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Table No. 4. Income of the several Education Boards for the Year 1897. (Compiled from the Statements of Accounts attached to the Boards' Reports.)

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From Government. From Local Sources. Education Districts. Balances, 1st January, 1897. For Maintenance, Inspection, Training, and Scholarships. For Buildings and Playgrounds. For Manual and Total from Technical Government. Instruction. Fees for Dis- Donations, Rents trictHigh Subscriptions, Saleof( 5 ld Total from KSS££ Interest B Sources. Training, &e. on Bequest. From Education Reserves. Interest. Refunds, Deposits, &c. Overdrafts, 31st December, 1897. Total. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.j £ s. a. £ s. d.l £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. d. £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.j £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 2,940 12 1 86,143 1 11 12,591 8 0 16 0 5 98,750 10 4 30 0 0 168 7 5 198 7 5 1,788 4 8 16 16 9 103,694 11 3 Taranaki 1,042 7 1 11,366 19 2 1,940 0 0 13,306 19 2 9 2 6 49 6 0 58 8 6 1,362 14 11 0 6 11 15,770 16 7 Wanganui 1,586 0 0 30,403 13 2 4,268 13 3 265 19 3 34,938 5 8 92 14 0 467 U 8 I 142 4 9 702 10 5 1,810 7 10 8 0 0 3 12 0 39,048 15 11 Wellington ... 43,035 16 2 6,060 0 0 435 0 11 49,530 17 1 906 11 9 62 0 9 152 17 7 1,121 10 1 1,426 17 4 118 8 1 5,242 4 11 57,439 17 6 Hawke's Bay 4,083 19 0 21,885 7 2 3,060 0 0 24,945 7 2 383 14 6j 48 4 2 3 0 0 434 18 8i 2,717 13 0 32,181 17 10 Marlborough ... 241 7 4 6,996 5 0 1,430 0 0 8,426 5 0 8 10 2 11 0 10 12 0 100 0 0 3 7 0 8,781 11 4 Nelson ... 1,264 16 2 18,598 7 1 2,050 0 0 ... 20,648 7 1 9 10 8 9 10 8 856 10 0 22 0 0 6 6 6 22,807 10 5 Grey ... 5,474 1 2 1,120 0 0 36 14 7 6,630 15 9 1 82 0 0 *60 0 0 142 0 0 110 0 0 513 16 7 7,396 12 4 Westland 5,221 17 0 750 0 0 75 16 10 6,047 13 10 249 6 9 *72 10 0 3 0 0 324 16 9j 4 0 0 3 12 6 6,380 3 1 North Canterbury 3,620 18 9 57,148 3 8 8,780 0 0 242 13 9 66,170 17 5 ! 97 16 0 227 15 0 69 4 0 394 15 0 12,470 19 3 45 10 6 I 82,703 0 11 South Canterbury 720 19 9 15,113 7 2 1,686 0 0 ... 16,799 7 2 187 15 0 31 12 6 156 1 6 375 9 0 2,912 10 9 176 13 1 20,984 19 9 Otago ... ... r i 76 9 i 61,710 3 9 9,320 0 0 81 3 3 74,111 7 0 567 7 1 242 6 7 42 13 8 852 7 4j 9,461 1 3 32 8 3 16 0 2,102 11 1 86,637 10 4 Southland 1,921 8 11 27,261 11 10 4,471 0 0 31,732 11 10 i 32 11 0! 60 17 9 93 8 9 3,836 2 9 108 15 0 14 14 9 37,707 2 0 Totals for 1897 , i 17,498 18 6 57,527 1 3 452,039 4 6 2,567 5 1 I 1,291 15 2 : 859 14 4 ! 4,718 14 7 38,857 1 9 175 2 8 386 14 8 7,858 12 7 521,534 9 393,358 14 3 1,153 9 0 Totals for 1896 ; 53,851 15 3 388,702 0 8 4,957 1 8 393,H59 2 4 2,097 11 2 944 14 7 580 4 11 3,622 10 8 37,196 6 7 148 12 2 160 3 9 5,497 0 3 494,135 11 i . I Difference ... • -36,352 16 9 4,656 13 7 52,569 19 7j 1,153 9 Oi 58,380 2 2 ! 469 13 11 347 0 7 279 9 5 1,096 3 11> 1,660 15 2 26 10 6 226 10 11 2,361 12 4 27,398 18 * Grant from High School Board.