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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, 1927.

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General Administration. £ £ £ Salaries .. . ■ ■ ■ ■. ■. .. . • 29,850 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. .. • . 1,064 Telephones .. .. . ■ . ■ .. .. .. 340 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,656 Books of reference, newspapers, &c. .. .. .. .. 173 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. . . 3,306 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. .. .. 834 Council of Education : Travelling-expenses, advertising, &c... .. 184 Overtime and meal-allowance .. .. . • ■ ■ • ■ 145 Sundries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 38,564 Less miscellaneous recoveries .. .. .. 1,035 " 37,529 Elementary Education. Teachers' salaries (including probationers' allowances) .. 1,716,446 Teachers'house allowances .. .. .. .. 44,710 — 1,761,156 General administrative purposes (including School Committees' .. 146,262 allowances) Organizing-teachers'salaries and travelling-expenses .. .. 9,554 Removal of teachers .. . . .. .. .. .. 849 Correspondence School: Salaries, &c. .. .. .. .. 2,572 Manual instruction: Salaries, capitation, and material .. .. 77,615 School and class libraries .. .. .. .. .. 2,571 Purchase of gramaphones for schools .. .. .. .. 2,081 Special survey of junior high school system . . . . .. 50 School buildings and sites— Maintenance and repair of school buildings.and residences 109,751 Rent of buildings and sites used for school purposes .. 5,020 Schools destroyed or damaged by fire: Rebuilding and 10,585* repairs New buildings, additions, sites, and teachers' residences : 238,286f Education Purposes Loans Act, 1919 — — 363,642 Inspectors — Salaries .. . • • • ■. .. . ■ 34,208 Travelling and removal expenses .. .. .. 11,413 Telephones, office requisites, &c. .. .. .. 270 Extra clerical assistance, typing, &c. .. .. .. 385 Alteration to office accommodation .. .. .. 31 — — 46,307 ! School physical services— Salaries of instructors .. .. .. .. 5,024 Courses of instruction .. .. .. .. 84 Travelling and removal expenses .. .. .. 3,830 Material: Officers' requisites, uniform allowances, &c. .. 109 Reprinting syllabus .. .. .. .. 140 Sundries.. .. ... .. .. .. 9 —— — 9,196 Conveyance and allowance for board of school-children (rail- .. 50,773 way fares, £9,962; boarding-allowances and conveyance by road and water, £40,811) Conveyance of instructors and teachers .. .. .. .. 9,241 Fares of children attending Standard VI examinations .. .. • 18 School Journal: Salaries, printing, &c. .. .. .. .. 7,968 Education Gazette; Printing, &c... .. .. .. .. 1,073 Subsidies on voluntary contributions on account of public .. 19,931 primary schools, including district high schools Less miscellaneous recoveries (including School Journal, £669; Education Gazette, £243; ■ ' teachers' salaries, £119 ; special examination fees, £89 ; Correspondence School, £104 ; gramaphones, £2,655) 2,505,675J Secondary Education. Payments to Education Boards for — District high schools : Secondary teachers' salaries .. .. 49,980 National Scholarships . ■ •• .. .. .. 11,837 Payments to Secondary schools and colleges for— Salaries and incidental expenses .. .. .. .. 242,450 Manual instruction capitation .. .. .. .. 4,280 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. .. .. .. 7,311 New buildings, equipment, furniture, sites, &c. : Educa- 129,925 tion Purposes Loans Act, 1919 Maintenance of school buildings .. ' .. .. 1,231 . —— 131,156 Erom reserves revenue in accordance with Education .. 9,451 Reserves Amendment Act, 1914 — — Carried forward .. .. .. .. 456,465 2,543,204 * During the financial year £10,337 was recovered from the Fire Insurance Fund in the liands of the Public Trustee. t Includes £13 cost of raising loans. i Including £54,151 from the national-endowment reserves revenue and £109,2B0 from primary-education reserves.