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General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1883, Showing Total Amount passed for Payment by the Board, of which the Sum of £4,767 2s. lid. is represented by Unpaid Cheques m a , Lt ß t ce ?s a - £ s - d - Expenditure. £ s. d. To Government grant for build- By Balance of account on Slst December, . , mg3 , :82 » 917 1 ° 1882 2 487 15 5 Advance deducted . 480 0 0 Office staff, salaries (11 months) 837 17 6 , 2,437 1 0 Clerical assistance 47 3 0 Government capitations, at Departmental contingencies . 837 710 £3 15s. and ss. . £8,429 13 5 Inspector's salary (11 months) 441 13 4 Advance deducted 60 0 0 Inspector's travelling expenses 133 6 8 0 , . , . , „ ~ 8 > 369 13 5 Teachers' salaries and allowances (includRcholarships grant, at Is. 6d . 174 15 7 ing rent, bonus, &o. (11 months) 7,198 19 11 Inspection subsidy (11 months) 275 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools.. 806 13 0 i ayments by School Commissioners for Scholarships—Paid to scholars 180 0 0 primary education .. 127 18 1 School buildingsSchool books.. .. 414 0 6 New buildings .. . 2 422 19 6 :? ce™ nds '• 206 19 7 Improvements of buildings 8676 4 1 i: , . 29 0 Furniture and appliances .. .. 119 1 6 Balance of account on Slst December, Plans, supervision, and fees 416 2 6 1883 •■ • • 5,572 6 6 Union Bank of Australia, interest 112 12 11 School books, &c. . 362 5 8 £17,580 3 8 £17,580 3 8 E. T. Eobinson. I hereby certify that I have examined the above account, and have compared the same with bank pass-book, ledger, and vouchers, and find the same to be correct, with the exception of some items under the heading of "Departmental contingencies," amounting to £158 17s. ]0d (concerning which I will make a special report), and to the best of my knowledge and belief to be according to law.—W A. Spence, Auditor. Greymouth, 4th March, 1884.

OTAGO. SlB '~ . . ,. ,. 1nn . r Dunedin, 31st March, 1884. . As required by section 102 of "The Education Act, 1877," the Education Board of the District ot Otago has the honour to present the following report of its proceedings for the year 1883 Ihe boAKD—At the beginning of the year the following members constituted the Board: James -Pulton, Henry Clark, Thomas Fergus, John Shand, William Elder, Alexander C Be™ Michael Iraer, Keith Eamsay, and James Green. Messrs. Fulton, Clark, and Fergus retired Tri terms of section 15 of the Education Act. Five candidates were nominated by the School Committees for the vacancies, and the voting resulted in the re-election of Messrs. Clark and Fergus and the election of Mr. John McKenzie in the room of Mr. Fulton, who did not offer himself for reelection. At the first meeting of the Board in April, Professor Shand was re-elected Chairman There were held during the year fourteen meetings of the Board, twelve meetings of the Finance Committee, and twelve meetings of the Appointments Committee Numbee op Schools -The last report of the Board showed that there were in operation on d i fo D f* r V 18 ', 159 scho ? ls - Dmm S the I ear n ew schools were opened at Macandrew Boad (South Dunedin), Totara, and Waianakarua. The schools at Eweburn and Lower Kyeburn had to be reduced to the half-time system, owing to the falling-off in the attendance at the former school, and the school at Ida Valley had to be closed, owing to the falling-off in the attendance and the apparent indifference of the settlers to the education of their children The Shag Vallev School was also closed at the end of 1882, as the improved state of the roads in the district, and the bridging of the river, enabled the children who attended it conveniently to reach the Palmerston School. There were_ consequently 159 schools in operation in this district at the end of December. The now school districts of Maerewhenua, Tahora (Hindon), Waiwera Township Coal Creek Flat and Lowburn were proclaimed and when the year closed school buildings were in course of erection m all but the first. The City of Dunedin, which hitherto formed one school district, was divided into five districts—an alteration which the Board hopes will ultimately be of advantage to the schools of trie city Tbaohbbb.— There were employed at the close of the year 446 teachers, being an increase of four as compared with the preceding year this £ r °ict L -^. TTBNI)ANCE " —The fo^lowin S is an abstract of the attendance at the public schools of

Tear. I I o d S ■:• O H ■H o 6 'A Numbi attorn Com er at Pupi iled at all: •se of the ■) Is who in the (Tear. Daii Average ly Attenda >r the lea: ,noe r. attl L-ttendanc LO Close o Tear. the Dunedin. All other Schools. Totals. Dunedin. All other Schools. Totals. Dimedin. All otlior Schools. Totals, 1850-57 L866 L876-77 .. L8S2 .883 5 51 165 159 159 7 71 329 442 446 1,193 3,094 6,450 6,722 2 754 15,250 20,548 21,086 S 947 18,350 26,998 27,808 115 888 2,087 3,853 4,000 121 l,C80 9,H3 12 341 12,814 236 2,568 11,210 16,194 16,814 934 2,378 4,426 4,534 2 136 11,159 16,239 16,011 3,070 13,537 19,665 20,545