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Table Pl 2, The following table shows the percentage of expenditure by the several Education Boards on administration for the years 1911, 1912, and 1913 (including in this term all the items which are included under that heading in Table F2—viz., salaries of office staffs, Inspectors, Truant Officers, &c, and the ordinary office contingencies—but excluding the incidental expenses of schools), together with mean of percentages for three years 1911-13 : —

Education Districts. Auckland Taranaki... Wanganui Wellington Hawke's Bay Maryborough Nelson Percentage. 1911. 1912. 3-7 40 5-2 4-7 46 5-1 4-1 3-7 4-4 43 6-1 5-2 5-2 5-6 8-1 9-3 8-3 9-4 4-0 4-8 4-4 42 4-3 3-3 4-4 4-9 1913. 3-7 51 5-7 3-9 4-1 5-9 4'9 8-4 7-8 3-9 4-7 3-3 4-5 Mean of Percentages for Three Years, 1911-13. 3'8 5-0 5-1 3'9 4-3 5-7 5-2 8-6 8-5 4-1 4-4 3-6 4-6 Grey ... ... ... Westland North Canterbury ... South Canterbury ... Otago Southland j