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TABLE No, 2. Classified Scmmauy of Net Expenditcbe on Native Schools during 1835. £ s. a. Village-school salaries .. .. •• ■• •• ■■ .... 10,169 1 1 Teachers' allowances for special objects .. .. .. ■• •■ •• 105 r> 1() Teacliers' removal allowances .. .. . ■ • • • • ■ • ■ • '— ■* " " Books and school requisites .. .. .. • • ■ ■ • • ■ • 886 4 10 Prizes for regular attendance .. .. .■ •• •• •■ •■ 127 18 4 Standard prizes .. .. .. ■ • ■ • • • • • ■ • 48 15 0 Bonus for passing higher standard .. .. .. • • • • • • 8 0 0 Planting sites Kepairs and small works .. .. .. •■ •■ ■■ •• -i!!' 10 7 Inspector .. .. .. •■ ■• •• •• ■■ ■• 500 0 0 Inspectors' travelling expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. •• '-i'-iO 1H 0 Travelling expenses of District Superintendents and other officers.. .. .. .. 47 11 9 Board of girls with teachers .. .. ■ • • • • • • • ■ ■ 14 0 0 Subsidies for games .. .. .. • • ■ • • ■ • • • ■ S 13 2 Subsidies for music .. .. .. •■ •• •• •• •• 10 4 0 Sundries (including sewing material, £127 Is. 8d., and deducting refunds for sawing material, £130 1.4s. 10d., and refund from To Makiirini Trustees, £12 2i. 01.).. • • • • ■ ■ 100 12 11 Boarding-schools, higher education, and apprenticeship .. •• ■■ •• 1,492 13 G Travelling expenses of scholars sent to boarding-schools.. .. •• •• •• 40 1 G Buildings, fencing, furniture, &c. .. .. •• •• ■• •• 4,235 12 11 School at Chatham Islands .. .. .. •- ■■ •• 182 11 8 ±18,255 8 2 Note. — 01 the above total, £211 9s. 9d. was paid from Native reserves funds, leaving a net Government expenditure of £18,043 18s. 5d.

TABLE No. 3. Ages of the Children on the Books of the Native Village Schools at 31st December, 1885.

Age. Boys. Girls. Total. Percentage. Jnder five years .. 37 36 73 3-38 'ivc and under ton years 6G5 518 1,183 54-74 'en and under fifteen years .. 457 348 805 37-ii5 'ifteen years and upwards .. 5G 44 100 4-63 Totals .. 215 910 2,101 10G-00