(c.) ROMAN CATHOLIC and PROTESTANT PUPILS in Schools under ROMAN CATHOLIC and PROTESTANT Teachers conjointly.

(d.) SUMMARY of the foregoing tables (a), (b), (c), showing the Numbers of Pupils in Schools attended by both Roman Catholic and Protestant Pupils

Schools attended by Roman Catholic or by Protestant Children exclusively.

17. The following table shows, according to provinces, the number of Roman Catholic and Protestant pupils on the rolls of 5,889 schools attended solely by either Roman Catholics or Protestants

72 1,911 221 132
1,561 56,483 53,081 6,713 4,346 120,623

779 69,591 1,109 39,862 51,857 5,788 3,656 101,164 1,888
1,469 127,363 127 4,022 176 329 98 4,625 1,596 131,988
991 102,003 253 10,687 827 464 566 12,544 1,244 114,547
1,089 87,426
26 2,290 1,161 89,716
4,328 386,383
5,889 507,006

170,755

18. Of the pupils on the rolls of the 8,651 schools dealt with in these returns, 230,031, or 31-2 per cent., were in schools attended by both Roman Catholic and Protestant children, and 507,006, or 68.8 per cent., in schools attended solely by Roman Catholics or solely by Protestants.

19. The per-centage of schools having Roman Catholic and Protestant pupils in attendance in each quinquennial period from 1875 to 1905, was as follows:

All Ireland, 57.1 55.6 51.5 46.7 44.4 35.6 31.9

20. The per-centage of schools having an attendance composed either solely of Roman Catholic pupils or solely of Protestant pupils, for each quinquennial period from 1875 to 1905, was as follows:

(except Poor Law Union and Industrial Schools, which 21. Classification of the Schools in operation on 31st December, 1905

excluded from this Return).

are

300 and above,

"

662

With Boys only on
the rolls.

Girls only

uuder 7
Boys

With Boys and Girls on

rolls. on the

the

rolls.

Under a Master or
Masters.

"

72

94446

516

2,249

2,051

106

106

8.525

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

Managers

23. The religious denominations of the managers of the schools Religion of (exclusive of Model schools and Workhouse schools), on 31st of Schools December, 1905, were as follows:

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

MODEL SCHOOLS.

24. The number of Model school establishments in operation at the end of the year was 30. These contain 74 separate departments, each in operation with its own distinct staff and organization.

The average number of pupils on the rolls of the Model schools for the year was 9,256.

The average daily attendance of pupils at these schools for the year was 6,863.

The per-centage of the average daily attendance of day pupils for the year to the average number on the rolls was 74.1.

and

Besides the regular teaching staffs we employ pupil-teachers Pupil and monitors in the Model schools. In some of the Model teachers schools boy pupil-teachers are boarded and lodged at the expense monitors. of the Commissioners. Non-resident pupil-teachers. boys and girls, receive an allowance at the rate of £26 a year each in lieu of board, etc.

The staff of the Model schools on the 31st December, 1905, consisted of 74 principal teachers, 118 assistant teachers, 6 teachers of special subjects, 69 monitors and 188 pupil-teachers (86 boys and 102 girls).