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1910. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: SCHOOL BUILDINGS: PAYMENTS TO EDUCATION BOARDS FOR MAINTENANCE AND REBUILDING OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND FOR REBUILDING SCHOOL BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY FIRE.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 3rd August, 1910. Ordered, " That there be laid before this House a return showing (1) the distribution of the votes for the maintenance, rebuilding) and renewal of school buildings and residences, us proposed by the Education Committee in Table A of 1.-13, 1903, and as tinally adopted, with any subsequent amendments thereof : (2) the amounts paid yearly under each heading to the various Boards up to the .'ilst March, 1910 ; ('i) the amounts expended out of the votes by the various Boards for each of the above purposes, and the condition of the funds of each Board as at the 31st March, 1910 ; and (4) also, for each Board and for each year, the value of the buildings destroyed by lire, and the amounts paid by eaoh Board and the Education Department for replaoing the same." — (Mr. Ai.i.rvi

Distribution of Ordinary Votes for Maintenance and Rebuilding of School Buildings according to the Scheme proposed by the Select Committee on Education (1.-13, 1903). The distribution hasjjbeen made each year, except for 1909, on the basis of the Committee's report — i.e., as per Table A, modified as indicated in the supplementary report printed in the parliamentary paper referred to above. For 1909 the distribution was made on the following basis, viz.,— Schools, — (a.) Maintenance, wood, at 2J per cent. (b.) Maintenance, brick and stone, at 1J per cent. Rebuilding and renewals (c), (d), (c), (/), — No payment was made on this account. Residences, — (g.) Maintenance, at 2£ per cent. Education Department, Wellington, 30th August, 1910. G. Hogben.

Grants to Education Boards for Maintenance of School Buildings and Teachers' Residences, 1903-9.

Education Department, Wellington, 30th August. 1910. G. Hogben.

Education District. Auckland Tiiranaki Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay .. Miirlborough Nelson Grey Westland North Canterbury South Canterbury Otago Southland ! I 1903. £ 6,932 1,471 3,427 i 3,863 2,00u 698 ; 1,710 565 468 I 5,540 1,423 5,777 2,542 I 1904. £ 8,109 1.563 3.258 3,648 2,420 739 2,145 594 650 6.362 1,832 7,096 3,356 1905. 7,883 1,516 3.190 3,507 ! 2,284 J 693 2,035 582 613 4,978 1,742 6.712 3.202 1906. £ 8,099 1,559 3,315 3,534 2,316 678 2,053 602 633 4,989 1,808 6,761 3,269 ll>(>7. ] £ 8,000 1,558 3,390 3,475 2,282 629 2,016 557 i 570 I 4,726 1,812 6,519 3,231 1908. £ 8,111 1,475 3,445 3,780 2,396 674 2,002 569 609 4,732 1,872 6,510 3,132 I i I I i i ! 1909. £ 7,346 1,341 3,134 3,455 2,202 591 1,725 381 485 4,331 1,711 5,853 2,743 Total. £ 54.480 10,483 23,159 25,262 15,900 4,702 13,686 3,850 4,028 35,658 12,200 45,228 21,475 Totals .. 36,416 41.772 38.937 39.616 38.765 39,307 35,298* 270,111 I * Of this sum (£35,298), £2<>.548 was not paid to the Boards' accounts until l! no.