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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

CLASS XV.—MINISTER OF EDUCATION— continued.

1910-11. HEAD OFFICE— continued. £ £ VOTE No. 80— continued. Other Charges for and incidental to — 2 Books of reference and publications ... ... 50 3 Clerical assistance ... ... .. 550 4 Fares of special messengers, cartage, freight, Ac. 10 5 Office requisites, material, and equipment ... ... 100 6 Telephone subscriptions and expenses ... 100 7 Travelling expenses and allowances ... ... 500 8 Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... ... 25 1,335 Total—Vote No. 80 . ... 10,334 ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. VOTE No. 81. Charges for and incidental to — Grants to Education Boards for the following purposes: — 1 Teachers' Salaries: Including pupil-teachers' lodging allowances ... ... £586,000 Less revenue from reserves ... 50,000 530 ,000 2 General Administrative Purposes : Capitation on average attendance—186,000 St 12s. ... ... 81,600 3 , Additional Grant of £250 per annum to Education Boards 3,250 4 Relieving Teachers : Capitation on average attendance — ! 136,000 at 6d. ... ... ... 3,400 5 Free text-books ... ... .'.. 4,500 6 Inspection of private schools ... ... .. i 575 7 Conference of educational authorities ... ... 250 8 Conveyance of school-children and teachers, and allowances for board of children who have to live away from home to attend school ... . ... 8,000 9 Educational Institute: Grant in aid ... ... 100 10 Freight ... ... ... 5 11 Illustrations, Ac: Natural History, History of the Empire, Ac 500 12 Medical examination of teachers in special cases ... 5 13 Preparation of standard test-questions in arithmetic and English and pupil-teacher examination papers 20 14 School Journal (contributors' fees, printing, material, apparatus, Ac.) ... ... 2,000 15 Schools at Chatham Islands ... ... ... 800 16 ; Temperance wall-sheets for use in public schools ... 575 17 ' Contingencies, including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of the vote ... 50 641 ,630 Less credits under sections 263 and 264 of the Land Act, 1908 ... ... 19,553 622 ,077 Less estimated credits under section 42 of the Public Revenues Act, 1908 ... ... 50 Total—Vote No. 81 ... ... [ 622 ,027