On the 31st March, 1934, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 6,194 classes in public elementary schools with more than 50 children on the books, as compared with 8,296 a year earlier. This represents a reduction by over 2,000 in the number of such classes, or 25 per cent., in one year. These large classes now constitute only 4.1 per cent, of the total number of classes. With regard to the latter part of the question, the Board will continue to press for the elimination of overlarge classes.