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creased to £38 14s. 6d. This account cannot be allowed to encroach on the funds devoted to administration, and consideration will be given to render the former self-supporting. The Manual and Technical Account shows a small credit balance. " School " classes are largely in debt, but amounts still due will reduce the deficit. As the full amount allotted for the maintenance of buildings for 1908 was received during the year, in addition to part of the previous vote, the receipts in the Building Fund are larger than usual. The result (excluding contractors' deposits) is a credit balance, £832 7s. sd. Towards the end of the year grants totalling £650 were promised for the rebuilding of the teacher's residence, Hokitika, and of the school building at Jackson, the latter having been destroyed by fire. The contracts for re-erection were let in December. During the year £128 has been expended in renewing desks by the supply of those in dual form. Authority was received to supply free text-books to the junior pupils of the schools, and the Board has authorised the teachers to obtain the necessary copies in accordance with the instructions issued. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. George Perry, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Grants from Government for— Balance at beginning of year .. .. 134 19 9 Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and ! Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 435 0 0 allowances to pupil-teachers.. .. 4,230 15 1 I Office contingencies .. .. .. 199 210 Capitation at 6d. for relieving-teachers . . 22 13 2 Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 * 759 10 0 allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. 4,250 3 3 Special capitation at 9d. for School Com- Relieving-teachers' salaries .. .. 23 13 2 mittees .. .. .. .. 33 17 3 Conveyance and board of sohool-children.. 110 0 Training of teachers other than at train- Special capitation to School Committees .. 33 17 3 ing colleges .. .. .. 195 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 169 12 3 Conveyance and board of schoolchildren 110 0 Rents of residences (paid to teachers) .. 12 2 0 Refund of postage .. .. .. 010 0 Allowance to scholarship-holders and exReceipts from other sources—Rent of re- penses of examination— sidences and reserves .. .. 13 11 0 [ Board scholarships .. .. .. 58 0 0 Grants from Government for— National Scholarships .. .. 40 0 0 Scholarships— Salaries of teachers and additions to salaries Education Board .. .. .. 59 0 0 . of head teachers on staffs of district high National .. .. .. .. 37 10 0 schools .. .. .. .. 460 0 0 District high schools—Salaries of teachers 312 19 4 Cleaning class-rooms, district high schools 10 0 0 Receipts from other sources for district Manual and technical— high schools — Hokitika High School School classes .. .. .. 74 14 8 Board .. .. .. .. 125 0 0 Special classes .. .. .. 208 2 3 Grants from Government for manual and i Maintenance of school buildings— technical instruction— Alterations, small additions, repairs, reCapitation on all classes .. .. 97 3 7 painting, &a. .. .. .. 857 10 1 Material for class-work .. .. 5 14 10 Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 15 16 11 Receipts from other sources, manual and ! Rent .. .. .. .. .. 480 teohnical — Pees, £31 125.; sales, £8 j House allowances .. .. .. 83 7 1 14s. 6d. .. .. .. .. 40 G 6 New school buildings, additional class-rooms, Grants from Government for— furniture, sites, &c. .. .. .. 1 10 0 Maintenance of school buildings, rebuild- '. Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for ing, rents, bites, &c. .. .. 1,748 12 3 I manual and technical purposes— House allowances .. .. .. 81 9 7 | General purposes .. .. .. 111 4 New school buildings, additions, furni- School classes .. .. .. 3 12 7 ture, sites, &c. .. .. .. 165 0 0 Special classes .. .. .. 10 0 0 Technical - school buildings, furniture, Balance at end of year .. .. .. 913 4 2 fittings, apparatus, &c. .. .. 710 0 Other receipts— £8,00117 7 Rifle range, Hokitika.. .. .. 15 0 0 —=■ Sale of old buildings .. .. .. 49 5 0 £8,001 17 7 George Perry, Chairman. 13th February, 1909. A. J. Morton, Secretary.

NORTH CANTERBURY. Sm, — Christchurch, sth May, 1909. I have the honour to present the following report of the proceedings of the Education Board of the District of North Canterbury for the year ending 31st December, 1908. The Board. —The members whose term of office expired under the provisions of the Act were Mr. Adams, Mr. Peryman, and Mr. Rowe (representing the North, South, and Central Wards respectively). Mr. Rowe did not offer himself for re-election. At an election held on the 27th July Mr. Adams and Mr. Peryman -.vere re-elected for their respective wards, the former being unopposed. Mr. C. H. A. T. Opie was elected to represent the Central Ward. At the Board's annual meeting, held on the 9th September, Mr. Hard}' was elected Chairman. The Board met fourteen times during the year, the Buildings Committee seventeen times, the Appointments Committee twenty-eight times, and the Normal School and Technical Committee fourteen times.