APPENDIX H.-COMPULSORY EDUCATION.

IRISH EDUCATION ACT, 1892.

(a.) CITIES AND TOWNS in which SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEES existed on 31st December, 1905.

⚫In these cases the provisions of the Act were not enforced.

In this case no information was received from the Secretary to the Committee.

(b.) Rural DISTRICTS in which SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEES existed on 31st December, 1905.

(b.) Rural DisTRICTS in which SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEES existed on 31st December, 1905-continued.

Pupils on Rolls on 31st December, 1905, according to Ages, Attendances,

and Standards.

TABLE A. Showing the AGES of PUPILS on 31st December, 1905.

Percentages to Total

TABLE B.---Showing the NUMBER of PUPILS on the ROLLS on 31st December, 1905, according to the Attendances made by them.

ULSTER,

MUNSTER,

LEINSTER,

CONNAUGHT,

ALL IRELAND,

40,580
31,662

32,072 24,074 28,982 32,864
48,748 47,420 18,392 273,132
14,034 13,203 17,702 24,227
38,370 35,002 8,160 182,360
16,568 13,930 16,669 19,731 25,086 30,313 30,729 8,916 161,945
20,588 17,592 11,843 3,175 120,315
77,998 65,130 80,570 97,478 117,916 135,023 124,991 38,643 737,752

15,324 13,923 17,217 20,653