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Appropriations for Consolidated Fund Services.

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p~ ~ — Number Persons. Item VOTE No. 33. —EDUCATION—continued. 1937-38. 1937—38. Subdivision No. VIII. —School Buildings, Furniture, and ~ Sites —continued. £ £ Charges foe and incidental to —continued. General maintenance of school buildings, residences, and outbuildings (including small additions, alterations, removals, renewal, furniture, equipment, fencing, improvements to grounds, water charges, and including also grants to Education and other Boards for such purposes)— 97 Public schools and training colleges .. .. .. 200,000 98 Secondary schools .. .. .. .. .. 22 500 99 Technical schools .. .. .. .. .. 12 500 100 Native schools .. .. .. .. .. jq 000 101 School for the Deaf .. .. .. .. '250 102 Schools for the Feeble-minded .. .. .. X 850 103 Institutions established under Child Welfare Act, 1925 .. 2,'650 104 Grants to Education Boards for rebuilding, replacing, and furnishing of schools destroyed by fire, and for rent of and alterations to temporary premises during rebuilding (part recoverable) .. .. .. .. .. 10 000 105 Ex gratia payment to R. Walker, Contractor, South Dunedin High School .. .. .. .. .. 403 106 Equipment for supply of milk to children in Native schools 500 107 Purchase of typewriters for use in secondary, technical, and combined schools, and also secondary departments of district high schools .. .. .. .. 6,400 108 Renewal and extension of heating system, Special £ School, Otekaike .. .. .. .. 5,200 Less chargeable to Public Works Fund .. 2,600 2,600 Rents of buildings and sites for school purposes— 109 Public schools .. .. .. .. .. 4,000 110 Secondary schools .. .. .. .. .. 200 111 Manual and Technical schools .. .. .. 700 112 Native schools .. .. .. .. .. 200 Sites, buildings, additions, &c., and other minor capital works— 113 Public schools and training colleges .. .. .. 10,000 114 Secondary schools .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 115 Technical schools .. .. .. .. .. 2,000 116 Native schools .. .. .. .. .. 1,500 117 Valuation and survey fees .. .. .. .. 50 118 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision) .. .. 50 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Fire Insurance Fund, &c. .. .. 9,000 Total—Subdivision No. VIII .. .. — 302,953 Subdivision No. IX. —Education of the Blind. Charges for and incidental to — 119 Grant to New Zealand Institute for the Blind .. .. 4,130 120 Grant to trustees for maintenance of Government pupils .. 600 121 Special instruction (woodwork, &c.), and secondary education of pupils .. .. .. .. .. 10 122 Transport expenses of Government pupils .. .. 40 123 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision) .. .. 10 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Fees .. .. .. .. .. 450 I Total—Subdivision No. IX .. .. 4,790