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Table T.—Endowed Schools and Registered PRIVATE SECONDARY Schools

Table U.—KINDERGARTEN Schools, 1947

Table Y1. —Particulars relating to UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

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1946. 1947. Number of schools 80 82 Roll at 1st July 9,424 9,968 Average attendance .. .. 8,827 9,387 Teachers (inclusive of head teachers) — Men 200 208 Women 281 296 Totals 481 I 502

Association. Number of Schools. Pupils on Boll at End of Year. Average Attendance. Average Weekly Boll. Auckland .. Hamilton .. Hastings .. Masterton .. Hutt Valley Wellington.. Christchurch Hokitika .. Ashburton Timaru Dunedin .. Invercargill 20 3 1 2 11 17 1 1 2 8 4 895 126 60 70 143 539 803 26 51 81 352 179 664 83 52 54 97 404 608 20 34 58 259 115 895 113 64 70 140 524 79826 49 82 332 167 Totals, 1947 .. Totals, 1946 73 68 3,325 3,108 2,448 2,263 3,260 2,993 Difference .. .. .. +5 +217 + 185 +267

— 1943. 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947.t Number of students in actual attendance at lectures 5,181 6,584 7,986 11,263 10,443 Number of exempted students 772 1,146 1,345 1,186 1,431 Percentage of students— Men 68 72 75 82 81 Women .. .. .. 32 28 25 18 19 Percentage of students actually attending Universities receiving free education*— Men 49 51 51 61 73 Women 61 56 56 59 62 All students 53 52 53 61 71 Occupations of students expressed as percentages — M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. (1) Full-time students 51 43 49 46 50 48 44 58 48 53 (2) Teachers and training colleges 33 32 14 28 11 27 10 23 13 25 (3) Government and local bodies 16 9 13 9 11 9 15 7 19 10 (4) Other 14 9 21 12 24 12 29 9 18 8 (5) Not known 6 7 3 5 4 4 2 3 2 4 • These students hold scholarships, training-college studentships, or bursaries, taking short courses at agricultural colleges. f Excluding 8S 10 students