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Table Md shows the number of scholarships, bursaries, and studentships held at each University college during the year 1914.

Table Md.—Scholarships, Bursaries, Exhibitions, and Studentships held at the Affiliated Institutions in 1914.*

The University Endowment Act, 1868. The income accrued under this Act, and applicable to the purposes of higher education vet to be determined by Parliament, amounted, on the 31st March, 1915, t<> £313 lis. 8(1., received from reserves in Westland. Taranaki Scholarships Endowment Act, 1910. The balance on account of the Taranaki Scholarships Endowment amounted, on the 31st March, 1915, to £12,023. The control of Taranaki Scholarships has now been transferred from the Education Department to the University of New Zealand. GENEKAL. Expenditure out or the Public Funds on Education. „ In the following tables, N, N 1, N2, N3, and N4, an attempt is made to analyse the public expenditure on the various branches of education, and to show under what heads the increase of expenditure in recent years has taken place ; to give the expenditure per head of the population and per head of the roll of schools. colleges, &c. ; and to present a comparative statement of the increase in the number of persons under instruction. Tables N and Nl give an analysis of the expenditure for the years 1913-14 and 1914-15 respectively.

Table N. (1.) Analysis of Expenditure on Education in New Zealand for the Year 1913-14.

Auckland Scholarships, cfcc. University College. University Canterbury Otago College y 0olle S e - University. Total. Junior University Scholarships ... ... 7 Senior National Scholarships ... ... 13 Taranaki Scholarships ... Senior University Scholarships ... ... 4 University bursaries ... ... ... 49 Sir George Grey Scholarships ... ... I Other scholarships and exhibitions ... 2 Training-college, studentships ... .... 108 6 4 11 11 14 19 3 ... 3 2 5 75 56 106 I ... 1 3 8 31+ 105 96 115 206 178 291 170 168 260 2H 57 6 11 286 8 44 424 Totals 1914 ... ... 184 Totals 1913 ... ... 154 859752 Difference ... ... 30 * Exolusive of Rhodes Scholarships and International Exhib: Zealand), and exclusive also of Research Sooolarships given by the 0 36 10 31 ition Scholarships (which are tenabli lovornment. \ Including 19 home-sci 107 e out of New ience bursars.

(Figures givmi in every case to the net arest £1,000.) Out Branch of Ddnoatio.. * I i of Public Funds. Out t oi Income New Build- from ings and Total. Reserves. Additions. Total for all Items from all rublii Sources. Maintenance. £ A. (1.) Primary (including Native sohools, physical train- 921,000 ing, and training colleges) (2.) Secondary (including secondary schools and second- 103,000 ary departments of district high schools) (3.) Continuation and technical .. . . . • 34,000 (4.) Higher (including university and higher teohnioal) 37,000 £ £ £ 82,000 1.003.000 92,000 5,000 108,000 ' 54,000 21,000 55,000 8,000 10,000 47,000 26,000 £ 1,096,000$ 102.000 63,000 73,000 Totals A (1-4) 1,095,000 118,000 1,213,000 180,000 1,393.000 B. Industrial schools .. .. .. .. 43,000 0. Special schools(Deaf and Blind, and Home for Backward 6,000 Children) I). Superannuation, medical inspection, and miscellaneous 33,000 4,000 47,0(H) 2.000 2,000 8,000 I ,000 49,000 9.000 33,000 124,000 1,301,000 183,000§ 33.000 Totals A, B, C, D 1,177,000 1,484.0(H) * Expended out of Consolidated Fund. t Expended out of P ! and allowances, £732.000 ; repairs and rebuilding, £87,000 ; new buil( total, £1,095,000. § £51,000 from National Endowment Reserves Pi 'ublic Works Fund. % Teach dings. £82.000; all other expenses, und. era' salaries , £194.000: