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The University Endowment Act, 1868. The income accrued under this Act, and applicable to the purposes of higher education yet to be determined by Parliament, amounted, on the 31st March, 1909, to £292 2s. 6d., received from reserves in Westland.

General. Expenditure out of Public Funds on Education. An attempt is made in Tables N and Nl, 2, 3, 4, to analyse the public expenditure on the various branches of education, and to show under what heads tbe increase of expenditure in recent years has taken place; to give the expenditure per bead of the population and per bead of the roll of the schools, colleges, &c.; and to present a comparative statement of the increase in the number of persons under instruction. Tables N.and Nl give an analysis of the expenditure for tbe years 1908-9 and 1909-10 respectively.

TABLE N. (1.) Analysis of Expenditure on Education in New Zealand for the Year 1908-9.

Receipts (exc •Justve c if Speci ' Balances, 1908. From i Governi incut. ! o c Deficit cember t: r, ts, De- i r, 1909. •a TotaL University Colleges. 2 I Statug tory. i_ ' " I I Special and Buildings, &c. a J I I i I Auckland .. .. .. j 'iotoria (to 31st March, 1910) ianterbury Itago Total of four University colleges £ \ £ £ 4,634! .. 4,000 5,079i .. 4,000 .. 33,315 : .. 137 12,539 .. 9,850 45,854i 8,000 £ 3,250 4,330 3,626 3,000 14,206 £ 2,361 4,139 675 £ 456 225 11,215 7,255 19,151 £ 239 1,132 503 1,835 1,844 4,410 5,252 13,341 £ 86 2,059 1,349 271 S 4,574 835 £ £ 544 15,044 19,898 63,760 30,467 544 129,169 7,175 1,874 3,765 5,409 lanterbury Agricultural College 624 .. 2,151 1,204 1,764 4,496 10,239

(Figures given in every ease to the nearest £1,000.) ! i I Out of Public Funds. Out Total for all Branch of Education. „ _ „, of Income Items from „ . New Build- from all Public „" in " s and TotaL Reserves. Sources, tenanee. Additions. £ £ £ £ £ A. (1.) Primary (including Native schools and training 705,000 51.000 756,000 53,000 I *809,0O0 colleges) (2.) Secondary (including secondary schools and second- 62,000 12,000 74,000 36,000 I 110,000 ary departments of district high schools) (3.) Continuation and technical .. .. .. 42,000 17,000 50,000 .. 59,000 (4.) Higher (including university and higher technical) 26,000 3,000 28,000 27,000 '■ 55,000 £ *809,000 110,000 59,000 55,000 Totals A (1-4) .. .. .. .. 834,000 83,000 j 917,000 116,000 i 1,033,000 B. Industrial schools .. .. .. .. 31,000 8,000 39,000 .. 39,000 G. Special schools (Deaf and Blind and Home for Backward 6,000 11,000 17,000 .. 17,000 Children) U. Superannuation and miscellaneous .. .. .. 14,000 .. 14,000 .. 14,000 Totals A. B, C, D .. .. .. 885.000 102,000 987,000 116,000 1,103,000 I 1,033,000 I 39,000 17,000 14,000 1,103,000 i ■ ' •Teachers' salaries and allowances, £530.000: repairs and rebuilding, £66,000; new buildings, &c, £51,000; a other expenses, £150,000 : total, £809,000. :51,000; a