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show a decrease in the primary scliools in average attendance, of 

 nearly one per cent (0.90^. 



■i'ABLE 4. — Scotland and Ireland ' 

 [Per cent of increase (-j-) or decrease ( — )] 



Scotland : 

 Average attendance at pri- 

 mary schools 



Average attendance at hig- 



lier grade scliools 



Ireland : 

 Average attendance at pri- 

 mary schools . 



Number Per ceut 



729.089 

 24.817 



502.222 



-1-0.64 



4-2.5 



-1-0.69 



Number Per cent 



728.270 

 25.913 



508.424 



-1-0.11 



-1-4.4 



+ 1.1 



Number Per cent 



725.464 

 27.102 



500.002 



Average attendance in primary schools in both Scotland and Ireland. 



—0.38 



+4.5 



—1.6 

 —0.90 



In Ireland, the average attendance at the primary schools decre- 

 ased slightly (1.6 per cent) in 1915. In general the present war does 

 not appear to have aífected but little the attendance in the primary 

 schools of Great Britain. 



AUSTRIAN UNIVERSITIES 



In the universities of Vienna, Gratz, Innsbruck and Czernowitz, 

 the number of Germán "^ students in the winter semester of 1913-14 

 was 15.187, and in the summer semester of 1915, 6.126, being a re- 

 duction of more than 50 ]3er cent, showing the most pronounced effect 

 of the war of all countries (except Germany, 66 per cent) on higher 

 education. 



Comparing attendance in universities, it appears that Germany has 

 the greatest decrease 66 per cent, Austria 50 per cent and Great 

 Britain 20 per cent. 



' Statistical Aistract for fhe United Ring don f rom 190Í to 1915, London, 1917. 

 ' Statistics Tvere only available for these students, Statesmen's Years Book. 



