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Geneeal Statement of Eeceipts and Expendituee for the Year ending 31st December, 1885. Receipts. £ s. d. | Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year on Gene- By Office staff, salaries 112 10 0 ral Account 242 4 11 Clerical assistance 26 0 0 Government grant for buildings' 1,146 0 0 Departmental contingencies 90 7 9 Government statutory capitation (£3 Inspector's salary . 125 0 0 155.) 4,153 2 0 Inspector's travelling expenses . 83 19 1 Special capitation (55.) . 288 5 0 Examination of pupil-teachers . 3 3 0 Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.).. 120 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inInspection subsidy 200 0 0 eluding rent, bonus, &o.) 3,875 1 3 Payments by School Commissioners— Incidental expenses of schools 500 19 7 For primary education .. 170 13 0 Scholarships— For secondary education 29 18 9 Paid to scholars 80 0 0 Examination expenses t> G 0 School buildings— New buildings 258 15 0 Improvements of buildings 493 8 6 Furniture and appliances 66 1 3 Plans, supervision, and fees 32 2 9 Credit balance at end of year— On Building Account . 34 9 7 On General Account 561 19 11 £6,350 3 8 £6,350 3 8 John Eobinson, Secretary

NELSON Sic,— Nelson, 3rd March, 1886. I have the honour to lay before you a report of the proceedings of the Nelson Education Board during the year ending the 31st December, 1885. Boaed.—The Board has met fourteen times during the year, twelve of the meetings being ordinary, and two special. The average number of members present at each meeting was seven. After the election of three new members on the 14th March, the Board was constituted as follows Mr. Barmcoat (Chairman), the Bishop of Nelson, Eev. J C. Andrew, Messrs. Shephard, Dencker, Wastney, Tarrant, Clayden, and W H. Phillips, jun. Schools. —Eighty-four schools were at work during the December quarter of the year. The number of aided schools is steadily increasing. There are now seventeen at work, with an average attendance of 257 in the whole, or at the rate of fifteen to each school. The full capitation allowance of £4 per annum for every scholar is still given by the Board, besides a contribution of half the cost of theschoolhouses. Three household schools are at work, the average attendance at each being five. Teaching Staff. —The teaching staff of the Board consists of 137 teachers of all grades. There are fifty male and eighty-seven female teachers (twenty-three probationers are included in this list). Attendance. —The number on the school-rolls at the end of 1885 was 4,952, being an increase of 144 on the return for 1884. The working average in December, 1885, was 3,844 , showing an increase of 203 during the year. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education. J W Baenicoat, Chairman.

General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1885. Receipts. £ s. d. | Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year — 1 By Office staff, salaries (eleven months) 263 1 8 On Building Account 435 5 11 Departmental contingencies 262 1 9 On General Account . 1,085 14 10 Inspector's salary and travelling exReceipts for buildings— penses (eleven months) 504 3 4 Government grant 2,707 0 0 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inTransfer from Maintenance Fund 500 0 0 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) 11,391 18 4 Grant for rebuilding of Promised Land Incidental expenses of schools (CommitSchool 150 0 0 tee allowances) 1,276 18 G Eefund exchange on cheques .. 2 9 0 Training of teachers .. 2 5 0 Bank interest 78 10 0 Scholarships— Government statutory capitation (£3 Paid to scholars 170 15 0 155.) 13,336 6 8 Examination expenses 9 16 3 Special capitation (55.) 921 5 0 School buildings— Scholarship grant (Is. 6d.) . 254 11 0 New buildings . 940 8 0 Inspection subsidy .. 300 0 0 Additions to and improvements of Payments by School Commissioners for buildings . 1,264 6 3 primary education 502 17 2 Furniture and appliances 161 6 2 Various refunds 26 9 9 Sites 27 15 0 From sale of school-books 560 17 7 Purchase of school-books, &c. 739 3 2 Transfer to Building Fund . 500 0 0 Rents of schools and reserves 34 10 0 Balance at end of year— On Building Account 1,479 9 6 On General Account -. . 1,833 8 0 £20,861 6 11 £20,861 6 11 J W Baenicoat, Chairman. Stead Ellis, Secretary The above accounts examined and found correct.—H. E. Curtis, Provincial District Auditor 12th March, 1886.