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Zealand. The data for Massachusetts, West Virginia, and Nevada are taken from the tablesalready referred to, and are as follows : " Total expenditure "—M., 7,020,430 dollars ; W.V., 699,331 dollars (exclusive of sites, buildings, &c.); N., 162,012 dollars. " Sites, buildings, furniture, libraries, and apparatus" —M., 1,208,225 dollars; N., 9,694 dollars (including expenditure for repairs). "Average daily attendance"—M., 253,955; W.V., 109,177 ; N., 5,227. The figures that follow are taken from the " Eeport of the Committee of Council on Education" for 1885-86. The cost of " maintenance" —" i.e., salaries of teachers, books, repairs of furniture and buildings, lighting, and warming " (p. xxxiv.) —is stated at page xxxviii. The cost in Board schools is as follows: In London, £3 7s. lOfd.; in England, including London, £2 6s. 2id.; in England and Wales, £2 ss. 4d.; in England, excluding London, £1 18s. 6d.; in Wales, £1 15s. 9£d. The corresponding figures for the voluntary schools are—£2 2s. 3f d. ; £115s. 10|d; £115s. 9|-d. ; £1 15s. 4J;d.;. £1 13s. These figures are to be compared with £3 16s. Bd. for New Zealand. The only available recent report with sufficiently copious statistics of Canadian education is "Report of the Minister of Education, Ontario, for the Year 1885, with the Statistics of 1884." The expenditure (p. xxi.) was 3,280,862 dollars, of which 341,198 dollars was for sites and buildings,, leaving 2,939,664 dollars for maintenance. The average attendance (p. xiii.) was 221,861. The cost for maintenance, therefore, was 13-25 dollars or £2 14s. 9d. each, to be compared with. £4 3s. 3d. in New Zealand. The ages to which the compulsory clauses apply in the different colonies are as follows: — New South Wales ... ... ... ... ... Six to fourteen. Queensland ... ... ... ... ... ... Six to twelve. Victoria ... ... ... ... ... ... Six to fifteen. Tasmania ... ... ... ... ... ... Seven to thirteen. South Australia ... ... ... ... ... Seven to thirteen. New Zealand... ... ... ... ... ... Seven to thirteen. I have, &c, W. J. Habens, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. Acting Secretary. [Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, nil; printing (1,525 copies), £1 3s.]

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