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Maintenance Grants paid to Education Boards out of Consolidated Fund for the General Maintenance of School Buildings and for Rent of Buildings for the Year 1908.

Grants paid to Education Boards out of the Public Works Fund in 1908 for Additions to School Buildings, for New School Buildings, and Teachers' Residences.

[Paid out during the Financial Year from 1st April, 1908, to 31st arc. ', I 1 109.] Education Board. Distribution of Payments the Ordinary towards Cost of Maintenance replacing Old Grant. Buildings. Rent of School Buildings and Sites during 1908. Luckland ?aranaki Vanganui Vellington lawke's Bay .. larlborough .. Jelson £ 13,632 2,009 4,451 5,501 3,420 921 3,226 1,016 1,283 8,490 2,719 9,221 4,415 £ s. d. 30 0 0 755 0 0 20 0 0 97 11 9 240 0 0 £ s. d. 687 3 10 37 3 0 37 15 2 848 18 8 97 10 6 39 0 0 48 0 0 18 13 6 rrey Vestland forth Canterbury iouth Canterbury )tago Southland 567 17 6 15 0 0 27 17 4 39 6 0 57 0 6 Total 60,304 1,710 9 3 1,953 8 (i £62,01 9 3 Note.—The amounts shown for rent are the amounts di r as paid over to the Boards before the end of the financial ye; ie to the Boards for 1908. Of the ir (March, 1909). total, £342 7s. 10d.

Education Board. New Schools. Additions. Residences. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay .. Marlborough .. Nelson . .. Westland Grey North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland £ s. d. 4,179 14 7 571 17 0 1,972 18 10 6,916 10 0 1,066 0 11 290 8 6 636 0 0 165 0 0 200 0 0 2,162 10 0 63 0 0 1,038 0 0 1,000 0 0 £ s. 2,938 10 601 15 1,773 7 3,770 0 1,453 0 265 0 280 0 d. 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 £ s. d. 2,108 3 0 780 0 0 2,400 8 6 885 0 0 608 0 4 95 0 0 0 395 0 535 4 600 0 1,530 0 125 0 0 2 0 0 0 600 8 1 360 0 0 114 6 7 20,261 19 10 14,266 16 5 6 € 1 Total £42,630 2 9