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educational needs of the Colony- compared with this cholarship expenditure. The Government spent in of $60389.10

1891 a total

:

on 7672 scho.

lars or $7.49 per scholar, whilst the

| cost

of

those scholarships sela ni

No,

England,

was $2268.52 for two scho. lars, or $1134-26 per scholar. Now the

local demand for schools rises from year to

woroth

car in proportion with the

year

oth of

the

Quieses population, and

though a pro rata reduction of edu-

cational Grants may

/7 LC.

year,

be feasible for

it is practically impossible

to curtail the necessitor educational

demands for any great length oftine. Aircational expenditure is a small ut unavoidable portion of the Colo- ny's

liabilities, and if the necessity arises for outainment, the question may weil arise, on

purely financial

grounds, whether such a

costly

Achie

hip Scheme should not be sus-

for:

:ponded until the local educational expenditure can be satisfactorily - provided for .

I havers

(ligned / E. J. Eitel,

! Suspector of Schools

if FM. OBrien aus.

Colonial Secretary.

y

that

pender