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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, 1939.

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General Administration. £ £ £ Salaries of Head Office staff . . .. .. .. 37,932 Part salaries of Inspectors attached to Heart Offieo .. .. 2,406 Overtime anrl meal allowances .. .. .. .. 765 41,103 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. .. .. 5(iO Postage and telegrams .. .. .. .. .. .. 1, 199 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. ■ • .. 362 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,205 Education Gazette — Salaries .. .. .. .. .. • • 236 Printing, postage, &c, office and Other requisites .. 1,412 1,048 Printing and stationery .. .. .. •• .. 1,407 Printing and stationery—Storage with Government Printer .. .. 96 Miscellaneous .. .. .. ■. .. •. .. 6 47,595 Less recoveries— Services rendered to Teachers' Superannuation 1,044 Board and to other Departments Education Gazette : Sales and advertising, &c. .. 268 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. 147 Printing and stationery and sale of publications 175 Teachers' certificates, fees for .. .. 715 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 2 2,3!H 45,244 Primary Education (including Intermediate Schools or Departments under control of Education Boards.) Teachers'salaries and allowances .. .. .. 1,889,590 Teachers' salaries and allowances —Chatham Islands schools 2,422 House allowances .. .. .. .. •• 19,800 — 1,881,818 Education Boards — Grants for administration and general 41,350 purposes Less portion chargeable to post-primary .. .. 1,161 40,189 School Committees' allowances—Cleaning, heating, &c. .. 155,998 Less portion chargeable to post-primary .. .. 4,421 151,577 School and class libraries .. .. .. ■• .. 5,000 Supply of books in necessitous cases .. .. • • .. 1,304 Supply of meals for subnormal children .. .. .. .. 25 Removal expenses of teachers .. .. .. •• .. 1,400 School buildings and sites — Maintenance, including alterations to make safe £ against earthquake .. .. .. 217,454 Less portion for secondary departments of district high schools chargeable to post-primary .. .. .. 6,057 211,397 Rebuilding or repairing buildings destroyed or damaged 7,482 by fire Rent of buildings and. sites for school purposes .. 4,81.6 Valuation fees and miscellaneous .. .. • ■ 66 223,761 Boys' and girls' agricultural clubs .. .. .. .. 1,056 Grants in aid of free kindergartens .. .. .. .. 6,878 Conveyance, &c, of children— By rail 8.600 By road and water .. .. .. •• 150,894 Boarding-allowances .. .. .. ■■ 8,010 Purchase of new buses .. .. .. • • 11,937 _ 179,450 Conveyance of instructors and teachers .. .. .. .. 8,297 Correspondence School — Salaries of teachers .. .. .. ■• 12,574 Meal allowances .. .. .. ■ • • • 39 Other expenses .. .. .. •• •• 2,290 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. •■ 114 Travelling-expenses of teachers .. .. .. 393 Expenses of Headmaster's overseas visit .. .. 207 • — 15,617