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The information available for 1926 and 1927 does not give the distribu- 

 tion to boys and girls, but the total awards in the science subjects are 

 shown below. 



NuMBEE OF State Scholarships Awarded in Science Subjects and the 

 Distribution among the various Science Subjects. 



It is not surprising to note that the students of science in training 

 departments of universities also show the same preoccupation with 

 physics and chemistry as indicated in the following statistics for 1926 : — 



