202

8.—7.

Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION—continued.

Number item. i Q97_OQ of rersons. VOTE No. 39.—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION— —I continued. 1927-28. Subdivision No. VII.— Native Schools. £ £ 67 Salaries— 299 Salaries of teachers of village schools (including boarding-allowance) ... ... ... 60,000 Professional Division. Class A — £ 1 at £715 ... ... 715 2 1 at £665 ... ... 665 1,380 301 — 61,380 Other Ghabges for and incidental to — 68 Advertising, forwarding charges, translation fees, fuel, planting, sanitation, water, &c. ... ... 50 69 Books, apparatus, and other school requisites ... 1,500 70 Conveyance, ferrying, and board of children ... 2,400 71 Courses of instruction for teachers ... ... 50 72 Higher Education, Scholarships, and Apprenticeship 5,250 73 Manual instruction (including equipment and material, instructors, and scholarships) ... ... 400 74 Special allowances to teachers in isolated places ... 150 75 Storage and despatch of school books and material... 120 76 Transfer and removal expenses ... ... 750 77 Travelling allowances and expenses ... ... 550 78 Contingencies, including medical examination of teachers and unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision ... ... 20 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926, (see end of vote) — Credits under Sections 296 and 297 of the Land Act, 1924 (National £ Endowment Revenue) ... 1,800 Tauranga Educational Endowment Reserves Act, 1896 (rents, &c., from reserves) ... 300 Fines for non-attendance, &c. ... 5 2,105 11,240 Total—Subdivision No. VII ... 72,620 Subdivision No. VIII.—School Buildings, Furniture, and Sites. Charges for and incidental to — 79 Contribution to Fire Insurance Fund ... ... 10 General maintenance of school buildings under control of Education Department, including small additions to buildings, removals, alterations, rebuilding, furniture, fittings, fencing, rents, additions and improvements of sites, and incidental expenses— 80 Institutions established under Child Welfare Act, 1925 ... ... ... 1,800 81 Native schools ... ... ... 2,500 82 School for the Deaf ... ... ... 200 83 Schools for the Feeble-minded ... ... 600 84 Public Schools— Maintenance and repair of school buildings and residences (including removal, alterations, and small additions); repair and renewal of outbuildings, futniture, and fences ; rents of buildings and sites 116,000