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of this report, and after careful consideration, the Board resolved as follows: " That no teacher hereinafter appointed to a school whose staff consists of three or more adult teachers shall be eligible for promotion in such school or in any similar school unless he or she has served for at least two years as (1) head teacher, or (2) in sole charge, or (3) as mistress in a school whose staff consists of not more than two adult teachers." Under this regulation all the teachers concerned have the option of applying for country work or for a higher position in their present class of appointment. If the latter course should be taken it will be with the full knowledge that no further promotion will be open to them until the required term in a rural school has been served. I have, &c, The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. C. A. C. Hakdy, Chairman. General Statement of Eeceipts and Bxpenditube for the Year ending 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ a. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 10,125 12 8 Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 2,919 13 9 Overpaid on Superannuation Fund .. 116 4 Office contingencies .. .. .. 1,119 17 3 Grants from Government for— Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and Teachers'and pupil-teachers'salaries, and allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. 63,990 6 1 allowances to pupil-teachers .. 46,798 6 6 Relieving-teachers' salaries .. .. 444 11 5 Reserves revenue for primary education 15,395 0 6 Training colleges— Capitation at 6d. for relieving-teachers .. 424 12 0 Salaries of teachers .. .. .. 700 0 0 Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of Incidental expenses of training college .. 75 0 0 £250 .. .. .. .. 9,803 1 9" Allowances to students .. .. 4,250 0 4 Speoial capitation at 9d. for School Books for library .. .. .. 58 7 6 Committees .. .. .. 606 0 9 Training of teaohers other than at trainTraining colleges— - ing colleges.. .. .. .. 286 4 3 Salaries of staff, &c. .. .. 1,096 13 5 Conveyance and board of school-children 325 4 9 Allowances to students .. .. 4,039 19 7 Special capitation to School Committees 604 6 9 Grant for library .. .. .. 63 14 6 Incidental expenses of schools .. ~ 5,652 4 1 Training of teachers other than at train- Truancy Officer .. .. .. 188 16 0 ing colleges .. .. .. 332 19 3 Medical examination of pupil-teachers .. 19, 0 0 Conveyance and board of school children 298 14 6 Canadian Park Fund .. .. ... IT 7 6 ' Postage on pamphlets, &c. .. .. 3 410 Allowance to scholarship-holders, and exReceipts from other sources — penses of examination— Rents of buildings and sites, £44 145.; Board Scholarships .. .. .. 902 19 6 refunds, £1 10s. 6d.; Education Acts, National Scholarships .. .. 340 0 0 &c.,155.; proficienoy examination fee, Salaries of teachers and additions to £1; refunds to close acoounts, Sum- salaries of head teachers on staffs of merbell, £1 6s. 10d. ; Charteris Bay, district high schools .. .. 3,006 9 5 £20 Bs. 10d.; Canadian Fund (Im- Other expenses— perial Park, Quebec), £17 7s. 6d. ; Lyttelton District High School—Capitarents of reserves, £9 6s 10d.; Truancy tion refunded to Department .. 63 5 0 Office (Stipendiary Magistrate's Court Gammack Scholarships .. .. 165 0 0 fees), £13 Os. 6d. .. .. .. 109 10 0 Manual and technicalGrants from Government for— School classes .. .. .. 1,979 5 4 Scholarships— Special classes .. .. .. 223 6 4 Education Board .. •.. .. 1,197 12 8 Payments to managers of associated National.. .. .. .. 335 0 0 classes .. .. .. .. 4,370 2 9 District high schools — Salaries of Other expenses—Agricultural classes .. 170 3 1 teachers .. .. .. 2,548 12 11 Maintenance of school buildings— Receipts from other sources— Alterations, small additions, repairs, reDistrict high schools— painting, &c. .. .. .. 6,140 6 2 Fees .. .. .. .. 910 0 Rebuilding.. .. .. .. 2,136 12 0 Akaroa High School Board contribution 150 0 0 Rent .. .. .. .. 15 0 0 Gammack Scholarships .. .. 200 0 0 House allowanoes .. .. .. 720 13 2 Grants from Government for manual and New school buildings, additional classtechnical instruction— rooms, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. 3,269 4 7 Capitation— Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for On all classes .. .. .. 4,139 18 9 manual and technical purposes— On account of free places .. .. 1,1317 3 School classes .. .. .. 914 13 5 Material for class-work .. .. 74 15 4 Special classes .. .. .. 66 11 4 Subsidies on voluntary contributions and Payments to managers of associated bequests .. .. .. .. 1,192 18 4 classes .. .. .. .. 2,759 3 7 Receipts from other sources, manual and Other expenses— teohnical—Fees, £13 10s. ; voluntary Exchange .. .. .. .. 16 17 0 contributions, £25; sale of material, Exchange on rents of reserves .. 0 10 £122 9s. Bd. ; continuation examina- Balance at end of year .. .. 13,856 18 3 tion fees, £2 10s.; sale of tram tickets, £92 16s. Id. ; refund of postage money, £48 lls. 6d.; prize fund, sohool cookery and woodwork, £21 2s. 3d. ; elementary agriculture, £13 2s. 339 1 6 Grants from Government for— Maintenance of sohool buildings, rebuilding, rents, sites, &c. .. .. 11,936 0 0 House allowances .. .. .. 738 19 10 New school buildings, additions, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. .. 3,298 2 3 Technical-school buildings, furniture, fittings, apparatus, &o. .. .. 3,163 15 5 Other receipts, Buildings Account—lnterest of fixed deposits, £162 18s.; sale of old material, £1 lls. 6d.; contributions for fencing, £23 Bs. 9d. ; Oxford East (contribution for sice) £5 ; Morioe Settlement (contribution for school), £50; Elmwood (sale of cottage), £10 195.; Normal School (sale of cottage), £18 12s. 6d. ; Sydenham (sale of cottage), £166 ss. ' 438 14 9 £121,760 11 2 £121,760 11 2 C. A. C. Habdy, Chairman. 25th May, 1909. H. C. Lane Secretary.