 233 140 234 140 3 158 117 161 117 high schools Secondary 27 12 468 400 495 412 27 12 335 284! 362 296 Combined 4 3 91 71 95 74 5 3 76 50 81 53 Technical 28 459 247 487 247 21 286 164 307 164 Maori (primary) 143 * 13 37 203 180 216 125 "21 40 155 165 176 Chatham Islands 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 2 Correspondence— Primary 1 6 45 7 45 1 5 40 6 40 Secondary 34 55 34 55 19 25 19 25 Technical Correspondence 1 ' 6 7 Special 3 " 3 5 "29 8 "32 1 " 3 7 "l5 8 "l8 Totals 1,798 396 2,963 4,817 4,761 5,213 1,819 549 2,012 4,155 3,831 4.704

February, 1937. February, 1947. February, 1948. Number of Children. Number of Classes. Per Cent. Number of Classes. Per Cent. Number of Classes. Per Cent. Under 31.. 31-40 41-50 51-60 61 and over 346 927 1,259 487 25 11-4 30-4 41-4 16-0 0-8 898 1,606 1,257 157 22-9 41-0 32-1 4-0 1,007 1,753 1,307 136 24-0 41-7 31 1 3-2 Totals 3,044 100-0 3,918 100-0 4,203 100-0

Type of School. Age at which Post-primary Course begun. I Total If umbers | beginning Post-primary 1 Education. Under 12 Years. 12 Years. 13 Years. 14 Years. 15 Years and oyer. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls. Secondary Combined Technical District High Correspondence .. Totals 13 5 9 3 4 19 3 13 6 4 469 118 301 228 27 654 135 399 354 57 1,561 333 1,574 811 80 1,910 263 1,455 954 133 828 205 1,338 622 56 627 166 860 525 69 208 53 386 230 13 121 43 165 162 16 3,079 714 3,608 1,894 180 3,331 610 2,892 2,001 279 34 45 1,143 1,599 4,359 4,715 3,049 2,247 890 507 9,475 9,113