EDUCATION (AMOUNT SPENT ON) IN EACH FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 1899-1900 TO 1908-9.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1909 Session II, E-12

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1909. NEW ZEALAND

EDUCATION (AMOUNT SPENT ON) IN EACH FINANCIAL YEAR FROM 1899-1900 TO 1908-9.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 18th November, 1909. Ordered, " Tnat there be laid before this House a return showing the amount spent in each financial year from The Consolidated Fund for the ten years ending 31st March, 1909, on education under the following heads : (1) Head Office; (2) elementary education; (3) secondary and higher education; (4) manual and technical instruction(s) training-colleges and training of teachers; (6) public-school cadets ; (7) Native schools; (8) industrial schools;' (9) miscellaneous services ; (10) school buildings, furniture, &c." —(Mr. Russell.)

Return showing the Amount spent in each Financial Year from the Consolidated Fund for the Ten Years ending 31st March, 1909, on Education under the following heads: (1) Head Office; (2) Elementary Education; (3) Secondary and Higher Education; (4) Manual and Technical Instruction; (5) Training-colleges and Training of Teachers; (6) Publicschool Cadets; (7) Native Schools; (8) Industrial Schools; (9) Miscellaneous Services; (10) School Buildings, Furniture, &c.

Expenditure for Ten Years.

* Included in the amounts set down under the expenditure out of the vote for manual and technical instruction, the followine sums represent payments inado on account of manual instruction at public schools, and may be reckoned as part of the concrul oximnditure on account of elomentary education: 1899-1900, nil; 1900-1, £144; 1901 2, £158- 1902-3 £1814- 1903-4 i's 738- i<lo4 5 £5,400; 1905-6, .£9,157; 1906-7, £18,921; 1907-8, £14,268; 1908-11, £22,023: total, £72,743. ' ' ",<*>. iwt o. Education Department, G. Hogben, Wellington, 17th December, 1909. Inspector-General of Schools.

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Is. ten mo. 1901-2. 1902-3. 1903-4. 1900-1. 1904-5. 1905-6. 1906-7. 1907-8. 1908-9. £ Head Office .. .. 3,312 Slementary education .. 380,977 Secondary and highor 20,090 education 'Manual and technical 2,460 instruction Draining - colleges and 600: -training of teachers ?ublic-Bchool cadets .. 401 Native Bchools .. 16,879 industrial schools .. 11,623 infant-life protection .. School for the Deaf .. 3,257 rubilee Institute for Blind 312 Special school for boys.. Miscellaneous services .. 3,292 School buildings, furni- 29,943 turo, &o. £ 4.068 386,497 20,098 3,026 1,006 663 17,136 14,704 £ 4,912 422,559 21,760 9,234 1,184 3,239i 18.789 1 17,400 £ 5,359 435,684 26,671 8,828 3,915 4,018 20,163 20,133 £ 5,585 444,102 33,007 16,312 6,004 6,204 21,901 20,177 £ 5,357: 450,828 45,422 18,221 8,146 6,070' 20,929 20,038 £ 6,186 474,981 64,369 27,651 10,117 4,964| 19,018 21,517 £ 8,033; 514,644 73,729 46,629 23,035 7,438 21,851 23,850 £ 8,455 528,277 79,196 48,701 27,297 7,474 26,760 24,631 130 3,597 536 468 5,771 82,140 £ 9,534 541,841 84,003 59,221 26,804 5,493 27,191 20,004 1,023 3,838 604 1,636 4,491 82,073 368 3463 310 3J466 432 124 483 4"lll 473 4" 182 354 3J322 546 28,276 29,763 3J570 35,425 3] 457 30,615 21996, 68,476; 75,827 4J664 86,375 Totals .. .. 473,146, 482,390 539,987 567,664 591,971 651,067 715,643 814,116 843,433 873,756