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Table No. 2. Classified Summaey of Net Expendituee on Native Schools during 1887. £ s. a. Village-school salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,589 19 8 Teachers' allowances for special objects .. .. .. .. .. .. 184 12 8 Teachers' removal allowances .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 334 0 5 Books and school requisites .. .. .. .. .. .. ~ 480 5 7 Prizes for regular attendance .. .. .. .. .. .. .. IGC 911 Standard prizes .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. 49 8 0 Prizes for passing final examination at boarding-schools .. .. .. .. .. 6 14 9 Planting sites .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 28 14 11 Eepairs and small works .. .. .. ~ .. .. .. 437 5 7 Inspector .. .. .. ~ .. ~ .. .. .. 500 0 0 District Superintendents .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 43 15 0 Inspectors' travelling expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 196 310 District Superintendents' travelling expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. 32 15 0 Board of girls with teachers .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 24 0 0 Subsidies for games .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20 16 9 Subsidies for music .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 22 10 1 Sundries (including sewing material, £214 7s. 7d., and deducting refunds for sewing material, £136 Is., and refund from Te Makarini Trustees, £17 Is.) .. .. .. .. .. 21G 19 4 Boarding-schools, higher education, and apprenticeship .. .. .. .. .. 1,716 18 4 Travelling expenses of scholars sent to boarding-schools .. .. .. .. .. 96 9 7 Buildings, fencing, furniture, &c. .. .. .. .. .. ~ .. 4,894 16 7 Grants to Education Boards out of Building Fund for mixed schools .. .. .. 762 12 7 School at Chatham Islands* .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 64 10 0 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. £21,869 18 7 * The first quarter of the year only. Now paid out of vote for public schools. Note.—Of the above total, £216 6s. 2d. was paid from Native reserve funds, leaving a net Government expenditure of £21,653 12s. sd.

Table No. 3. Ages of the Children on the Books of the Native Village Schools at 31st December, 1887.

Age. Boys. Girls. Total. Percentage. Under five years .. 38 34 72 273 Five and under ten years 770 014 1,384 52-60 len and under fifteen years .. G12 420 1,032 39-23 Fifteen years and upwards .. 90 S3 143 5-44 Totals.. 1,510 1,121 2,631 100-00