E.—i.

An analysis of expenditure is shown in the following table : —

Table B.—Analysis of Expenditure on Education for the Year ended 31st March, 1938.

* This includes revenue from endowments administered by the various Boards, &c., as well as direct expenditure from public funds — £ From public funds as shown in appendix .. .. .. .. .. 4,619,134 Endowments— Post-primary schools .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 40,290 University colleges .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19,744 £4,679,168 t Mean population for twelve months ended 31st March, 1938, was 1,594,275. j No significant amount. From the statement of expenditure and recoveries the cost per pupil in the primary schools based on average attendance was £13 3s. 6d. excluding buildings, and £14 18s. 3d. including buildings. 4. SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND SITES. For the financial year ended on the 31st March, 1938, the net capital expenditure on the erection of school buildings, additions, and teachers' residences and the purchase of sites was £561,532, as against £281,896 for the previous year. The larger works undertaken during the year were the rebuilding of the Beresford Street Primary School and the erection of a new district high school at Northcote, Auckland ; the erection of a new consolidated school at Howick, and the replacement of the Dargaville District High School. A new primary school has been erected at Waipawa and at Waterloo in the Hutt Valley. Substantial sums have been provided for the acquisition of intermediate-school sites at Onehunga, Ponsonby, and Lower Hutt, and additional land has been secured for the Mount Cook Primary School, Wellington, for a new district high school at Tauranga, for a new primary school at Mount Albert, Auckland, and for the Auckland and Christchurch Technical Colleges. Up-to-date buildings at Masterton for the accommodation of both highschool and technical-school pupils have been completed and are in occupation. Further additional accommodation has been completed at the Wellington Technical

13

(For more details see appendix to this Paper.) rj, , j Expenditure w , ... expressed as Expenditure per Branch of Education, *" e Percentage of Total Head of Population.* ' 6 Expenditure. £ £ s. d. Departmental administration .. .. 42,907 0-92 0 0 6 Boards'administration .. .. .. 64,841 1-38 0 0 10 Cost of inspection— Primary 36,707 0-78 0 0 5 Native .. .. .. .. 2,648 0-06 { Post-primary .. .. .. .. 5,987 0-13 0 0 1 Primary education — Public schools .. .. .. .. 2,378,418 \ 51.11 1 10 0 Departmental Correspondence School . . 13,307 f Native Education — Native schools .. .. .. .. 110,819 \ ~ -o d i Scholarships and bursaries .. .. 7,397 f Post-primary education— Secondary, technical, and combined schools .. 694,463 Secondary departments of district high schools 96,663 [_ 17-32 0 10 2 Correspondence School .. .. .. 15,635 f Scholarships and bursaries .. .. 3,779 J Higher education .. .. .. .. 133,054 2-84 0 1 8 Training of teachers .. .. .. 169,671 3-63 0 2 2 Special schools .. .. .. .. 33,032 0-71 0 0 5 Child welfare .. .. .. .. 123,662 2-64 0 1 7 Superannuation .. .. .. .. 177,178 3-79 0 2 3 Miscellaneous .. .. .. . . 7,468 0-16 0 0 1 Capital expenditure on school buildings .. 561,532 12-00 0 7 0 Total* .. .. .. .. 4,679,168 100-00 2 18 8