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Return No. 2.—Details of Expenditure on Office Contingencies for Year 1916.

Travellingexpenses of Clerical and Truancy Staff. tell fePSte Allowances to Board Members. Printing and Stationery. Office Cleaning, Lighting, Furniture, Rent, &c. Advertising. Exchange, Teachers' Stamp Duty, Removal Postage. Expenses. Truancy Charges. Other Contingencies. Remarks. Board. Total. £ 9 £ 651 £ 302 £ 384 £ 134 £ 1,004 £ £ 152 £ 189 £ 2,825 Auckland Taranaki 2 ■ 77 66 60 35 85 56 381 Five months' expenditure (see below). Ditto. Wanganui ... 25 107 212 119 9 199 18 135 151 975 Hawke's Bay 31 185 181 135 92 289 147 30 1,090 Five months' expenditure (see below). Wellington ... 57 60 142 197 56 174 49 735 Nelson 36 368 263 38 125 180 1,010 Canterbury ... 109 18 321 281 165 114 69 390 560 ■ • 61 1,229 1,093 Five months' expenditure (see below). Otago 234 - Southland ... 9 212 216 124 164 192 I 71 I 988 'ive Months. Estimate* Allotment of Year's Expenditure in Cases al iove where 'xpenditure under separate Headh ,gs is known for only Taranaki 5 I 182 I 156 141 82 201 132 899 Wanganui ... 66 281 556 312 24 522 47 354 396 2,558 Wellington ... 156 164 388 538 153 475 135 2,009 Canterbury ... 305 898 461 319 193 1,091 170 3,437