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4. SCHOOL BUILDINGS AND SITES. During the year the net capital expenditure on the erection of school-buildings, additions, sites, and teachers' residences was £57,160, as against £56,656 for the previous year. Owing to the limited funds available, it was not possible, therefore, to consider favourably all of the proposals that were submitted. Pieference was given to those cases where no school accommodation existed, or the existing buildings were inadequate for the numbers attending. In order to reduce further the expenditure of capital funds, an item was provided on the Consolidated Fund estimates to meet the cost of works costing under £200. These works included small additions and alterations, the total expenditure for the year being £5,871, which figure is included in the table given below. During the year it was necessary to provide £10,443 for the replacement of schoolbuildings destroyed by fire. Of this amount the sum of £8,567 was recovered from the Government Fire Insurance Fund. The following table shows the capital expenditure on new buildings, additions, sites, and teachers' residences for the years ended 31st March, 1932, 1933, 1934, and 1935 1931-32. 1932-33. 1933-34. 1934-35. £ £ £ £ Public schools .. 126,778 36,290 57,664 35,105 Secondary schools .. 65,030 22,909 2,568 14,679 Technical schools .. 44,507 4,110 1,504 12,851 Training colleges . . 1,228 Native schools .. 14,433 869 2,698 5,419 Schools for mentally backward . . 199 Child - welfare institutions . . .. 714 Kindergartens . . 54 . . . . .. ■ Massey Agricultural College .. .. 9,622 Gross total.. 262,565 64,178 64,434 68,054 Less credits-in-aid .. 3,417 7,050 7,778 10,894 £259,148 £57,128 £56,656 £57,160

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