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General Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituee— continued. Receipts —continued. £ s. d. Expenditure —continued. £ s. d. Brought forward .. .. 11,523 0 3 Brought forward .. .. 6,180 12 3 To Subscriptions for school libraries .. 50 0 0 By School-buildings— Book sales .. .. .. .. 62 6 6 New buildings .. .. .. 3,584 18 4 Deposits .. .. .. .. 35 0 0 Improvements of buildings .. .. 311 9 1 Donations for penny-dinner fund .. 019 5 Furniture and appliances .. .. 495 16 0 Sites .. .. .. .. 65 18 1 Plans, supervision, and fees .. 162 1 0 School requisites .. .. .. 130 5 9 Rent of buildings (Hokitika School) .. 84 17 6 Deposits returned .. .. .. 38 0 0 Advertising tenders .. .. .. 2 3 6 Interest .. .. .. .. 016 0 Credit balanco at end of year— On Building Account .. .. 311 5 4 On General Account .. .. 300 18 1 On Petty Cash Account .. .. 2 5 3 £11,671 6 2 £11,671 6 2 Eichaed John Seddon, Chairman. John Smith, Secretary. I hereby certify that I have examined the above statement, and, having compared it with the cash-books, ledgers, bank pass-books, vouchers, and other documents, find it correct.—E. F. Eich, Auditor. Hokitika, 16th February, 1888.

NOBTH CANTEEBUEY. General Statement of Eeoeipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1887. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. & s. d. To Balance at beginning of year— By Office staff—Salaries .. .. 1,060 0 0 On Building Account .. .. 401 510 Departmental contingencies .. 356 18 7 On General Account .. .. 9,701 16 1 Inspectors'salaries .. .. 1,488 9 5 Government grant for buildings .. 8,349 5 0 Inspectors' travelling expenses .. 351 2 2 Other receipts for buildings— Examination of pupil-teachers .. 182 10 1 Government grant for rebuilding Teachers' salaries and allowances (inmaster's house at Brookside, de- eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. 50,991 16 6 stroyed by fire .. .. 345 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools .. 6,901 14 10 Contractors'deposits .. .. 127 18 0 Training of teachsrs .. .. 2,540 13 4 Government statutory capitation .. 47,233 7 6 Scholarships— Special capitation .. .. .. 2,928 13 5 Paid to scholars .. .. .. 926 13 4 Scholarship grant .. .. .. 922 17 11 Examination expenses and expenses Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 500 0 0 attending school .. .. 129 19 3 Grant for training of teachers .. 2,000 0 0 School-buildings— Payments by School Commissioners .. 11,321 14 9 Now buildings .. .. .. 5,464 7 3 Rent of site, Mandeville Plains .. 3 0 0 Improvements of buildings .. 1,730 4 4 Interest .. .. .. .. 297 10 0 Furniture and appliances .. .. 962 14 3 Canterbury College, on account of drill Sites .. .. .. .. 278 5 2 instruction .. .. .. 35 0 0 Plans, supervision, and foes .. 662 19 5 Rent of gymnasium .. .. 27 9 0 Refund of deposits on contracts .. 225 8 0 Balance at end of year—On Building Drill instruction .. .. .. 399 2 6 Account .. .. .. 100 9 7 School of Art .. .. .. 300 0 0 Interest on overdraft .. .. 1 18 10 Balance at end of year—On General Account .. .. .. 9,340 910 £84,295 7 1 £84,295 7 1 W. Chbystall, Chairman. J. V. Colboene-Veeb, Secretary. I have audited this account and have compared the items with the vouchers, and find it correct. The balance at the bank is accurately stated. —J. Olliviee, Provincial District Auditor. 7th February, 1888.

SOUTH CANTEEBUEY. Sib, — Education Office, Timaru, 31st March, 1888. In accordance with clause 102 of " The Education Act, 1877," the Education Board of the District of South Canterbury have the honour to present the following report of its proceedings for the year ending the 31st December, 1887. Boaed.—At the commencement of the year the Board consisted of the following members : The Eev. George Barclay, the Eev. T. Jasper Smyth, Messrs. Melville Gray, Bichard Alfred Barker, John Talbot, Charles J. Foster, L.L.D., John Jackson, W. Barker Howell, and S. W. Goldsmith (Chairman). The Eev. T. Jasper Smyth, Bichard Alfred Barker, and W. Barker Howell retired in terms of section 15 of the Act. Five candidates were nominated by the School Committees for these vacancies, namely : The Eev. T. Jasper Smyth, E. A. Barker, W. B. Howell, James Bruce, and William Henry Beckett; and the voting resulted in the election of the Eev. T. Jasper Smyth and Messrs. E. A. Barker and W. B. Howell. One extraordinary vacancy also occurred by the resignation of Dr. Charles J. Foster. For this vacancy two candidates were nominated by the School Committees—namely, Mr. Job Brown and Mr. E. H. Pearpoint—and the voting resulted in