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RELIGIOUS, CHARITABLE, AND

City of Wellington. —22-} perches. School for both races. Let to Mr. G. Moore for £20 a year. St. Joseph's Providence Institution, Wellington:—lB62, eighteen girls—nine Maoris, seven Half-castes, two Europeans. City of Wellington (St. Joseph's Providence Institution). —1 acre. Female school for both races. Purchased by the Crown. (D. 16, 1866.) School has been in operation on this section since 1851 for female children; the girls educated are Maori and Half-caste, and occasionally Europeans. Three Maoris and ten Half-caste girls at present. Europeans, three in number.

WESLEYAN METHODIST SOCIETY. Province of Auckland. Waitemata. —Auckland suburbs, 6 acres 3 roods, for Wesleyan Native Institution. Land leased at £60 per annum. In 1855, twenty under daily and systematic instruction; since then, the number has lessened, —many removed to the Three Kings. (A. 5,1869.) The buildings on this land are not used for educational purposes. Waitemata and Titiranga —192 acres, for Wesleyan Native Institution; and 3 roods 12 perches, 20 acres, 527 acres, 19 acres 1 rood 6 perches, 65 acres 1 rood 6 perches, for schools for education of children of both races. (E. 7, 1865.) Government grants. Three King's School: —The school buildings were erected with funds supplied by the Government. The annual income is made up of grants from the Government, £666; from Wesleyan Missions, £225; total, £891. (W. Seed, A. 5, 1869.) The Wesleyan Board of Education have received from the General Government, for quarter ended 31st March, 1864, £100 ; 30th June, 1864, £100; 30th September, 1864, £82 9s. Bd. ; 31st December, 1864, £78 145.; 31st March, 1865, £46 16s. 6d. ; 30th June, 1865, £43 15s. Special grants—3oth June, 1865, £200. General Government capitation, 1866,£324 Bs. 7d.; 1867, £207 7s. 5d.; 1868, £31 Is. Id. (Rev. J. Buller, A. 5, 1869.) 500 or 600 acres let to Captain Machell on lease for ten years from 1868, at £250 per annum ; proceeds devoted to support of Institution. Selling value of the whole estate, subject to Captain Machell's lease, about £4,000. (A. 5, 1869.) Up to the year 1863, there always was a large number of Maori children and youths, also many Half-castes of both sexes, probably averaging from thirty to eighty, boarded and instructed, and regularly trained to industrial pursuits. (A. 5, 1869.) Three King's Native Institution : —1863, thirty-nine on register — twenty-three males, sixteen females. (E. 9, 1863.) 1865, fifty-two boarders —three Maoris, fifteen Half-castes, thirty-four Europeans. Present state : —No Maoris, four or five Half-castes, and twenty destitute children. When the school was closed, about 31st March, 1869, children were then sent to Auckland to Orphan House, Parnell. Aotea. —402 acres. Site and endowment of school for Natives and Half-castes. (E. 7, 1865.) Government grants, 1864, £322 15s. 6d. (E. 3b, 1865) ; quarter ending 31st March, 1865, £78 7s. 6d.; 30th Juno, £79 10s. 1863, thirty-six pupils on roll. (E. 9, 1863.) 1865, thirty-five Maoris. (E. 3b, 1865.) " The school has been maintained ever since the date of the grant. No part of the land is let. If any proceeds accrue, they are all devoted to the support of the school. There are from twenty to thirty Native and Half-caste scholars in attendance." (Rev. J. Buller, A. 5, 1869.) Kawhia. —169 acres. Site and endowment of school for Natives and Half-castes. (E. 7, 1865.) Government grants, 1864, £225 17s. (E. 3b, 1865) ; quarter ending 31st March, 1865, £52 6s. 6d.; 30th June, £50 14s. 1863, thirty-one scholars on register. (E. 9, 1863.) 1865, twenty-two Maoris. (E. 3b, 1865.) "On this estate there is a school, . . . under the charge of Native teachers. No inspection has been possible for some time, owing to Native political disturbances, nor are there any proceeds beyond what Native crops may be raised on the land and consumed there." (Rev. J. Buller, A. 5, 1869.)

Province of Wellington. City of Wellington. —73 acres 1 rood 22 perches. School for both races. No school ever erected. The whole reserve, with the exception of 3 acres, sold to the Provincial Government of Wellington at the rate of £50 per acre. The proceeds let out at interest, —to be used for educational purposes. £286 has been expended in purchase of 258 acres 3 roods of land at Manawatu. (A. 3, 1870.) Kai Iwi. —385 acres. Industrial school. Purchased by the Mission from the Crown. During the period from 1859 till school closed, there was a capitation allowance of £10 for every child educated at the school. " The cost of the buildings and improvements of the land, and of the stock afterwards placed upon it, was defrayed out of funds supplied by the New Zealand Government." (Rev. G. Stannard, A. 3, 1870.) Land let for ten years —£125 for first three years, and £150 per annum for last seven. From 1858 until commencement of the war, the school was prosperous, having fifty resident Natives. When the war commenced the school declined. No school. Land and buildings let.

Return of Payments on account of Native Schools, from January, 1846, to December, 1868. £ s. d. Church of England, 1846 to 1854, and 1859 to 1868 ... ... 29,349 11 1 Church of Rome, „ „ „ „ ... ... 10,008 3 4 Wesleyan Methodist Society „ „ „ ... ... 18,289 5 2 Church of England, Church of Rome, and Wesleyan, 1854 to 1859 19,946 17 9 Total ... ... ... £77,593 17 4 (W. Seed, Deputy-Auditor, A. 5, 1869.)