ALLEGED EXTRAVAGANCE.
ELLINGTON, Mav 6. The Education Department has replied to the Wellington Board’s criticism bv pointing out that the expenditure of the department is no business of the board, and that it is not responsible to it on the specifio question of interest following capital, which the beard flouted, on the ground that the opposite had been the practice for years, and wag allowed by the Audit Department, It is stated that it is the principle of law and accountancy that interest must follow capital; and. moreover, the Act of last session specifically required that interest on rebuilding moneys must be paid into that fund. The department insists that the board must keep its expenditure of administration within the amount voted, and that it. has no right to incur expenses beyond its income It denies that the votes are inadequate, and quotes figures from other 'districts to show that the Wellington Board’s expenditure is extravaga -,i
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Otago Witness, Issue 3556, 9 May 1922, Page 48
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157ALLEGED EXTRAVAGANCE. Otago Witness, Issue 3556, 9 May 1922, Page 48
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