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The payments made to Education Boards for primary education out of the proceeds from education reserves in 1905 amounted to £49,348 9s. 6d., as compared with £44,114 10s. 7d. for the previous year. The revenues of the Boards are not, however, increased thereby, as equal amounts are deducted from the grants payable by Government to the several Boards. The payments for primary education were distributed among the several Education Boards as follows : Auckland, £3,375 ; Taranaki, £1,898 18s. ; Wanganui, £2,866 2s. 6d. ; Wellington, £3,634 19s. 6d. ; Hawke's Bay, £4,975 ; Marlborough, £300 ; Nelson, £635 4s. ; Grey, £88 ; North Canterbury, £14,383 18s. 7d. ; South Canterbury, £3,392 9s. sd. ; Otago, £9,703 12s. Id. ; Southland, £3,983 2s. 7d. The payments for secondary education from reserves under the control -of the School Commissioners amounted to £3,897 16s. 2d. This money is distributed by the Commissioners among the governing bodies of secondary schools in the provincial district in proportion to the number of pupils in average attendance at these secondary schools, exclusive of those in any preparatory department.

Table I2.—Income and Cost of Administration of School Commissioners.

Table 12 shows the total income from education reserves for the ten years, 1896-1905, and the cost of administration by the School Commissioners for the same period. In comparing these figures with those for 1894-1903, published in last year's report, it will be seen that the total incomes amounted in the last ten years to £543,518, as against £523,581 for 1894-1903, an increase of almost £20,000. The percentage of cost of administration has also shown an increase from 6 - 76 to 6*98, noticeable chiefly in Wellington, Marlborough, and Otago. In Canterbury the cost of administration has sunk from 3*70 to the extremely small figure 3 - 56 per cent, of the annual income. Industrial Schools. In December, 1905, the number on the books of all the industrial schools was 1,953, or 35 more than at the close of the year 1904. On the books of the Government industrial schools there were 1,420, an increase of 33 over the corresponding number for 1904, on the books of the private (Roman Catholic) industrial schools there were 533, or 2 more than at the end of the previous year. The number in residence at Government schools was 317, and at private industrial schools 331, so that 648 was the

Assets and Lial lilities, 31st December, 1905. 'rovincial Districts. B f'*"^ s . o 0f of Rent and Total Assets. Accounts. Int .erest due. A r 1 i°n^;r^i Ue Other Balance of Balance of Account Liabilities. Assets. Liabilities. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago £ s. d. 345 9 6 819 9 3 192 7 2 771 7 8 85 9 6 161 18 11 78 10 8 2,556 15 6 44,9;9 5 0 £ s. d. 1,126 14 4 717 19 4 130 13 10 445 10 2 93 9 6 485 5 7 44 8 0 2,110 12 11 3,131 17 5 £ s. d. 1,472 3 10 1,537 8 7 323 1 0 1,216 17 10 178 19 0 647 4 6 122 18 8 4,667 8 5 48,121 2 5 £ s. d. £ s. d. 18 12 0 i4 ll 3 £ s. d. 1,453 11 10 1,522 17 4 £ a. d. 43l"12 7 506 6 0 10811 7 710 11 10 178 19 0 647 4 6 122 18 8 4,358 2 6 45,927 16 9 264* 5 11 45' 0 0 2,193 5 8 Totals for 1905 Totals for 1904 50,000 13 2 51,335 6 11 8,286 11 1 9,520 1 2 58,287 4 3 60,855 8 1 1,202 4 6 868 5 2 2,271 8 11 2,744 13 11 54,922 2 5 57,242 9 0 108 11 7

Provincial District. Total Income for the Ten Years 1896-1905 inclusive. Cost of Administration for the Ten Years 1896-1905. Cost of A dmini stvation Per Cent, of Income. cuckland 'aranaki Vellington lawke's Bay larlborough lelson Vestland Janterbury Hago £ 39,545 31,125 46,421 41,335 3,217 12,944 3,312 171,666 193,953 £ 3,273 3,595 5,672 2,678 307 820 840 6,119 14,654 £ 8-28 11-55 12-22 6-48 - 9-54 6-33 25-36 3-56 7-56 For the colony 543,518 37,958 6-98