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The following return supplies an analysis of the expenditure on education during the past twelve years :—

Analysis of Expenditure on Education in New Zealand. (Figures given in every case to the nearest £1,000.)

1900-1. 1901-2. 1902-3. 1903-4. 1904-5. 1905-6. 1906-7. 1907-8. 1908-9. 1909-10. 1910-11. 1911-12. A. (1.) Primary (including Native schools and 467,000 training colleges) (2.) Secondary (including secondary schools 3,000 and secondary departments of district high schools) (3.) Continuation and technical .. .. 5,000 (4.) Higher education (including university 12,000 and higher technical) £ £ ,467,000 517,000 3,000 4,000 £ £ £ £ £ 542,000 565,000 i 574,000 611,000 j 717,000* 17,000 26,000 37.000 51.000 ! 68,000 16,000 23,000 ! 28,000 45,000 j 54,000 14,000 12,000 ; 17,000 | 34,000 I 41,000 £ 736,000 76,000 £ 756,000 74,000 £ 769,000 80,000 £ 844,000 88,000 £ 892,000 91,000 5,000 12,000 12,000 12,000 64,000 24,000 59,000 28,000 58,000 39,000 52,000 31,000 58,000 30,000 Totals, A .. .. ..487,000 487,000 545,000 589,000 ! 626,000 ! 656,000 : 741,000 880,000 900,000 917,000 946,000 1,015,000 1,071,000 B. Industrial schools .. .. .. 19,000 C. Special schools (deaf and blind and home for 6,000 backward children) D. Superannuation and miscellaneous .. 4,000 19,000 6,000 22,000 4,000 27,000 6,000 37,000 13,000 26,000 9,000 31,000 8,000 36,000 5,000 32,000 7,000 39,000 17,000 33,000 I 9,000 | 42,000 11,000 40,000 8,000 4,000 8,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 5,000 5,000 8,000 j 14,000 10,000 15,000 14,000 Totals, A, B, C, D .. .. 516,000 579,000 625,000 679,000 ! 694,000 785,000 926,000 947,000 987,000 998,000 jl.083,000 1,133,000 * Principal increases: Teachers' salaries, £30,000; training colleges, £17,000; sehoo Jbuildings, £31,000; and conveyance of school-children, £5,000.