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TABLES. Table B1. —Analysis of Expenditure on Education for the Year ended 31st March, 1941.

Table B2. —Capital Expenditure on New Buildings, Additions, Teachers' Residences, and Sites.

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(For more details see Appendix to this paper.) Total Expenditure Branch of Education. Expenditure ,, expressed as Expend lt ure per ?Net) * Percentage of Total Head of Population.! Expenditure. £ £ S. d. Departmental administration .. .. 46,933 0-87 0 0 7 Boards'administration .. .. .. 72,078 1-33 0 0 10 Cost of inspection — Primary .. .. .. .. 39,791 0-74 0 0 6 Native .. .. .. .. .. 3,418 0-06 J Post-primary .. .. .. .. 8,561 0-16 0 0 1 Primary education— Public schools .. .. .. .. 2,798,3351 ro.io i y c Departmental Correspondence School . . 16,948 J Native education — Native schools .. .. .. .. 157,562 \ , Scholarships and bursaries .. ... 10,236 J Post-primary education — Secondary, technical, and combined schools . . 762,753""! Secondary departments of district high schools 138,045 1 17.1 a nil a Correspondence School .. .. .. 20,665 f Scholarships and bursaries .. .. 7,197J Higher education .. .. .. .. 181,958 3-37 0 2 3 Training of teachers .. .. .. 189,821 3-52 0 2 4 Special schools .. .. .. .. 40,638 0'75 0 0 6 Child welfare .. .. 162,302 3-01 0 2 0 Superannuation .. .. .. .. 162,572 3 • 01 0 2 0 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. 5,488 0-10 0 0 1 Country Library Service .. .. .. 9,788 0-18 0 0 1 Capital expenditure on school buildings .. 566,034 10-48 0 6 11 Total* .. .. .. .. 5,401,123 100'00 3 6 0 * This includes revenue from endowments administered by the various Boards, &c., as well as direct expenditure from public funds — £ From public funds as shown in appendix .. .. .. .. 5,355,393 Endowments— Post-primary schools .. .. .. .. , . 29,308 University colleges .. .. .. .. .. 16,422 £5,401,123 f Mean population for twelve months ended 31st March, 1941, was 1,635,715. j No significant amount. The cost per pupil of primary education based on average attendance was £16 0s. 7d. excluding buildings, and £18 Is. 4d. including buildings.

1935-36. 1936-37. 1937-38. 1938-39. 1939-40. 1940-41. £ £ £ £ ■ £ £ Public schools .. .. .. 87,908 162,894 331,558 467,255 583,918 381,547 Secondary schools .. .. 23,516 24,092 58,924 56,819 69,545 72,305 Technical schools .. .. .. 59,350 77,836 97,740 82,568 60,283 20,218 Training colleges .. .. .. 610 6,730 1,984 27,071 29,325 5,929 Native schools .. .. .. 8,399 12,172 34,180 39,632 77,666 70,773 University colleges .. .. .. 3,022 39,086 58,710 22,456 1,384 Massey Agricultural College .. .. 525 Child-welfare institutions .. .... 221 .. 351 .. 5,344 21,828 School for the Deaf .. .. .. .. 4,841 6,295 Schools for feeble-minded .. .. .. 2,473 312 840 12,683 2,287 Kindergartens .. .. .. .. .. 881 1,181 1,734 99 N.Z. Institute for Blind .. .. .. .. .. 1,000 Wellington Education Board office .. .. .. 5,350 15,816 4,100 building — Gross total .. .. 180,004 289,744 569,857 746,721 878,770 580,470 Less credits-in-aid .. 48,547 7,84-8 8,325 *66,598 8,662 14,436 131,457 281,896 561,532 .680,123 870,108 566,034 * Includes £51,000 sale of Education Boards's office building, Wellington. Note. —An additional £22,660 was expended in 1940-41 on the replacement of school buildings destroyed by fire; £19,956 of that amount was recovered from the Government Fire Insurance Fund.