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Gbnbbal Statement of Receipts and Expendituue for the Year ending 31st December, 1907. Receipts. £ s. d. ] Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 563 12 8 Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 3,291 19 1 Grants from Government for— Office contingencies .. .. .. 1,301 14 6 Teachers' and pupil - teachers' salaries, Teachers'. and pupil-teachers' salaries, and and allowances to pupil-teachers .. 48,802 13 7 allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. 52,208 15 8 Reserves revenue for primary education 3,750 13 4 Relieving-teachers'salaries .. .. 788 4 3 Capitation at 6d. for relieving-teachers .. 350 17 6 Training collegesCapitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 8,194 12 0 Salaries of teachers .. .. .. 1,380 10 0 Special capitation at 9d. for School Com- Incidental expenses of training college .. 220 12 8 mittees .. .. .. .. 543 3 9 Allowances to students .. .. 3,758 7 5 Training colleges — Training of teachers other than at training Salaries of staff, &o. .. .. 1,588 8 6 colleges .. .. .. .. 126 7 8 Allowances to students .. .. 3,752 10 9 Conveyance and board of sohool-ohildren .. 181 1 6 Training teachers other than at training Special capitation to School Committeee .. 543 3 9 colleges .. .. .. .. 51 8 6 Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 3,163 13 6 Conveyance and board of school-children 254 12 6 Training college—Teachers'special winter Other grants—Teachers' special winter course .. .. .. .. 53 8 8 course .. .. .. .. 43 2 6 Elementary agriculture— Receipts from other sources—Truanoy fines 16 5 0 Instructor's salary .. .. .. 300 0 0 Grants from Government for— Expenses .. .. .. .. 89 5 5 Scholarships— Allowances to scholarship-holders and exEd ueation Board .. .. .. 870 17 5 penses of examinationNational .. .. .. .. 240 14 3 Board scholarships .. .. .. 877 6 8 District high schools — National Scholarships .. .. 276 7 6 Salaries of teachers.. .. .. 3,998 8 4 Salaries of teachers and additions to salaries Subsidies on voluntary contributions, of head teachers on staffs of district &c. .. .. .'. .. 276 0 6 high schools .. .. .. 3,930 8 4 Receipts from other sources— Other expenses—Refund donations and subPees .. .. .. .. 21 18 6 sidies, apparatus, &c. .. .. 694 1 0 Voluntary contributions .. .. 313 14 0 Manual and technical— Grants from Government for manual and School classes .. .. .. 1,868 17 6 technical instruction — Special classes .. .. .. 65 13 11 Capitation— Payments to managers of associated classes 5,970 6 8 On all classes .. .. .. 5,153 0 2 Maintenance of school buildings— On account of free places .. .. 1,346 14 6 Alterations, small additions, repairs, and Material for class-work .. .. 187 11 1 repainting, &o. .. .. .. 2,932 12 6 Subsidies on voluntary contributions and Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 986 12 10 bequests .. .. .. .. 487 16 9 Rent .. .. .. .. 700 14 9 Voluntary contributions .. .. 164 12 7 House allowances .. .. .. 1,984 17 10 Sale of goods .. .. .. .. 39 15 11 New school buildings, additional classGrants from Government for— rooms, furniture, &c. .. .. .. 2,265 3 11 Maintenance of school buildings, rebuild- Sites .. .. .. .. .. 1,585 0 0 ing schools, alterations, small addi- Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for tions, furniture, fittings, sites, fencing, manual and technical purposes— rents, &0... .. .. ... 5,027 9 4 School classes .. .. .. 1,413 3 2 House allowances .. .. .. 1,914 13 11! Special classes .. .. .. 160 16 4 New school buildings, additions, furni- : Other expenses — ture, sites, &o. .. .. .. 4,358 5 0; Purchase of sites (Land Sales Account).. 1,849 18 8 Technical - school buildings, furniture, fittings, apparatus, &c. .. .. 1,854 8 6 Other receipts— Sale of sites .. .. .. .. 8 19 6 Rents from school-site reserves (buildings) 144 10 11 Voluntary contributions, &c. .. .. 88 17 4 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 558 16 7 £94,969 5 8 ■ £94,969 5 8 20th May, 1908. Robebt Lee, Chairman. G. L. Stewart, Secretary.

HAWKE'S BAY. Sir, — Education Office, Napier, 2nd May, 1908. In accordance with the provisions of section 166 of " The Education Act, 1904," I have the honour to submit the report of the Education Board of the District of Hawke's Bay for the year ending 31st December, 1907. Board. —At the beginning of the year the Board was composed of the following members: Messrs. T. Tanner, S. McLernon, C. M. Whittington, W. Maddison, O. Ericksen, G. E. Darton, W. Morgan, Pastor Ries, and Rev. A. Grant. In May Sir William Russell was elected, vice Mr. W. C. Maddison, resigned. In July the Rev. A. Grant (South Ward), Messrs. T. Tanner (Middle Ward), and G. E. Dalton (North Ward) retired in accordance with the provisions of the Act. All were reelected. At the first meeting of the new Board Sir William Russell was elected Chairman. During the year twelve meetings were held, the average attendance of members being 7'5. Schools. —On the 31st December, 1906, there were in operation 101 schools'. During the year eleven new schools were established, and eleven temporarily closed, so that the number open in December, 1907, was 101. Teachers. —At the end of the year there were 252 teachers in the Board's service—viz., 82 males, 118 females, and 53 pupil-teachers. Unfortunately a large number (forty-five) of the adult teachers are without certificates, and many, owing to want of training, are quite unqualified. The