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Table No. 2. Classified Summary of Net Expenditure on Native Schools during 1895. £ s. a. Village-school salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 10,313 911 Teachers' allowances for special objects .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 207 15 7 Teachers' removal allowances .. .. .. .. .. • • .. . • . • 182 18 7 Books and school requisites .. .. .. .. .. • • .. .. .. 504 5 4 Planting sites .. .. .. .. .. .. .. -. .. .. 312 7 Repairs and small works .. .. .. ■ • .. ■ • •. .. ■. 732 17 10 Inspector .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 450 0 0 Inspectors'travelling-expenses.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 168 8 3 Visits of Public School Inspectors—Subsidy to Auckland Education Board .. .. .. 150 0 0 Cost of lantern lectures, and purchase of lantern and slides .. .. .. .. .. 203 7 5 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 52 17 2 Boarding-schools, high school fee, and apprenticeship .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,695 8 9 Travelling-expenses of scholars sent to boarding-schools .. .. .. .. .. .. 81 4 8 University scholarship .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 13 6 8 Buildings, fencing, furniture, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,077 10 10 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. £17,837 3 7 Note.—Of the above total, £80 11b. sd. was paid from Native reserves funds, and £432 9s. Bd. from Civil List, Native purposes.

Table No. 3. Ages of the Children on the Books of the Native Village Schools at 31st December, 1895.

Age. Boys. Girls. Total. Percentage. Under five years Five and under ten years .. 14 776 10 656 24 1,432 1,080 139 J 0-90 53-53 40-37 5-20 Fen and under fifteen years 604 476 Fifteen years and upwards 89 50 Totals 1,483 1,192 2,675 100-00