8.—7 [PT. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —continued.

(а) Includes cost-of-living allowances estimated at £3,465. (б) Includes cost-of-living allowances estimated at £7,400 and provision of £15,000 for additional financial assistance to School Committees. (c) Includes cost-of-living allowances estimated at £140,650. (d) Includes cost-of-living allowances estimated at £3,784 and £3,000 for elementary needlework instruction. (e) Includes £1,000 for swimming instruction. (/) Publication restricted owing to paper shortage. (g) Number of officers, 58. Travelling-allowances, £4,615 16s. lOd. ; travelling-expenses, £1,669 18s. 5d.; motor hire, £577 lis. 7d. ; mileage allowance, £934 18s. Id. (h) Expenses of Emergency Education Scheme, Palmerston North, £3 7s. lid.

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Number VOTE—EDUCATION—continued. 1942 43. of Persona. j 943 _44 1943 441942 43 Subdivision No. II. —Primary Education continued. Voted. Expended. ~~ Other Charges for and incidental to —continued. Grants to Education Boards for the following purposes — £ £ £ Boys'and girls'agricultural clubs .. .. .. 920 920 1,042 General administrative purposes .. .. (a) 43,000 4-3,300 (a) 42,272 Incidental expenses of School Committees (cleaning, disinfecting, &c.) ... ... •• .. (6)174,000 164,000 (b) 163,538 Inspection: Extra clerical assistance, typing, &c. .. 400 200 400 Teachers' salaries (including expenses of relieving teachers) also grants to widows of deceased teachers under Regulation 28 ; also payments to estates of deceased soldier teachers in lieu of £ leave .. .. • ■ • • 2,224,612 Less value of residences supplied 44,000 (o)2,180,612 2,180,612 (d) 2,070,641 Manual instruction— . Salaries .. .. .. ■■ •• •• W 85,500 84,850 81,757 Material 10,000 8,000 6,851 Incidentals .. .. •• •• (e) 25,000 23,420 23,301 Preparation of school text-books (on account) .. .. 100 100 90 Removal of teachers .. .. .. •• ■■ 1,500 1,200 1,200 School and class libraries: Purchase of books and equipment; administration and distribution expenses, also grants to Education Boards.. .. .. .. 15,000 15,000 lo,426 School Inspectors : Office requisites, telephones, advertising, & c . .. .. 100 100 93 School Journal: Printing, material, apparatus, royalties, postages, &c. (part recoverable) .. .. .. 6,500 6,500 {f) 4,300 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. • • 200 300 424 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 8,500 8,500 (g) 7,798 Contingencies (including unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision) .. .. 10 10 (h) 3 Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Salaries .. .. • • • • 553 Credit under section 30 (2) of the Education Reserves Act, 1928 .. .. .. 130,000 Recovery on account of sale of books, &c., Correspondence School, School Journals, &c., and fees for special examination .. 2,230 School and Class Libraries: Subscriptions 1,250 134,033 2,813,085 2,778,812 2,692,445 Total—Subdivision No. II .. .. 2,866,797 2,830,959 2,745,949 Subdivision No. III.—Post-primary Education. Salaries— Professional Division. 2 2 2 (£875) .. .. .. •• •• 1,750 1,730 8 8 8 (£615 to £765) .. .. .. .. •• 5,575 5,425 Cost-of-living allowances .. .. ■ ■ • • 104 104 I 24,602 10 10 Other Salaries. Transferred from Subdivision II (Correspondence School).. 15,700 13,500 Allowances to officers performing special duties (Regulation 24a) .. .. .. • • • • • • 20 23,129 20,779 24,602