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APPENDIX. STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE AND RECOVERIES IN RESPECT OF ALL SERVICES UNDER THE CONTROL OR SUPERVISION OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1937.

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General Administration. £ £ £ Salaries of Head Office staff .. .. . . . . 32,860 Part salaries of Inspectors attached to Head Office .. 1,529 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. .. 108 34,497 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. .. ■ • 333 Postage and telegrams .. . . .. .. .. • ■ 914 Telephones .. .. .. .. .. • • • • 312 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. .. .. •. 626 Education Gazette — Salaries .. .. .. .. • • • • 200 Printing, postage, &c., office and other requisites .. 1,137 1,337 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. .. 895 Printing and stationery—Storage with Government Printer .. 61 056 Expenses of officer attending Conference on Education, Honolulu .. 39 39,014 Less recoveries— Services rendered to Teachers' Superannuation 1,012 Board and to other Departments Education Gazette : Sales and advertising, &c. .. 275 Postage and telegrams . . .. .. 109 Printing and stationery and sale of publications 215 Teachers' certificates, fees for .. .. 67 _ 1,678 37,336 Primary Education (including Intermediate Schools or Departments under control of Education Board). Teachers'salaries and allowances .. .. .. 1,695,077 Teachers'salaries and allowances —Chatham Island schools .. 2,578 House allowances .. .. .. •. • • 41,909 1,739,564 Education Boards —Grants for administration and general 34,115 purposes Less portion chargeable to post-primary .. . . 808 33,307 School Committees'allowances —Cleaning, heating, &c. .. 155,995 Less portion chargeable to post-primary .. .. 3,689 152,306 School and class libraries .. .. .. •• •• 1,109 Supply of books in necessitous cases . . .. . • ■ • 1,957 Supply of meals for subnormal children .. .. • • ■ ■ 25 Removal expenses of teachers . . .. •. • ■ ■ • 1,398 School buildings and sites— Maintenance, including alterations to make safe £ against earthquake .. .. 125,945 Less portion for secondary departments of district high schools chargeable to post-primary .. .. • • 2,983 Rebuilding or repairing buildings destroyed or damaged 5,171 by fire Rent of buildings and sites for school purposes . . 2,644 Valuation fees and miscellaneous .. .. ■ • 21 130,798 Boys' and girls' agricultural clubs .. • • ■ ■ • • 543 Grants in aid of free kindergartens . . .. . ■ • • 4.886 Conveyance, &c., of children— By rail .. . . .. ■ • • • • ■ 6,196 By road and water .. .. • • • ■ 77,920 Boarding-allowances .. .. •• 4,501 Purchase of new buses . . .. • • • ■ 6,106 94,723 Conveyance of instructors and teachers .. .. •• 6,103 Correspondence School — Salaries of teachers .. .. •• 8,701 Meal allowances .. .. .. • • ■ • 9 Other expenses .. .. .. •• •• 1,718 Office furniture and fittings .. .. . ■ • • 459 10,887 Inspection (including compassionate allowances) — Salaries (less part charged Head Office Administration) .. 25,751 Travelling and removal expenses . . . . • • 7,667 Telephones and office expenses .. . • • • 120 Clerical assistance .. .. • ■ • • • • 400 Postage and telegrams .. .. • • • • 94 ' ■ 6 34,032 !