8.—7 [PT. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1944,

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION—continued.

(a) Number of officers, 21. Travelling-allowances, €588 9s. Bd.; travelling-expenses, €494 3s. lOd. ; motor hire, £49 13s. 6d.; mileage allowance, £13 2s. lOd. (b) Inoludes arrears from previous year.

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Number ° fFer80n3 ' VOTE—EDUCATION—continued. 1943-44. 1942-43. IMS 44! 1942 43 Subdivision No. I.-—Head Office—continued. Voted - Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to— £ £ £ Telephone services (including installation, extensions, maintenance, and rent) .. .. .. .. 550 550 529 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 20 10 35 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 1,000 1,000 {a) 1,123 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision) .... 10 10 2 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — Public Works Department: Payment for services—Electrical Wiremens' Exami- £ nation .. .. .. .. 90 Teachers' Superannuation Fund : Payment for services rendered .. .. 900 Salaries .. .. .. .. '2,000 Sundries .. .: .. .. 10 3,000 1,580 1,570 1,689 Total—Subdivision No. 1 .. .. 40,785 41,932 40,726 Subdivision No. II. —Primary Education. Salaries— Professional Division. 1 1 1 (£875) .. .. .. .. .. .. 875 865 4 5 4 (£815) .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,260 4,025 Educational Division. 1 •• 1 (£815) 815 Other Salaries. 161 154 161 (£115 to £765) .. .. .. .. .. 61,017 56,872 Cost-of-living allowances .. .. .. .. 3,445 3,800 53,504 69,412 65,562 Less charged to" Post-primary" .. .. .. 15,700 13,500 53,712 52,062 Allowance to officers performing special duties (Regulation 24a) .. .. .. .. ,, .. 85 167 WO 53,712 52,147 53,504 Other Charges for and incidental to — Books, &c., in necessitous cases .. .. .. 1,300 1,300 1,396 Conveyance of school-children, instructors, and teachers, and allowances for board of children who have to live away from home to attend school (including running and maintenance costs of departmental buses and other incidental costs) — Board of children .. .. .. .. .. 9,000 9,000 7,574 School-children by rail .. .. .. .. 9,000 9,000 9,217 School-children by road, ferry, &c. .. .. .. 231,993 212,000 (6) 245,268 Manual Instructors .. .. .. • 8,250 8,000 7,396 Correspondence School, including books, stationery, £ postage, &c. (part recoverable) .. .. 5,000 Less portion charged to " Post-primary " .. 2,800 2,200 2,500 2,458