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Table No. 2. Classified Summary of Net Expenditure on Native Schools during 1893. £ s. a. Village-school salaries 8,54118 1 Teachers' allowances for special objects . . 107 17 3 Teachers' removal allowances 75 17 3 Books and school requisites .. 366 3 3 Planting sites 2 19 6 Eepairs and small works 410 18 4 Inspector 450 0 0 Inspectors' travelling expenses 211 6 10 Visits of Public School Inspectors—Subsidy to Auckland Education Board 112 10 0 Cost of lantern lectures .-. .. 13 15 4 Sundries 73 10 5 Boarding-schools and apprenticeship 1,402 4 10 Travelling expenses of scholars sent to boarding-schools .. 49 17 1 Buildings, fencing, furniture, &c. 669 13 7 Total £12,488 11 9 Note.—Of the above total, £83 ss. 6d. was paid from Native reserves funds, leaving a net Government expenditure of £12,405 6s. 3d.

Table No. 3. Ages of the Children on the Books of the Native Village Schools at 31st December, 1893.

Age. Boys. Girls. Total. Percentage. Under five years . 20 13 33 1-55 Five and under ten years 599 538 1,137 53-28 Ten and under fifteen years 491 392 883 41-38 Fifteen years and upwards 51 30 81 3-79 Totals 1,161 973 2,134 100-00