Table No. 5. Expenditure of the several Education Boards for the Year 1896.

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Maintenance of Schools. School-buildings. Education Districts. Overdrafts, 1st January, 1896. Office Expenses — Staff, Members* Travelling, Printing 1 , &c. ■EjxpeiiBes, and Examination of Pupilteachers. Inspection I I Total Buildings. Scholarships. for Fa SS^ Te - Maintenance. Interest I Refunds, and and Exchange. '' Sundries. Balances, 31st December, 1896. Totals. Teachers' «„ , Salaries Gr ? nts and .. zo ... Allowances, Committees and and Training. to Schools. Plans, Conveyances, &c. Total for Buildings. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland 1,990 10 1 2,887 14 11 69,198 14 0 7,092 0 8 1,557 18 8 77,848 13 4 7,300 15 2 423 15 5 7,724 10 7 2,940 12 1 93,392 1 0 Taranaki 359 2 6 431 10 3 9,297 11 11 1,204 13 1 171 12 0 10,673 17 0j 1,672 19 8 70 0 0 1,742 19 8 90 el 1,042 7 1 14,258 16 6 Wanganui 1,335 13 3 1,107 1 4 26,759 7 9 1,605 17 5 491 7 i 28,856 12 11| 5,177 0 2 160 10 0 5,337 10 2 170 0 0 1,586 0 o' 38,392 17 8 Wellington 611 9 0 1,196 9 I 1,254 14 0 34,996 13 3 3,936 11 2 662 7 9 39,595 12 % 6,178 10 B 153 14 11 6,332 5 7 202 16 0 36 15 OJ I 49,230 0 10 Hawke's Bay ... 605 13 8 748 0 10 19,544 8 7 2,247 9 1 467 11 0, 22,259 8 8 3,825 9 0 206 8 6 4,031 17 6 27 7 11 4,083 19 0 31,756 7 7 Marlborough 736 8 C 5,926 1 11 460 15 5 120 0 0 6,506 17 4 1,273 10 9 1 49 15 2 1,323 5 11 241 7 4 8,807 18 7 Nelson 660 15 2 750 0 0 15,203 3 8 2,044 9 6 366 9 10 17,«14 3 0 2,043 0 11 2,043 0 11 134 5 8 1,264 16 2 22,467 0 11 Grey ... 445 12 9 203 3 0 4,917 7 6 202 9 1 115 13 0J 5,235 9 7 1,275 7 7 118 16 6 1,394 4 1 13 10 0 7,291 19 5 Westland 284 15 0 270 8 6 4,685 4 6 170 7 0 104 0 0 4,959 11 6 807 7 1: 13 11 0 820 18 1 6,335 13 1 Korth Canterbury 1,156 2 11 1,731 5 5j 57,276 14 0 7,033 11 0 1,186 17 8 65,497 2 8 5,160 18 0| 515 15 4 5,676 13 4 29 16 0 3,620 18 9 77,711 19 1 South Canterbury 542 2 3 716 15 6 15,441 15 1 1,281 1 3 429 9 9 17,152 6 1 1,463 18 3 90 3 6 1,554 1 9 6 0 0 720 19 9 20,692 5 4 Otago 1,733 18 0 2,015 15 11 64,257 12 10 5,685 19 1 1,492 1 0 71,435 12 11 11,344 17 6 450 3 5 11,795 0 11 *960 3 4 76 9 5 88,017 0 a Southland 985 10 6 920 14 111 25,900 2 6 1,796 5 2 500 1 6 28,196 9 2 3,512 18 5 244 8 7 3,757 7 0 1,921 8 11 35,781 10 6 I I '" Totals for 1896 611 9 0 12,032 13 2 13,037 4 7 353,404 17 6 34,761 8 11 7,665 9 11 395,831 16 4 51,036 13 2; 2,497 2 4 53,533 15 6 230 3 11 1,359 10 0 17,498 18 6 i 494,135 11 0 Totals for 1895 2,83L 10 1 11,481 19 3 -2,220 1 1 550 13 11 13,127 5 10 342,369 8 1 32,687 10 7 7,449 6 6 - 332,506 5 2 42,896 1 1 2,354 19 1 45,251 0 2 I 82 7 3 4,651 0 6 ! 53,851 15 3 513,783 3 6 Difference ... -90 1 3 11,035 9 5 216 3 & 13,325 11 2 8,140 12 1 142 3 3 8,282 15 4 147 16 8 -3,291 10 6 -36,352 16 9 -19,647 12 2,073 18 4 * Expenses c of technical scho< ,1.