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Table G.—Summary of the Accounts of Income and Expenditure for 1911 of the Education Endowment Reserves dealt with by Land Boards. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. dCredit balance on Ist January, 1911 .. 10,646 19 10 Administration— Investments—Primary .. .. 503 5 4 Primary .. ... .. .. 2,664 9 2 Bents of reserves— Secondary .. .. .. 298 11 11 Primary .. .. .. 60,358 1 3 Expenditure on reserves— Secondary .. .. .. 7,774 17 7 Primary .. .. .. .. 142 5 9 Lease fees .. .. .. .. 12 12 0 Secondary .. .. .. 0 6 (5 Timber, royalty and sale of—Primary .. 258 9 0 Expenses of School Commissioners— Interest— Primary .. .. .. .. 701 13 8 Primary .. .. .. .. 38 7 7 Secondary .. .. .. 132 1-I n Secondary .. .. .. 16 0 Expenses of leasing, valuation, &c.— Valuation for improvements—Primary .. 452 3 8 Primary .. .. .. .. 932 15 6 Royalties from coal-pits—Primary .. 114 1 6 Secondary .. .. .. 30 18 0 Goldfield revenue—Primary .. .. 79 9 0 Distributed to Boards .. .. 16,112 11 7 Coal license for prospecting and royalty— Paid to Public Account .. .. 53,426 19 1 Primary .. .. .. .. 171 0 0 Loans, interests, and repayments— Sale of office furniture—Primary .. 22 0 0 Primary .. .. .. .. 177 15 0 Repayment of loans .. .. .. 11,783 1 1 Secondary .. .. .. 782 10 6 Paid to Public Trustee— Primary .. .. .. .. 3,464 17 9 Secondary .. .. .. 143 18 6 Due by late Secretary Nelson—Primary.. 228 18 3 Improvements to outgoing tenants— Primary .. .. .. .. 452 .3 8 Purchase of land .. .. .. 10,008 4 7 In hand Taranaki School Commissioners on Ist January, 1911 .. .. *1,938 6 1 Sundries— Primary .. .. .. . . 46 15 0 Secondary .. . . .. 3 3 0 Balance in hand— Primary .. .. .. .. 514 10 7 Secondary .. .. .. 115 0 £92,215 13 10 £92,215 13 10 The following figures summarize the transactions of the Public Trustee in respect to cash and mortgages taken over from the School Commissioners on Ist April, 1911. The figures are extracted from statements dealing with the financial year 1911-12. Taken over from School Commissioners, — £ s . d. Mortgages valued at .. .. .. .. .. 22,162 0 0 Cash ... .. .. .. .. .. 2,417 14 0 Fixed deposits .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,058 2 0 Interest during the year .. .. .. 1,791 5 0 Paid to Public Account — For primary education .. .. .. .. 1,660 10 3 For secondary education .. .. . . .. 53 11 7 The two latter sums were accordingly distributed by the Treasury to Education Boards and High School Boards along with amounts received from Land Boards in the manner prescribed by statute. The total amount received by Education Boards from School Commissioners or from the Treasury was, for the year ending 31st December, £46,776 16s. 7d. The total amount received similarly by High School Boards was £5,709 Is. Bd. -■ NATIVE SCHOOLS. (See also E.-3.) At the end of 1910 there were in operation ninety-nine Native village schools During 1911 the school at Te Kopua was closed, and five new schools—Te Huruhi, Waiheke Island ; Orauta, Bay of Islands ; Kokako, near Waikaremoana ; Taharoa, south of Kawhia Harbour ; and Rangiahua, near Wairoa—were opened ; also the school at Waiotapu, south of Rotorua, was reopened. The school at Orauta was temporarily closed in the December quarter. Including this school, there were thus 104 schools in actual operation at the end of 1911. In addition to these schools, there were five mission schools giving primary instruction to Maori children

* The balance-sheet for the March quarter, 1911, was referred back to the late secretary of the School Commissioners by the Audit Department, and is not at present available. The sudden accidental death of the Government Auditor for the district has also helped to make it a matter of difficulty to get the required information.