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Child Welfare £ £ £ Salaries of staffs, including field officers ... 85,065 Wages of inmates employed in institutions 237 Travelling and removal expenses (including transit of children) 14,771 Boarding-out of children 98,096 Maintenance of children in Government institutions 69,513 Maintenance of children in private institutions 8,684 Maintenance of buildings, &c. 5,129 Rent of offices .. .. .. .. 3,415 Office expenses 1,084 Printing 727 Payments to Post and Telegraph Department for telephone, 4,723 postal, and other services Refund of maintenance payments 276 Legal expenses.. .. 126 Sundries 62 Accidents .. .. .. .. .. - .. 2 Special assistance to large families 5,429 Compensations out of actions under Crown suits 321 Office furniture and fittings 442 Less recoveries— 298,102 Maintenance fees, &c. 22,068 Refunds for clothing, &c., supplied 10,212 Refunds of boarding-out payments 45 Refunds of travelling-expenses 65 Maintenance of buildings 7 Rent of land and buildings 220 Sale of furniture, &c. .. .. .. 1 Salaries .. 99 Unclaimed money 5 Institution receipts 3,248 Special assistance to large families 27 Sundries 15 36,012 Material and Stores 262,090 Salaries 1,167 Stores and material purchased 7,769 Lighting, cleaning, cartage, &c. 67 9,003 Less stores issued and charged to other items of vote, 10,239 Education Cr. 1,236 Less recoveries : Stores sold, &c. . , 1,014 Cr. 2,250 Country Library Service Salaries 19,345 Overtime and meal allowances 44 Purchase of books .. 36,641 Binding of books 757 Motor-vehicles— Purchase 1,051 Maintenance and repairs 1,146 Office expenses 1,413 Postage, printing, and stationery 871 Office furniture and equipment 1,920 Grant to New Zealand Library Association: Expenses of 20 Childrens' Book Week Payments to Post and Telegraph Department for telephone and 1,252 postal services Travelling-expenses .. .. .. 914 Sundries .. 12 Library School, Wellington 5,549 Rent of offices 991 Library Fellowship in the United States of America 184 72,110 '