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£117,884 for the six months ending 30th June, 1877, out of the Land Pund, was passed in aid of the maintenance of the schools, all of which, until the abolition of the provinces, had been wholly supported by funds derived from local or provincial sources. But, although several of their old sources of revenue had been cut off, the Education Boards were able, in the course of the year 1877, to raise considerable amounts from school fees, capitation rates, arrears of taxes, education reserves, &c, as may be seen from the following summary of the receipts of the several Boards for 1877 :—

TABLE D. —INCOME OF BOARDS.

The balances, and also the receipts on account of the Auckland College and Grammar School and the Otago High Schools, are included in the summary, to show agreement with the totals of the different Boards' own general statements of accounts which accompany their reports. But, to make the agreement complete, it has been necessary to add to the totals of three of the Boards' statements the moneys raised by School Committees and expended on education without going through the Boards' books. They are -New Plymouth, £750 Is.; Hawke's Bay, £814 4s. 5d.; and Otago, £20,828 3s. 2d. It will be seen that the Boards began the year 1877 with credit balances amounting in the aggregate to £43,569 4s. 7d.; of which, however, no less a sum than £41,184 4s. 7d. was in favour of the Canterbury and Otago Boards. Against this must be set the liabilities of the Education Boards of Auckland, "Wellington, Marlborough, and Westland, amounting in all to £11,036 18s. 2d., as shown in the summary of Boards' expenditure on page 7of this report. It will be noticed also that the sum of £43,145 18s. 4^d. was raised by the Education Boards and School Committees from capitation rates on children, school fees, subscriptions, arrears of rates, &c. More than one-half of this amount, or £22,340 10s. 2d., was received by the Otago Board from school fees and subscriptions. All these local sources of revenue, excepting what may be derived from " donations and subscriptions," have been extinguished by the Education Act; and consequently the demands upon the consolidated revenue in future will be correspondingly increased. The total amount received by the Education Boards during the year from Government for all purposes is returned by them at £204,205 3s. 4d. The revenue derived from the education reserves for the same period was £16,604 4s. 3d. The amount under the heading of " Sundry Receipts," £2,798 10s. ll^d., is made up of refunds, interest, deposits on contracts, &c, which cannot strictly be regarded as ordinary revenue. The items which make up the several amounts

_. m. o. _. _. Local Receipts: School Fees, Capitation Rates, Arrears of Rates, Donations, &c. — . /. o. Education Disteicts. Balances on From From Education Reserves. Sundry Receipts. Overdrafts Totals. January 1, 1877. Government. on December 31, 1877. £ s. d. £ s. d. 48,191 15 7 £ s. d. 1,274 2 11 £ s. d. 4,932 9 5 £ s. d. 662 0 8 5,471 4 1 £ 8. d. £ a. d. 55,060 8 7 5,471 4 1 4,020 2 5 3,771 18 0 5,581 13 9 34,010 16 5 6,100 10 2 14,880 11 4 21,911 13 2 93,109 11 5 75,295 8 7 3,554 3 4 Auckland... „ Grammar School New Plymouth Patea Hawke's Bay Wellington Marlborough Nelson Westland... Canterbury 3tago „ High Schools... 97 10 5 4 7 0 1,250 2 0 707 4 2 325 16 5 3,052 7 6 3,032 7 8 3,012 14 10 29,231 8 0 4,846 12 0 13,591 6 10 17,015 6 1 44,769 17 6 37,461 7 4 76 9 3 419 13 6 504 12 6 197 18 4 106 17 0 468 8 3 793 15 3 226 4 0* 814 4 5 3,383 19 3 439 17 0 494 19 10 2,073 5 0 7,64614 0 22,34010 2 60 17 6* 140 0 0 28 8 3 1,057 10 10 31,289 "6 6 9,894 18 1 8,271 14 6 5,284 8 0 489 8 10 1,131 18 11 314 5 0 3,554 3 4 2,333 13 3 Totals 43,569 4 7 204,205 3 16,604 4 3 43,14518 4* 11,823 18 4* 3,419 12 4 322,768 1 3 Deduct Balances and ~\ Superior Schools of > Auckland and O tago J 43,569 4 7 9,025 7 5 3,419 12 4 56,014 4 4 Net Totals ... |204,205 3 16,604 4 3 43,145 18 4* 2,798 10 11* 266,75316 11