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Table Fl2. The following table shows the percentage of expenditure by the several Education Boards on administration for the years 1909, 1910, and 1911 (including in this term all the items which are included under that heading in Table F2—viz., salaries of office staffs, Inspectors, Truant Officers, &c, and the ordinary office contingencies—but excluding the incidental expenses of schools), together with mean of percentages for three years 1909-11 : —

Education District. 1909. Percentage. 1910. 1911. Mean of Percentages for Three Years,. 1909-11. Auckland Taranaki... Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury ... South Canterbury ... Otago Southland " • 4-2 5-7 4-7 4-4 4-7 6-6 5-9 8-1 7-7 4-0 49 4-2 5-1 3-9 51 4-9 4-0 4-5 6-2 5-3 7-8 - 8-6 4-7 4-7 4-0 5-0 3-7 5-2 4-6 4-1 4-4 6-1 5-2 8-1 8-3 4-0 4-4 4-3 4-4 3-9 5-3. 4-7 4-2' 4-5 6-3 5-5 80 8-2 4-2 4-7 4-2 4-8