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General Statement of Eeceipts and Expenditure for the Year ending 31st December, 1909. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ s. d. Balance at beginning of year .. .. 13,8-56 18 3 Staff salaries and clerical assistance .. 3,283 18 0 Grants from Government for — Office contingencies .. .. .. 1,189 6 3 Teachers'andpupil-teachers'salaries, and Teachers' and pupil-teachers'salaries, and allowances to pupil-teachers .. 55,630 1 4 allowances to pupil-teachers .. .. 71,612 Oil Reserves revenue for primary education 15,407 12 G Relieving-teachers' salaries .. .. 417 15 9 Capitation at 6d. for relievingteachers .. 438 10 11 Free school-books .. .. .. 330 010 Capitation at 11s. 3d., and grant of ! Training colleges— £250 .. .. .. .. 10,117 4 9 J Salaries of teachers .. .. .. 705 0 0 Special capitation at 9d. for School Incidental expenses of training college .. 19 14 3 Committees .. .. .. 650 5 0 Allowances to students .. .. 5,344 1 1 Training colleges— Conveyance and board of schoolchildren 577 2 3 Salaries of staff .. .. .. 1,477 510 Special capita'ion to Sohool Committees 652 9 2 Allowances to students .. .. 5,200 17 5 Incidental expenses of schools .. .. 5,978 19 4 Conveyance and board of school children 577 2 3 Truancy officer .. .. .. 192 610 Free school-books .. .. .. 330 010 Medical examination of pupil-teachers .. 10 17 6 Receipts from other sources— Medical examination — probationers, £5 Kents of buildings and sites, £45 15s. 11s. 6d. ; school-children, £4 13s. 6d. .. 10 5 0 10d. ; refunds, £5 11s. 10d.; truancy Refund .. .. .. .. 10 0 fines, £7 165.; Education Acts, &c, Allowance to scholarship-holders, and ex- £ 1 65.; rents of reserves, £58 Bs. 10d.; penses t f examination— fees and material, £42 11s.; Okuku, Board scholarships .. .. .. 940 14 10 balance of incidentals and interest to National Scholarships .. .. 376 13 4 close accounts, £10 12s. 6d. .. 172 2 0 Salaries of teachers, and additions to Refund of School of Art fees, £23 18s. salaries of head teachers on staffs of 10d.; cookery materials, £1 .. 24 18 10 district high schools .. .. 2,783 10 0 Grants from Government for— Other expenses — Scholarships— " Gammack" scholarships .. .. 165 0 0 Education Board .. .. .. 919 19 10 Minor expenses .. .. .. 4 15 0 National .. .. .. .. 366 13 4 Manual and technical — District high schools — Salaries of School classes .. .. .. 2,000 15 4 teachers .. .. .. 2,466 0 0 Special classes .. .. .. 297 18 8 Receipts from other sources— Payments to managers of associated District high schools — classes .. .. .. .. 3,673 5 5 Fees .. .. .. .. 46 0 0 Office salaries .. .. .. 30 0 0 " Gammack " Scholarships.. .. 200 0 0 Training of teachers other than at trainAkaroa High School Board contribution 100 0 0 ing colleges.. .. .. .. 327 12 10 Grants from Government for— Maintenance of school buildings— Capitation— Alterations, small additions, repairs, reOn all classes .. .. .. 4,618 1 6 painting, &c. .. .. .. 7,334 19 0 On account of free places .. .. 1,178 8 2 Rebuilding .. .. .. .. 459 5 0 Material for class-work .. •.. 287 3 6 Rent .. .. .. .. 257 1 2 Subsidies on voluntary contributions .. 678 14 0 House allowances .. .. .. 1,103 9 3 Receipts from other sources— New school buildings, additional classFees, £46 7s. 6d. ; tram tickets, £104 rooms, furniture, sites, &c. .. .. 4,568 7 6 9s. Bd. ; prize fund, £9 Bs. ; Selwyn Buildings, class-rooms, furniture, &c, for County Council, £25 ; school cookery manual.and technical purposes— and woodwork material, £106 6s. 9d. 291 11 11 School classes .. .. .. 275 1 9 Grants from Government for— Special classes .. .. .. 55 14 0 Maintenance of sohool buildings, re- Payments to managers of associated building, rents, sites, &c. .. .. 2,767 10 0 classes .. .. .. .. 2,397 12 5 House allowances .. .. .. 925 8 0 Other expenses— New school buildings, additions, furni- Exchange .. .. .. .. 19 12 0 ture, sites, &o. .. .. ~ 2,116 16 6 Exchange on rents of reserves .. 0 3 6 Technical - school buildings, additions, Balance at end of year .. .. 7,248 11 5 furniture, fittings, apparatus, &c. .. 2,841 0 2 Other receipts— Sale of sites .. .. .. 200 0 0 Interest on fixed deposits, £190 Is.; sale of old material, £10 6a. 10d.; fencing, £11 2s. 9d. ; New Zealand Insurance (Addington School fire), £500; refund, 4s. Bd. ; contributions to small additions, £41 17s. 6d. ; Deposit, house, Fendalton, £5 .. .. .. 758 12 9 £124,644 19 7 £124,644 19 7 T. W. Adams, Chairman. H. C. Lane, Secretary. SOUTH CANTERBURY. SlR >— Education Office, Timaru, Ist March, 1910. In accordance with the provisions of section 174 of the Education Act, 1908, I have the honour to submit the annual report of the Education Board of the District of South Canterbury for the year ending 31st December, 1909. The Board.—At the beginning of the year the Board consisted of the following members : Messrs. John Jackson (Chairman), <!. \Y. Armitage, \V. M. Hamilton. ('. S. Howard. William Lindsay, George Lyall, John Maze, J. S. Rutherford, and Thomas Sherratt. In accordance with the provisions of section 11 of the Education Act, 1908, Messrs. Lindsay, Maze, and Sherratl retired during the year'and all three were re-elected. Mr. John Jackson, for over twenty years a member of the Board, and for some years its Chairman, died in July, and his presence has been much missed by his colleagues. The Board passed a resolution expressive of the loss to education caused by his death, and appreciative of Ins sterling character and of his long and valuable services on the Board. Mr. \V. M. Hamilton was elected to succeed Mr. Jackson as Chairman of the Board, and Mr. (». .1. Sealey was elected to till the extraordinary vacancy. The Board held twenty meetings during the year, the average attendance being 8-1.

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