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.£138,370 10s. Id.; secondary education, £4,996 17s. 10d.; Manual and Technical Account, £9,753 15s. 9d.; maintenance of buildings, £14,309 14s. 6d.; new school buildings, £11,594 16s. 9d.; manual and technical buildings, £1,865 Bs.; unclassified accounts, £128 18s. 5d.: total, £181,020 Is. 4d., leaving a credit balance at the end of the year of £19,939 17s. 4d". The school buildings Maintenance Account was charged with the sum of £8,471 9s. 10d., which had been expended on new school buildings. There is still a deficiency in the New Buildings Account, owing to the generally inadequate amount of special grants. The Board has repeatedly appealed against the refusal of Government to provide the whole cost of new buildings. Buddings.—Nine schools were built, and eleven schools were enlarged during the year. Four residences were erected, and one was enlarged. The repairing, painting, and improvement of school buildings have been carried out by competent foremen, under direction of the Architect. The Board sustained a very serious loss through the death of Mr. Ft. M. Watt, who for fifteen years laboured assiduously as Architect. His former partner, Mr. John Mitchell, has been obliged through ill health to resign his office as Architect of new school buildings. The untiring labours of these gentlemen have raised the school buildings of the district to a very high standard. It is believed that the same standard will be maintained by the present Architect, Mr. John Farrell. Conclusion.—The thanks of the Board are due to the Education Department for the careful consideration of its recommendations; to the Officers of the Public Health Department for much valuable help and advice in matters of school-sanitation ; and to the School Committees of the district for their cordial co-operation during the year. 1 have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. L. J'. Bagnall, Chairman.

General Statement of Receipts and Expenditube for the Year ending 31st December, 1907. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 13,429 1 9 Stafi salaries and clerical assistance .. 5,358 15 11 Grants from Government for— Office contingencies .. .. .. 2,675 711 Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and and allowances to pupil-teachers , .. 112,261 8 1 allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. 115,612 7 3 Reserves revenue for primary education 3,588 15 0 Relieving-teachers' salaries .. .. 1,178 18 5 Capitation at 6d., for relieving-teachers 704 18 9 Training College— Capitation at lls. 3d., and grant of £250 16,110 13 3 Salaries of teachers .. .. .. 1,425 13 8 Special capitation at 9d. for School Incidental expenses of Training College 331 6 8 Committees .. .. .. 1,057 19 9 Allowances to students .. .. 1,679 0 0 Training College— Training of teachers other than at trainSalaries of staff, &o. .. .. 1,517 13 0 ing oolleges .. .. .. .. 145 0 0 Allowances to students .. .. 1,688 0 0 Conveyance of school-children .. .. 242 911 Capitation at 9d., £11 9s. 6d.; grant Speoial capitation to School Committees 1,057 19 9 foe library, £100.. .. .. 11l 9 6 Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 8,266 0 6 Training of teachers other than at Truant Officer .. .. .. 266 5 4 training colleges .. .. .. 500 0 0 Audit of School Fund accounts .. 40 0 0 Conveyance of school-children .. 102 19 0 Allowance to scholarship-holders, and exReceipts from other sources— penses of examination— Commission on Government Insurance Board scholarships .. .. .. 2,129 511 premiums collected .. .. 17 13 3 National Scholarships .. .. 340 0 0 Truancy fines .. .. .. 112 18 10 Salaries of teaohers and additions to Fees, speoial standard examinations, salaries of head teachers on staffs of £10; sales of electoral rolls, &c, £1 4s. 11 i 0 district high schools.. .. .. 2,483 6 8 Grants from Government for— Other expenses—Apparatus .. .. 44 5 3 Scholarships— Manual and technical — Education Board .. .. .. 2,131 10 2 School classes .. .. .. 3,939 18 0 National.. .. .. .. 340 00 j Special classes .. .. .. 4,547 10 0 District high schools—Salaries of Other expenses—Office salaries .. 1,266 7 9 teachers .. .. .. 2,534 6 8 Maintenance of school buildings— Receipts from other souroes— Alterations, small additions, repairs, reSchool fees .. .. .. .. 18 15 0 painting, sites, &o. .. .. 7,979 611 Voluntary contributions .. .. 64 10 0 Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 1,434 12 10 Grants from Government for manual and Rent .. .. .. .. 559 14 8 technical instruction — House allowances .. .. .. 4,396 0 1 Capitation on all classes .. .. 7,204 16 9 New school buildings, additional classMaterial for class work .. .. 172 710 rooms, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. 11,594 16 9 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 31 1 6 Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for Receipts from other sources— manual and technical purposes— Fees .. .. .. .. 764 19 11 School classes .. .. .. 95 13 8 Voluntary contributions .. .. 49 4 1 Special classes .. .. .. 1,769 14 4 Interest on J. E. McLeod, fixed deposit Other expenses— (£9O) .. .. .. .. 214 0 Purohase of sites (Land Sales Account) 5 5 0 Grants from Government for— Cheques called to account in 1901, preMaintenance of school buildings, re- sented through Teachers' Salaries Acbuilding schools, &o. .. .. 10,629 11 4 count, £4 13s. 3d.; Store Account, House allowances .. .. .. 4,320 2 2 £15 4 S . Bd.; teachers' salaries disNew school buildings, additions, furni- allowed, £31 4s. 9d. .. .. 51 2 8 ture, eites, &c. .. .. .. 9,854 6 4 Sales of old teachers' houses paid over, Technical-school buildings, furniture, £73 55.; refund to Harapepe settlers fittings, apparatus, &o. .. .. 212 12 0 o f contributions towards ereotion of Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 10,420 1 6 school, £30 10s. 6d. .. .. 103 15 6 Other receipts— Balance at end of year.. .. .. 19,939 17 4 Sale of sites.. .. .. .. 55 0 0 Rents, £65 lie. 9d. ; sales from store, £46 Is.; Committees' contributions, £68 45.; sales of old teachers' houses, £73 ss. .. .. .. 253 1 9 Voluntary contributions .. . 398 16 0 Interest on fixed deposits ... .. 269 0 0 Rents from site .. .. .. 18 7 6 £200,959 18 8 £200,959 18 8 L. J. Bagnall, Chairman. sth May, 1908. Vincent Rice, Secretary.