B.—l [PT. IV], SUP. TO 1939.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. Income and Expenditure Account for the Year ended 31st March, 1939. Expenditure. Income. Balance from separate accounts—- £ s. d. Income from— £ s. d. Primary education .. .. .. 2,941,774 0 6 Primary education reserves .. .. 94,896 15 11 Post-primary education .. .. .. 990,918 14 2 Balance as per balance-sheet .. .. 4,655,242 18 0 Higher education .. .. .. 159,212 14 10 Training of teachers .. .. .. 219,469 2 5 Native education .. .. .. 155,745 3 4 Physical training .. .. .. 3,124 9 5 Examinations .. .. .. .. 1,628 18 6 Country Library Service .. .. .. 3,501 15 4 Miscellaneous .. .. .. 53,763 17 7 Special schools and child welfare .. .. 221,000 17 10 £4,750,139 13 11 £4,750,139 13 11 Head Office Administration. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Salaries .. .. ■■ .. •• 41,352 10 1 Payment by Teachers' Superannuation Fund for Travelling-expenses .. .. .. •• 1,099 10 4 clerical work, postage, and printing and Office requisites, advertising, &c. . . .. 107 10 3 stationery .. .. .. .. 900 0 0 Telephones .. .. .. • • • • 361 1 8 Sale of publications .. .. .. .. 167 17 5 Printing and stationery .. .. .. 1,393 17 6 Recovery of salaries of officers for service in conPostage .. . . .. 1,291 2 9 nection with Electrical Wiremen's Examinations 90 0 0 Rent of offices (Government buildings) .. .. 1,557 0 0 Education Gazette— £ s. d. Rent of other offices .. .. ■ . . • 171 9 0 Sales .. .. .. .. 37 16 7 Depreciation on furniture and office appliances .. 273 0 0 Advertising .. .. .. 221 10 2 Interest on capital .. . . .. .. 80 0 0 259 6 9 Sundries .. .. •• •• 56 10 4 Balance transferred to other accounts .. .. 47,944 13 6 Education Gazette — £ s. d. Salaries .. .. ■ • 236 9 11 Printing .. .. 1,168 3 6 Postage .. .. . ■ 180 15 10 Sundries .. .. . • 32 16 6 1,618 5 9 £49,361 17 8 £49,361 17 8 Primary Education. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. £ s. d. Head Office salaries and administration charges 18,008 2 9 Recovery from Fire Insurance Fund .. .. 8,643 15 8 Public schools — £ s. d. Amount due for work to be completed .. 3,068 6 3 Teachers'salaries .. 1,883,133 15 4 School buildings: Rent of school buildings and Teachers' house allowances 19,805 9 5 residences .. .. .. .. 22,865 17 2 Teachers' removal expenses 1,297 1 4 Inspection: Fees for special examination .. 1 15 0 1,904,236 6 1 School Journal sales .. .. .. 85 2 10 Manual instruction— MiscellaneousSalaries .. •• 68,973 16 5 Recoveries for education of foreign children .. 294 0 2 Capitation for incidentals . . 23,934 7 0 Recoveries from Health Department on account Handwork materials .. 12,900 18 6 of postage: Progress-card system .. 325 0 0 Grants for agricultural clubs 1,060 9 5 Balance, carried to General Income and ExpendiGrants for swimming instruc- ture Account .. .. .. .. 2,941,774 0 6 tion .. .. .. 919 13 4 107,789 4 8 School and class libraries, including books supplied to pupils in necessitous eases .. 6,366 22 Maintenance of school buildings, &e. — Grants to Boards for maintenance and cost of improvements to school-grounds, £255,244 125.; less part charged to post-primary for maintenance of district high schools (secondary depart- £ s. d. ments), £6,057 .. •• 249,187 12 0 Alterations to buildings to diminish danger from earthquake .. • . • • 2, 289 0 0 Rebuilding of schools destroyed by fire .. .. •• 7,482 0 8 Due for work to be completed 3,068 6 3 School Committee allowances, £155,998 4s. 4d.; less part charged to post-primary for district high schools (secondary departments), £4,421 .. 151,577 4 4 Rent of offices, Wellington Education Board .. 736 10 0 Rent for buildings for school purposes .. 4,213 17 10 418,554 11 1 Carried forward .. .. 2,454,954 6 9 Carried forward .. .. 2,977,057 17 7 0

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