B.—l.

TABLE N1.— continued. (2.) Expenditure per Head of Population (1,008,373, including Maoris, but excluding Cook and other Pacific Islands) on Education for 1908-9.

* Teachers' salaries and allowances, 10s. Bd. ; repairs and rebuildings, Is. 4d. ; new buildings, Is. ; all other expenses, 3s. Id. : total, 16s. Id. It may be of interest to give the expenditure per head of population in some otherplaces and countries : For primary education, public funds (general and local) contribute per head of the population in England and Wales, 12s. 3d. ; London, 17s. ; Wales alone, 15s. sd. ; Scotland, 12s. 4d. ; Ireland, 6s. 7d. In New York, the cost to the public purse of primary and secondary education (excluding the cost of new buildings) is £1 Is. 7d. per head of the population, as against 15s. 3d. (or 17s. Id. including the income from reserves) in New Zealand. Table N2 gives, for the years 1898, 1903, and 1906-8, an analysis of the total expenditure from public funds alone (exclusive of the income from reserves), in two forms—the actual total amounts to the nearest thousand pounds, and the expenditure per head of the population to the nearest penny.

TABLE N2.—(1.) Analysis of Expenditure on Education in New Zealand for the Years 1898-99. 1903-4, 1906-7, 1907-8, and 1908-9 out of Public Revenue (exclusive of Income from Reserves).

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(Figures given in every Case to the Ne sarest Penny.) Out Branch of Education. Maintenance. of Public Funds. Out of Income New Build- ; from ings and Total. Reserves. Additions. Total lor all Items from all Public Sources. 8. 11. A. (1.) Primary (including Native schools and training : 14 0 colleges) (2.) Secondary (including secondary schools and second- 1 3 ary departments of district high schools) (3.) Continuation and technical .. .. .. j 0 10 (4.) Higher (including university and higher technical) 0 5 Totals A .. .. .. .. ! 16 0 B. Industrial schools .. .. .. Q 7 C. Special schools (Deaf and Blind and Home for Backward 0 2 Children) D. Superannuation and miscellaneous .. e .. .. 0 2 Totals A, B, C, D .. .. .. 17 5 s. d. 1 0 s. d. 15 0 s. d. 1 1 s. d. Iβ 1* 0 2 1 /> 0 !» 2 2 0 4 0 1 1 2 0 (i Oβ 1 2 1 0 1 7 18 1 2 4 20 5 0 2 0 2 0 9 0 4 0 9 0 4 0 2 0 2 1 11 19 4 2 4 21 8

(I 'igures given in every ,'ase laresi 1898-99. 1903-4. 1906-7. 1907-8. 1908-9. Population (including Maoris, but excluding Took and other Pacific Islands) 783,317 875,648 956,457 977,215 1,008,373 Total. Total. I I Total. Total. Branch of Education. Total. I I £ 482,000 £ 565,000 *£ 717,000 £ 736,000 £ 758,000 A. (1.) Primary (including Native schools and training colleges) (2.) Secondary (including secondary schools and secondary departments of district high schools) (3.) Continuation and technical (4.) Higher education (including university and higher technical) 5,000 12,000 26,000 23,000 12,000 88,000 r>4.000 41.000 76,000 84,000 24,000 74,000 59,000 26,000 Totals A (1-4) .. 499,000 I 626,000 880,000 900,000 917,000 B. Industrial schools C. Special schools (Deaf and Blind) D. Superannuation and miscellaneous 15,000 3,000 2,000 37,000 13,000 3,000 36,000 o.OOO 5,000 32,000 7,000 8,000 39,000 17,000 7,000 i I i I 1 Totals A, B, C, D 519,000 679,000 926,000 947,000 ! 980,000