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even higher than the figures already quoted for the first quarter of 1904. This must be explained partly by the fact of the closing of the school at Palmerston North, with 159 pupils, as a district high school, and its conversion into a high school under section 6 of the Secondary Schools Act, and partly by the number of children who generally leave school at the conclusion of the calendar year. The total amount paid to Education Boards by Government for capitation on attendance at district high schools and for grants in aid thereof amounted to £8,545 17s. 4d., and, in addition, the claims for the last quarter had to be met. The amount expended by the Boards was £10,399 10s. Bd.

Table L1.—Number of Pupils receiving Secondary Education at District High Schools at 31st December, 1903.

The following table shows the number of Education Board scholarships held in December, 1903, with their tenure and annual value. The total expenditure of the Boards under this head amounted to £8,550 45.; the total paid to the Boards for scholarship purposes by the Department was £8,914 ss. lid.

Table L2.—Number and Value of Education Board Scholarships.

The reports of the secondary schools (subsidised or endowed) and further details in regard to district high schools and Education Board scholarships are given in a separate paper (E.-12).

Number of Pupils. Amount paid by Government to Education Boards during the Year. co o * o a-3 Passed Standard VI. Others. Total Number of Education District. M. F. Total. M. Total. D upils, 1902. Capitation. Gr^ n * s in Total. F. Total. Auckland Taranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Marlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland 8 1 7 2 3 146 34 211 49 60 155 19 175 66 55 301 53 386 115 115 2 2 54 10 2 2 64 303 55 450 115 117 170 34 378 80 49 £ s. d. 912 5 0 233 0 0 1,582 0 0 356 10 0 236 12 11 £ s. d. 225 0 0 30 0 0 210 0 0 30 0 0 43 15 3 £ s. d. 1,137 5 0 263 0 0 1,792 0 0 386 10 0 280 8 2 2 -2 3 1 1 9 3 9 3 68 17 8 125 77 166 61 67 25 20 147 64 143 66 135 42 28 272 141 309 127 i l "l 1 136 42 28 273 141 309 127 124 42 34 30 124 315 99 587 0 0 240 0 0 205 15 0 370 6 8 685 10 0 1,444 10 0 453 12 6 90 0 0 30 0 0 37 10 0 92 10 0 90 0 0 270 0 0 90 0 0 677 0 0 270 0 0 243 5 0 462 16 8 775 10 0 1,714 10 0 543 12 6 Totals for 1903 .. Totals for 1902 50 38 1,022 745 1,002 681 2,024 1,426 60 39 12 14 72 53 2,096 1,479 7,307 2 1 4,382 3 8 1238 15 3 817 10 0 8,545 17 4 5,199 13 8 1,479

Education Districts. Number held in Dec, 1903. Boys. Girls. Period of Tenure. Boards' Expenditure on Scholarships in 1903. Annual Value, &c. Auckland Taranaki 90 11 66 7 24 4 Years. 3 2 £ s. d. 1,905 18 9 244 3 4 7 at £30; 24 at £25 ; 23 at £20; 36 at £15. 5 at £35; 1 at £14; 4 at £10; 1 at £4 13s. 4d. 15 at £40; 1 at £32 10s.; 7 at £15. 9 at £35 ; 32 at £15. 9 at £30 4s. ; 1 at £22 10s. ; 1 at £16 4s. 19 at £10 4s. 3 at £35 ; 5 at £10. 7 at £50 10s. ; 1 at £25 ; 1 at £10. £25 2 at £24 ; 3 at £4. 20 at £40; 1 at £30 ; 15 at £20. 12 at £22 10s. ; 1 at £17 ; 5 at £7 10s.; 4 at £2 10s. 10 at £40; 3 at £35 ; 23 at £20; 17 at £15. 12 at £35 ; 1 at £18 ; 5 at £15. Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay23 41 30 12 20 13 11 21 17 Varies 2 2 732 14 11 969 19 11 538 4 6 Marlborough Nelson 8 9 4 5 36 22 1 5 1 1 10 11 7 4 3 4 20 11 2 2 2 Varies 2 2 169 0 0 359 10 0 108 5 0 76 17 6 1,246 3 0 369 0 8 Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago 53 35 18 2 1,278 17 8 Southland 18 15 3 2 551 8 9 Totals, 1903.. Totals, 1902.. 350 355 203 206 147 149 8,550 4 0 8,395 11 5