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the present site. It seems farcical to expect a Board to provide for the erection of accommodation for its official end administrative staff out of its Maintenance Fund. In our case there is a small four-roomed office —suitable for a commission agent's business on a small scale—for all purposes, which includes architect's office and storage for plans, technical school department with storage of material, meeting loom for Board, public office, accountant's room, office for three Inspectors, office for three clerks and three typistes, and Secretary's office. At least double the present accommodation is required for health purposes and the safe-keeping of records, and fully £3,000 is necessary to provide a brick building suitable for present requirements. The great increase of work placed on the Board by the central administration of late years has multiplied the difficulties of coping with this matter, and it is not too much to expect that a body of men devoting their time, ability, and energies to the management of educational affairs in a large district should be enabled to carry out their work under as good conditions as prevail in ordinary businesses. The Board would again like to place on record its appreciation of the enthusiasm shown by the great majority of the teachers in their work, and the high standard of efficiency maintained by them throughout the district. The services rendered by the Inspectors —Messrs. G. D. Braik (Chief), J. Milne, and T. B. Strong—have been uniformly satisfactory, while a special meed of praise is due to Mr. Braik in his capacity of Chief Inspector and Superintendent of Technical Education, for the singular ability, industry, and great capacity he has shown in his inspectorial work, and in evolving new schemes of work, remedies for existing deficiencies, and solutions of problems which would "daunt most men. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. Fred Pieani, Chairman.

General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ a. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Grants from Government for—. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 5,131 13 0 Teachers' and pupil-teachers' and Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 2,035 7 0 allowances to pupil-teachers .. 43,345 3 5 Office contingencies .. .. .. 1,663 12 4 Reserves revenue for primary education 3,064 3 4 Teaohers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and Capitation at 6d. for relieving-teachers 283 15 3 allowances to pupil-teachers.. .. 46,184 7 10 Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 6,634 13 6 Relieving-teachers'salaries .. .. 390 19 4 Special capitation at 9d. for School Gibbons Scholarship .. .. .. 20 0 0 Committees .. .. .. 409 10 9 Travelling scholarship .. .. .. 20 0 0 Training of teachers other than at Truant inspection .. .. .. 263 3 6 training colleges .. .. .. 395 0 0 Conveyance and board of school-children .. 87 3 6 Conveyance and board of school-chilJren 88 19 6 Special capitation to School Committees .. 409 10 9 Refund, cost postage .. .. .. 215 3 Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 2,666 0 8 Receipts from other sources— Training of teachers, £80 ss. 5d.; house Truant inspection, fines 41 6 0 allowance, £40; teachers' salaries Refunds—Teachers' salaries, £5 Os. Id.; (primary), £96 15s. 7(3., (secondary), house allowance, £1 3s. 4d. .. .. 6 3 5 £10; teachers'travelling-expenses, £41 Court costs, Wanganui School Commit- lls. Bd.; teaeherx' bonuses, £15 .. 283 12 8 tee v. Board .. .. .. 60 0 0 Allowance to scholarship-holders, and exGrants from Government for— penses of examination— Scholarhips— Board scholarships .. .. .. 662 14 6 E3ucation Board .. .. .. 868 8 10 National Scholarships .. .. 181 0 0 National .. .. .. .. 244 7 6 Salaries of teachers and additions to District high schools— salaries of head teachers on staffs of Salaries of teachers .. .. 1,839 7 5 district high schools .. .. 1,868 2 5 Subsidies on voluntary contributions, &c. 185 16 8 Other expenses of district high schools— Receipts from other sources, distriot high Subsidies and voluntary contributions schools— paid to School Committees .. .. 386 5 5 Fees .. .. .. .. 59 18 3 Fees paid to teachers .. .. .. 56 10 0 Voluntary contributions .. .. 135 15 11 Manual and technical— * Grants from Government for manual and School olasses .. .. .. 1,641 11 9 technical instruction— Special classes .. .. .. 4,619 9 2 Capitation— Other expenses, manual and technical— On all classes .. .. .. 4,422 15 3 Office salaries, £10 ; fees refunded, £3 On account of free places .. .. 127 9 3 155.; voluntary contributions returned, Material for class-work .. .. 11l 10 11 £158 ; library and prizes, £16 7s. 4d.; Subsidies on voluntary contributions miscellaneous, £10 os. lid. .. .. 198 3 3 and bequests .. .. .. 891 13 7 Maintenance of sohool buildings— Receipts from other sources, manual and Alterations, small additions, repairs, - technioal —Fees, £1,604 95.; Rent, £1 repainting, &c. .. .. .. 3,730 6.0 55.; voluntary contributions, £733 16s. Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 783 13 10 lid. ; refund, material, 19s. 9d. ; capi- Rent .. .. .. .. .. 205 11 2 tation, Palmerston North High School House allowances .. .. .. 1,372 19 3 Board, £28 Oh. 2d. ; material sold, £12 New sohool buildings, additional class16s. 6d.; furniture sold, £2 15s. .. 2,384 2 4 rooms, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. 7,058 11 3 Grants from Government for— Buildings, class rooms, furniture, &c, for Maintenance of school buildings, rebuild- manual and technical purposes— ing, rents, sites, &o. .. .. 6,336 8 0 School classes .. .. .. 333 17 11 House allowances .. .. .. 1,329 18 6 Special classes .. .. .. 6,087 15 9 New school buildings, additions, furni- Other expenses— ture, sites, &c. .. .. .. 6,046 14 7 Purchase of sites (Land Sales Account) 609 17 1 Technical-school buildings, furniture, Insurance of sohool buildings .. .. 59 12 4 fittings, apparatus, &c. (including initial capitation) .. .. .. 5,490 4 0 RefundsRent, special classes .. .. .. 7 15 0 Apparatus, speoial classes .. .. 5 12 7 Other reoeipts— Sale of sites .. .. .. .. 526 7 6 Rents of sites and old residences .. 129 2 0 Material sold .. .. .. 10 1 0 Insurance, Wanganui District High School .. .. .. •.. 700 0 0 Refund Court oosts, Sawmillers' Assooiation re teacher's residence, Hautapu .. 7 19 0 Balanoe at end of year .. .. .. 2,818 13 2 £89,011 11 8 £89,011 11 8 Feed. Pieani, Chairman. 17th February, 1909. W. J. Caeson, Secretary.