EDUCATION VOTE.
MORE FUNDS WANTED. UPKEEP OP BRITISH SCHOOLS. (United Press Association—Copyright). LONDON, March 7. The estimates o£ expenditure on education services show an increase of £1,074,364 compared with last year's, the total for 1935 being £54,013,959, as against £53,029,595 for 1934. The latter figure, however, included two supplementary estimates totalling £1j760,034, so that this year's estimates show an increase of £2,834,398 compared with the 1934 estimates; ' The biggest increase is one of £946,769 for the Board of Tdiication staff, this being mainly accounted for by* larger estimates for primary and higher education,. the . total for the former being £32,006,650, an increase of £982,050, and for the' latter £9,804,325, an increase of £284,100. An additional sum ot £36,900 is allotted to scientific investigation, making the total for this £226.373. Further, £122,208 more is allocated to public education in Scotland, making a total of £7,035,393.
Pensions for teachers show an increase of £180,200, bringing the figure to £6,965,200.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 126, 9 March 1935, Page 5
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