B—7 [Pt. ll]

SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1948-49

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION—continued

(а) Provision required to enable the full cost of upkeep of clothing of children in foster-homes to be borne by the Department. Previously foster-parents bore portion of the cost. £40,000 provided on main estimates. (б) To pro vide for increase of ss. per week in boarding scale from Ist April, 1948. £123,650 provided on main estimates. (c) To provide for increase of ss. per week in capitation payments from Ist April, 1948. £6,000 provided on main estimates. (d) Contribution towards the cost of providing class-room accommodation for school-children. (e) To provide for increases in students' allowances from £7O per annum to £lOO per annum and in students' boarding-allowances from £25 per annum to £4O per annum, both with effect from Ist April, 1948. £63,500 provided under item on main estimates, of which £10,814 was for students' allowances and boarding-allowances. (/) To assist in establishment of fellowships and the provision of a New Zealand Room at Crosby Hall, London. (g) Provision for payment towards cost of administration. (h) For salaries of teachers of lip-reading. £2,000 provided on main estimates.

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For Services chargeable on the Consolidated Fund —continued £ £ £ OKDINARY REVENUE ACCOUNT—ctd. YOTE —EDUCATION—continued Subdivision No. X.—Child Welfåre Other Chargés for and incidental to — Clothing of children (including purchase of material, stores, and equipment for clothing-manufacture), (additional) Maintenance of children in— Foster-homes: boarding-costs, &c. (part recoverable), (additional) Private institutions : capitation, &c. (part recoverable), (additional) .. (a) 10,000 (b) 26,000 (c) 1,900 Total—Subdivision No. X 37,900 Subdivision No. XI.—Miscellaneous Grants Chargés for and incidental to — Grants — Auckland Institute and Museum Free Kindergarten Associations : salaries of teachers, allowances of students in training, and capitation (additional) New Zealand Federation of University Women New Zealand Free Kindergarten Union .. New Zealand League of Hard of Hearing (additional) (d) 450 (e) 4,200 (f) 2,300 (9) 46 (h) 2,250