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In Table N3 is shown the cost to the State per individual pupil or student. Table N3. —Expenditure out of Public Revenue on each Branch of Education for each Individual on the Roll of the Several Schools, Colleges, and other Institutions (excluding Reserves Revenue and Cost of New Buildings).

If we include reserves revenue (still excluding cost of new buildings) the average expenditure per head out of public funds and endowments was in the year 1913 in primary schools, £5 17s. 6d.; secondary, £15 15s. 3d. ; continuation and technical, £2 15s. 3d. ; higher, £26 11s. 5d.; all branches, except primary, £12 4s. 10d. In the United States, according to the latest reports in this office, the cost of primary education is 23 dollars 62 cents, or £4 17s. 2d., but it must be borne in mind that the average salary paid to teachers in that country is only £170 for males and £132 for females.

Table N4. —Progress in Education: A Comparison of the Number of Pupils under Instruction in the Several Branches of Education in the Years 1898, 1903, 1908, 1912, and 1913 respectively.

* Estimated. + Approximate.

National Endowment. By the provisions of the Land Act, 1908, areas of land, not to exceed in the total nine million acres, are set apart as national endowments, and, after administration and other expenses allowed by law have been deducted, 70 per cent, of the balance is applied for the purposes of education. The sum thus applied amounted last year to £50,681, and was allocated as follows : Primary education, £25,341 ; secondary education, £7,602 ; manual and technical instruction, £7,602 ; higher education, £5,068; Native schools, £2,534; school for the deaf, £274; education of the blind, £61; Otekaike Home for Backward Children, £274 ; industrial schools, £1,925.

Branch of Education. 1898. 1903. 1908. 1908. 1912. 1912. 1913. t I. Primary, &c. II. Secondary, &c. III. Continuation and technical IV. Higher £ s. d. 3 4 10 1 2 10 16 18 11 £ s. d. 3 17 2 4 2 6 1 13 8 9 4 3 £ s. d. 4 15 2 8 0 2 3 4 4 14 12 3 £ s. d. 4 15 2 8 0 2 3 4 4 .4 12 3 £ s. d. 5 6 7 9 3 6 3 13 11 13 3 1 £ s. d. 5 6 7 9 3 6 3 13 11 13 3 1 £ s. d. 5 6 10 10 6 10 2 4 9 15 12 1 All branches, except primary 5 13 11 3 7 11 5 14 8 ! 6 12 1 9 1 3

Actual Numbers. Number per 10,000 of Population. 1898. 1903. 1908. 1912. 1913. 1898. 1903. 1908. 1912. 1913. 'opulation 783,317 875,648 1,008,373 1,102,471 1,134,506 I. Primary (including public and Native sohools, all receiving free tuition) II. Industrial and Special Schools.. 136,652 136,546 148,180 167,180 172,390 1,744 1,551 1,467 1,519 1,526 830 809 7 III. Secondary (inoluding secondary sohools, secondary departments of district high schools, teohnical day sohools, and Maori secondary schools) IV. Continuation and technical (excluding sohool classes) V. University, higher technical, and training colleges 3,046 5,818 7,742 9,481 13,527 9,959 15,206 22 39 66 77 86 88 1,750* 6,533* 13,051* 75 129 123 134 708 1,194 1,711 2,281 2,371 14 17 21 21 (Private schools not included above, principally primary) 14,857 15,609 18,367 20,527 19,428 190 177 182 187 172 Total under instruction .. 157,013 165,700 189,051 213,826 220,163 2,004 1,883 1,872 1,944 1,948 VI. Total under instruction higher than primary (III, IV, and V above) Number of latter (VI) reoeiving free tuition 5,504 l,178f 13,545 22,504 4,260f 7,959 25,289 11,380 27,536 12,574 70 155 223 230 244 15 49 79 103 Ill