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Table No. 7. 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, 1904.

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Head Office (Vote No. 52). £ a. d. £ s. ci. £ s. d. Secretary and Inspector-General Assistant Secretary Clerks and clerical assistance Travelling-expenses Salary and travelling-expenses of Private Secretary to Minister Salary and travelling-expenses of one Private Secretary to Premier Telephone subscriptions Messengers, 1 (also storeman) at 8s. per diem ; 1 (Minister's) extra Is. per diem Cleaning, fuel, &c, for branch office Publications, books of reference, &c. Contingencies (type-writer sundries, &c.) 650 0 0 450 0 0 3,207 4 7 115 18 11 391 8 0 399 6 7 34 0 0 164 5 0 20 17 0 48 19 6 43 5 4 5,585 4 11 Public Schools (Votes Nos. 53, 54, and 73, Consolidated Fund; 93 and 94, Public Works Fund, and Unauthorised). Grants to Education Boards for — 408,058 17 0 44,762 15 11 Teachers' salaries (including modifications under sections 3 and 4 of Teachers' Salaries Act, 1901) Less revenue from reserves 363,296 1 1 Teachers' house-allowances (Vote No. 73) . General administrative purposes: Capitation at lis. 3d. on average attendance Grant of £250 per annum to each Education Board Special grant: Capitation at 9d. on average attendance for School Committees Relieving-teachers : Capitation at 6d. on average attendance 8,228 16 7 63,616 5 9 3,250 0 0 4,239 7 6 2,827 9 5 Sohool buildings— General maintenance, &c. (Votes Nos. 73 and 93) New buildings, additions, &c. (Vote No. 94) .. .. ] 52,508 2 6 12,936 17 5 65,444 19 11 Rebuilding schools destroyed by fire Rent of temporary premises during the rebuilding of schools destroyed by fire Training of teachers (North Canterbury, £739 lis. Id. ; and Otago, £654 19s. 3d.) 642 8 1 11 13 4 1,394 10 4 Miscellaneous Expenditure— Schools at Chatham Islands: Salaries ; repairs, &c, to buildings, &c. (Vote No. 53), £701 3s. 3d. New school building (Vote No. 73), £304 19s. 2d. Arrears of salary due to Mr. A. Poster, late teacher Chatham Islands (Unauthorised) Teachers', Civil Service, and National Scholarships examinations (Votes Nos. 53 and 54) .. Conveyance of school-children (railway fares, &c.) Training-classes approved by Education Boards : Railway fares of teachers and instructors of classes Grant to Educational Institute for travelling-expenses of members Preparation of pupil-teacher examination-papers Inspectors Gonferenoe Maps (including freight) Contingencies 1,006 2 5 42 9 4 1,605 18 6 5,545 10 0 4,603 8 9 70 0 0 14 7 6 332 7 11 51 1 0 9 9 0 Less recoveries (examination fees) 526,232 6 5 1,149 13 0 525,082 18 5