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The net balance in the Buildings Account at the close of the year 1912 was £37,294. The above summary indicates that at the end of 1913 it had decreased to £30,198. An examination of the grants made to Boards under heading («), referred to above, together with their returns of expenditure, discloses the fact that the School Buildings Maintenance Account should stand as shown in Table Fll, of which the following is a summary : — School Buildings Maintenance Account, all Boards, 31st Decembee, 1913. £ Cash balances .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 84,385 Net excess of amounts due to Boards over amounts due by Boards . . 5,656 Net balance, 31st December, 1913 .. .. .. .. .. £90,041 It would appear, then, that at the Ist January, 1914, this net balance of £90,041 was available for the purposes indicated. However, the combined Buildings Account shows the actual balance to be £30,198, and obviously, therefore, a sum of £59,843 has been diverted from the Maintenance Fund to other purposes. This is far more than would be warranted by the provision allowing the Boards to transfer 7 per cent, from this account to its Buildings Account. Chatham Islands. At the end of 1913 there were four schools in operation in the Chatham islands —viz., those at Te One, Te Roto, Matarakau, and Owenga. The average number of pupils on the roll Was 98, the average attendance being 82. The total expenditure on the schools for the year under review was made up as follows :■ — £ s. d. Salaries of teachers (including allowances and cost of removals) . . 648 1 0 Buildings, repairs, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 257 11 8 Scholarships .. .. .. .. .. .. 40 0 0 Inspection .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 917 0 Other expenses .. .. .. . . .. 10 15 7 Total .. .. .. .. £966 5 3

In the table below are given the names of the teachers together with certain details of expenditure. The average roll number and average attendance for each school are also shown.

Attendance. School. Names of Teachers. Salaries at End of 1913. Allowance for Conveyance of ■ Mean of Average Mean or Weekly Goods Attendance for | Roll Number for Four Quarters of Four Quarters of 1913. 1913. Te 0n« Wentzel, E. SB. .. Renwiok, Miss F. Lanauze, Miss G. Seymour, Mis, A. Hutchinson, J. Russell, Mrs. E. A. £ s. d. H.M. 205 0 0 Pt. 2 *50 0 0 Pt. 5 i , 55 0 0 F. i t!08 0 0 M. 103 10 0 I F. 99 0 0 £ 25 41 50 Te Roto .. Owenga .. Matarakau 15 20 24 15 13 15 8 9 55 . 82 98 Total 620 10 0 • Ini ;ludbs lod; flni [-allowance, £15 t Also house allowance £16 Kv annum. ier annum.