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Gbnekal Statement of Receipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Grants from Government for— Balance at beginning of year .. .. 125 17 8 Teachere' and pupil-teachers' salaries, Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 1,031 6 8 and allowances to pupil-teachers .. 16,037 11 G Office contingencies .. .. .. 777 1 5 Reserves revenue for primary education 2,702 10 0 Teachers' and pupil-teachers'salaries, and Capitation at 6d. for relieving-teachers .. 110 3 3 allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. 18,171 4 4 Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 2,728 4 9 Relieving-teachers'salaries .. .. 154 111 Special capitation at 9d. for School Conveyance and board of schoolchildren .. 12 14 3 Committees .. .. .. 159 4 6 Special capitation to School Committees .. 159 4 6 Training of teachers other than at train- Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 1,118 3 6 ing colleges .. .. .. 120 0 0 Erection of Board's offices .. .. 1,244 19 4 Conveyance and board of school-children 8 13 Allowance to scholarship-holders, and exPostage .. .. .. .. 13 penses of examination— Receipts from other sources—Rents, £85 Board scholarships .. .. .. 317 0 6 17s. 9d.; Canadian Fund (Imperial National Scholarships .. .. 52 10 0 Park, Quebec), £6 4s. 10d.; sale of Salaries of teachers and additions to furniture, £15 ; truancy fines, £2 2s. ; salaries of head teaohers on staffs of dislease stamps, 7s. 6d. ; sundries, 19s. 6d. trict high schools .. .. .. 570 0 0 Refunds : Capitation, £5 12s. 6d. ; Manual and technicalwater rate, £1; overcharge fuel, 14s. 6d. 117 18 7 School classes .. .. .. 611 7 10 Grants from Government for— Special classes .. .. .. 724 7 5 Scholarships— Maintenance of school buildings— Education Board .. .. .. 317 0-0 Alterations, small additions, repairs, reNational .. .. .. ... 52 10 0 painting, &c. .. .. .. 1,677 4 8 District high sohools— Salaries of teachers 603 15 0 Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 645 0 0 Receipts from other sources — . Rent .. .. .. .. .. 88 5 6 District high school fees .. .. 318 G House allowances .. .. .. 469 510 Grants from Government for manual and New school buildings, additional classtechnical instruction rooms, furniture, school baths, sites, &c. 1,673 18 3 Capitation Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for On all classes .. .. .. 898 9 5 manual and technical purposes— On account of free places .. .. 23 17 6 School classes .. .. .. 60 911 Material for class-work .. .. 59 13 7 Special classes .. .. .. 201 12 4 Subsidies on voluntary contributions Architect, advertising, apparatus, and furand bequests .. .. .. 138 111 niture .. .. .. .. 219 8 3 Receipts from other sources, manual and Other expenses—Canadian Park Fund .. 6 410 technical Balance at end of year .. .. .. 1,579 7 2 Fees .. .. .. .. 247 0 6 Voluntary contributions .. .. 152 11 3 Deposit fees, £24 75.; material sold, £31 Bs. 5d.; rent, £3 ; charge for requisites, £1 7s. 3d.; refunds, £8 6s. 7d. .. 68 9 3 Grants from Government for— General maintenance of school buildings, rebuilding, rents, sites, &o. .. 3,764 0 0 House allowances .. .. .. 463 9 2 New school buildings, additions, furniture, Bites, &c. .. .. .. 1,94115 0 Technical-school buildings, furniture, fittings, apparatus, &c. .. .. 732 10 1 Subsidy on voluntary contribution .. 62 9 3 Other receipts— Rent .. .. .. .. 16 0 0 Voluntary contributions .. .. 62 9 3 Sale of old residence .. .. .. 15 0 0 Auckland Board, Tatu grass seed .. 11 17 0 Apparatus, £1 Is. 10d. ; West End shel-ter-shed, £70 .. .. .. 71 1 10 £31,690 16 1 £31,690 16 1 James Wade, Chairman. 16th April, 1909. P. S. Whitcombe, Secretary.

WANGANUI. Sir, — Education Office, Wanganui, 31st March, 1909. In accordance with the provisions of " The Education Act, 1908," the Education Board of the District of Wanganui has the honour to present the following report of the proceedings for the year 1908. Board. —At the beginning of the year the members of the Board were: Messrs. F. Pirani (Chairman), A. Eraser, and G. H. Bennett, Southern Ward; D. H. Guthrie, F. M. Spurdle, and F. Purnell, Middle Ward; and W. C. Cargill and E. Dixmi, Northern Ward. The vacancy in the last-named ward caused by the resignation of Mr. James Smith was filled by the election of Mr. J. P. Aldridge, who took his seat at the March meeting of the Board. The retiring members were Messrs. F. Pirani, F. M. Spurdle, and J. P. Aldridge, and at the election in July, Messrs. Pirani and Aldridge were returned unopposed, and Mr. F. M. Spurdle was re-elected for the Middle Ward. Mi , . F. Pirani, Feilding, was re-elected Chairman. The Board held fifteen ordinary meetings and one special meeting. The average number of members in attendance was seven. The following were appointed to represent the Board on various public bodies: School Commissioners, F. Y. Lethbridge, Esq.; Palmerston North High School Board of Governors, W. Rutherfurd, Esq. Schools.—At the close of the year 188 main schools and three side schools were open. The following were opened during the year: Horopito, Karetu, Middle Road, Orautoha, Rangataua, Raiimai, Rotokare, Ruameka, and The Lakes. Pukeroa (temporarily closed at the end of the previous year) was reopened, and Sedgebrook (for several years a side school attached to Aramoho) was made a separate school during the year. During the same period the following schools were

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