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General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1902. Receipts. £ s. d. | Expenditure. £ s. d. Credit balance at beginning of year— Office staff—Salaries and clerical assistOn Building Account .. .. 377 11 11 ance .. .. .. .. 562 1 5 On General Account .. .. 561 2 4 Departmental contingencies .. .. 433 18 2 Government grant for buildings .. 4,035 8 6 Inspectors' salaries and travelling-expenses 966 8 5 Subscriptions and donations for buildings (if) 2 8 Truant Officer's salary and expenses .. 192 12 3 Other receipts for buildings— Instructor in gymnastics .. .. 68 11 0 Bluff : Balance of sale, school-site .. 352 0 0 Examination of pupil-teachers .. .. 812 6 Flints and Groper's Bush : Sale of sites (it 13 8 Scholarships — Gropor's Bush : Balance, sale of site .. 156 19 9 Paid to scholars .. .. .. 655 13 4 Other Grants from Government — Examination expenses .. .. 10 14 6 Capitation for relieving-teachers .. L 76 0 8 Teachers'salaries .. .. ~ 30,424 18 7 Allowance, £250, and capitation at Teachers'house allowances .. .. 222 12 8 lls. 3d. .. .. .. .. 4,692 18 6 Pupil-teachers'lodging allowances .. 103,9 4 Addition to Statutory Capitation—Bα!- Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 2,207 18 6 ance for 1901 .'. .. .. S2B L 0 9 School buildings— Salaries and allowances of teachers New buildings .. •■ .. 1,805 1 6 and pupil-teachers— Improvements of buildings .. .. 2,061 16 3 Net amount paid by Government .. 26,226 16 6 Furniture and appliances .. .. 80 19 8 Paid by School Commissioners —re- Sites .. .. .. .. 34 4 9 serves revenue .. .. .. 3,889 5 8 Plans, supervision, and less .. .. 369 15 10 Scholarship grant .. .. .. 613 111 Advertising tenders .. .. .. 32 1 6 District High Schools—Capitation .. 156 0 0 Manual and technical instruction — Manual and technical instruction— Salaries .. .. .. .. 414 19 1 Capitation for— Travelling-expenses of studenfs .. 21 2 0 School Classes .. .. .. 107 14 8 Payments to committees .. .. 31 5 3 Speoial Classes— Apparatus .. .. . . .. 172 10 0 Continuation .. .. .. 16 15 3 Material .. .. .. .. 56 8 1 Manual and technical instruc- Rent ... .. .. .. 100 tion .. .. .. 99 14 7 Incidentals.. .. .. .. 54 12 8 Associated Classes— Other expenses — Continuation .. - .. .. 46 19 5 Members' travelling-expenses .. 178 18 4 Manual and technioal instruc- Interest on overdraft .. .. 7 5 0 tion .. .. .. 36 2 6 Rent of bu'ldinga used for school purGrants for— poses .. .. .. .. 89 0 0 Apparatus .. .. .. 199 .1.7 1 Credit balance at end of year— Instruction of teachers .. .. 150 0 0 On Building Account .. .. 659 17 0 Railway fares of teachers .. 21 2 0 On General Account .. .. 858 10 0 Other reoeipts for manual and technical instruction— Fees .. .. .. . . 205 11 6 Voluntary contributions .. .. 2 0 0; Other receipts— Interest on fixed deposits .. .. 70 0 0 Rents of school-sites .. .. 83 2 9 Refunds .. .. .. .. 17 5 0 £42,738 17 2 £42,738 17 2 .). C. Thomson, Chairman. Jno. Neill, Secretary and Treasurer. Examined and found correct.— J. K. Waebukton, Controller and Auditor-General.

HAWKE'S BAY. Sib,— Education Office, Napier, 20th March, 1903. I have the honour to forward the following report of proceedings of the Hawke's Bay Education Board for the year 1902 : — The Boaed.—The Board consists of the following members : T. Tanner (Chairman), C. A. Fitzroy, Rev. A. Grant, S. Johnson, 0. Hall, M.H.E., S. McLernon, J. J. Patterson, J. C. Westall, and Sir William Eussell, M.H.E. School Attendance. —The average attendance for 1902 was 7,042, while the roll-number was 8,332. Schools. —Motu and Whakarau were closed for three months of the year, but they are again in working order. Eakauroa School, lying between the above districts, was opened on the Ist April; Patoka was opened as an aided school on the Ist November ; Wakarara was reopened on the Ist February. Additions have been made to a number of schools and teachers' residences. Contracts have been accepted for the erection of new schools at Hatuma, Mangatoro, Mangateretere, and Mangapapa, and teachers' residences at Weber and Umutaoroa. In regard to grants for schools at Mohaka and Waipiro, the Board represented to the Department the inutility of erecting schools when proper accommodation for a teacher could not be obtained in either place, but advocating a grant be given for a teacher's residence; but without avail. And these two schools are almost entirely for the benefit of Native children, a few Europeans attending. The Department only give a grant of from £400 to £435 to the Board— considering the same object is sought for—the education of the children of New Zealand. The system of making special grants by the Department the Board considers is not satisfactory. The Board would call attention to Mahora application made by resident settlers and supported by the Board. The Government refused to grant the application. Some months afterwards the Department stated they would reconsider their decision, and one of the officers of the Department would shortly visit the district and report. On the report of the Department's officer a sum was granted—but the system, the Board is of opinion is objectionable. The Public Health Depabtment has been brought into prominence during last year. Whilst the Board agrees that sanitary reforms may be and are necessary in some of the schools, the Department should furnish the Board with the means to meet such an expenditure, and not compel the Board to expend money granted for erection of teachers' residences, repairs, desks, maps, and all apparatus and appliances necessary to carry on the work of the schools, on sanitary works.