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In order to make clear the comparisons that may be drawn in the following pages between the cost of the several branches of education for various items of expenditure in New Zealand and elsewhere, I append below in Tables I and II an analysis of the expenditure on education in New Zealand, actual and per head of population, for the financial year 1906-7.

TABLE I.—Analysis of Expenditure on Education in New Zealand for the Year 1906-7. Figures given in every case to the nearest thousand pounds.)

TABLE II.—Expenditure per Head of Population on Education in New Zealand for the Year 1906-7. (Figures given in every case to the nearest penny.)

Out of Public Fui ads. Total for all Items from all Public Sources. Branch of Education. Maintenance. New Buildings and Additions. Total. i Out of Income from Reserves. I I A. I. Primary (including Native Schools and Training Colleges) II. Secondary (including Secondary Schools and Secondary Departments of District High School) III. Continuation and Technical IV. Higher (including University and Higher Technical) 668,000 £ 49,000 £ 717,000 £ 48,000 £ 765,000 ,, - 60,000 8,000 68,000 34,000 102,000 33,000 I 21,000 54,000 54,000 20,000 21,000 4),000 23,000 64,000 Totals (A I-IV) 99,000 880,000 105,000 985,000 781,000 B. Industrial Schools 36,000 36,000 C. Special Schools (Deaf and Blind) D. Superannuation and Miscellaneous Totals (A, B, C, D) 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 926,000 105,000 1,031,000 • Teachers' salaries and allo' iSso., £49,000 ; all other expenses, 'ances, £499,000; repairs and rebuilding, £72,000; ni :i45,00O: total, £765,000. >w buildings,

Out of Public Funds. Branch of Education. ] New Build[aintenance. ings and Additions. Total. Out of come from Reserves. Total for all Items from all Public Sources. ! A. I. Primary (including Native Schools and Training Colleges) II. Secondary (Secondary Schools and Secondary Departments of District High Schools) III. Continuation and Technical IV. Higher (University and Higher Technical) s. d. 14 0 s. a. i o 9. d. 15 0 8. d. 1 0 £ s. (1. 0 16 0* I 3 0 i 1 5 0 9 0 2 2 0 9 1 2 0 1 2 0 5 0 5 0 6 0 10 0 6 0 1 4 Totals (A I-IV) 16 5 ! 18 5 2 3 1 0 8 2 0 B. Industrial Schools 0 9 0 0 9 C. Special Schools (Deaf and Blind) D. Superannuation and Miscellaneous Totals (A, B, C,.D) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 ; 19 4 2 3 1 1 7 * Teachers' salaries and allow; Is.; all other expenses, 3s. Id.: to ances, 10s. 5i >tal, 16s. I.; repairs am rebuilding, Lβ. 6d.; new mildings, Ac,