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Table T—Endowed Schools and Registered PRIVATE SECONDARY Schools

Table U—KINDERGARTEN Schools, 1948

Table Y1—Particulars Relating to UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

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— 1947. 1948. Number of schools 82 83 Roll at 1st July 9,968 9,793 Average attendance 9,387 9,219 Teachers (inclusive of head teachers) — Men 206 212 Women .. .. 296 293 Totals 502 505

Association. Number of Schools. Pupils on Roll at End of Year. Average Attendance. Average Weeklv Roll. Auckland .. 22 948 647 896 Hamilton 3 116 75 99 Wanganui 1 23 17 22 Hastings 1 56 44 58 Masterton 3 98 71 90 Upper Hutt 1 36 28 36 Hutt Valley 3 132 97 131 Wellington 11 438 395 478 Blenheim .. 1 38 27 35 Nelson 1 34 29 34 Christchurch 18 867 664 814 Hokitika 1 26 18 24 Ashburton 1 45 40 52 Timaru 2 80 67 80 Dunedin 9 376 299 371 Invercargill 4 149 134 182 Totals, 1948 82 3,462 2,652 I 3,402 Totals, 1947 • 73 3,325 2,448 1 3,260 Difference +9 + 137 +204 1 + 142

— I J 1944. 1945. 1946. 1947-t 1948.t Number of students in actual attendance at lectures ' 6,584 7,986 11,263 10,443 10,450 Number of exempted students 1,146 1,345 1,186 1,431 1,514 Percentage of students — Men 72 75 82 81 80 Women 28 25 18 19 20 Percentage of students actually attending Universities receiving free education*— Men 51 51 61 73 71 Women .. .. . . 56 56 59 62 63 All students 52 53 61 71 69 f A ' A * Occupations of students, expressed as percentages— M. P. M. P. __ M. F. f A ' M. F. M. F. (1) Full-time students 49 46 50 48 44 58 48 53 47 49 (2) Teachers and training colleges 14 28 11 27 10 23 13 25 14 28 (3) Government and local bodies 13 9 11 9 15 7 19 10 18 11 (4) Other 21 12 24 12 29 9 18 8 20 9 (5) Not known 3 5 4 4 2 3 2 4 1 3 * These students hold scholarships, training-college studentships, or bursaries, short courses at agricultural colleges. The number in 1948 was 877. f Excluding students taking