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TABLE N1— continued. (2.) Expenditure per Head of Population (1,050,452, including Maoris, but excluding Cook and other Pacific Islands) on Education for 1910-11.

The following is the expenditure per head in some other countries : For primary education, exclusive of cost of new schools and additions, public funds (general and local) contribute per head of the population in England and Wales, 11s.; Scotland, 13s. 3d.; Ireland, 7s. 7d. (including cost of new schools and additions); United States, 18s. 7d. In New Zealand the cost is 16s. 5d. Table N2 gives for the years 1898-99, 1903-4, and 1905-6 to 1910-11 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, and 1905-6 to 1910-11 out of Public Revenue (exclusive of Income from Reserves).

(Figures given in every ca to the nej irest penny.) Branch of Education. Out Maintenance. of Public Funds. New Buildings and Additions. Total. Out Total for all of Income Items from from all Public Reserves. Sources. s. d. A. (1.) Primary (including Native schools and training 15 0 colleges) (2.) Secondary (including secondary schools and second- 1 6 ury departments of district high schools) (3.) Continuation and technical .. .. .. 0 9 (4.) Higher (including university and higher technical) 0 6 s. d. 1 1 s. d. 16 1 s. d. 1 5 s. d. 17 6* 0 2 1 8 0 9 2 5 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 1 0 6 1 1 1 1 Totals A (1-4) .. .. .. .. 17 9 1 7 19 4 2 9 22 1 B. Industrial schools .. .. .. .. 0 8 C. Special schools (Deaf and Blind and Home for Backward 0 2 Children) D. Superannuation and miscellaneous .. .. .. 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 10 0 3 0 10 0 3 0 3 0 3 Totals A, B, C, D .. .. .. 18 10 1 10 20 8 2 9 23 5 * Teachers' salaries and allowances, 12s. ; repairs and rcbuildin; ixpenses, 2s. 1 Id. : total, 17s. 6d. ;, Is. 6d. ; new buildii igs, Iβ. Id.; all other

'igures given in every case ,o tl ie nearesl 1898-9. 1903-4. 1905-6. 1906-7. 1907-8. 1908-9. 1909-10. 1910-11. 'opulation (including Maoris, but exoluding Cook and other Pacific Islands) 783,317 875,648 930,193 956,457 977,215 1,008,373 1,030,6571,050,452 Branch of Education. Total Total. Total. Total. Total. Total. Total. Total. £ 482,000 £ 565,000 £ 611,000 £ 717,000 £ 736,000 * 756,000 769,000 £ 844,000 A. (1.) Primary (including Native schools and training colleges) (2.) Secondary (including secondary schools and secondary departments of distriot high schools) (3.) Continuation and technical .. (4.) Higher education (including university and higher technical) 5,000j 1-2,000 26,000 23,000 12,000 51,000 45,000 34,000 68,000 54,000 41,000 76,000 64,000 24,000 74,000 80,000 88,000 52,000 31,000 59,000 28,000 58,000 39,000 Totals A (1-4) 499,000 626,000 741,000 880,000 900,000 917,000 946,000 1,015,000 B. Industrial sohools C. Special schools (Deaf and Blind and Home for Backward Children) D. Superannuation and miscellaneous 15,000 3,000 37,000 13,000 31,000 8,000 36,000 5,000 32,000 7,000 39,000 17,000 33,000 9,000; 42,000 : 11,000 2,000 3,000 5,000 5,000 8,000 14,000 10,000 15,000 Totals A, B, C, D .. 519,000 679,000 785,000 926,000 947,000 987,000 998,000 1,083,000