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PUBLIC ACCOUNTS, 1908-1909.

STATEMENT in Detail of the EXPENDITURE for MISCELLANEOUS SERVICES— contd.

ILASS XXIV.—MINISTER OF EDUOATION :— £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Vote No. 87.—Miscellaneous Services;— 1,160 14 4 2 15 Item 1—Examinations— Teachers, Civil Service, and scholarships Item 2—Flags for sohools .. .. ... Item 3—Grant in aid of free kindergartens for infants under school age Item 4—Illustrations, photographs, &c, for parliamentary reportB Item 5—Milne Seismograph No. 20 (Wellington), (maintenance and buildings) Item 6 —New Zealand Geology, Text-book of Item 7—" New Zealand Plants and their Story," by Dr. L. Cookayne Item 8—Postage, telegrams, and rent of letter-boxes Item 9—" Schoolmates " (grant to oover cost of postage) Item 10—Store for general departmental purposes Item 11—Subsidy for publio library building at Motueka Item 12—Subsidies to public libraries, on basis of voluntary contributions Item 13—Travelling allowances and expenses of members of Teachers' Superannuation Board and medioal examination fees 199 0 0 83 3 0 31 16 9 150 0 0 1,900 14 7 25 0 0 3,000 0 0 67 4 6 Total net expenditure, Vote No. 87 £6,619 14 7