[Council Schools are maintaining an Javerage this year easily comparable! with other years at the opening of the new term which commenced this month. In fact, although the exact numbers of applications which have been received by the various schools fare not at present published, it is understood that they exceed the Jaccommodation available by about 1500, and until all pupils, both boys fand girls, have returned from their summer holidays it is impossible to compute these figures accurately.
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