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Table No. 2. Classified Summaey of Net Expenditure on Native Schools during 1897. £ s. a. Teachers'salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12,020 5 8 Teachers' allowances for special objects .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 305 2 4 Teachers' removal allowances .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 240 3 1 Books and school requisites .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 517 4 0 Planting sites .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 418 2 Repairs and small works .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 469 13 5 Musical instruments .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 25 12 9 Inspector's salary .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 450 0 0 Inspectors'travelling-expenses.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 285 10 4 Visits of Public School Inspectors—Subsidy to Auckland Education Board .. .. .. 150 0 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 81 7 6 Boarding-school fees and apprenticeship charges .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,735 7 0 Travelling-expenses of scholars sent to boarding-schools .. .. .. .. .. .. 55 6 7 University scholarships .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 66 13 4 Buildings, fencing, furniture, &c. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,335 6 2 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..£20,742 10 4 Note. —Of the above total, £44 12s. Id. was paid from Native reserves funds, and £1,000 from Civil List, Native Purposes.

Table No. 3. Ages of the Children on the Books of the Native Village Schools at 31st December, 1897.

Age. Boys. Girls. Total. Percentage. Inder five years .. 45 30 75 2-62 'ive and under ten years .. 786 655 1,441 50-31 'en and under fifteen years 649 547 1,196 41-76 'ifteen years and upwards 89 63 152 5-31 Totals 1,569 1,295 2,864 100-00