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Table No. 4a. Summary of Boards' Expenditure for Twenty-seven Years.

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Year. Management by Boards. Inspection and Examination. Maintenance of Schools.* School-buildings. Technical. Interest and Exchanges. Refunds, Advances, &c. Public Libraries. Secondary Schools. Balances,! 31st December. Totals. 1877 £ s. a. 10,484 14 10 | £ s. d. 5,606 19 7 £ s. d. 173,726 9 7 £ s. d. 80,351 16 9 £ S. d. £ s. d. 256 12 6 £ s. d. 3,353 15 10 £ s. d. £ s. d. 11,166 2 0 £ s. d. 23,323 0 9 £ s. d. 308,269 11 10 1879 11,109 8 10 7,735 4 0 221,053 4 0 172,867 14 3 225 18 4 1,425 12 8 6,074 0 7 42,437 1 6 1881 462,928 4 2 8,109 6 9 8,387 15 4 243,257 3 6 58,254 12 6 150 14 3 1,861 1 7 1,553 17 8 37,400 15 9 358,975 7 4 1883 9,662 12 9 9,866 11 8 272,269 17 2 86,748 13 0 214 12 1 2,077 9 9 42 12 6 13,007 11 8 1885 393,890 0 7 10,551 0 7 10,039 14 4 310,761 0 7 64,821 15 4 225 9 4 1,258 13 9 21,589 9 1 419,247 3 0 1887 9,893 7 10 10,731 8 9 340,349 17 1 52,621 9 11 57 4 10 267 2 8 25,118 3 0 1889 439,038 14 1 9,683 19 8 10,197 14 1 328,099 16 6 41,123 11 11 25 7 9 106 15 10 31,125 9 6 420,362 15 3 1890 9,696 19 0 10,725 0 0 336,670 6 6 39,225 7 3 37 3 10 1,587 4 8 27,690 2 5 1891 425,632 3 8 10,549 19 5 ! 11,143 10 6 343,880 3 5 42,150 17 4 318 1 3 715 5 5 65,610 4 3 474,368 1 7 1892 11,017 3 9 11,685 7 8 355,254 4 0 49,088 18 4 286 10 2 683 9 2 51,098 17 6 1893 479,114 10 7 11,360 10 11 11,882 10 3 371,205 1 0 44,387 2 4 207 9 0 659 2 4 50,709 13 7 490,411 9 5 1894 11,425 4 8 12,692 5 8 382,154 5 6 44,851 19 7 333 1 4 2,795 15 2 42,396 18 8 1895 496,649 10 7 11,481 19 3 ! 13,127 5 10 382,506 5 2 45,251 0 2 82 7 3 4,651 0 6 53,240 6 3 510,340 4 5 1896 12,032 13 2 13,037 4 7 395,831 16 4 53,533 15 6 230 3 11 1,359 10 0 12,005 13 3 1897 488,030 16 9 12,536 14 11 12,614 18 5 407,786 19 10 60,485 18 7 205 5 7 234 16 10 14,317 17 3 508,182 11 5 1898 12,649 0 6 13,076 16 11 412,373 15 11 52,719 18 4 6,112 10 9 271 10 10 1,510 17 4 25,016 11 1 1899 523,731 1 8 14,434 8 5 13,720 6 9 408,509 2 10 56,749 5 4 9,212 7 4 170 18 10 489 1 2 5,320 13 10 508,606 4 6 1900 14,532 4 0 14,698 18 4 401,977 1 2 51,805 18 3 5,720 18 2 327 9 11 1,315 12 4 11,565 8 8 1901 501,943 10 10 15,127 5 1 14,690 9 11 427,659 13 5 60,102 13 0 7,610 13 10 241 11 9 746 4 2 6,923 0 3 533,101 11 5 1902 14,215 6 6 14,215 2 10 465,247 15 1 61,763 5 2 11,605 7 9 t + 1,268 17 8 18,075 1 5 1903 586,390 16 5 30,493 7 11 461,830 13 2 94,990 13 11 12,984 9 8 809 1 4 6,485 17 11 607,593 13 11 'E 8 funds M *° C ° "* schools, scholarships, training, and expenditure on District High Scl ools. + Deducting overdrafts. I Included in