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SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1947-48

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION— continued

(a) To cover late claims of previous year. £B,OOO provided on main estimates. (b) Boards' claims greater than anticipated. Expenditure to 30th September, 1947, £490. £250 provided on main estimates. (c) Provides for normal expansion over 1946, £12,850 ; and additional grants, £4,920. Total increase for School Committee incidentals amounts to £33,470. The balance, £15,700, covering wages increase, £7,400, and additional cost of materials, &c., £8,300, is included in the item " Payment of increased costs for wages, materials, &c., £22,750." (d) Arrears arising out of new salary scale and hot included in £146,000 provided on main estimates. (e) Proportionate increase based on salaries. £41,800 provided on main estimates.

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For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund—continued £ £ £ ORDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT —ctd. VOTE —EDUCATION —continued Subdivision No. II. —Primary Education—ctd. Other Charges for and incidental to —continued 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): school-children by rail (additional) Grants to Education Boards for the following purposes — Expenses of distributing departmental supplies (additional) Incidental expenses of School Committees : wages, materials, and small repairs, &c. (additional) Manual instruction — Salaries (additional) Incidentals (additional) Teachers' salaries — Payment of increases arising out of the Arbitration Court pronouncement — Primary schools Manual instruction (a) 2,000 (b) 450 (c) 17,770 {d) 8,700 (e) 2,530 105,750 3,600 1 Total—Subdivision No. II 163,550 166,275 Subdivision No. III.—Postprimary Education Salaries— Other Salaries Payment of increases arising out of the Arbitration Court pronouncement 425