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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1907. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 4,210 14 0 Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 1,215 0 0 Graits from Government for— Office contingencies .. .. .. 348 8 2 Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and Teachers' and pupil-teaeliers' salaries, and allowances to pupil-teachers .. 15,422 2 0 allowances to pupil teachers .. .. 18,855 7 6 Reserves revenue for primary education 3,440 5 0 Relieving-teaehers'salaries .. .. 125 13 11 Capitation at 6d. for relieving-teachers .. 112 14 6 Conveyance and board of school-children .. 175 11 6 Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 2,785 18 0 Special capitation to School Committees .. 172 0 3 Special capitation at 9d. for School Cum- Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 1,218 12 0 miitees .. .. .. .. 172 0 3 Teachers' shares of houi-e rents .. .. 20 5 7 Training of tenchers other than at train- Allowance lo scholarship holders, and exing colleges .. .. .. 150 0 0 penses of examination— Conveyance and board of school-children 179 1 0 Board scholarships .. .. .. 350 910 Receipts from other sources— National Scholarnhips .. .. 37 10 0 Interest on fixed dep'sits .. .. 45 0 0 Salaries of teachers and additions to salaries Rents .. .. .. .. 106 7 6 of head teachers on staffs of district high Truancy fines .. .. .. 616 0 schools .. .. .. .. 1,369 9 7 Grants from Government for— Manual and technical— Scholarships— School classes .. .. .. 532 4 11 Education Board .. .. .. 342 5 0 Special classes .. .. .. 104 7 5 National .. .. .. .. 37 10 0 Payments to managers of associated District high schools — Salaries of classes .. .. .. .. 857 16 3 teachers .. .. .. .. 1,364 8 0 Other expenses—Director's salary .. 109 3 2 Receipts from other sources—Park, refund Maintenance of school buildings — of salary .. .. .. .. 5 17 Alterations, small additions, repairs, reGrants from Government for manual and painting, &c. .. .. .. 1,913 14 9 technical instruction— Rebuilding .. .. .. .■ 1,193 3 0 Capitation on all classes .. .. 895 0 2 Rent .. .. .. .. 85 10 0 Material for elass-work .. .. 83 110 J House allowances .. .. .. 241 2 5 Subsidies on voluntary contributions and New school buildings, additional classbequests .. .. .. .. 367 16 6 rooms, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. 868 15 0 Receipts from other sources— Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for Voluntary contributions .. .. 12 8 6 manual and technical purposes— Cookery sales .. .. .. 12 7 0 School classes .. .. .. 85 15 3 Waimate, contribution t wards linoleum 5 0 0 Special classes .. .. .. 4 5 2 Grants from Government for— Payments to managers of. associated Maintenance of school buildings, rebuild- classes .. .. .. . . 124 18 8 ing schools, &o. .. .. .. 3,656 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 4,754 17 9 House allowances .. .. .. 253 16 2 New school buildings, additions, furniture, sites, &o. .. .. .. 800 0 0 Technical-school buildings, furniture, fittings, apparatus, &c. .. .. 232 14 4 Other receipts— Interest on fixed deposits .. .. 57 10 0 Sale of old iron, &c. .. .. .. 8 9 9 £34,764 2 1 £34,764 2 1 J. Jackson, Chairman. sth February, 1908. A. Bell, Secretary.

OTA GO. Sir, — Education Office, Dunedin, 17th April, 19U8. In accordance with the provisions of section 166 of " The Education Act, 1904," the Education Board of the District of Otago has the honour to submit the following report of its proceedings for the year 1907. Board. —At the beginning of the year the Board was composed of the following members: Messrs. Donald Borrie, Andrew McKerrow, and James Mitchell, representing the Northern Ward; the Hon. Thomas Fergus, Messrs. George C. Israel, and William Scott, representing the Central Ward; the Rev. P. B. Fraser, M.A., Messrs. Thomas Mackenzie, M.P., and William Snow, representing the Southern Ward. At the elections in the month of August, Messrs. Mitchell, Scott, and Snow were re-elected for the Northern, Central, and Southern Wards respectively. In the case of the Central Ward Mr. Scott was the only candidate nominated. At the first meeting of the Board in September Mr. Thomas Mackenzie, M.P., was re-elected Chairman. Twenty-six meetings of the Board were held during the year. The Hon. Thomas Fergus and Mr. Thomas Mackenzie, M.P., were reappointed members of the Board of Governors of the Otago Boys' and Girls' High Schools, and Mr. A. McKerrow was reappointed the Board's representative on the Waitaki High Schools Board. Mr. Donald Borrie continues to represent the Board as one of the Education Reserves Commissioners. The Hon. Thomas Fergus, the Rev. P. B. Fraser, M.A., Messrs. G. C. Israel, and William Scott were the Board's representatives on the Board of Management of the Dunedin Technical School. Number of Schools.—At the close of 1906 there were 229 schools in operation in the district. During 1907 new schools were opened' at Awamangu, Barewood, Kia Ora, Moa Flat, and Timaru Station, and the schools at Port Molyneux and Ida Valley were reopened. The schools at Allendale, Lee Stream, and Mount Stoker were closed. The number of schools in operation at the end of the year was 233, an increase of four for the year.

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