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Ghnbbal Statement of Reortpts and Exprnditurk. for the Year ending 31st December, 1909. Receipts. i: a. d. Expenditure. t s. d. Balance at beginning of j ear .. .. 918 I 2 Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 435 0 0 Grants from Government for — Office contingencies .. .. .. HH6 4 7 Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and allowances to pupil-teachers.. .. 4,948 0 0 allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. -1,969 17 4 Capitation at fid. for relieving-teaohers . . 24 8 0 Relieving-teachers' salaries .. .. 91C 0 Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 Tils 8 9 Special capitation to School Committees .. 34 14 C Special capitation at 9d. for School Com- Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 190 1", I mittees .. .. .. .. :!! 14 6 Rent of residences (paid to teachers) .. 20 I 6 Inspection of private schools .. .. 12 2 0 I'ree school-books .. .. .. 24 10 5 Receipts from other sources, viz. — Allowance to scholarship-holders and exVoluntary contributions .. .. 'J 7 6 penses of examination— Rents .. .. .. .. 20 4 6 i Board scholarships .. .. .. 70 0 0 Minor receipts .. .. .. 7 15 0 National Scholarships .. .. HO 0 0 Grants from Government for— Salaries of teachers, and additions to salaries Scholarships— of head teachers on staffs of district high Kduoation Board .. .. .. 67 0 0 schools .. .. .. .. 500 0 0 National .. .. .. .. 32 10 0 Advertising .. .. .. .. 010 0 . District high schools—Salaries of teachers 865 (I (I Manual and technicalReceipts from other sources for district School classes .. .. .. 65 9 3 high schools— Special classes ... .. .. 86 16 2 High School Board .. .. .. '200 0 0 Maintenance of school buildings— Grants from Government for manual and Alteration!), small addition*, repairs, retechnical instruction— painting, &c. .. .. .. 944 010 Capitation on all olasses •■ ■• 108 '■'• 2 Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 918 8 9 Receipts from other sources— Rent .. .. .. .. .. 0 IC. 0 Pees .. .. .. .. 14 15 0 House allowances .. .. .. lie. 18 t Grants from Government for— New school buildings, additional class-rooms, Maintenance of school buildings, rebuild- furniture, sites, <fco. .. .. .. 16 16 6 ing, rents, sites, &c. .. .. 708 4 0 Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for House allowances .. .. .. 116 13 4 manual and technical purposes— Other receipts— School classes .. .. .. 0 18 0 Sale of old buildings .. .. .. 11 0 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 41 17 6 Refund .. .. .. .. 0 14 0 Rent .. .. .. .. 1 17 0 Minor receipts .. .. .. 115 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 322 11 1 £8,713 7 0 £8,713 7 0 George Perry, Chairman. A. .1. Morton, Secretary.

NORTH CANTERBURY. Sir,— Christchurcli, 6th April, 1910. 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, 1909. The Board. —In the month of April the Hon. D. Buddo forwarded his resignation as a member of the Board, which was accepted with regret, in view of the cordial and pleasant relations which had existed between Mr. Buddo and his colleagues, and of the great interest he had always taken in the Board's work. At an election held on the 24th May, 1909, Mr. Hugh Boyd was elected to fill the position. The members whose term of office expired under the provisions of the Act were Mr. Dalziel, Mr. Reimie, and Dr. Hight (representing the North, South, and Central Wards respectively). For the North Ward Mr. Dalziel was re-elected unopposed, and at an election held on the 26th July Mr. William Robert Smith and Mr. Herbert Langford were elected for the South and Central Wards respectively. At the Board's annual meeting, held on the 18th August, Mr. T. W. Adams was elected Chairman of the Board, and ex ojficio member of each committee. The election of committees resulted as follows : Muildings —Mr. Boyd, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Jamieson, Mr. Peryman, Mr. Smith ; Appointments—Mr. Boyd, Mr. Dalziel, Mr. Hardy, Mr. Langford, Mr. Opie ; Normal School and Technical —Mr. Dalziel, Mr. Jamieson, Mr. Langford, Mr. Opie, Mr. Peryman. During the year the Board held seventeen meetings, the Buildings Committee seventeen, the Appointments Committee thirty-three, and the Normal and Technical Committee eighteen. The Board's Representatives.—The Hon. D. Buddo, reappointed in 1908, has continued to represent the Board as Commissioner of Education Reserves. The Board's representatives on the several High School Boards were as follows: Akaroa, Mr. \V. H. Montgomery, Mr. R. Latter; Ashburton, Mr. \V. B. Denshire, Mr. J. Tucker; Rangiora, Mr. H. Boyd, Mr. A. S. Bruce; and on the several Boards of Management of Technical Classes as follows : Banks Peninsula (Akaroa), Mr. J. Bruce ; Ashburton, Mr. W. H. Collins, Mr. J. Tucker ; Christchurch, Dr. J. Hight, Mr. C. H. A. T. Opie, Mr. E. K. Mulgan ; Lyttelton, Mr. J. R. Webb ; Rangiora, Mr. H. Boyd. Buildings.—During the year the demands on the Board's building funds have continued unabated. New schools have been erected at Addington and Elm wood out of special grants made by the Department, in the former case to replace the building destroyed by fire on the sth February, and in the case of Elmwood to provide for the large increase in attendance. A small building has also been erected at Pendarves, where the teacher's dwelling had previously been in use for school purposes. The Puaha School, at Little River, formerly known as Hillside, has been enlarged, and removed to a more central