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EDUCATION.
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| Number of | schools (Otago and Southland) | 157 | ||
| {{{1}}}„ | schoolmasters | 161 | ||
| {{{1}}}„ | schoolmistresses | 47 | ||
| {{{1}}}„ | teachers of sewing | 14 | ||
| {{{1}}}„ | male pupil teachers | 17 | ||
| {{{1}}}„ | female pupil teachers | 49 | ||
| Total teachers | 288 | |||
| {{{1}}}„ | pupils who attended at all in 1875— | |||
| Boys, 8709; girls, 8488 | 16,097 | |||
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | in average attendance during 1875 | 9822 | |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | in attendance at the close of 1875 | 12,096 | |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | learning the higher rules of Arithmetic | 2420 | |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Mathematics | 312 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Geography | 9323 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | History | 1933 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | English Grammar | 8858 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Book-keeping | 374 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Drawing or Mapping | 3815 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Singing from Notes | 5623 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Latin | 287 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | French | 143 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Greek | 6 |
| {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | {{{1}}}„ | Sewing (girls) | 4171 |
| Moneys contributed by the Government towards— | ||||||
| Teachers' salaries | £19,825 | 12 | 0 | |||
| Rents, poor scholars, etc. | 1164 | 11 | 3 | |||
| £20,990 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Moneys contributed locally— | ||||||
| School fees | £14,873 | 6 | 4 | |||
| Subscriptions, etc. | 2342 | 13 | 9 | |||
| £17,216 | 0 | 1 | ||||
PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN DUNEDIN.
THE FIRST, NOW ARTHUR-STREET, SCHOOL.
Mr. Livingston continued in charge of the Dunedin School until 1862, when he was appointed to the office of Provincial Auditor, on the death of the late Mr. Charles Kettle. In view of the establishment in Dunedin of an institution in which the higher branches should be more exclusively taught, the Board now resolved that the original Dunedin School should rank in
