21. Classification of the Schools in operation on 31st December, 1907 (except Poor Law Union and Industrial Schools, which are excluded from this Return).

22. Convent Schools paid by capitation rates included in the preceding return are here separately classified.

There were also two Monastery Schools receiving payment at capitation rates, with an average attendance of 316 and 423 pupils respectively

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23. In connection with the foregoing tables it may be pointed out that there are 2,380 schools, under women teachers exclusively, with boys over seven years of age on the rolls. 767 of these schools have boys over 14 years of age on the rolls, and 1,693 have boys over 11 years of age on the rolls.

There are 1,759 schools, under men teachers exclusively, with pupils under seven years of age on the rolls.

Religion 24. The religious denominations of the managers of the schools (exclusive of Model schools and Workhouse schools), on 31st Managers of Schools December, 1907, were as follows:

In addition to these schools there are ten under the joint management of Roman Catholics and Protestants, and ten schools under E. C. and Presbyterian joint management.

MODEL SCHOOLS.

25. The number of Model school establishments in operation at the end of the year was 30. These contain 72 separate departments, each in operation with its own distinct staff and organization.

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The average number of pupils on the rolls of the Model schools for the year was 9,186.

The average daily attendance of pupils at these schools for the year was 6,803.

The per-centage of the average daily attendance of day pupils for the year to the average number on the rolis was 74·1.

The staff of the Model schools on the 31st December, 1907, consisted of 72 principal teachers, 125 assistant teachers, 6 teachers of special subjects, 72 monitors and 89 pupil-teachers (35 boys and 54 girls), appointed under old rules, 33 pupil teachers appointed under the new regulations, and 2 junior assistant mistresses.

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MODEL SCHOOLS.

26. The following table shows (u) the religious denominations of the pupils on the rolls of the several Model schools on the 31st December, 1907; (b) the average number on the rolls; and (c) the average daily attendance:-

27. The following table shows the expenditure on the Model schools in the financial year ended 31st March, 1908.

(The expenditure by the Board of Public Works on repairs, &c., is not included.)

Net expenditure on the Model schools out of the Education vote

£34,669 19 4 1,717 6 9

£32,952 12 7

Total

£28,580 0 3

68 16 5 1,717 6 9

£30,366 3 5

In this sum is included the expenditure for pupil teachers out of the vote for the financial year ended 31st March, 1908, amounting to £4,335 28 8d., exclusive of rents of residences, wages of matrons, payments to doctors, wages and board of servants, &c.