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To sum up, for many years the Boards have been receiving large grants of money for the maintenance of school buildings; for the last four years these grants have been specially earmarked for repairs and for the rebuilding of wornout schools. Presumably, about half the amount of the grants has been used for repairs, and a few schools have been rebuilt; but the unspent balance of the grants, according to the accounts of the Boards, should show nearly £70,000 now available to meet the cost of rebuilding a large number of schools which must, in the interests of health and efficiency, be soon replaced. Owing to neglect of the conditions on which the grants were given, or to other causes not easily traced, about £62,000 of this reserve fund has disappeared, leaving only £7,000 in hand to meet an imminent necessary expenditure of ten times that amount. The position is one that calls for serious consideration. Education Reserves. Table Gγ 1 is a summary of the accounts of the. School Commissioners, which are given in full in the Appendix.

TABLE G1.—Summary of School Commissioners' Accounts.

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Income for the Year 1907. Provincial Districts. Balances on 1st January, 1907. Primary Reserves. Receipts during Year. Secondary | Investments Reserves. i and Deposits. i ~~ Total. Sundries. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago £ a. d. £ s. d. 141 15 10 j 4,693 7 1 1,651 5 9 I 3,093 11 11 679 1 0 : 6,356 9 5 757 14 2 I 3,998 2 6 114 18 6 | 269 0 0 170 5 5 j 911 8 4 96 13 2 178 3 9 2,560 16 5 19,108 17 4 7,327 5 0 13,597 10 6 £ s. d. i 1,036 18 3 14! 383 19 3 2965 5 2 81 1,020 10 2 1' 36 10 0 372 9 8 176 14 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. L,036 18 3 149 4 5 383 19 3 24 11 11 965 5 2 80 2 6 L,020 10 2 17 13 9 36 10 0 372 9 8 176 14 2 I 8 6 9 927 4 9 I 2,428 16 11 £ s. d. £ s. d. 2 0 0 6,023 5 7 165 6 0 5,318 14 10 34 18 0 8,115 16 1 271 17 6 6,065 18 1 420 8 6 1,454 3 5 451 11 1 21,678 0 6 4,601 11 0 28,882 8 2 1 1 927 4 9 2,421 Totals for 1907.. Totals for 1906.. 13,499 15 3 52,206 10 10 7,394 13 3 49,628 15 11 4,919 1 4,401 l: 5 j 2,701 5 I 7,22! 16 3 ' 5,075 12 6 78,410 6 3 4 7 j 1,512 13 9 70,159 19 11 Expendii :ure for the Yi iar 1907. Provincial Districts. Office Expenses and Salaries. Other p .. f Expenses ggJ»J Management Education. Paid for Secondary Education. Investments and Refunds. Balances on 31st December, 1907. Total. .uckland 'aranaki Vellington.. lawke's Bay larlborough lelson Vestland Janterbury Itago £ a. d. 183 9 0 162 7 6 416 12 10 136 10 0 25 0 0 54 6 4 44 11 10 554 2 6 631 13 1 £ s. d. 429 4 9 442 11 0 134 1 3 197 13 4 6 3 0 26 1 6 71 7 7 29 10 6 1,831 8 0 £ s. d.l 3,828 0 0 2,100 0 0 5,800 0 0 3,650 0 0 240 0 0 749 12 0 £ s. d. 852 10 6 300 0 0 800 0 0 942 0 0 £ s. d. 158 3 0 211 3 11 30"0 0 £ a. d. 571 18 4 2,102 12 5 965 2 0 1,139 14 9 119 5 6 334 3 7 135 11 8 2,989 12 8 4,241 6 4 £ s. d. 6,023 5 7 5,318 14 10 8,115 16 1 6,065 18 1 420 8 6 1,454 3 5 451 11 1 21,678 0 6 28,882 8 2 290 "0 0 200 0 0 18,000 0 0 13,017 12 8 969 3 1 104 14 10 8,191 5 0 Totals for 1907 .. Totals for 1906.. 2,208 13 1 2,374 7 1 3,168 0 11 2,343 9 9 47,385 4 8 47,406 2 11 4,353 13 7 13,700 15 9 8,695 6 9 835 9 2 12,599 7 3 13,499 15 3 78,410 6 3 70,159 19 11 Asi its and Liabilities, 31st December, 1907. Provincial Districts. B A t™» f ofRe"ntand Ti Accounts. Intere st due. Amounts due ital Assets. to Capital Account. Other Balance of Balance of Liabilities. Assets. Liabilities. Auckland Taranaki Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Westland Canterbury Otago £ s. d. 657 10 2 2,112 13 5 975 2 0 1,234 14 9 119 5 - 6 334 3 7 135 11 8 2,989 12 8 43,908 18 0 £ s. d. 1,078 12 11 1,065 17 4 135 5 2 334 14 10 142 18 6 362 • 2 11 128 11 3 1,978 12 1 2,954 14 4 £ s. d. 1,736 3 1 3,178 10 9 1,110 7 2 1,569 9 7 262. 4 0 696 6 6 264 2 11 4,968 4 9 46,863 12 4 £ a. d. 532' 4 1 685 4 6 £ s. d. 18 10 0 23 8 11 10 0 0 145 0 0 £ s. d. 1,717 13 1 3,155 1 10 568 3 1 739 5 1 262 4 0 696 6 6 264 2 11! 4,644 14 2 46,407 7 1 58,454 17 9| 57,996 0 5 £ s. d. I 278 10 7 4o' 0 0 456 5 3 " Totals for 1907 Totals for 1906 52,467 11 9 50,660 8 5 8,181 9 4 8,739 14 10 60,649 1 1 59,400 3 3 1,495 19 2 784 16 7 698 4 2 619 6 3 I ..