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YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1944,

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION—continued.

(а) Increase in consumption of fuel for heating. (б) Overexpenditure caused by delay in receipt of 1941-42 accounts for overseas purchases. (c) Number of officers, 4. Travelling-allowances, £459 12s. 9d.; travelling-expenses, £433 ss. 3d. ; motor hire, £106 17s. Id.

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Number of Persons. 1943-44. 1942-43. 1943 441942 43 VOTE EDUCATION—continued. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. VI —Native Schools. £ £ £ Salaries— 496 460 Salaries and travelling-expenses of teachers of village schools ; expenses of relieving teachers, &c., and payments to estates of deceased soldier teachers in lieu of leave ; also grants £ to widows of deceased teachers .. 133,300 Less value of residences .. .. .. 6,300 127,000 123,386 Other Salaries, 132,585 3 3 3 (£665 to £765) .. .. .. .. .. 2,145 2,095 Cost-of-living allowances .. .. .. .. 10,000 11,019 499 463 139,145 136,500 132,585 Other Charges for and incidental to — Advertising, translation fees, fuel, planting, sanitation, water, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 800 500 (a) 1,043 Books, apparatus, and other school requisites .. .. 2,500 2,500 (b) 3,692 Books, &c., in necessitous cases .. .. .. 10 10 Conveyance by road, ferry, &c., and board of children .. 18,500 18,800 16,583 Grants-in-aid to private schools for Maori children .. 7,000 7,000 Higher Education, Scholarships, including cost of medical examinations .. .. .. .. .. 9,800 8,000 9,149 Manual instruction (including equipment and material, instructors, and scholarships) .. .. .. 1,800 2,000 1,618 Purchase of food and clothing for children attending Te Hapua Native School .. .. .. .. 75 40 61 Rent of store, including light, cleaning, rates, &c. .. 165 165 163 Transfer and removal expenses .. .. .. 1,500 1,650 2,089 Travelling allowances and expenses .. .. .. 850 850 (c) 1,000 Contingencies (including medical examination of teachers and unforeseen expenditure incidental to the other items of this subdivision) .. .. .. .. 10 1Q Estimated credits-in-aid under Section 51 of the Public Revenues Act, 1926 (see end of vote) — £ Recoveries on account of scholarships, &c. 500 Tauranga Educational Endowment Reserves Act, 1896 (rents, &c., from reserves) .. 275 Sundries .. .. .. .. 75 850 43,010 41,525 35,40(2 Total—Subdivision No. VI .. ... 182,155 178,025 167,987 Subdivision No. VII.—Physical Instruction. Salaries— 28 27 28 (£210 to £765) .. .. .. .. .. 8,980 9,149 \ Q ,„ n —• Cost-of-living allowances .. .. .. .. 559 585 f 9,539 9,734 9,470