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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1907. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. & *. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 297 10 8 Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 593 17 U Grants from Government for— i Office contingencies .. ~ .. 276 19 2 Teachers'and pupil-teachers'salaries, and Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and allowances to pupil-teachers .. 7,754 9 0 allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. 7,925 15 10 Reserves revenue for primary education 240 0 0 Relieving-teachers , salaries .. .. 62 16 10 Capitation at 6d. for relieving-teachers .. 43 14 3 | Training of teachers other than at trainCapitation at 11s. 3d. and grant of £250 1,233 8 0! ing colleges .. .. .. .. 67 11 7 Special capitation at 9d. for School Com- Special capiiation to School Committees .. 65 5 9 mittees .. .. .. .. 65 5 9 Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 397 13 2 Training of teachers other than at train- Truant Officer .. .. .. .. 46 10 0 ing colleges .. .. .. 125 0 0 I Material for schools .. .. .. 33 111 Conveyance and board of school-children 12 7 6 | Allowance to scholarship-holders and exReceipts from other sources— penses of examination— Sale of stationery .. .. .. 0 6 3 Board scholarships .. .. .. 102 10 0 Sale of Education Aot .. .. 0 14; National Scholarships .. .. 45 0 0 Truanoy fines .. .. .. 310 0 I Manual and technioal— Grants from Government for — School classes .. .. .. 280 16 8 Scholarships— Special classes .. .. .. 138 15 9 Education Board .. .. .. 102 0 0 i Maintenance of school buildings— National .. .. .. .. 45 0 0 Alterations, small additions, repairs, reGrants from Government for manual and painting, &c. .. .. .. 677 2 6 technical instruction— Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 140 9 1 Capitation— Rent .. .. .. .. 16 12 6 On all classes .. .. .. 238 5 9 House allowances .. .. .. 159 110 On account of free places .. . . 10 5 9 New school buildings, additional classReceipts from other sources— rooms, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. 515 2 3 Pees .. .. .. .. 26 19 0 Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for Sale of goods .. .. .. 915 4 manual and technioal purposes — Grants from Government for — School classes .. .. .. 27 1 8 Maintenance of school buildings, re- Special classes .. .. .. 13 10 10 building schools, &c. .. .. 560 18 4 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 527 16 3 House allowances .. .. .. 151 15 7 New school buildings, additions, furniture, sites, &o. .. .. .. 864 0 0 Technical-sohool buildings, furniture, fittings, apparatus, &c. .. .. 303 13 9 Other receipts— Interest from Post-Office Savings-Bank 7 2 6 Lease of school-sites .. .. .. 18 2 7 £12,113 11 4 £12,113 11 4 E. McCallum, Chairman. 28th January, 1908. E. Hylton, Secretary.

NELSON. Sir, — Education Office, Nelson, 28th April, 1908. I have the honour to lay before you the report of the proceedings of the Nelson Education Board for the year ending 31st December, 1907. The Board.—At the beginning of the year the Board was composed of the following gentlemen : Messrs. Andrew Thomas Maginnity (Chairman), William Lock, Frederick William Oscar Smith, East Ward; William Norris Franklyn, John Diedrich Beuke, Thomas John Baigent, Middle Ward ; Thomas Bailie, John William Fair, and George Bell Shepherd, West Ward. In accordance with the provisions of the law the Board drew lots as to which members should retire from office during the year. Messrs. A. T. Maginnity, J. D. Beuke, and J. W. Fair were balloted out, and at the election in July last to supply the vacancies thus caused Messrs. Maginnity and Beuke were re-elected, and Mr. Job Lushanus Munson replaced Mr. Fair. At the annual meeting Mr. Maginnity was re-elected Chairman. Meetings of the Boaed.—The Board held twenty-four meetings during the year, the average attendance at each meeting being eight. Primary Schools.—At the close of the year 1906 there were 108 schools in operation. During the year under review seven household schools were opened and six others closed. The small school at Rocky River was reopened and a school started on the Wangapeka Settlement, a district recently thrown open by the Government. A side school to Charleston was also established at Rahui (Nine-mile Beach). At the end of the year the schools in operation numbered 111, forty-three of these, however, being schools in Grade 0. District High Schools.—There are now four district high schools in operation—namely, at Westport, Reefton, Motueka, and Takaka; the latter school being opened on the Ist July last with an attendance of over twenty pupils. Attendance op Scholars.—There has been a considerable decrease in the roll-number and average attendance during the year, an unusual amount of sickness and the prevalence of several epidemics being responsible in a large measure for this decrease. The numbers for 1906 and 1907 are as follows: 1906—R011-number, 5,612; average attendance, 4,837'75. 1907-—Roll-number, 5,542; average attendance, 4,681'75.