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TABLE P.—Money Liabilities (and Balances), December, 1890.
Efforts have been made to ascertain the real wants of the several districts with respect to school buildings, and to get such information as would render it possible to distinguish between the necessities that are really pressing and others that are less urgent. In reply to a circular issued in February, the Boards have sent in estimates amounting to about £S)0*,000, but in some cases' the required distinctions with respect to degrees of urgency are not clearly made, and further correspondence must take place before a general statement of a satisfactory kind can be prepared. The following table (Q), compiled from the annual returns made by the Boards, affords information with respect to deficiencies of accommodation in places where schools are already established: —
TABLE Q. —Deficiency of School Buildings.
It will be seen that, apart from the prospect of new settlement, much remains to be done to put existing schools upon a satisfactory footing. There are 73 overcrowded schools, 71 schools meeting in rooms that are not public property, and 329 schools to which masters' residences are not attached. Schools with average attendance below 10 are not reckoned in this statement. The sum voted for public-school buildings last year was ,£35,000, and distribution was made to the Boards as follows : Auckland, £6,100; Taranaki, £700 ; Wanganui, £2,300 ; Wellington, £3,000 ; Hawke's Bay, £2,850 ; Marlborough, £700; Nelson, £2,200; Grey, £890; Westland, £603; North Canterbury, £5,050; South Canterbury, £1,800; Otago, £5,500; Southland, £2,400. In this distribution some favour was shown to the smallest districts, and to districts in which settlement is making rapid progress. The number of scholarships granted by Educations Boards under the 51st section of " The Education Act, 1877," and the expenditure on this account, have slightly declined during the year. The scholarships vary in annual value from £52 10s. to £4. Particulars are given in Table B.
iial ;ies for lances tor Education Districts. Buildings. Other Purposes. Buildiugs. Other Purposes. Totals. Auckland .. Earanaki Wanganui.. Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson £ s. d. 4,512 8 0 30 0 0 1,089 10 4 0,373 8 10 £ s. a. 4,978 2 9 & s. a. £ s. d. t £ s. d. 0,250 4 10 I 15,770 15 7 206 15 4 ■ 871 15 4 1,860 5 6 : 5,125 10 11 2,750 16 5 9,594 14 0 1,138 12 1 3,734 7 6 457 10 11 : 1,393 12 1 1,292 8 11 * 4,668 4 3 1,300 14 7 720 13 2 2,173 4 11 7,209 11 0 1,503 0 10 : 2,144 19 6 7,204 15 9 9,925 8 3 1,930 13 10 5,321 17 11 1,311 3 7 170 8 9 134 10 0 80 0 0 1,543 10 1 410 14 7 37 15 5 2,388 14 6 035' 0 0 864 11 6 2,461 5 5 ji ey Westland .. North Canterbury .. South Canterbury .. Dtago Southland.. 856 1 2 160 9 11 587 19 3 04 14 8 2,272 15 2 1,671 9 4 302 0 9 624 3 1 374 16 11 641 12 8 2,06012 0 491 11 5 623' 5 7 2,276' 7 1 Totals 19,129 11 3 11,978 11 3 9,851 6 9 26,828 15 4 67,788 4 7
Education Districts. Schools in Operation (omitting those with less than Ten Pupils each). Schools not belonging to Boards. Schools without Residences. Schools with less than 10 sq. ft. for each Child (but more than 8 sq. ft.). Schools with less than 8 sq.ft. for each Child. Available in 1891. (Tables O and P.) Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington .. Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson 246 39 86 79 47 24 91 20 28 163 56 193 107 29 1 3 10 3 2 5 102 12 23 40 18 3 48 8 11 17 14 4 29 9 3 2 4 10 5 2 1 1 3 1 6 5 3 7 1 1 1 1 £ s. d. [-1,850 9 0] 635 0 0 864 11 6 [-5,237 11 1] 2,461 5 5 [-156 1 2] 1,671 9 4 302 0 9 624 3 1 374 16 11 641 12 8 [-2,988 4 6] 2,276 7 1 Grey Westland North CanterburySouth Canterbury Otago Southland 4 5 2 7 1 3 1 Totals.. 1,179 71 329 52 21 9,851 6 9 |f-10,232 5 9]