No. 8.—Number of Children in Western Australia receiving instruction, classified according to place of Instruction and Age.

PARTICULARS.		3 years.	4 years.	5 years.	6 years.	7 years.	8 years.	9 years.	10 years.	11 years.	12 years.	13 years.	14 years.	15 years.	16 years.	17 years.	18 years.	19 years.	20 years.	Unspecified.	TOTAL.
IN MUNICIPALITIES—
State School	Males	23	151	388	635	678	767	717	685	655	673	529	193	48	16	3					6,161
	Females	23	142	316	543	600	647	663	580	565	543	431	225	79	24	7	1	1		4	5,394
Private School	Males	1	14	33	54	74	52	50	27	44	23	41	27	18	11	4	2				475
	Females	1	7	44	78	89	91	88	96	66	75	69	66	47	33	8	2				860
Denominational School	Males	12	44	102	145	189	191	165	169	161	157	127	74	38	13	5	1	1			1,594
	Females	4	46	102	180	239	237	226	248	197	211	198	111	56	33	13	4	1		1	2,107
At Home	Males	21	46	70	59	23	18	9	11	5	8	17	5	5	3	3	1				304
	Females	24	44	67	61	43	12	26	13	16	10	27	22	9	7	2	1	1			385
School not stated	Males	1	3	8	12	9	6	4	4	5	7	5	4	3	1						72
	Females		2	6	11	8	9	12	5	5	6	5	3	2	2	1	1				78
Receiving Instruction	Males	58	258	601	905	973	1,034	945	896	870	868	719	303	112	44	15	4	1			8,606
	Females	52	241	535	873	979	996	1,015	942	849	845	730	427	193	99	31	9	3		5	8,824
OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITIES—
State School	Males	13	81	270	390	534	520	511	501	463	438	351	169	58	12	3	1				4,315
	Females	13	94	240	406	482	483	475	479	464	412	308	153	65	21	2	3				4,100
Private School	Males	1	4	17	21	30	22	13	22	11	17	18	7	6	5	2	1				197
	Females		5	15	25	32	32	27	28	28	20	29	21	12	9	1		1			285
Denominational School	Males	6	13	21	44	63	69	56	60	52	74	54	26	18	3	1	1				561
	Females	1	7	26	46	54	52	43	56	40	35	30	24	11	9	2	2				438
At Home	Males	35	72	111	121	116	86	76	80	63	47	43	42	17	9	2	2	1		1	924
	Females	25	85	136	134	132	113	99	70	67	62	63	28	19	13	4	3		1		1,054
School not stated	Males	1	1	7	10	9	5	7	7	6	5	5	3	3						1	70
	Females	1		4	6	10	7	9	1	5	3	7	2	2		1					58
Receiving Instruction	Males	56	171	426	586	752	702	663	670	595	581	471	247	102	29	8	5	1		2	6,067
	Females	40	191	421	617	710	687	653	634	604	532	437	228	109	52	10	8	1	1		5,935
THE WHOLE STATE—
State School	Males	36	232	658	1,025	1,212	1,287	1,228	1,186	1,118	1,111	880	362	106	28	6	1				10,476
	Females	36	236	556	949	1,082	1,130	1,138	1,059	1,029	955	739	378	144	45	9	4	1		4	9,494
Private School	Males	2	18	50	75	104	74	63	49	55	40	59	34	24	16	6	3				672
	Females	1	12	59	103	121	123	115	124	94	95	98	87	59	42	9	2	1			1,145
Denominational School	Males	18	57	123	189	252	260	221	229	213	231	181	100	56	16	6	2	1			2,155
	Females	5	53	128	226	293	289	269	304	237	246	228	135	67	42	15	6	1		1	2,545
At Home	Males	56	118	181	180	139	104	85	91	68	55	60	47	22	12	5	3	1		1	1,228
	Females	49	129	203	195	175	125	125	83	83	72	90	50	28	20	6	4	1	1		1,439
School not stated	Males	2	4	15	22	18	11	11	11	11	12	10	7	6	1					1	142
	Females	1	2	10	17	18	16	21	6	10	9	12	5	4	2	2	1				136
Receiving Instruction	Males	114	429	1,027	1,491	1,725	1,736	1,608	1,566	1,465	1,449	1,190	550	214	73	23	9	2		2	14,673
	Females	92	432	956	1,490	1,689	1,683	1,668	1,576	1,453	1,377	1,167	655	302	151	41	17	4	1	5	14,759