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Table H5 MAORI CHILDREN attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS, December, 1947

Note. —For the purpose of this table half-caste children and children intermediate in blood between half-caste and Maori are reckoned as Maori.

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Education District. Number of Schools at which Maoris attended. Number of Maori Pupils at End of 1947. Boys. Girls. Total. Auckland Taranaki Waiiganui Hawke's Bay Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago Southland 422 72 94 109 72 14 62 22 13 4,892 606 791 1,550 566 29 170 45 55 4,632 521 764 1,370 553 23 169 31 37 9,524 1,127 1,555 2,920 1,119 52 339 76 92 Totals 880 8,704 8,100 16,804