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APPENDIX.

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE AND RECOVERIES In respect of all Services under the Control or Supervision of the Minister of Education during the Year ended 31st March, 1925.

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General Administration. £ £ £ Salaries .. .. .. .. .. .. 26,525 Clerical assistance .. .. .. .. .. 1,768 ' 28,293 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,154 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 286 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. .. .. 2,142 Books of reference, newspapers, &c. .. .. .. .. 93 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. .. 2,592 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. .. .. 538 Council of Education : Travelling-expenses, advertising, &c... .. 165 Overtime and meal-allowance ., .. .. .. .. 155 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 35,423 Ltss miscellaneous recoveries .. .. .. 901 34,522 Elementary Education. Teachers' salaries (including pupil-teachers' and probationers' 1,640,054 allowances) Teachers' house allowances .. .. .. . . 44,009 — 1,684,063 General administrative purposes (including school committees' .. 140,455 allowances) Organizing-teachers' salaries and travelling-expenses . . 9,937 Removal of teachers .. .. .. .. .. .. 461 Correspondence School: Salaries, &c. .. .. .. 1,863 Manual instruction: Salaries, capitation, and material .. 76,842 School and class libraries .. .. .. .. .. 1,807 School buildings and sites— Maintenance and repair of school buildings and residences 104,002 Rent of buildings and sites used for school purposes .. 5,352 Schools destroyed or damaged by fire: Rebuilding and 35,021* repairs Payment to Lands for Settlement Account for school-sites | 162 New buildings, additions, sites, and teachers'residences: ] 247,527 Education Purposes Loans Act, 1919 j 392,064 Inspectors— Salaries .. .. .. ■■ .. 32,037 Travelling and removal expenses .. .. .. 10,963 Telephones, office requisites, &c. .. .. .. j 258 Extra clerical assistance, typing, &c, .. .. .. 383 School physical services— 43,641 Salaries of instructors .. .. .. .. 4,544 Courses of instruction .. .. .. .. 43 Travelling and removal expenses .. .. .. 3,182 Material: Officers' requisites, uniform allowances, &e. .. 182 7,951 Conveyance and allowance for board of school-children (rail- . . 38,021 way fares, £12,972 ; boarding-allowances and conveyance by road and water, £25,049) Conveyance of instructors and teachers .. .. .. .. 6,935 Fares of children attending standard VI examinations .. .. 19 School Journal: Salaries, printing, &c. .. .. .. j .. 7,575 Education Gazette: Printing, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 864 Subsidies on voluntary contributions on account of public ; .. 21,605 primary schools, including district high schools Destruction of schools by fire: rewards for evidence, and ! .. 130 payments for other preventive measures, &c. Sundries .. .. . - • - ■ • .. j - • 54 2,434,287 Less miscellaneous recoveries (including School j .. 1,407 Journal, £643; Education Gazette, £105; ! 2,432,880f teachers' salaries, £313; special examination fees, £125) Secondary Education. Payments to Education Boards for— District high schools : Secondary teachers'salaries .. .. 46,862 National Scholarships .. .. .. .. .. 11,077 Pavments to Secondary schools and colleges for— Salaries and incidental expenses .. .. .. 188,209 Manuai instruction capitation .. .. .. . , 3,666 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. .. .. 5,165 New buildings, equipment, furniture, sites, &c.: Educa- .. 89,037 tion Purposes Loans Act, 1919 Maintenance of school buildings .. , . .. . . 844 From reserves revenue in accordance with Education .. 9,047 Reserves Amendment Act, 1914 Carried forward .. .. .. ! .. .. 2,467,402 * During the financial year £32,829 was recovered from the Fire Insurance Fund in the hands of the Public Trustee. t Including £55,254 from national-endowment reserves revenue and £109,926 from primary-education reserves.