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Ordinary Votes for School Buildings.—General Maintenance, Rebuilding, etc., of Schools and Residences.

Buildings belonging to Boards. 1. Wooden Buildings. Brick and Stone Buildings. 8. 9. 10. Education District. Average Attendance, 1902. 2. Number of School Buildings at End of 1902. 3. Number of Square Feet of Floorspace in Buildings entered in Column 2. 4. Present Cost of Construction of such Buildings as are described in Columns 2 and 3. 5. Number of School Buildings at End of 1902. 6. Number of Square Feet of Floor-spaoe in Buildings entered in Column 5. 7. Coet of Construction of such Buildings as are described in Columns 5 and 6. Amount required for Maintenance. &c, of such Buildings as are described in Columns 2,3, 5, 6, and also for Teachers' Residences; as per Table "A." Distribution of Amount voted for 1902-3 —£47,000. Distribution of Votes as in Column 8, with Modifications named in Note { below. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough ... Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago... Southland 24,476 3,914 9,585 12,580 7,046 1,745 4,809 1,380 1,015 16,681 4,455 17,784 8,241 355 67 136 139 73 32 99 30 30 190 63 190 144 367,315 67,254 144,142 180,851 120,893 23,249 92,497 28,787 22,332 260,568 46,311 196,983 121,992 £ 179,492 32,944 70,304 86,943 57,322 11,742 45,584 14,154 11,249 124,856 23,360 96,242 60,656 2 1 i 2 3,416 7,500 2,651 1,892 £ 2,150 4,550 1,640 1,235 £ 14,588 1,631 3,535 4,719 3,292 792 2,792 785 931 8,600 2,345 8,795 4,230 £ 9,950 1,750 4,200 5,300 2,700 950 2,250 850 800 6,300 1,900 6,500 3,550 £ 12,917 1,373 2,999 4,098 2,862 677 2,402 696 845 7,255 2,034 7,523 3,569 1 6 7 28 2 5,870 32,074 28,171 110,311 2,040 3,572 19,544 17,253 67,587 1,324 Totals 113,711 1,548 1,673,174 814,848 50 193,925 118,855 57,035 47,000 49,250 * Column 8 shows the distribution of the ordinary votes for maintenance, rebuilding, &c, as proposed by the Education Committee, the total being £57,035. Details are given in Table A. t Column 9 shows the actual distribution of the amount (£47,000) of the same votes (or the year 1902-3. J Column 10 gives the amounts that would be payable under the proposals of the Committee, omitting item (h), namely, £3,713, in Table A, and in the item (a) in the same table, lowering the rate from 3i per cent, to 3 per cent., by which £4,072 is saved.