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Assets and Liabilities for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. general account. £ s. d. £ s. d. To Balance .. .. .. 1.154 8 0 By School Fund due for quarter ending 31st December .. .. .. 261 4 6 Library Grant, balance .. .. 3 8 7 Scholarships, balance due on awards, 1879 50 0 O Departmental expenses, sundry accounts .. 23 14 9 , Bank overdraft .. .. .. 816 0 2 £1,154 8 0 £1,154 8 0 BUILDING ACCOUNT. £ S. d. £ S. d. To Bank Balance .. .. •• 355 18 8 By Balance due on sundry contracts .. 2,634 16 0 Balance .. .. .. 2,414 17 8 Sundry outstanding accounts.. .. 136 0 4 £2,770 16 4 £2,770 16 4

Summary of the School Fund Accounts for the Year ending 31st December, 1879. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure £ s. d To Balances in Bank and in hand on Ist Jan., By Bonuses to teachers out of Board's grants 18 79 .. .. .. 147 19 1 to Committees .. .. .. 14 19 4 Eeceipts trom Education Board— Bonuses to teachers out of donations, subOrdinary grants .. .. 862 5 10 scriptions, &o. .. .. .. 60 10 0 Donations, subscriptions, Seo., from others Cleaning (allowances and requisites) .. 284 15 9 than Education Board .. .. 285 9 3 Fuel .. .. .. .. 94 8 3 Balances due to Committees .. .. 215 4 Books, maps, stationery, and furniture for general school use .. .. 203 16 8 Eepairs not paid for directly by Board .. 223 8 1 Clerks' salaries, and office expenses .. 26 6 7 Prizes .. .. .. 85 8 5 School Fetes or treats .. .. 20 12 9 Beading books or text books supplied free to scholars .. ... .. 160 Paper, pens, ink, &c, supplied free to scholars .. .. .. .. 45 2 0 Gymnastic apparatus .. .. 16 18 3 Advertising and postages .. .. 27 15 2 Drill instruction .. .. .. 4 0 0 Ground rent .. .. .. 5 0 0 Expenditure not accounted for by three committees .. .. .. 29 4 1 Balances .. .. .. 163 8 2 £1,316 19 6 £1,31(5 19 6

WELLINGTON. Sir,— ' Wellington, 31st March, 1880. I have the honor to lay before you the report of the proceedings of the Education Board for the District of Wellington for the year ending 31st December, 1879. Constitution. —At the beginning of the year the Board consisted of the following members :—Hon. C. J. Pharazyn, Chairman ; Hon. W. Gisborne, H. Bunny, Esq., M.H.R., G. Beetham, Esq., M.H.R., W. Hutchison. Esq., M,H.R., Ed. Toomath, Esq., Ven. Archdeacon Stock, Rev. James Paterson, and Charles Pharazyn, Esq. In terms of clause 15 of the Education Act three members were balloted out at the end of March. They were the Hon. C. J. Pharazyn, Ven. Archdeacon Stock, and the Rev. James Paterson ; but, as all three after a contest were re-elected, the constitution of the Board remained unchanged. In the month of September the Hon. W. Gisborne having resigned, six candidates were nominated by the School Committees for the vacancy, and the election resulted in the return of Dr. Newman, who took his seat for the rest of the year. Meetings.—lncluding the ordinary meetings held on the last Wednesday of every month, the Board met on twenty-one occasions, exclusive of regular meetings of the standing committee, now held a fortnight after each ordinary Board meeting. Schools and School Districts Established.—Table No. 1 attached gives a list of 43 schools established at the end of the year, with the particulars asked for, as to teaching staff and expenditure. The return shows an increase of six schools in operation on last year's return, caused by the opening of seven new ones, and the amalgamation, on the Ist July, of the two half-time schools at Makara into one full time school. The whole of the Board District is subdivided into school districts. The only school districts with more than one school established in each are Mount Cook, which for the year included Newton, and three separate schools for boys, girls, and infants ; the Thorndon, which includes one mixed school and one Infant's school ; the Upper Hutt, which includes the Mungaroa ; and the Pahautanui, which includes Judgeford. Attendance. —Table 2 gives the attendances at the several schools, the boundaries of which are