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It may be of interest to give the expenditure per head of population in some other places and countries : .For primary education, public funds (general and local) contribute per head of the population in England and Wales, 12s. 3d.; London, 175.; Wales alone, 15s. 5d.; 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 14s. lid. (or 16s. 6d. including the income from reserves) in New Zealand. Table N2 gives, for the years 1898-99, and 1903-4 to 1909-10, 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 and 1903-4 to 1909-10 out of Public Revenue (exclusive of Income from Reserves).

TABLE N2— continued. (2.) Expenditure per Head of Population in New Zealand for the Years 1898-99 and 1903-4 to 1909-10 out of Public Revenue.

This table shows that, while there was a great increase in the expenditure per head of the population between 1898 and 1906, the amount per head during the last four years has been practically the same.

'igures given in every case ,ci (] ie neares 1898-9. 1903-4. 1904-5. 1905-U. 1906-7. 1907-8. 1908-9. 1909-10. 'opulation (including Maoris, but excluding Cook and other Pacific Islands) 783,3171 875,648 900,682 930,193 956,457 977,2151 1,008,373 1,030,657 Branch of Education. Total Total. Total. Total. Total. Total. Total. Total. l. (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) 482,000 £ 565,000 £ 574,000 £ 611,000 £ 717,000 £ 736,000 £ 756,000 £ 769,000 26,000 37,000 51,000 68,000 76,000 74,000 89,000 5,000 12,000 23,000 12,000 28,000 17,000 45,000 34,000 54,000 41,000 64,000 24,000 59,000 28,000 58,000 39,000 Totals A (1-4) 499,000 626,000i 656,000 741,000 880,01 900,000 917,000 946,000 33,000 9,000 !. Industrial schools I. Special schools (Deaf and Blind and Home for Backward Children) ). Superannuation and miscellaneous 15,000 3,000 37,000! 13,000 26,000 9,000 31,000: 8,000 36,000 5,000 32,000 7,000 39,000 17,000 2,000 3,000 3,000 5,000 5,000 8,000 14,000 10,000 Totals A, B, C, D .. 519,000 679,000; 694,000 785,000 926,000 947,000 987,000 998,000 i

(Figure? given in every case 1898-9. ,o tl ie nparesl pi inny. 1905-6. 1908-7. 1907-8. 1903-4. 1904-5. 1908-9. 1909-10. .. (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) s. d. 12 4 0 2 0 4 s. d. 12 11 0 7 0 6 0 8 s. d. 12 9 0 10 0 7 0 i s. d. 13 !i 1 1 1 0 0 9 s. d. 15 0 1 5 1 2 0 10 8. d. 15 1 1 7 s. d. 14 11 1 5 s. a. 14 11 1 7 1 4 0 6 1 2 0 7 1 1 0 8 Totals A (1-4).. 12 10 14 3 14 6 16 0 18 5 18 6 18 1 18 3 !. Industrial schools I. Special schools (Deaf and Blind, and Home for Backward Children) >. Superannuation and miscellaneous 0 5 0 1 0 10 0 4 0 7 0 2 0 8 0 2 0 9 0 1 0 7 0 2 0 9 0 4 0 8 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 0 3 Totals A, B, C, D 13 <S 15 6 15 4 16 11 19 4 19 5 19 6 19 5