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IX

The annual reports of the Boards of Education are printed in the Appendix (pp. 63-96). Pages 4-5 of the Appendix show the receipts and expenditure of the several Boards for the year 1898, and Table N is an abstract of those accounts.

TABLE N.—Abstract of Receipts and Expenditure of Boards.

The greater part of the year's building vote was not distributed to the Boards until the beginning of 1899; but in Table O the amounts payable thereunder to the several Boards are included in the assets.

TABLE O.—Money Assets (and Deficits), December, 1898.

TABLE P.— Money Liabilities (and Balances), December, 1898.

ii—E. 1.

Dr. 'o Balance, 1st January, 1898.. Government grants— Maintenance Buildings Technical Reseives revenues Local receipts— Pees, donations, &c. Rents, sales, &c. Interest.. Refunds, deposits, &c. £ s. d. 14,317 17 3 396,114 6 11 64,733 2 6 2,557 13 8 38,023 15 4 6,312 18 1 1,308 18 5 96 7 4 266 2 2 Cr. £ s. d. By Boards'administration .. .. 12,649 0 6 Inspection and examination .. 13,076 16 11 Teachers' salaries and allowances, and training .. .. .. 366,207 5 5 Incidental expenses of schools .. 38,057 1 10 Scholarships .. .. .. 8,109 8 8 Manual and technical instruction .. 6,112 10 9 Interest .. .. .. .. 271 10 10 Buildings, sites, plans, &c. .. .. 52,719 18 4 Refunds and sundries .. .. 1,510 17 4 Balances.. .. .. .. 25,016 11 1 £523,731 1 8 £523,731 1 8

Due from Deficit on Account of Education Districts. Cash. Totals. Government, j Other Sources. Buildings. Other Purposes. & s. a. 3,921 1 4 946 7 8 5,502 2 6 402 12 10 4,876 5 8 £ s. d. 1,375 0 0 1,600 0 0 875 0 0 5,170 1 9 2,475 0 0 875 0 0 2,025 0 0 775 0 0 750 0 0 5,925 0 0 1,750 0 0 2,277 17 10 3,300 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d 2,020 9 11 £ a. d. £ s. d. 7,316 11 3 2,623 11 9 6,535 2 6 5,601 19 1 7,351 5 8 1,174 2 5 4,408 12 3 1,343 5 2 1,302 5 11 12,236 6 9 3,614 17 3 5,729 13 0 6,735 12 4 Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay .. Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 2,373 12 3 312 11 ' 7 499 9 3 5,315 16 2 1,600 11 4 24 10 0 158 0 0 32 0 0 10 0 0 17 0 0 26 0 0 470 12 4 52 14 1 29* 4 6 267 2 5 238 13 7 26 16 8 524 18 3 264 5 11 3,295 12 8 156*2 6 3,43512 4 Totals.. 29,186 2 11 29,172 19 7 894 4 10 2,020 9 11 4,699 8 1 65,973 5 4

Education Districts. Liabi Buildings. Liabilities (or ilities (or Balances for Other Purposes. Buildings. Other Purposes. Totals. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson £ s. d. 4,736 8 2 205 0 0 2,696 11 2 4,715 14 11 2,311 13 7 £ a. d. 1,038 17 6 874 11 9 408 8 6 651 19 1 652 1 9 299 2 5 339 9 1 255 13 7 52 16 8 6,079 5 9 1,214 7 0 3,679 13 0 730 18 0 £ a. d. 1,544 0 0 1,896 12 4 234 5 1 1,765 5 0 875 0 0 1,937 12 10 827 11 7 808 2 9 1,923 4 0 1,843 0 0 258 10 0 1,724 10 8 £ s. d. 1,541 5 7 1,53310 6 £ s. d. 7,316 11 3 2,623 11 9 6,535 2 6 5,601 19 1 7,351 5 8 1,174 2 5 4,408 12 3 1,343 5 2 1,302 5 11 12,236 6 9 3,614 17 3 5,729 13 0 6,735 12 4 2,622* 5 4 1,594 18 5 260 0 0 441 6 6 4,233 17 0 557 10 3 1,791 10 0 1,575 9 4 536 11 11 Grey Westland North Canterbury .. South Canterbury .. Otago Southland.. 2,704*14 4 Totals 25,119 19 4 16,277 4 1 15,637 14 3 8,938 7 8 65,973 5 4