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In Table N 3 is shown the cost to the State per individual pupil or student.

Table N3. —Expenditure out of Public Revenue on each Branch of Education for each Individual on the Roll of the several Schools, Colleges, and other Institutions

If we include reserves revenue (still excluding cost of new buildings) the average expenditure per head out of public funds and endowments .was in the year 1914 In primary schools, £6 2s. lid. ; secondary, £16 4s. Id. ; continuation and technical, £2 9s. 4d. ; higher, £29 17s. sd. ; all branches, except primary, £9 10s. 2d. The cost in each branch, excepting, technical and continuation, shows an increase over that for the previous year. The decrease in the cost per head of technical and continuation education results in the cost of all branches, excepting primary, being less by £1 14s. Bd. than it was in the year 1913. In. the United States, according to the latest reports in this office, the cost of primary education is 24 dollars 81 cents, or £5 3s. 4cL, and the cost of all branches of education is £7 2s. 2d. per head of roll number.

Table N4.—Progress in Education: A Comparison of the Number of Pupils under Instruction in the Several Branches of Education in the Years 1898, 1903, 1908, 1913, and 1914 respectively.

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(excluding Reserves Revenue and Cc ist of New Buildings). Branch of Education. 1,898. 1903. 1908. 1913. 1914. £ s. d. I. Primary, &c. .. . . 3 4 10 II. Secondary, &c. III. Continuation and technioal . . I 2 10 IV. Higher .. .. . . 10 18 11 £ 8. d. £ s. d. 3 17 2 4 15 2 4 2 6 8 0 2 1 13 8 3 4 4 9 4 3 1.4 12 3 !• £ 8. d. 5 6 10 10 6 10 2 4 9 15 12 I £ s. d. 5 10 4 10 18 8 1 .19 9 17 6 3 All branches, oxeept primary .. 5 13 II 3 7 11, 5 14 8 3 7 II 9 I 3 6 7 6

Actual Numbers. Actual Numbers. Number per 10,000 of 1908. 1913. 1911. 1898. 1903. .1908. Population, 1898. 1903. 1913. 1911. 'opulatifm 783,317 875,648 1,008,373 1,134,506 1,140,172 I. Primary education (including public and Native sohools, all receiving free tuition) II. Industrial and special schools .. 136,652 136,546 148,180 172,390 178,621 1,744 j 1,551 1,467 148,180 172,390 1,526 1,567 7 (i 809 732 ' 809 732 ' ouy (oz III. Secondary education (including secondary sohools, seoondary departments .of district high schools, day technical schools, and Maori secondary schools) IV, Continuation and technical education V. University education 3,046 5,818 7,742 9,959 10,428 j 39 66 77 88 91 1,750* 708 6,533* 13,051* 15,206 16,602 1,194 1,711 2,371 2,310 22~ 75 129 134 14G 9 14 17 21 20 (Private schools not inoluded above, principally primary) 14,857 15,609 18,367 19,428 | 21,613*1 190 177 182 172 189 . Total under instruction 157,013 5,504 165,700 ' 189,051 220,163 230,306 .2,004 1,883 1,872 1,948 2,019 VI. Total under instruction higher than primary (III, IV, and V above) Number of latter (VI) reoeiving free tuition 1,178+ 13,545 22,504 27,536 29,349 4,260+ 7,959 ! 12,574 13,920 * Estimated. t Approximate. 70 15 155 49 223 79 244 111 257 122