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Table H6 CLASSIFICATION and AGES of Maori Scholars attending PUBLIC SCHOOLS at the 1st July, 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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Age, in Years. p. S. 1. S.2. S.3. ! 1 S. 4. 1 1 F.I. i . F. II. F. III. Total. 5 and under 6—Boys .. 705 705 Girls .. 685 2 687 6 and under 7—Boys .. 957 15 1 973 Girls .. 899 16 1 916 7 and under 8 —Boys .. 920 153 10 1,083 Girls .. 733 210 11 "l 955 8 and under 9—Boys .. 476 352 107 8 943 Girls .. 396 344 167 9 916 9 and under 10—Boys .. 184 334 314 101 *6 939 Girls .. 146 239 298 1 128 6 817 10 and under 11—Boys .. 58 179 288 267 99 3 894 Girls .. 54 135 249 289 121 5 853 11 and under 12 —Boys .. 17 55 173 289 229 67 6 836 Girls .. 14 51 118 238 259 97 3 780 12 and under 13—-Boys .. 9 23 79 191 250 226 49 820 Girls .. 6 18 54 138 234 232 69 751 13 and under 14—Boys .. 2 7 24 80 177 215 165 3 673 Girls .. 4 4 24 53 129 246 175 3 638 14 and under 15—Boys .. 2 2 26 72 184 196 6 488 Girls 1 3 2 25 58 149 192 16 446 15 and under 16—Boys .. 1 • • 3 6 22 29 97 4 161 Girls .. 1 2 8 29 78 1 119 16 and under 17—Boys .. . —V 2 5 11 2 20 Girls .. 7 12 19 17 and over— Boys .. Girls .. 1 1 Totals—Boys .. 3,321 1,120 1,001 968 857 729 " 524 15 8,535 Girls .. 2,939 1,022 924 883 815 766 529 20 7,898 Grand totals 6,260 1 2,142 1,925 I 1,851 1,672 1,495 1,053 35 16,433 Percentage 38-1 13-0 11-7 11-3 10-2 9-1 6-4 0-2 100-0 Median age, in years and months— Boys 7 0 9 1 10 3 11 4 12 5 13 4 14 3 14 9 Girls 6 10 8 10 10 0 11 1 12 1 13 2 14 1 14 5