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EDUCATION DEPARTMENT —continued. Income and Expenditure Account—continued. Primary Education. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. To Head Office salaries and administration charges .. 13,928 3 5 By School buildings : Rent of £ s. d. Public schools — £ s. d. school buildings .. .. 2,081 15 8 Teachers' salaries .. .. .. 1,539,491 15 11 Inspection: Fees for special exTeachers'house allowances.. .. 39,480 4 4 animations .. .. 124 9 6 Teachers'removal expenses .. 1,071 1 7 School Journal sales .. .. 943 12 8 1,580,043 1 10 Education Gazette — £ s. d. Organizing teachers — Sales .. 51 4 4 Salaries .. .. .. .. 224 7 2 Advertising 286 0 11 Travelling-expenses .. .. 153 13 8 337 5 3 378 010 Miscellaneous: Recoveries for Manual instruction — education of foreign children 144 10 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 50,333146 Recovery from Fire Insurance Capitation for materials and incidentals 18,860 4 6 Fund .. .. .. 7,085 13 9 Handwork materials .. .. 1,698 13 1 Balance carried to General In70,892 12 1 1 come and Expenditure AcSchool and class libraries, including books I count .. .. 2,255,783 10 8 supplied to pupils in necessitous cases .. .. 1,318 13 5 Maintenance of school buildings, &c.— Grants to Boards for maintenance .. 73,531 4 2 Less portion charged to secondary for maintenance of district high schools (secondary departments) 1,662 0 0 71,869 4 2 Subsidies on voluntary contributions for upkeep of schools .. .. 857 1 2 School Committee allowances, £104,959 9s. lOd. (less portion charged to secondary for district high schools (secondary departments), £3,326) .. .. .. 101,633 910 Rents of buildings for school purposes 3,428 8 7 — 177,788 3 9 Inspection of schools— Inspectors'salaries .. .. 27,463 19 0 Less charged to grading of teachers, £2,242 4s. 6d. ; less charged to Head Office administration, £557 ss. 2,799 9 6 24,664 9 6 Travelling-expeuses .. .. 7,4711811 Transfer and removal expenses .. 148 18 3 Office requisites (including depreciation on furniture, &c.) .. .. 200 7 3 Clerical assistance .. .. 347 14 9 32,833 8 8 Grading and registration of teachers — Head Office salaries and administration .. .. .. . . 1,145 0 0 Portion of Inspectors' salaries .. 2,242 4 6 Expenses of appeals .. .. 246 12 10 3,633 17 4 Conveyance and board of pupils and Instructors, including depreciation on departmental buses .. .. .. 94,677 17 3 Education Boards —Grant for administration and general purposes .. .. 34,632 16 4 Correspondence School —- Head Office administration . .. 50 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. 3,986 19 3 Books and stationery, £785 2s. lid.; less recoveries from parents, £477 ss. Bd. 307 17 3 Postage .. .. .. • • 548 1 2 Rent of offices .. .. .. 329 5 10 Cleaning, lighting, heating, &c. 76 0 6 Depreciation on furniture, &c. .. 34 0 0 Telephone .. .. .. 6 14 4 Interest on capital .. .. 29 0 0 • 5,367 18 4 School Journal — Head Office administration .. 45 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. .. 583 9 4 Printing 4,287 9 8 Putting up for despatch .. .. 344 3 4 Postage .. .. .. •• 1,600 13 11 Sundries .. .. • ■ 47 14 9 Rent (including light) .. .. 80 0 0 6,988 11 0 Education Gazette — Head Office administration .. 20 0 0 Salaries .. .. .. • • 270 0 0 Printing and despatching .. .. 901 5 10 Postage .. .. . • • • 335 0 3 Sundries .. .. •• 6 12 2 Rent of office, cleaning, &c. .. 30 0 0 , 1,562 18 3 Free kindergartens — Grants-in-aid .. .. .. .. • • 5,598 0 8 Alterations to buildings to diminish danger from earthquake .. . • •• • • ■ • • • 27 2 7 Postage .. .. .. • • • • • • 231 4 1 Printing and stationery .. .. .. • • 593 15 2 Rebuilding schools destroyed by fire .. .. .. 8,6211110 Alterations to buildings to diminish danger from earthquake .. .." 5,785 8 8 Miscellaneous .. .. • • • • • - 24 1 6 Interest on capital .. .. .. -. •• 221,573 10 6 £2,266,500 17 6 £2,266,500 17 6

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