19. Of the Pupils on the Rolls of the 8,685 schools, 257,596, Per-centage of Pupils. or 348 per cent., were in schools attended by Roman Catholic and Protestant children, and 483,146, or 65.2 per cent., in schools attended solely by Roman Catholics or solely by Protestants.*

of Schools

20. The per-centage of Schools having Roman Catholic and Per-centage Protestant pupils in attendance in each year from 1891 to 1901, attended was as follows:

by Roman Catholics and Protestants.

Ulster,

60.4 60.5 59.9 57.9 574 51.2 504 50·1 Munster, 32-3 330 335 32-6 33.3 29.1 297 29.9

Leinster,. 43·9| 422 418 42.3 413 343 344 341
Connaught, 35'1 35.4 35.9 35.4 35.6 30.9 29.5 28.4
Total, 45.7 456 45.5 44.5 44.4

38.8 384 38.1

of schools

21. The per-centage of Schools exhibiting an attendance com- Per-centage posed either solely of Roman Catholic pupils or solely of Protest- attended ant pupils, for each year from 1891 to 1901, was as follows:

solely by Roman Catholics

or solely by

Protestants.

With Pupils on Rolls making any attendance in year.

Ulster,
Munster,

1891. 1892. 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897.

With Pupils
on Rolls on
31-12-1900.

With Pupils

on Rolls on

31-12-1901.

1898. 1899. 1900. 1901

39.6 39.5 40.1 421 42.6 48.8 496 49.9

67.7 67.0 66.5 67.4 66-7 70-9 70.3 70.1 Leinster, 56.1 57.8 58.2 57.7 58.7 65.7 65.6 65.9 Connaught, 64.9 64.6 641 64.6 64.4 69.1 70.5 71.6 Total, 54.3 54.4 54.5 55.5 55.6 61.2 61.6 61.9

* See Tables B and C, pages 46, 47, and 48.

Religion of 22. The religious denominations of the Managers of the schools, Managers of Schools. distinguishing Clerical from Lay, on 31st December, 1901, were

as

follows:

:

Model and Poor Law Union School Managers, being Officials, are excluded from this table.

23. The following Table shows the number of schools taught by masters or mistresses exclusively, and hy Staffs consisting of both masters and mistresses; also the number of schools Mixed and attended by boys only, and by girls and infants only, and the Unmixed number having a mixed attendance of boys and girls :

Schools.

Schools of a Special Character.

(a.) MODEL SCHOOLS.

Schools.

24. The number of Model School Establishments in operation at Attendance the end of the year was 30, of which 4 (including the Central at Model Model Schools) are Metropolitan, and the remaining 26 are District and Minor Model Schools. These contain in all 75 separate departments, each in operation with its own distinct staff and organization.

Evening schools for boys are recognised in connexion with the Central, the West Dublin, the Inchicore, and the Belfast Model Schools.

The total average number of pupils on the Rolls of the Model Schools, excluding the Evening Departments, for the year, was 9,045.

The average daily attendance of day pupils at these Schools for the year was 6,495.

The per-centage of the average daily attendance of day pupils for the year to the average number on the Rolls was 71.8.

In the Evening Departments of the four Model Schools specified above there were 319 pupils on the Rolls on the last day of the year, with an average attendance of 168 pupils. The average on Rolls was 324.

and

Besides the regular Teaching Staffs we employ Pupil-Teachers Pupil and Monitors in the Model Schools. In some of the Model Teachers Schools male Pupil Teachers are boarded and lodged at the public Monitors. expense; in others they receive an allowance for maintenance. Female Pupil Teachers are always non-resident.

There were 183 Pupil Teachers (108 Boys and 75 Girls) in the Model Schools on the 31st December, 1901.

2

MODEL SCHOOLS.

625

192

39

920

990

703

West Dublin,

276

212

Belfast,

Schools

26. The following Table shows (a) the Total expenditure on Model the Model Schools for the Year 1901, (b) the Net expenditure Expendion the Model Schools out of the National Education Vote, and ture. (c) the total payments to the Teaching Staff from the National Education Vote and from Local Sources.

(Expenditure by Board of Works on repairs, &c., not included.)

(a)