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Table Fl2. The following table shows for the several Education Boards the percentage of expenditure on administration to the total income for the years 1912, 1913, and 1914 (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 1912-14 :—

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Education Districts. Percentage. Mean of Percentages for Three Years, 1912-14. 1912. 1913. 1914. Auckland Taranaki... Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson ... Grey Westland North Canterbury ... South Canterbury ... Otago Southland 4-0 4-7 5-1 3-7 4-3 5-2 5-6 9-3 9-4 4-3 4-2 3-3 4-9 3-7 51 5-7 3-9 4-1 5-9 4-9 8-4 7-8 3-9 4-7 3-3 4-5 8-5 4-3 4-9 4-0 3-9 5-1 5-2 60 7-1 3-2 4-1 3-2 4-7 3-7 4-7 5-2 3-9 4-1 5-4 5-2" 7-9 8-1 3-8 4-3 33 4-7 All Boards 4-3 4-3 3-9 4-2