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General Statement of Beceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1890. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. To Balance at beginning of year— By Balance at beginning of year —On On Rees Bequest Account .. 1,362 010 Building Account .. .. 2,522 2 4 On General Account .. .. 4,212 11 0 Office staff—Salaries .. .. 397 16 7 Government grant for buildings .. 1,718 18 9 Departmental contingencies ~ 126 13 2 Subscriptions and donations for build- Ditto, members' expenses .. .. 167 15 11 ings .. .. .. .. 27 16 3 Inspector's salary .. .. .. 400 0 0 Sales of buildings and sites .. .. 1,020 0 0 Inspector's travelling-expenses .. 150 0 0 School sites leased .. .. .. 11 10 11 Inspector's clerk .. .. .. 148 17 1 Contractors' deposits .. .. 104 4 0 Examination of pupil-teachers .. 20 10 6 Rent of buildings .. .. .. 2 0 0 Standard examination expenses .. 32 18 0 Government statutory capitation .. 20,593 15 3 Teachers' salaries and allowances (inSeholarship grant .. .. .. 346 7 8 eluding rent, bonus, &c.) .. 17,701 14 6 Inspection subsidy .. .. .. 300 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools .. 982 11 6 Payments by School Commissioners .. 796 14 6 Rent of buildings .. .. .. 31 19 6 Rees bequest, interest .. .. 197 14 0 Scholarships— Rees bequest, loan returned .. .. 100 0 0 Paid to scholars .. .. .. 305 0 0 Balance at end of year —On Building Ac- Examination expenses .. .. 31 7 8 count .. .. .. .. 345 18 2 School buildings— New buildings .. .. .. 1,906 18 0 Improvements of buildings .. 1,106 17 11 Furniture and appliances .. .. 301 16 8 Sites .. .. .. .. 497 17 6 Plans, supervision, and fees .. 171 011 Loan refunded to Rees bequest .. 100 0 0 Contractors' deposits refunded .. 93 18 0 Rees Bequest Account — Transfer to Board of Governors .. .. 760 6 0 Balance at end of year— On Rees Bequest Account .. .. 899 8 10 * On General Account .. .: 2,272 0 3 On scholarship grant .. .. 10 0 0 £31,139 11 4 £31,139 11 4 Gilbert Carson, Chairman. A. A. Browne, Secretary. Examined and found correct. —James Edward FitzGerald, Controller and Auditor-General.

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WELLINGTON. Sir,— Education Office, Wellington, 31st March, 1891. In accordance with section 102 of " The Education Act, 1877," the Education Board of the District of Wellington has the honour to submit the following report on education matters in the district for the year 1890. Board.—At the commencement of the year the members constituting the Board were: Mr. J. E. Blair (Chairman), Mr. G. Beetham, M.H.8., Mr. A. W. Brown, Mr. W. C. Buchanan, M.H.8., Mr. H. Bunny, Mr. F. H. Fraser, Dr. Newman, M.H.8., the Bev. J. Paterson, and Mr. J. Young. The retiring members, under section 15 of the Act, were : Messrs. Buchanan, Bunny, and Fraser. Four candidates were nominated for the three vacancies, and the voting resulted in the re-election of the three retiring members. An extraordinary vacancy occurred in May by the retirement of Mr. G. Beetham, who had obtained leave of absence to enable him to visit England, and had been unable to return before his seat on the Board had been declared vacant in consequence of his absence for three consecutive months beyond the period of his leave. Had the Board been aware of Mr. Beetham's determination to return, it would have been pleased to extend his leave. However, he was able to accept nomination, and was again elected. Two candidates were nominated for this vacancy. The Board held twelve ordinary, two adjourned, and one special meeting. The attendance of the individual members was as follows : Mr. Beetham, 4 ; Mr. Blair, 15 ; Mr. Brown, 13 ; Mr. Buchanan, 10; Mr. Bunny, 12 ; Mr. Fraser, 15; Dr. Newman, 12 ; Bev. J. Baterson, 13 ; and Mr. Young, 12. The Finance Committee met regularly each month, and the Technical School Committee met as occasion required, thereby considerably assisting the Board in the conduct of its business. New districts were constituted at Shannon, Kereru, Levin, Ballance, and Kaitawa, the attendance at these schools being in each case sufficient to warrant the establishment of a duly-consti-tuted authority. These make seventy-one school districts under this Board at the present time, with eighty-two schools, classified as follows : Under 15 pupils, six; 15 and under 20 pupils, six; 20 and under 25 pupils, ten; 25 and under 50 pupils, twenty-three ;50 and under 75 pupils, nine ; 74 and under 100 pupils, six ; TOO and under 150 pupils, seven; 150 and under 300 pupils, five; 300 and under 500 pupils, eight; 500 and upwards, two. At the close of the year the teaching staff consisted of: Head of school, 35 males 8 females; sole teachers, 22 males 17 females; assistants, 23 males 46 females ; pupil-teachers, 13 males 103 females : in all, 267 teachers and 11 sew7ing-teachers. The only appointment vacant was the headmastership of the Clareville School. The schools at Alfredton and Waikanae were reopened, and new schools opened at Kaitaw 7a, Ballance, Ditton, Grassendale, W'aikawa, and Levin. Pupil-teachers.—The examination of pupil-teachers, as in former years, w7as held immediately after the breaking-up of the schools for the Christmas vacation, and was conducted simultaneously at Masterton and the Terrace Schools, the arrangements for this year being carried out by the Board's Inspectors. The following is a summary of the results : End of first year— passed 9, failed 5, not promoted 5, total 19; end of second year—passed 11, failed 2, total 13 ; end of third year—passed 10, failed 7, total 17 ; end of fourth year —passed 9, failed 1, total 10; passed matriculation, 6 ; not present at examination, 2 ; just received appointments, 3 : total, 70.