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buildings, purchase of sites, house allowances, manual and technical buildings and apparatus was £22,191 15s. Is. The receipts for school buildings include grant for maintenance, £13,324 ss. Id. ; special grants for new buildings, £9,282 6s. 7d.; house allowances to teachers, £572 14s. 2d. ; local coutributions, £77 6s. 6d.; special grants for technical school buildings, and furniture, fittings, &c, for same, £3,129 3s. Bd. : total, £26,385 16s. The main items of expenditure on buildings were: General maintenance (repairs, alterations, and small additions), £6,046 9s. 4d.; rebuilding, £2,686 10s. 2d.; new buildings, £9,185 Bs. Id.; house allowances, £488 10s. 10d.; manual and technical purposes, £3,688 15s. Bd. Thomas Fergus, Chairman. The Hon. the Minister of Education, Wellington. General Statement of Ebceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1908. Receipts. £, s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 9,746 6 2 Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 3,273 6 8 Grants from Government for-» Office contingencies .. .. .. 1,099 15 2 Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and Teachers' and pupil-teachers' salaries, and allowances to pupil-teachers.. .. 55,893 12 0 allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. 66,158 16 6 Reserves revenue for primary education.. 6,517 19 2 Relieving-teachers' salaries .. .. 435 9 2 Capitation at 6d. for relieving teachers .. 4:30 16 6 Training collegesCapitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of £250 9,943 2 9 Salaries of teachers .. .. .. 1,385 0 0 Special capitation at 9d. for School Com- c Incidental expenses of training college .. 40 0 0 mittees .. .. .. .. " 642 18 9 Allowances to students .. .. 3,201 12 6 Training colleges— Training college library .. .. 77 2 8 Salaries of staff, &o. .. .. 1,395 0 0 Conveyance and board of school-children 569 2 6 Allowances to students .. .. 3,205 15 10 Special capitation to School Committees .. 642 18 9 Library .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 5,155 11 0 Training of teaohers other than at train- Gymnastic instruction .. .. .. 142 6 6 ing colleges .. .. .. 300 0 0 Truant Officer's salary and expenses ... 193 13 4 Conveyance and board of school-children 565 0 6 Exchange on teachers' salaries .. .. 33 18 0 Teachers' train-fares .. .. .. 5 4 0 Teaohers' train-fares .. .. .. 5 4 0 Postages .. .. .. .. 311 11 Allowance to scholarship-holders, and ex Receipts from other sources— ■ penses of examination— Truancy fines .. .. .. 25 12 6 Board scholarships .. .. .. 1,291 210 Rent of offices .. .. .. 35 0 0 National Scholarships .. .. 190 0 0 Interest on fixed deposit .. .. 60 0 0 Salaries of teachers and additions to Pomahaka school .. .. .. 40 0 0 salaries of head teachers on staffs of disGrants from Government for— trict high schools .. .. .. 2,401 16 8 Scholarships— Manual and technical— Education Board .. .. .. 1,278 0 7 School classes .. .. .. 1,296 2 3 National .. .. .. .. 200 0 0 Special classes .. .. .. 1,063 1 4 District high schools — Salaries of Payments to managers of associated teachers .. .. .. .. 2,433 2 2 classes .. .. .. .. 1,039 18 4 Receipts from other sources, district high Maintenance of school buildings— schools—Feen .. .. .. 16 10 0 Alterations, small additions, repairs, reGrants from Government for manual and painting, &c. .. .. .. 6,046 9 4 technical instruction— Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 2,686 10 2 Capitation— Rent .. .. .. .. .. 36 1 0 On all classes .. .. .. 3,108 0 5 House allowances .. .. .. 548 10 10 On account of free places .. .. 574 5 0 New school buildings, additional classMaterial for class-work .. .. 9 6 2 rooms, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. 9,185 8 1 Subsidies on voluntary contributions and Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for bequests .. .. .. .. 274 7 6 manual and technical purposes — Receipts from other sources, manual and School olasses .. .. .. 2,158 14 7 teohnical — Special classes .. .. .. 25 18 8 Pees .. .. .. •. 263 11 3 Payments to managers of associated Voluntary contributions .. .. 22 17 0 classes .. .. .. .. 1,504 2 5 Grants from Government for— Other expenses— Maintenance of school buildings, rebuild- Purchase of sites .. .. .. 425 2 3 ing, rents, sites, &o. .. .. 13,324 5 1 Bank account fees .. .. .. 110 0 House allowances .. .. .. 572 14 2 Stamps .. .. .. .. 11l 18 1 New school buildings, additions, furni- Balance at end of year .. .. .. 11,282 12 2 ture, sites, &o. .. .. .. 9,282 6 7 Teohnical - school buildings, furniture, fittings, apparatus, &c. .. .. 3,129 3 8 Local contributions, Buildings Account 77 6 G Other receipts— Proceeds of sale of sites .. .. 151 19 9 Examination fees .. .. .. 11 9 4 Rents of school sites .. .. .. 69 10 6 £123,708 15 9 £1/3,708 15^9 Thomas Fergus, Chairman. 27th March, 1909. , P. G. Pryde, Secretary*