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General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1909. Receipts. & s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Grants from Government for — Balance at beginning of year .. .. 2,818 13 2 Teachers'and pupil-teachers'salaries, and Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 2,265 14 U allowances to pupil-teachers .. 47,880 15 9 Office contingencies .. .. .. 1,830 17 4 Reserves revenue received from School Teaohers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and Commissioners for primary education 3,079 6 3 allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. 51,822 'J 3 Capitation at (Jd. for relieving-teachers 298 9 3 Relieving-teachers' salaries .. .. 514 12 3 Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 0,964 19 10 Truant inspection .. .. .. 260 7 6 Special capitation at 9d. for School Conveyance and board of school childron .. 73 2 3 Committees .. .. .. 434 10 3 Special capitation lo School Committees .. 434 10 3 Conveyance and board of school-children 73 2 3 Incidental expensee of schools .. .. 2,747 G (i Inspection of private schools .. .. 27 1") 0 Free sohool-books .. .. .. 202 13 3 Free school-books .. .. .. 195 18 3 Paid out of administration grant: teachers' Receipts from other sources— salaries (primary), £51 4s. 7d., (secondTruancy fines, £27 165.; refunds, £13 ary), £5 ; house allowance, £50 os. 2d.; 3s. 5d.; furniture sold, £2 55.; rent of teachers' travelling expenses, £18 05.4 d.; office, £1 15s. ; voluntary contributions teachers' bonus, £3 .. .. .. 133 5 1 towards cost of miniature rillo range Allowance to scholarship-holders, and ex£4 15s. .. .. .. .. 49 14 5 penses of examination — Grants from Government for— Board scholarships .. .. .. 788 1) 9 Scholarhips— National Scholarships .. .. 258 0 0 Education Board .. .. .. 589 10 0 Salaries of teachers, and additions to National .. .. .. .. 193 10 0 salaries of head teachers on staffs of District high schools— district high schools .. • .. .. 2,259 3 1 Salaries of teachers .. .. 2,211 5 0 Other expenses— Subsidies on voluntary contributions, &c. 567 13 9 Subsidies and voluntary contributions licceipts from other sources, distriot high paid to School Committees .. .. 1,106 2 2 schools — Fees paid to teachers .. .. .. 32 0 0 Fees .. .. .. .. 87 1 9 Special scholarships: Hawera science, £10; Voluntary contributions .. .. 565 8 8 Gibbons, £20; travelling scholarship, Special scholarship .. .. .. 20 0 0 £20.. .. .. .. .. ,no 0 Grants from Government for manual and Manual and technical— technical— Sohool classes .. .. .. 1,936 I 5 Capitation— Special olasses .. .. .. 5,265 14 3 On all classes .. .. .. 5,908 19 0 Training of teachers .. .. .. 89 3 9 On account of free places .. .. 354 6 8 Manual and technical: Voluntary contribuMaterial for class-work .. .. 73 510 tions returned, £6 155.; fees refunded, Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 976 14 8 £1 Is. 3d.; library and prizes, £17 19s. Receipts from other sources, manual and 4d. ; miscellaneous, £5 .. .. 30 15 7 technical — Fees, £1,897 Bs. lid. ; Maintenance of school buildings— voluntary contributions, £737 9s. Id. ; Alterations, small additions, repairs, material sold, £40 lie. 6d. ; rent, 10s.; repainting, &c. .. .. .. 4,578 18 D hire of apparatus, £1 ss. ; refunds, Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 3,829 8 0 £5 125.; Palmerston North High Rent .. .. .. .. .. 243 7 8 School Board, £23 16s. sd. .. .. 2,706 13 2 House allowances .. .. .. 1,487 2 5 Maintenance of school buildings, rebuild- New school buildings, additional classing, rents, sites, &c. .. .. .. 5,413 15 2 j rooms, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. 5,189 10 7 House allowances .. .. .. 1,523 611 ! Buildings, classrooms, furniture, &c, for Now school buildings, additions, furni- manual and technical purposes— ture, sites, &c. .. .. .. 6,144 10 4 School classes .. .. .. 172 16 6 Technical-school buildings, furniture, fit- Special classes .. .. .. 3,830 10 8 tings, apparatus, &c. (including initial Other expenses— capitation) .. .. .. .. 2,648 0 9 ' Purchase of sites .. .. .. 465 1 6 Other reoeipts— Sale of sites .. .. .. .. 702 11 7 Fire insurance, Wanganui Technical Sohool .. .. .. .. 165 0 0 Fire insurance, Okoia residence .. 3 2 9 Rents of sites, Ac. .. .. 132 11 2 Contractors' deposits forfeited, etc., £33 15s. ; refunds, £7 ; material sold, £20 17s. sd. .. .. .. .. 61 12 5 Balance at end of year .. .. .. 4,062 8 3 £94,715 JL JK94/U5 19 1 Fked. Pikani, Chairman. W. J. Cakson, Secretary. WELLINGTON. Sir,— Education Board Office, Wellington, 22nd March. L9lO. In accordance with the requirements of the Education Act, 1908,1 beg to submit the followhi" , report of the Education Board of the District of Wellington for the year 1909. Board. —At the annual election, the retiring members were re-elected, namely : Messrs. W. Allan (City), .). Kebbell (Manawatu-Hutt), W. ('. Buchanan, M.l. (Wairarapa), and Mr. H. R. Elder was elected to fill an extraordinary vacancy caused by the resignation of Major McDonald on his appointment to the command of the public-school cadets. The membership of the Board at the end of the pear was thus: Wellington City Ward - Messrs. .1. (i. W. Aitken, W. Allan, R. Lee; Manawatu-Hutt Ward—Messrs. H. R. Elder," W. 11. Field, M.P., J. Kebbell ; Wairarapa Ward—Messrs. W. C. Buchanan, M.l.. A. W. Hogg, M.1 , .. A. 11. Vile ; at the August meeting Mr. K. Lee was re-elected Chairman. The Board's representative Managers of Technical Schools were: Wellington Messrs. Aitken. Allan, and Field, M.1 , . : Petone the Chairman, and Mr. .I. W. McEwan; Pahiatua —Mr. W. Norrell. Mr. J. R. Blair continued to represent the Board on the Wellington School Commissioners.

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