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Table No. 2. Classified Summary of Net Expenditure on Native Schools during 1894. £ s. a. Village-school salaries 9,494 2 10 Teachers' allowances for special objects 165 2 7 Teachers' removal allowances 119 13 9 Books and school requisites 353 14 2 Planting sites . 6 3 0 Eepairs and small works , 617 8 11 Inspector 450 0 0 Inspectors' travelling expenses 241 13 10 Visits of Public School Inspectors—Subsidy to Auckland Education Board 150 0 0 Cost of lantern lectures 161 6 4 Sundries 83 11 8 Boarding-schools and apprenticeship .. 1,586 0 9 Travelling expenses of scholars sent to boarding-schools .. 61 6 10 Buildings, fencing, furniture, &c. 1,899 6 9 Total .. £15,389 11 5 Note.—Of the above total, £88 ss. 9d. was paid from Native reserves funds, leaving a net Government expenditure of £15,301 ss. Bd.

Table No. 3. Ages of the Children on the Books of the Native Village Schools at 31st December, 1894.

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Age. Boys. Girls. Total. Percentage. Jnder five years 26 22 48 1-98 and under ten years 686 574 1,260 52-11 'en and under fifteen years 541 447 988 40-86 'ifteen years and upwards 76 46 122 5-05 Totals 1,329 1,089 2,418 100-00