206

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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —continued.

Number Ttem 1 Q9,5-9fi of Persons. [ IJao n\j. 1 VOTE No. 38.—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION— 1925-26. continued. £ & Subdivision No. XIV. —Material and Stores —continued. Other Charges fok and incidental to— 137 Material and stores— Purchase and manufacture ... ••• 2,000 138 Store (rent, lighting, cleaning, &c.), cartage, &c. .. 400 2,400 Less issues to other items of this Vote ... 6,000 Or. 3,600 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 48 of the Public Revenues Act, 1910 (see end of vote) — Issues on payment ... ... £200 Total —Subdivision No. XIV ... Or. 2,420 Subdivisio?i No. XV.—Miscellaneous Services. Charges for and incidental to — 139 Accidents to school children and teachers: Grants for medical and legal expenses, scholarships, and compensation ... ... 200 140 Allowance to officer for personal property destroyed by fire > ... ... ... 7 141 Cash stolen when Department's store was broken into ... ... ... 1 142 Conference of Education Authorities: Commission of inquiry, &c. ... ... ... 500 143 Council of Education, including District Advisory Committees: Allowances and travelling-expenses of members, clerical assistance, advertising, incidental expenses, &c. ... ... ... 250 144 Destruction of schools by fire : Rewards for evidence and payments of other preventive measures, &c. ... 250 145 Examinations: Teachers', Public Service, Scholarships, &c. (part recoverable) ... ... 8,750 146 Exchange of Teachers : Allowances, bursaries, &c.... 100 147 Exhibitions : Preparing and forwarding school exhibits ... ... ... 50 148 Grading and certificates of teachers (including cost of inquiries, legal expenses, Courts of Appeal connected therewith, advertising, travelling-expenses, <fcc.) ... 650 149 Grant in aid of free kindergartens for infants under school age ... ... ... 3,300 150 N.Z. Ensigns for schools ... ... 120 151 Office furniture, fittings, and requisites ... ... 500 152 Printing and stationery, including supply of Parliamentary Papers ... ... ... 3,000 153 Postage, telegrams, and rent of boxes ... ... 2,250 154 Purchase of motor-cars (recoverable) ... ... 600 155 Purchase of gramophones and records for schools (recoverable) ... ... ... 300 156 Salaries of English teachers on exchange in New Zealand (recoverable) ... ... ... 1,000 157 Storage and despatch of stores and stationery ... 50 158 Subsidies to public libraries ... ... ... 3,000 159 Teachers' Superannuation Fund (additional subsidy) 25,000 160 Visits of Department's officers and representatives to other countries ... ... ... 450