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E.—l.

The capitation grants are paid to the Boards monthly, in strict accordance with the ascertained average daily attendance of the preceding three months, as shown by the summary statements of the quarterly attendance furnished by the Boards in terms of the Order in Council of the 28th May, 1878. In the Appendix a general statement of the income and expenditure of each Board for the year follows its report. Tables Nos. 1 and 2 contain summaries of the accounts of the different Boards. Table No. 9 (pp. 9-44) shows the expenditure for the year in each school district for teachers' salaries and allowances, for other ordinary current charges, and for buildings, sites, furniture, apparatus, &c. A summary of the Boards' income and expenditure for the past year, and for each of the six preceding years, is contained in Tables El and F2, which show accounts for the period of seven years during which the schools have been maintained by grants from the colonial revenue : — TABLE El.—Summaby op Boabds' Income. Principal Heads. Year 1877. Year 1878. Year 1879. Year 1880. Year 1881. Year 1882. Year 1883. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. Balance Ist Jan., 1877.. 32,490 7 6 Parliamentary grants,— Maintenance .. 157,392 15 10 216,666 4 0 217,876 2 0 241,555 14 0 233,587 0 9 250,853 10 9 266,967 12 11 Buildings .. .. 46,812 7 6 101,257 211 150,581 4 7 104,436 16 8 64,318 0 0 45,265 10 9 83,322 10 9 Education reserves .. 16,604 4 3 8,862 3 9 21,330 7 1 19,749 0 4 23,533 6 7 21,258 13 4 24,714 18 9 Local receipts,— School fees, &c. .. "41,955 11 4 3,005 0 6 1,799 5 9 924 8 6 1,415 8 5 2,354 13 6 1,22113 6 Porbuildings .. 1,190 7 1 1,284 14 3 1,231 7 9 1,965 12 3 599 1 2 1,41110 0 2,155 1 2 Interest .. .. .. .. 3,048 17 2 1,739 5 0 380 0 0 439 3 5 858 4 0 Ordinary income.. 296,445 13 6 331,075 5 5 395,867 4 4 370,370 16 9 323,832 16 11321,583 1 9 379,240 1 1 Deposits, refunds, &c. .. 2,798 10 11 6,361 1 4 2,708 13 10 2,893 9 5 2,269 811 5,425 11 9 2,886 13 5 Total receipts .. 299,244 4 5 337,436 6 9 398,575 18 2 373,264 6 2 326,102 510 327,008 13 6 382,126 14 6 Add—Public libraries .. .. .. +6,179 2 1 4,945 8 0 453 10 9 258 13 5 230 10 9 Secondary schools} .. 9,025 7 5 .. ■ .. Balances, Ist Jan. .. .. 23,323 0 9 58,173 311 42,437 1 6 32,419 10 9 37,400 15 9 11,532 15 4 Totals .. .. 308,269 1110 360,759 7 6 462,928 4 2 420,646 15 8358,975 7 4364,668 2 8393,890 0 7 * Including sums raised by School Committees and expended on education without going through the Boards' books, as follows: New Plymouth, £750 Is.; Hawke's Bay, £814 4s. 5d.; Otago, £20,828 3s. 2d. t Including balances excluded from summaries of former years. J The Auckland College and Grammar School and the Otago High School were under the charge of the Education Boards during the year 1877. TABLE P2. —Summaby op Boabds' Expenditube. Principal Heads. Year 1877. Year 1878. Year 1879. Year 1880. Year 1881. Year 1882. Year 1883. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a. Management by Boards 10,484 14 10 10,225 12 2 11,109 810 10,037 17 6 8,109 6 91 8,458 16 10 9,662 12 9 Inspection and examination .. .. 5,606 19 7 6,142 14 5 7,735 4 0 8,273 13 9 8,387 15 4 9,115 16 7 9,866 11 8 Maintenance of schools* 173,726 9 7 192,736 19 7 221,053 4 0 247,121 3 5 243,257 3 6 258,683 3 0 272,484 9 3 School buildings .. 80,35116 9 89,255 3 7 172,867 14 3 117,410 110 58,254 12 6 71,852 4 9 86,748 13 0 Ordinary expenditure 270,170 0 9 298,360 9 9 412,765 11 1 382,842 16 6318,008 18 1348,110 1 2370,762 6 8 Eefunds and advances .. 3,610 8 4 4,225 13 10 1,65111 0 726 7 0 2,01115 10 5,001 4 9 2,077 9 9 Total expenditure .. 273,780 9 1 302,586 3 7 414,417 2 1 383,569 3 6 320,020 13 11353,111 5 11380,839 16 5 Add—Public libraries .. .. .. 6,074 0 7 4,658 1 5 1,553 17 8 24 1 5 42 12 6 Secondary .schools .. 11,166 2 0 .. .. Balances, 31st Dec. + .. 23,323 0 9 58,173 311 42,437 1 6 32,419 10 9 37,400 15 9 11,532 15 4 13,007 11 8 Totals .. .. 308,269 11 10 360,759 7 6 462,928 4 2 420,646 15 8 358,975 7 4 1 364,668 2 8 393,890 0 7 1 I . * Maintenance includes teachers' salaries and allowances, grants to Committees and schools, scholarships, training, fire insurance, &c. + Deducting overdrafts. Table No. 3 of the Appendix has been compiled from the Boards' returns with the view of showing the amounts expended by the several Boards on management and on school inspection, including the examination of pupil-teachers. In this table the moneys expended by the Boards on management are classified as follows : Office staff, exclusive of Inspectors, £5,646 14s. sd. ; allowances to members of Boards, £883 7s. 9d.; office rent, furniture, repairs, &c, £397 75.; fuel, light, and cleaning, £230 ss. 5d.; law expenses, £276 6s. 4d.; printing, £851 lis. 9d.; advertising, £676 3s. 3d. ; stationery, £399 6s. 9d.; sundries, including stamps, £301 10s. Id. : total, £9,662 12s. 9d. The amounts expended on allowances to members of Boards are not all in proportion to the extent of the several Board districts. For example, the amount paid under this head by the Auckland Board