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TABLE R. —Summary of School Commissioners' Accounts — continued. Expenditure for the Year 1882.

Many of the difficulties experienced by the School Commissioners of Auckland Provincial District in dealing with the unappropriated reserves in Cook County have been removed by the passing of the Education Reserves Act Amendment Act of last session; steps have been taken for the registration of the Commissioners' title to these lands, with a view to their being leased. The School Commissioners express much satisfaction at the passing of the Amendment Act, which they believe will materially assist them in dealing with their reserves. The balance in the hands of the Auckland Commissioners at the end of the year includes a sum of £72 7s. 10d., now on deposit in the Savings-Bank, being the proportion of secondary reserves revenue accrued to date, payable to any secondary school or schools that may be hereafter established in the Gisborne District. The School Commissioners of llawke's Bay had in hand at the close of the year a sum of £1,016 16s. 3d., being the amount of accrued rents of the secondary education reserves. A large portion of this sum has since been paid to the Board constituted under the Napier High School Act of last session. The School Commissioners of the Nelson District had a sum of £828 16s. 4d. in hand at the close of the year, being the amount of accrued receipts from the secondary education reserves. By an arrangement with the Governors of Nelson College the Commissioners undertook to employ the secondary education funds at their disposal in aid of the establishment and maintenance of a Girls' High School in Nelson. Since the close of the year a school building for this purpose has been completed, a staff of teachers appointed, and the work of the institution begun under encouraging circumstances. Correspondence relating to this subject is contained in the Appendix, page 106. In the report of the School Commissioners of Westland for 1881 it was stated that the sum of £1,195 10s. had been realized from the sale of lands at Kumara under the authority of "The Kumara Education Reserves Act, 1879," and had been placed at fixed deposit in the Bank of New Zealand until the 30th June, 1882, to enable the Commissioners to ascertain particulars as to a desirable investment. In their report for the past year the Commissioners state that the money had not yet been reinvested, the Commissioners not having met with an eligible investment. University Reserves. ■s. The proceeds of the lands reserved under " The University Endowment Act, 1868," for the purposes of higher education now amount to £483 3s. 10d., made up as follows : Auckland reserves, £75 ; Canterbury, £371 Is. 4d.; and Westland, £37 2s. 6d. The amount is at present held by the Treasury for appropriation as may be determined hereafter by the General Assembly. Native Schools. The nuntber of Native village schools open at the end of 1881 was 60, being an increase of 12 over the number in operation a year previously. In the course of the past year fully-equipped new schools were opened at Te Moari Kaeo,

Provincial Districts. Office Expenses and . Salaries. Expenses of Leasing: Auctioneers, Advertising, &c. Expended on Reserves: Surveys, Fencing, &c. Crown Grants and Law Expenses. Paid to Boards for Primary Education. Paid for Secondary Education. Sundries. Balances on 31st December. 18S2. Total. Auckland laranalii Wellington Eawke's Day ... Marlborougli Nelson Canterbury Westland Dtago £ s. A. 102 10 7 102 13 9 54 7 3 81 0 0 31 5 6 18 15 0 546 15 3 90 13 8 655 18 9 £ s. d. 28 9 0 14 16 G 30 19 5 18 3 10 £ s. a. 11 15 0 18 16 C £ s. cl. 34 10 1 12 11 4 £ s. a. 1,494 9 10 770 0 0 £ s. d. 414 1 6 4G0 0 0 £ s. d. 75 10 0 £ a. a. 1 £ 9. d. 793 11 4 2,954 17 4 270 5 l| 1,649 3 2 501 18 8; 587 5 10 1,201 14 2 2,388 6 9 206 18 6! 238 4 0 908 5 8' 1,439 10 0 282 11 5 10,836 4 9 1,151 9 0 1,314 2 7 10,452 6 9 5 2 4 0 0 G 82'"6 5 1,000 0 0 4 3 0 10 2 lj 25 3 0 282 10 4 414 7 2 376 0 1 1,095 12 S 31 6 0 13 16 11 24 1 2 508 G 4 9,700 0 0 7,948 18 8 265 10 0 445 0 1 33 0 0 0 5 0 Totals for 1882 Totals for 1881 1,683 19 9 1,654 4 5 1,208 10 2 447 10 8 121 7 10 143 14 4 21,421 14 10 23,928 13 8 1,584 12 1 2,073 11 4 108 15 6 248 8 7 5,316 13 10 31,8G0 1 2 4,542 11 9 33,414 14 5