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TABLE D.—Ages of Scholars.

Subjects oe Instruction. The following table shows the number of scholars returned by the different Boards as learning the several subjects of instruction specified in section 84 of the Act during the last quarter of 1879 :—

TABLE E.—Subjects of Instruction.

Income and Expenditure oe Education Boards. In addition to the statutory grant of £3 15s. per annum for every child in average daily attendance at the public schools, the General Assembly made provision for the following purposes : — (1.) Eor grants to Boards, at the rate of 10s. per annum for every child in average daily attendance, for distribution amongst the School Committees for local educational purposes. It is required by Order in Council that the whole amount of such grants shall be paid to the School Committees according to a predetermined scale, based upon the average daily attendance at the schools respectively under their charge, and shall form a portion of the school fund to be disbursed by the Committees in terms of the Act. (2.) Eor grants to Boards, at the rate of Is. 6d. for each child in average daily attendance, for the support of scholarships established by them under the provisions of the Act. These are the only payments from the consolidated revenue which Boards can make applicable to scholarships. (3.) Eor the distribution amongst Boards of the sum of £4,000 by way of subsidy, with a view to aid and encourage them to make sufficient provision for the efficient inspection of the public schools. (4.) Eor grants to Boards for the training of teachers. The amount voted for this purpose was £7,000. (5.) Eor a special grant of £175,000 for school-buildings. The ordinary grants are paid to the Boards monthly, in strict accordance with the ascertained average attendance of the preceding three months, as shown by the summary statements of the quarterly-attendance returns furnished by them in terms of the Order in Council of 28th May, 1878. In the Appendix, a general statement of the income and expenditure of each Board for the year 1879 follows its report. Tables Nos. 1 and 2in the Appendix contain summaries of the Boards' accounts.

ges. ioys. Br] ts. 'ercentage. Under five years Five and under seven years ... Seven and under ten years Ten and under thirteen years... Thirteen and under fifteen years Over fifteen years ... 1,387 8,642 14,006 11,373 3,453 566 1,393 7,789 12,659 10,341 3,324 623 2,780 16,431 26,665 21,714 6,777 1,189 3*68 21*75 35*29 28*74 897 1*57 Totals for 1879 Totals for 1878 39,427 34,149 36,129 31,217 75,556 65,366 100* Increase 5,278 4,912 10,190

Education Disthicts. a! 11 I a bJQ .9 © CD | ■5 § a g-g.2 ■a" s P| E3 O b o w 11 II Jin trij a I A fl o O s o 4 O b Q k-r .9 £ -sa or o a i 3 8 Auckland ... _ ... Taranaki Wanganui Wellington ... Hawke's Bay... Marlborough... Nelson North Canterbury South Canterbury Westland Otago Southland 13,959 1,302 3,745 5,633 2,697 1,079 3,737 15,230 3,203 2,843 17,784 4,344 13,959 1,302 3,745 5,633 2,697 1,079 3,737 15,229 3,203 2,842 17,784 4,344 13,596 1,288 3,641 5,412 2,697 924 3,232 14,712 2,667 2,750 14,996 4,024 13,300 1,178 3,565 5,000 2,697 1,021 3,094 14,238 2,567 2,667 15,114 4,010 7,014 551 1,523 2,689 951 436 1,642 5,852 1,155 1,172 7,953 1,812 8,692 708 1,967 3,167 1,263 649 1,733 7,335 1,503 1,302 8,990 2,192 4,777 327 1,127 2,246 694 390 1,323 4,795 969 827 5,332 1,340 4,358 246 501 1,242 381 242 582 2,627 ,558 181 3,231 658 7,910 1,086 1,377 3,462 1,382 379 530 8,763 1,736 140 8,272 1,962 36,999 11,359, 799 2,859 4,528 2,085 767 421 11,337 1,893 1,670 11,427 2,639 9,535 760 1,973 3,552 2,254 157 410 12,288 2,020 1,597 11,833 2,800 49,179 5,024 379 1,131 1,421 840 211 959 6,066 781 817 5,388 1,196 1,633 96 193 94 40 63 5 1,360 408 "717 67 Totals for 1879... 75,556 65,366 75,554 65,366 69,939 58,933 68,451 32,750 39,501 24,147 14,807 51,784 24,213 4,676 Totals for 1878... 58,681 31,803 34,864 16,736 7,895 20,027 36, 329 33,252 17,020 3,304