B.—l.

TABLE P.—Money Liabilities (and Balances), December, 1892.

The Boards generally complain of the inadequacy of recent grants for schoolbuildings. Even in districts in which population is not rapidly increasing there is a constant shifting of population from the towns and older settlements to the interior. During 1892 the number of schools carried on in buildings not belonging to the Boards grew from 78 to 94, of schools without residences from 358 to 400, of schools with less than 8 square feet of floor-space for the unit of average attendance from 12 to 18, and of other schools with less than 10ft. from 48 to 59. On building accounts at the end of the year seven Boards had available balances amounting in all to £4,040 14s. lid., while the remaining six had incurred liabilities to the extent of £10,376 4s. lOd. in excess of the balances of their building funds.

TABLE Q. —Deficiency of School-Buildings.

The school-buildings vote of 1892 was distributed as follows : Auckland, £5,350; Taranaki, £850; Wanganui, £2,150; Wellington, £3,300; Hawke's Bay, £1,750; Marlborough, £600; Nelson, £1,500; Grey, £750; Westland, £750; North Canterbury, £4,800; South Canterbury, £1,350; Otago, £4,800; Southland, £2,050. Of scholarships granted by the Education Boards the number current at the end of 1892 was 260, and the expenditure on scholarship account during the year was £6,465 19s. 6d.

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Liabilities for Balances for Education Districts. Totals. Buildings. Other Purposes. Buildings. Other Purposes. £ s. d. 8,679 4 2 267 9 6 1,679 16 0 1,991 4 1 1,819 0 0 £ s. d. 5,964 17 8 684 2 0 1,034 9 8 3,915 0 0 750 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 5,041 15 1 157 5 11 £ s. d. 19,685 16 11 1,533 6 4 2,714 5 8 5,906 4 1 4,220 2 8 969 7 11 ! 3,726 3 8 296 1 6 726 0 6 i 9,739 9 0 2,960 5 9 6,010 18 4 5,558 17 4 Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson 424 8 11 1,651 2 8 571 3 5 1,099 5 8 17 15 5 504 5 0 29 4 8 190 5 6 2,676 8 4 1,493 15 2 85 2 0 65 19 0 6,222 3 5 1,319 17 7 200 0 0 574 12 8 398 4 6 628 17 10 163 19 5 469 16 0 Grey Westland North Canterbury .. South Canterbury .. Otago Southland 1,287*12 4 667 15 11 840 17 9 1,640 8 2 2,613 3 6 3,584 15 2 1,916 2 6 731 13 7 Totals 20,484 13 4 ! 64,053 0 2 22,309 19 2 4,040 14 11 17,217 12 9

Education Districts. i I Schools in Operation (omitting Schools not those with less belonging to than Ten Boards. Pupils each). Schools without Residences. Schools with less than 10 sq.ft. for each Child (but not less than 8 sq. ft.). Schools with less than 8 sq. ft. for each Child. Available in 1893. (Tables O and P.) Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington .. Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson 285 45 92 87 54 29 89 18 24 172 59 194 120 37 4 3 9 5 3 8 1 1 9 3 3 8 129 14 36 42 25 6 49 10 5 28 20 5 31 9 2 3 9 11 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 4 3 5 £ s. d. [-3,540 12 111 424 8 11 [-1,192 7 9] r-1,991 14 9] [-478 5 5] 398 4 6 628 17 10 163 19 5 469 16 0 1-3,020 5 6] r—152 18 7] 1,287 12 4 667 15 11 Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 1 6 10 1 Totals.. 1,268 94 400 59 I 18 4,040 14 11 [-10,376 4 10]