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TABLE O.— Money Assets (and Deficits), December, 1897.

TABLE P.—Money Liabilities (and Balances), December, 1897.

On their General Account, as distinguished from their Building Account, the balances of eleven of the Boards amounted to .£18,768 13s. Id., and only two Boards —Grey and North Canterbury —showed a deficit in this respect. Seven Boards showed deficits amounting to £11,043 12s. Bd. for building purposes, and there were only six Boards that could show balances available on that account, such balances amounting altogether to £4,019 ss. 3d. Taking both the Building Account and the General Account into consideration, the Boards whose assets are outweighed by their liabilities are Grey, North Canterbury, and Otago, the adverse balances being very small in each case (Grey, £74; North Canterbury, £375; and Otago, £80). The vote for school buildings in special settlements has not'yet been allotted, but the Boards have been invited to make known their wants in this respect, and distribution will shortly be made. Table Q shows that even in the case of schools already in operation the full number of schoolhouses and masters' dwellings is still far from being provided for, and that there are some overcrowded schools.

TABLE Q.- Deficiency of School Buildings.

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Due from ici; on .ccoum Education Districts. Cash. Government. Other Sources. Buildings. Other Purposes. Totals. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay .. Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland £ a. d. 3,419 7 10 1,311 4 10 1,311 15 11 1,001 1 6 4,355 13 11 35 15 2 1,968 3 9 £ s. d. 4,200 0 0 1,600 0 0 1,900 0 0 5,000 0 0 2,500 0 0 375 0 0 1,000 0 0 525 0 0 750 0 0 £, s. d. 17 0 0 7 10 0 £ s. d. 771 10 6 '& s. d. £ s. d." 8,407 18 4 2,918 14 10 3,314 18 3 8,374 16 8 6,855 13 11 1,442 9 10 2,968 3 9 704 2 3 852 19 4 6,406 17 1 2,384 4 0 6,941 1 4 6,546 0 10 103 io 0 103' 2 4 2,270 5 2 1,03114 8 15 0 0 12 0 0 5 12 0 131 17 10 107 13 11 164 2 3 90 19 4 5,907 11 6 1,143 5 0 750 0 0 2,161 6 7 2,000 0 0 359 1 2 4,672 0 10 1,835 18 0 493 13 7 2,710 2 10 Totals.. 23,255 1 7 22,761 6 7 400 3 9 11,043 12 8 657 15 10 58,118 0 5

Education Districts. Liabi Buildings. Liabilities for ilities for Other Purposes. Bala Buildings. Balances for ances for Other Purposes. Totals. Auckland .. Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson £ s. a. 3,333 7 6 350 0 0 744 8 10 7,373 15 2 2,235 2 0 £ s. d. 2,293 17 4 953 18 10 381 0 6 662 9 0 1,596 5 7 £ s. d. 1,591 9 11 £ s. d. 2,780 13 6 23 6 1 2,189 8 11 338 12 . .6 2,275 8 5 1,442 9 10 1,008 7 4 & s. d. 8,407 18 1 2,918 14 10 3,314 18 3 8,374 16 8 6,855 13 11 1,442 9 10 2,968 3 9 704 2 3 852 19 i 6,406 17 1 2,384 i 0 6,941 1 i 6,546 0 10 748 17 11 Grey Westland North Canterbury .. South Canterbury .. Otago Southland.. 128 8 3 434 14 4 60 0 0 3,175 18 5 1,060 10 0 179 2 3 35 14 0 3,112 5 10 1,252 5 11 163 0 0 645 11 8 770 18 2 90 5 8 699 0 9 118 12 10 58* 4 7 2,185 18 9 2,972 7 11 1,131 18 1 4,592 2 7 2,928 1 3 Totals 22,994 1 2 12,336 0 11 4,019 5 3 18,768 13 1 58,118 0 5

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 not less than 8 sq. ft.). Schools with less than 8 sq. It. for each Child. Available in 189S for Buildings. (Tables 0 and P.) Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 343 58 126 119 66 32 98 23 22 178 66 214 139 42 3 7 12 10 2 15 116 18 48 74 25 8 48 11 6 32 16 10 25 9 2 2 8 1 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 1 £ s. dT 771 10 6 1,591 9 11 103 2 4 2,270 5 2 748 17 11 1,031 14 8 770 18 2 90 5 8 699 0 9 118 12 10 359 1 2 4,672 0 10 1,835 18 0 4 12 4 4 10 4 8 " Totals lot } 897 .. Totals for 1896 .. 1,484 1,458 125 123 137 391 41 50 10 10 Net 7,024 7 5 » 5,991 12 3