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Table No 8. EDUCATION EXPENDITURE. Total Expenditure on Education out of Public Funds, including University, Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education, Technical and Special Schools.

The following amounts were also paid out of the Government Fire Insurance Fund for rebuilding school buildings destroyed by fire : — £ 1916-17 .. .. .. -• ..2,127 1917-18 .. .. .. .. ..2,658 1919-20 .. .. .'. .. '.. 15,682 1920-21 .. .. .. .. ..16,162 1921-22 .. .. .. .. .. 27,103 1922-23 .. .. .. .. .. 8,542 1923-24 . . .. .. .. . . 12,490

Consolidated Eui id. Loan-monei of School and Res y: Erection Buildings ddonces. Per Head of Mean .Population. Spec ial Aots. AdministraNational tion: Endow- Vote, ment Education. Revenue. Salaries and other Chargos. Revenue from Subsidies to Teachers' Superannuation h'und. I 'ublic Works Fund. Education Loans Account. 'To lal. Reserves. i [911-12 L912-13 1913-14 [914-15 1915-16 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 L923-24 £ 27,257 29,034 27,742 26,128 16,874 58,408 59,362 57,716 79,747 101,972 96,217 90,393 96,506 £ £ 43,656 1,012,048 41,589 1.084,042 50,681 1,131,756 55,139 1,207,983 64,858 1,329,166 60,180 1,406,264 70,345 1,511,256 76,177 1,602,995 78,988 2,031 ,'825 70,313 2,460,116 71,737 2,580,562 66,610 2,514,991 77,788 2,604,-508 £ 53,832 64,173 71.808 70,802 84,390 90,535 90,518 92,095 99,352 100,758 105,448 112,378* 116,808* £ 7,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 17,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 43,000 68.000 68,000 £ 89,535 105,000 121,954 122,940 97.972 70.367 63,082 115,656 195,500 244,722 2,469 £ £ 1,233,328 1,340,838 1,420,941 1,499,992 1,640,260 1.702,754 1,811,563 1.987,639 2,528,412 3,235,452 3,462.844 3,214,348 3,259,291 S s. d. 1 3 J J 4 6 I 5 3 1 6 2 1 8 6 1 9 8 1 11 5 1 14 1 2 1 10 2 11 8 2 13 10 2 9 2 2 8 11 214,571 563,111 361,976 295,681 * Net revenue after d leducting exj penses and cost of colic iction.