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of children who generally leave school at the conclusion of the calendar year. The total amount paid to Education Boards by Government for capitation on attendance at district high schools and for grants in aid thereof amounted to £8,545 17s. 4d., and, in addition, the claims for the last quarter had to be met. The amount expended by the Boards was £10,399 10s. Bd.

Table L1. —Number of Pupils receiving Secondary Education at District High Schools at 31st December, 1903.

The following table shows the number of Education Board scholarships held in December, 1903, with their tenure and annual value. The total expenditure of the Boards under this head amounted to £8,550 45.; the total paid to the Boards for scholarship purposes by the Department was £8,914 ss. lid.

Table L2.—Number and Value of Education Board Scholarships.

The reports of the secondary schools (subsidised or endowed) and further details in regard to district high schools and Education Board scholarships are given in a separate paper (E.-12). The income of these secondary schools for 1903 from school fees, not including fees for boarding, was about £31,204; from rents and interest, about £26,577; from endowments administered by the School Commissioners, about £2,196 ; from fees and capitation paid by Government, £1,790. The total number of pupils on the rolls in the last term or quarter of the year was 2,265 boys and 1,457 girls.

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Education District. o • 1*A © o A O QA S3 i Passed Standard VI. Number of Pupils. ;r of Pupils. j Amount paid by Government to Educa- ! ' lot ?' 1 tiou Boards during the Tear. j Number Others. of T t 1 Pupils, M. F. Total. 19 ° 2 Capitation. <*%*** Total. ' i _____ Others. I" P. Total. Grants in Aid. Total. M. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Wfstland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 8 1 7 2 3 146 34 211 49 60 155 19 175 66] 55 301 53 386 1 115 115 2 2 54 10 2 ■) 64 303 55 450 115 117 170 34 378 80 49 £ s. d. 912 5 0 233 0 0 1,582 0 0 356 10 0 236 12 11 £ a. d. 225 0 0 30 0 0 210 0 0 30 0 0 43 15 3 £ s. d. 1,137 5 0 263 0 0 1,792 0 0 386 10 0 280 8 2 2 2 3 1 1 9 3 9 3 68 17 8 125 77 166 61 67 25 20 147 64 143 66 135 42 23 272 141 309 127 i i 1 1 136 42 28 273 141 309 127 124 42 34 30 124 315 99 587 0 0 240 0 0 205 15 0 370 6 8 685 10 0 1,444 10 0 453 12 6 90 0 0 30 0 0 37 10 0 92 10 0 90 0 0 270 0 0 90 0 0 677 0 0 270 0 0 243 5 0 462 16 8 775 10 0 1,714 10 0 543 12 6 Totals for 1903 .. Totals for 1902 .. 50 38 1,022 745 1,002 681 2,024 1,426 60 39 12 14 72 53 2,096 1,479 7,307 2 1 4,382 3 8 11238 15 3 817 10 0 8,545 17 4 5,199 13 8 1,479

.Education Districts. Number held in Dec, 1903. Boys. Girls. Period of Tenure. Boards' Expenditure on Scholarships in 1903. Annual Value, &o. Auckland Taranaki 90 11 66 7 24 4 Years. 3 2 £ s. d. 1,905 18 9 244 3 4 7 at £30; 24 at £25 ; 23 at £20; 36 at £15. 5 at £35; 1 at £14; 4 at £10; 1 at £4 13s. 4d. 15 at £40; 1 at £32 10s. ; 7 at £15. 9 at £35 ; 32 at £15. 9 at £30 4s. ; 1 at £22 10s. ; 1 at £16 in. 19 at £10 4s. 3 at £35 ; 5 at £10. 7 at £50 10s.; 1 at £25 ; 1 at £10. £25. 2 at £24 ; 3 at £4. 20 at £40; 1 at £30 ; 15 at £20. 12 at £22 10s. ; 1 at £17 ; 5 at £7 10s. ; 4 at £2 10s. 10 at £40; 3 at £35 ; 23 at £20; 17 at £15. 12 at £35 ; 1 at £18; 5 at £15. Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay 23 41 80 12 20 13 11 21 17 Varies 2 2 732 14 11 969 19 11 538 4 6 Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury 8 9 4 5 36 22 1 5 1 1 16 11 7 4 3 4 20 11 2 2 2 Varies 2 2 169 0 0 359 10 0 108 5 0 76 17 6 1,246 3 0 369 0 8 Otago 53 35 18 2 1,278 17 8 Southland 18 15 3 2 551 8 9 Totals, 1903.. Totals, 1902.. 350 355 203 206 147 149 8,550 4 0 8,395 11 5