ANNUAL RETURN OF THE NELSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1873.

| SCHOOLS. | Numbers. | Age. | | | | Writing. | | | | | Arithmetic. | | | | | Geography. | History. | Grammar. |
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| | | Under 7. | 7 to 9. | 9 to 12. | 12 and upwards. | Beginning. | Moderate. | Good. | Beginning. | Moderate. | Good. | Simple rules. | Compound rules | Proportion and Practice. | Fractions, Decimals, &c. | | | |
| 1 | Bridge-street Girls, 1st Division | 72 | ... | ... | 20 | 52 | ... | 72 | 1 | 31 | 40 | ... | ... | 5 | 67 | 72 | 72 | 72 |
| 2 | " 2nd | 155 | 6 | 61 | 67 | 21 | ... | 65 | 17 | 56 | 49 | 8 | 60 | 37 | 40 | 80 | 43 | 80 |
| 3 | Hardy-street Girls, 1st Division | 112 | 4 | 44 | 52 | 26 | 73 | 65 | 11 | ... | 48 | 13 | 29 | 56 | 28 | 126 | 71 | 126 |
| 4 | " 2nd | 112 | 14 | 51 | 43 | 4 | 60 | 52 | ... | 75 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 5 | " Preparatory | 232 | 159 | 73 | 8 | ... | 232 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 6 | Hampden-street, 1st Division | 152 | 39 | 51 | 40 | 23 | 77 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 39 | 19 | 62 |
| 7 | " 2nd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 8 | Haven-road, 1st Division | 224 | 49 | 71 | 68 | 36 | 98 | 60 | 06 | 69 | 24 | 33 | 60 | 20 | 17 | 67 | 37 | 67 |
| 9 | " 2nd | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 10 | St Mary's Boys | 126 | 6 | 29 | 55 | 36 | 30 | 64 | 32 | 48 | 32 | 26 | 34 | 24 | 25 | 33 | 58 | 33 | 33 |
| 11 | " Girls | 160 | 23 | 51 | 48 | 38 | 50 | 43 | 68 | 44 | 58 | 36 | 25 | 44 | 15 | 31 | 84 | 46 | 80 |
| 12 | Clifton Terrace | 42 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 5 | ... | 9 | 16 | 9 |
| 13 | Hillside | 52 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 13 |
| 14 | Happy Valley | 29 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ... | 4 |
| 15 | Stoke | 57 | 11 | 13 | 20 | 13 | 25 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 12 | ... | 11 | 16 | 23 | 16 |
| 16 | Richmond Boys | 67 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 35 | ... | 24 | 19 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 25 |
| 17 | " Girls | 67 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 11 | 37 | ... | 11 | 37 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 37 | 15 | 37 |
| 18 | Ranzau | 90 | 21 | 19 | 31 | 19 | 47 | 25 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 9 | 42 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 18 |
| 19 | Hope | 43 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 18 |
| 20 | River Terrace | 61 | 9 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 3 | 18 | 17 | 40 |
| 21 | Spring Grove | 114 | 27 | 28 | 44 | 15 | 45 | 32 | 37 | 34 | 24 | 20 | 40 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 40 | ... | 16 |
| 22 | Lower Wakefield | 98 | 28 | 19 | 32 | 19 | 47 | 31 | 26 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 16 |
| 23 | Eighty-eight Valley | 34 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 16 | 29 |
| 24 | Upper Wakefield | 70 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 15 | 28 | 35 | 16 | 21 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| 25 | Foxhill | 28 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 26 | Motupiko | 18 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 3 | ... | 5 | 26 | 13 | 26 |
| 27 | Waimea West, North Division | 54 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 17 |
| 28 | Village | 70 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 16 | 32 | 25 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 29 | Upper Moutere | 75 | 18 | 19 | 24 | 14 | 30 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 8 | ... | 26 | 13 | 26 |
| 30 | Neudorf | 54 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 9 | ... | 13 | 9 | 13 |
| 31 | Lower Moutere | 56 | 11 | 13 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 38 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 29 | 29 |
| 32 | Motueka, 1st Division | 80 | ... | 8 | 23 | 45 | ... | 48 | 32 | 7 | 40 | 33 | 9 | 18 | 21 | 32 | 71 | 53 | 71 |
| 33 | " 2nd | 65 | 30 | 28 | 7 | ... | 16 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 34 | Ngatimoti | 33 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ... | 11 |
| 35 | Dovedale | 33 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ... | 5 | ... | 5 |
| 36 | Pangatotara Lower | 18 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 7 |
| 37 | " Upper | 36 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | ... | 4 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
| 38 | Riwaka | 75 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 27 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 36 | 36 | 36 |
| 39 | Brooklyn | 21 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 6 | ... | 18 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 6 |
| 40 | Takaka | 37 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 4 | ... | 9 | ... | 9 |
| 41 | Long Plain | 37 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | ... | 8 | ... | 9 |
| 42 | Motupipi | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| 43 | Clifton | 30 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 12 | 12 |
| 44 | Collingwood | ... | 65 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 17 | 25 | 26 | 14 | 24 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 14 |
| 45 | Westport | 145 | 81 | 27 | 37 | ... | 93 | 41 | 11 | 43 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 29 | 11 | 29 |
| 46 | Addison's Flat | 33 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | ... | 6 | 13 | 14 | ... | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 47 | Charleston, (Princes-street) | 43 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 25 |
| 48 | " (Blackett-street) | 44 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 28 | ... | 4 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 22 |
| 49 | (St Patrick's) | 67 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 30 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 22 |
| 50 | Cobden | 40 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 15 | 30 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 22 |
| 51 | Brunnerton | 40 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 31 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 8 |