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Return showing Approximate Value of School Buildings, &c., in each Education District. (Compiled from information supplied by the several Education Boards.)

Note.— The Education Department is not responsible for the valuations made by the Education Boards. These valuations have had to be accepted as correct, but there is no guarantee that any uniform method had been adopted in fixing the several approximate values.

By Authority : Gbobgb Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBBs.

Area and approximate Value of other Land (not included in preceding column) held for purposes of Teachers' Dwellings, Gardens, Paddocks, &c. (Fencing not included in preceding column to be included in Valuation.) Soi re School Statistic! for Last Quarter of .884. Education Boards. School Buildings {i.e., Buildings used for School Purposes), including Outhouses and Caretakers' Eesidences (if any). School Furniture and Fittings, including Maps, Gymnastic Apparatus, and ali Appliances whatever. Teachers' Dwellings, including Outhouses. Area and approximate Value of all Lands held for use as School Sites and Playgrounds. (Fencing to be included in Valuation.) Total of all the preceding Columns. Average Daily Attendance. Number of Teachers and Pupilteachers, exclusive of Sewing Teachers. Number of Schools in Operation. Ol 5-C Prr£ '■Bsa° OSA2-S* II ci--, u O ft'S.Q ft Number of dences the Property of the Boards. Number of Caretakers' Besri, dences includ'd in preceding. Area. Value. Area. Value. Area. Value. Auckland £ s. d. 83,932 2 6 £ s. d. 10,763 0 8 £ s. a. 28,289 10 0 A. E. P. 779 0 21 £ s. d. 41,928 2 0 A. B. P. 310 2 37 £ s. d. 3,420 15 0 A. B. P. 1,089 3 18 £ s. d. 168,333 10 2 14,6S6 537 201 167 112 1 Taranaki 9,076 0 0 1,278 15 1 2,739 0 0 68 1 29 835 10 0 6 2 7 718 10 0 74 3 36 14,647 15 1 1,548 62 36 33 21 Wanganui 20,520 0 0 2,550 17 6 7,705 0 0 136 2 34 6,431 0 0 14 0 27 562 0 0 150 3 21 37,768 17 6 4,278 132 74 66 55 1 Wellington 26,493 15 0 2,401 18 5 6,018 0 0 49 2 3 18,925 6 5 37 1 0 1,431 0 0 86 3 3 55,319 19 10 5,678 182 57 52 31 1 Hawke's Bay .. 16,935 0 0 3,155 0 0 4,705 0 0 57 0 3 6,479 0 0 6 2 0 610 0 0 63 2 3 31,884 0 0 3,281 105 37 32 25 1 Marlborough 6,540 0 0 146 10 0 2,325 0 0 27 3 0 2,296 10 0 22 0 370 0 0 30 1 0 11,678 0 0 1,106 45 29 22 15 Nelson 19,966 0 0 2,082 4 0 5,359 0 0 103 2 18 3,349 10 0 48 1 15 627 10 0 151 3 33 31,384 4 0 3,641 134 82 72 33 North Canterbury 124,871 0 0 7,585 4 0 40,643 0 0 448 1 27 40,378 0 0 20 0 16 1,986 0 0 468 2 3 215,463 4 0 14,210 470 146 140 137 9 South Canterbury 22,209 0 0 2,825 10 0 9,230 0 0 194 3 7 6,710 10 0 120 3 11 1,884 10 0 315 2 18 42,859 10 0 3,220 109 45 43 31 2 Westland 10,635 0 0 1,024 16 0 875 0 0 55 1 10 680 15 0 3 10 93 0 0 58 2 10 13,308 11 0 1,408 48 19 18 10 Grey .. 7,900 0 0 830 0 0 795 0 0 35 0 20 1,630 0 0 0 2 16 40 0 0 35 2 36 11,195 0 0 965 32 16 15 5 1 Otago 100,580 0 0 5,460 0 0 30,509 0 0 229 2 1 28,977 0 0 805 3 18 10,449 0 0 1,035 1 19 175,975 0 0 17,915 458 166 161 167 9 Southland. 17,103 16 8 2,147 1 0 11,435 3 4 353 3 8 5,126 13 0 148 2 13 2,557 10 0 502 1 21 38,370 4 0 4,896 133 79 75 63 Totals 466,761 14 2 42,250 16 8 150,627 13 4 2,539 0 21 163,747 16 5 1,525 1 0 24,799 15 0 4,004 1 21 848,187 15 7 76,832 2,447 987 896 710 25