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Table S.— Summary of School Commissioners' Accounts— continued.

The payments made to Education Boards out of the proceeds from education reserves in 1900 amounted to £41,258 os. 3d. The revenues of the Boards are not, however, increased thereby, as equal amounts are deducted from the , capitation grants due to the Boards. The payments for secondary education from reserves under the control of the School Commissioners amounted to £3,930 16s. lid. Native Schools. The number of Maori village schools in operation at the end of 1900 was eighty-nine, one more than the number open in December, 1899. The number of children on the rolls of these schools as on the 31st December, 1900, was 3,109, or forty-four more than at the end of the previous year. The average weekly roll-number for 1900 was almost identical with that for 1899, the excess for the former year being less than two. Regularity of attendance declined from 77 - 95 per cent, in 1899 to 768 per cent, in 1900. In 1898 it was 79-5 per cent. The number of predominantly Maori children attending Maori village schools, as at the end of 1900, was 2,482, compared with 2,4.51 for 1899. The corresponding numbers for half-castes and children predominantly European were, for 1900, 280 and 347 respectively; for 1899 the numbers were 302 and 312 respectively. The principal change, then, in the matter of race is that the ratio of half-castes to Maoris has sensibly diminished, as has that of half-castes to Europeans. Of the new schools opened, two seem likely to be very successful. One of these is at Touwai, a few miles from Whangaroa, and the other is at Tapuaeharuru, at the head of Lake Rotoiti. Touwai provides school accommodation for an interesting settlement in the middle of a considerable gum district; Tapuaeharuru depends on the population scattered round those portions of Lake Rotoiti that are somewhat remote from Lake Rotorua. The other schools opened in 1900 are at Okoha, Pelorus Sound, an assisted school; at Paparore, near the Awanui, Mangonui, an experimental school; and at Tapuwae, near Motukaraka, Hokianga, a half-time school. At the beginning of the current year two schools

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Expenditure for the Year 1900. Provincial Districts. Expanses Expenses Paia for Paia for Investments B o a^° s f Expenses Expenses Pl . imary Secondary and De £mw SaUries. Management Education. Education. Befunds. Deo "J bel> Total. lUekland 'aranaki Vellington lawke's Bay .. larlborougb. .. <Telson Vestland Canterbury )tago £ s. d. 158 8 3 170 11 9 403 0 5 108 15 0 25 14 5 50 14 6 31 12 8 549 2 8 873 9 7 £ s. d. 407 19 5 322 16 8 268 14 6 147 15 7 1 18 0 41 12 6 80 14 0 287 3 5 480 1 5 ■£ s. d. 2,400 0 0 2,500 0 0 3,000 0 0 2,750 0 0| 150 0 01 1,000 0 0| £ s. d. 300 0 0 500 0 0 750 0 0, 634 8 3 497 6 8 288 0 0! 400 o o: £ s. d. 35 14 0 132 16 9 30 9 0 £ s. d. 1,666 6 11 716 6 7 190 9 0 3,515 13 7 236 10 1 56 9 10 299 3 9 950 17 10 11,100 14 0 £ s. d. 4,968 8 7 4,342 11 9 4,642 12 11 7,156 12 5 911 9 2 1,436 16 10 811 10 5 17,587 3 11 33,404 1 2 •• 15,800 0 0i 13,658 0 3 56012 0 |6,73l"3 11 Totals for 1900 .. Totals for 1899 .. 2,371 9 3 2,394 6 0 2,038 15 6 2,613 9 5 41,258 0 3 40,354 18 10 3,930 6 11 4,016 7 10 6,930 3 8 5,684 6 8 18,732 11 7 19,795 4 4 75,261 7 2 74,858 13 1 -ssets and Liabi ilities, 31st D< :ember, 1909. Provincial Districts. Balances of Arrears of Kei Accounts. due. nt Total Ass. t ■' Amoun ns - Capital :s due to Account. Other Liabilities. Balance of Assets, Auckland .. Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury.. Otago £ s. d. 1,666 6 11 716 6 7 190 9 0 3,515 13 7 236 10 1 56 9 10 299 3 9 950 17 10 43,336 12 8 £ s. d. 1,399 14 7 377 0 2 38 10 11 474 16 4 109 11 0 292 2 8 31 8 3 2,450 9 11 4,897 15 4 £ s d 3,066 1 6 1,093 6 9 228 19 11 3,990 9 11 346 1 1 348 12 6 330 12 0 3,401 7 9 48,234 8 0 £ s. d. 1,537 11 2 : 237 3 7 88 13 2 3,160 6 1 £ s. d. 43 16 0 £ s. d. 1,484 14 4 856 3 2 140 6 9 830 3 10 346 1 1 348 12 6 330 12 0 3,104 11 10 5,430 5 4 251 15 11 39,886 4 8 45 0 0 2,917 18 0 Totals for 1900.. Totals for 1899.. 50,968 10 3 48,034 11 2 10,071 9 2 11,052 17 7 61,039 19 5 59,087 8 9 45,161 14 7 45,239 12 1 3,006 14 0 1,611 17 2 12,871 10 10 I 12,235 19 6