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General Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1907. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 775 6 8 Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 425 0 0 Grants from Government for— Office contingencies .. .. .. 227 12 4 Teachers'and pupil-teachers'salaries, and Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and allowances to pupil-teachers.. .. 4,203 10 4 allowances to pupil-teacbers .. .. 4,209 19 5 Capitation at 6d. for relieving-teachers .. 22 11 6 Relieving-teachers'salaries .. .. 30 19 11 Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 757 10 3 Special capitation to School Committees .. 34 13 9 Special capitation at'Jd. for School Com- Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 167 13 9 mittees .. .. .. .. 34 13 9 Allowance to scholarship-holders and exTraining of teachers other than at tain- penses of examination— ing colleges .. .. .. 100 0 0 Board scholarships .. .. .. 67 0 0 Grants from Government for— National Scholarships .. .. 30 0 0 Scholarships— Salaries of teachers and additions to salaries Eduoation Biard .. .. .. 65 3 3 of head teachers on staffs of district high National .. .. .. .. 27 10 0 schools .. .. .. .. 507 10 0 District high schools—Salaries of teaclie's 341 8 11 Other expenses—Advertising and cleaning 7 17 0 Receipts from other sources — Hokilika Manual and technicalHigh School Board .. .. .. 100 0 0 School classes .. .. .. 44 18 1 Grants from Government for manual and Special classes .. .. .. 182 12 0 technical instruction — Maintenance of school buildings— Capitation on all classes .. .. 64 0 5 Alterations, small additions, repairs, reMaterial for class-work .. .. 15 12 0 painting, &o. .. .. .. 739 8 1 Receipts from other sources— Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 470 11 6 Pees .. .. .. .. 8 0 0 House allowances .. .. .. 70 12 6 Sales .. .. .. .. 17 10 6 Newschool huildings,additionalclass-rooms, Grants from Government for— furniture, sites, &o. .. .. .. 503 13 7 Maintenance of school buildings, rebuild- Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for ing schoolb, &c. .. .. .. 672 0 0 manual and technical purposes — House allowances .. .. .. 75 0 0 School classes .. .. .. 58 0 5 New school buildings, additions, furni- Special classes .. .. .. 26 6 0 ture, sites, &c. .. .. .. 352 5 9 Other expenses— Technical - school buildings, furniture, Rents paid to teachers .. .. 18 15 6 fittings, apparatus, &c. .. .. 32 0 0 Insurance of residences .. .. 0 7 0 Other receipts— Expenses of sale of buildings .. .. 2 11 9 Rents of residences and reserves .. 20 14 6 Refund of insurance premiums .. 3 0 0 Sale of buildings (deposits) .. .. 3 0 0 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 134 19 9 £7,825 17 7 £7,825 17 7 H. L. Michel, Chairman. 28th February, 1908. A. J. Morton, Secretary.

NORTH CANTERBURY. Sir, — Christchurch, Bth April, 1908. I have the honour to present the following report of the proceedings of the Education Hoard of the District of North Canterbury for the year ending 31st December, 1907. The Board.—The three members to whose lot it fell to retire were Mr. D. Buddo, Mr. C. A. C. Hardy, and Mr. J. Jamieson, representing the North, South, and Central Wards respectively. In the case of the North Ward, Mr. Buddo was re-elected unopposed, and at an election held on the 22nd July, Mr. Hardy and Mr. Jamieson were elected for their respective wards. At a meeting held on the 14th August Mr. M. Dalziel was elected Chairman of the Board. During the year the Board meetings (held on the second Wednesday in each month) numbered twelve. Mr. Buddo, who was leappointed in 1905, continued to represent the Board during the year as Commissioner of Education Reserves. At its meeting on the Bth May the Board elected representatives on the several High School Boards as follows : Akaroa—Mr. R. Latter; Ashburton —The Rev. G. B. Inglis and Mr. J. Tucker; Rangiora—Mr. A. S. Bruce. During the year Dr. J. Hight, Mr. T. W. Rowe, and Mr. E. K. Mulgan were elected members of the Board of Managers of the Christchurch Technical Classes. Buildings.—Although the large expenditure noted in the last report has not been continued, yet the past year has been a busy one as regards the maintenance of school buildings in this district. New schools have been erected in the vicinity of the Mead Settlement and at Redcliffs, and substantial additions have been made or are in progress at Darfield, Harewood, New Brighton, St. Albans (main and side), and Southbrook. A tender for the erection of a school at North lAnwood has been accepted. The teacher's house at Akaroa has been replaced by a new one, and those at Lyttelton, Oxford West, Prebbleton, and Sydenham have been either added to or substantially improved. The school originally provided for the children of parents working on the railway has been moved from Ethelton back to Scargill, where it has been re-erected on a permanent site. The greater part of the Board's expenditure has been on repairs to its school buildings, many of which have been painted, repaired, and otherwise improved. During the year a good deal of old wornout furniture has been replaced by modern up-to-date desks of the dual pattern. During the year the Board found it necessary to move its general office to more commodious quarters, the room till then used being too small, and insufficiently lighted. The new office, which adjoins the Secretary's room, has been suitably equipped, and the improved conditions tinder which the members of the staff will now carry on their duties will be a great convenience and effect a considerable saving of time. The total expenditure under buildings during the year, including new schools, additions, and repairs, was £11,916 16r. 7d. 13—E. 1.