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Table No. 4. Income of the several Education Boards for the Year 1896. (Compiled from the Statements of Accounts attached to the Boards' Reports.)

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• From Government. From Local Sources. Education Districts. Balances, 1st January, 1896. For Maintenance, Inspection, Training, and Scholarships. For Buildings Total From and Government. Playgrounds. Fees for Donations, -p . District Subscrip- a.i %u High Schools, tions, and ° al ? ° f 01d Training, Interest Buildings, &c. on Bequest. From Education Reserves. Refunds, Deposits, &c. Overdrafts, 31st December, 1896. Interest. Total. Total from Local Sources. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. a. £ s. d.| £ s. d. £ 9. d. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. d. Auckland ... 7,009 10 0 81,998 5 0 2,318 0 0 84,316 5 0 108 16 3 57 3 3 165 19 6 1,894 6 6 6 0 0 93,392 1 C Taranaki ... 2,738 18 6 10,781 19 7 10,781 19 7 25 0 0 20 3 0 45 3 0 682 15 5 10 0 0 14,258 16 6 Wanganui 4,758 10 2 30,170 6 0 2,110 0 0 32,280 6 0 i 101 3 0 12 6 6 113 9 6 1,190 0 2 50 11 10 38,392 17 8 Wellington 41,782 13 3 70 0 0 41,852 13 3! 954 7 6 65 6 6 186 5 4 1,205 19 4 1,227 4 5 20 4 0 4,923 19 10 49,230 0 1C Hawke's Bay 5,630 4 11 22,036 16 0 459 1 8| 22,495 17 8! 190 18 0 *290 1 6 480 19 6 3,146 14 6 2 11 0 - 31,756 7 7 Marlborough 1,740 9 2 6,879 13 9 6,879 13 9 61 19 2 61 19 2 100 0 0 25 16 6 8,807 18 1 Nelson 3,069 16 5 18,530 13 6 ... 18,530 13 6 856 10 0 5 0 0 5 10 22,467 0 11 Grey 1,021 12 8 5,511 2 2 5,511 2 2 1 86 0 0 +80 0 0 166 0 0 110 0 0 483 4 1\ 7,291 19 E Westland 663 11 10 5,335 17 5 5,335 17 5 169 16 6 +72 10 0 2 16 244 8 0 5 15 0 86 0 10 6,335 13 1 North Canterbury ... 8,851 11 2 56,295 19 6 56,295 19 6 40 1 0 29 8 1 69 9 1 12,464 16 7 26 7 9 3 15 0 77,711 19 1 South Canterbury ... | 2,481 12 3 14,813 4 4 14,813 4 4 169 0 0 70 3 2 126 0 6| 365 3 8 3,018 13 5 13 11 8 ... 20,692 5 4 Otago i 10,824 17 4| 67,284 18 4 67,284 18 4 527 9 2 78 5 7 14 2 0 619 16 9i 9,227 13 5 59 14 8 88,017 0 6 Southland 5,061 0 10 27,280 11 10 27,280 11 10; 13 7 7 70 15 7 84 3 2 3,277 12 2 78 2 6 35,781 10 e Totals for 1896 53,851 15 3 388,702 0 8 4,957 1 8 393,659 2 41 2,097 11 2 944 14 7 580 4 11 1 3,622 10 8 37,196 6 7 148 12 2 160 3 9 5,497 0 3 494,135 11 Totals for 1895 45,228 8 9 379,610 16 10 44,603 1 4 424,213 18 2 2,015 3 3 353 19 0 856 11 11 3,225 14 2 39,828 11 1 348 8 0 326 14 4 611 9 0 513,783 3 Difference 8,623 6 6 9,091 3 10 -39,645 19 8; -30,554 15 10 82 7 111 590 15 7 -276 7 0 396 16 6 -2,632 4 6 -199 15 10 -166 10 7 -19,647 12 4,885 11 3 * Includes £249 16s. from Gisborne High School Board. t Grant from High School Board. ! Includes £60 grant from High School Board.