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General Statemene of Eeceipts and Bxpendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1902. Receipts. Expenditure. £ s. d. Credit balance at beginning of year— £ s. d. Office Staff—Salaries .. .. .. 924 0 0 On Building Account.. .. .. 459 13 1 Departmental contingencies .. .. COO 10 9 On General Account .. .. .. 1,953 15 4 Inspectors' salaries, travelling - expenses, Government grant for buildings.. .. 5,295 19 11 stationery, &c. .. .. .. 1,578 18 10 Other receipts for buildings— Truant Officer's salary and expenses .. 169 0 3 Sale of old material .. .. .. 15 1 2 Examination of pupil-teachers .. .. 51 8 3 Refund of cost of articles lost or damaged i Scholarships — during Cadets' stay, Boyal visit .. 3 16 Paid to scholars .. .. .. 1,122 510 Contractors' deposits.. .. .. 183 8 0 Examination expenses .. .. 61 5 9 Other grants from Government— Training of teachers .. .. .. 1,539 13 3 Capitation for relieving-teachers .. 354 5 7 Teachers' salaries .. .. .. 56,576 7 0 Allowance, £250, and capitation at Teachers' house allowances .. .. 449 12 11 lls. 3d. .. .. .. 9,562 6 7 Pupil-teachers' lodging allowances .. 91 15 9 Addition to statutory capitation, 1901 .. 917 16 2 Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 6,192 4 8 Salaries and allowances of teachers and School Buildings— pupil-teachers— New buildings .. .. .. 1,100 10 7 Net amount paid by Government .. 43,585 2 7 Improvements of buildings .. .. 4,106 16 6 Paid by School Commissioners .. 13,382 18 5 Furniture and appliances .. .. 252 8 2 Scholarship grant at ]s. 6d. .. .. 1,227 16 4 Sites .. .. .. .. 22 12 6 District High Schools—Capitation .. 143 10 0 Plans, supervision, and fees .. .. 513 9 5 Grant for training of teachers .. 500 0 0 Manual and technical instruction— Manual and technical instruction— Salaries .. .. .. .. 47 1 0 Capitation for — Travelling expenses of instructors .. 16 4 2 School classes .. .. .. 284 13 0 Instruction of teachers .. .. 279 17 8 Special classes— Capitation paid to managers of associated Continuation .. .. .. 2 2 9 j classes .. .. .. .. 261 11 3 Manual and technical instruction 191 19 0 i Buildings .. .. .. .. 46 17 8 Grants for— Apparatus .. .. .. .. 285 6 9 Buildings .. .. .. 83 0 0 Material .. .. .. .. 94 410 Apparatus .. .. .. 274 11 0 Rent .. .. .. .. 20 0 0 Instruction of teachers .. .. 207 10 0 Incidentals .. .. .. .. 8 10 Subsidy on voluntary contributions .. 85 0 0 Contribution and pound-for-pound subsidy 170 0 0 District High School fees .. .. 610 0 j Other expenses— Other receipts for manual and technical in- Contractors'deposits.. .. .. 154 6 6 struction — Exchange .. .. .. .. 24 3 3 Fees .. .. .. .. 18 7 9 Gammack Scholarships .. .. 222 110 Voluntary contributions .. .. 85 0 0 Military drill expenses .. .. 13 6 6 Other receipts .. .. .. 9 4 2 Costs Stewart's Appeal Case .. .. 4 4 0 Other receipts— Reserve 56 and 777, exchange, and asAkaroa High School Board grant .. 100 0 0 phalting footpaths .. .. .. 210 6 Rent of buildings and sites .. .. 15 9 0 Encouragement of swimming .. .. 33 11 6 Rent of reserves .. .. .. 18 5 6 Credit balance at end of year, viz.— Truancy Officer, S.M. Court fees .. 36 5 6 On General Account ".. £2,450 14 11 Refunds from School Committees .. 16 8 6 On Deposit Account .. 79 16 0 Sundries .. .. .. .. 010 o'. On Building Account, Dr. 247 9 5 Gammack Scholarships .. .. 200 0 0 2,283 1 6 £79,219 10 10 £79,219 10 10 G. A. C. Hardy, Chairman. H. C. Lane, Secretary. Examined and found correct.—J. K. Wabbubton, Controller and Auditor-General.

REPORT ON NORMAL SCHOOL. The students' department opened the year with twenty-eight new students. Of these six were males and twenty-two females, one of whom was readmitted after having withdrawn in the previous year. Three second-year students were retained—viz., two females and one male, the latter of whom withdrew early in the year. One honorary student of the previous year also continued for this year. Of those who entered, three already had the full D certificate, and eight others had either partial Dor some exemptions towards D. Eleven had passed the Matriculation Examination. At the end of the year nineteen sat for Matriculation, of whom seventeen passed, including one who repeated the examina ion to secure the D certificate; and three of those who had matriculated before entering passed Canterbury College first year. At the certificate examination twenty-six were presented, either for the whole examination or for some uncompleted parts ; the nineteen who had sat for Matriculation relying partly on that examination. Of these, twenty-four found a place in the published lists of candidates who were either wholly or partially successful. One student was ill and unable to attend the examination for certificates. The examination results are, in some respects, such as to make it a matter for consideration whether the line of work that has been taken with success for a good many years had not now better be altered. Edwin Watkins, 8.A., Principal.

SOUTH CANTBEBUEY. Sib,— Timaru, 7th March, 1903. I have the honour to present the report of the Education Board of the District of South Canterbury for the year ending the 31st December, 1902. The Board. —At the beginning of the year the Board consisted of the following members : The Eev. George Barclay, J.P., Messrs. John Talbot, J.P. John Jackson, J.P., W. S. Maslin, J.P., T. C. Farnie, M.A., Sandham Gillingham, John Campbell, Daniel McCaskill, and William B.

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