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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1946

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION—continued

(а) Large commitments not yet to charge. (б) Provision for purchase of drinking-utensils. (c) Large commitments from previous years; also includes provision for science equipment. (d) Advertising sale of old school residence, £4 ss. 10*

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Number . of Persona 1944—45. 01 KusonB - 1945-46. __ 1945-46ll944-45 VOTE FiDUCA flON continued Voted. Expended. £ £ £ Subdivision No. VIII.—School Buildings, Furniture, and Sites Charges foe and incidental to — Alterations, &c., to school buildings to diminish danger from earthquakes and earthquake repairs .. .. 10,000 15,000 {a) 3,557 Equipment for supply of milk to children in Native schools (b) 500 '250 254 General maintenance of school buildings, hostels, residences, and outbuildings (including small additions, alterations, removals, renewal, furniture, equipment, fencing, storm damage, maintenance of grounds, water charges, and including also grants to Education and other Boards for such purposes) — Public schools and training colleges .. .. .. 181,000 161,000 163,195 Secondary schools .. .. .. .. .. 5,500 4,000 3,266 Technical schools .. .. .. .. .. 4,000 4,000 4,709 Native schools .. .. .. .. .. 7,000 7,000 6,578 School for the Deaf .. .. .. .. 3,000 5,000 2,197 Special schools .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 2,000 2,580 Institutions established under Child Welfare Act, 1925 .. 4,000 3,000 4,114 Grants for rebuilding, replacing, and furnishing of schools destroyed by fire, and for rent of and alterations to temporary premises during rebuilding (part recoverable) 8,000 10,000 7,930 Grants for improvements in approaches to schools (including cost of culverts, bridges, jetties, &c.) ; and also for protective works outside school grounds .. .. 150 200 128 Grants towards cost of swimming-baths not on school grounds .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 200 Grants for fire-protection work outside school grounds .. 50 100 Improvements to school grounds (including grants to Education and other Boards, payments to Government Departments and contractors) .. .. .. 27,000 15,000 26,195 Maintenance and costs of disposal of buildings not used for school purposes .. .. .. .. 1,250 500 1 > '">44 Rents of buildings and sites for school purposes (including hostels)— Public schools and training colleges .. .. .. 4,500 5,000 4,272 Secondary schools .. .. .. .. .. 500 500 468 Manual and Technical schools .. .. .. 900 1,000 869 Native sohools .. .. .. .. .. 200 220 172 Sites, buildings, furniture, equipment, &c., and other minor capital works— Public schools and training colleges .. .. .. (c) 23,700 15,000 10,310 Secondary schools .. .. .. .. .. (c) 9,000 2,000 6,078 Technical schools .. .. .. .. •• 2,000 1,500 1,510 Native schools .. .• -• •• •• 3,500 3,500 2,029 Valuation, survey fees, and legal expenses .. .. 300 1,000 247 Contingencies .. .. • • • ■ .. 50 50 [d) 4 Compensation in respect of destruction by fire of privatelyowned property at Rowallan, Southland, while being used for school purposes .. .. .. .. . • 15 15 Estimated eredits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Fire Insurance Fund .. .. .. 5,000 Sundries .. .. .. .. 600 5,600 Total—Subdivision No. VIII .. .. 298,150 257,035 252,221