B. —1 [PT. IV], SUP. TO 1938.

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT —continued. Income and Expenditure Account—continued. Primary Education. Expenditure. £ s. d. Income. Si s. d. Head Office salaries and administration charges 16,051 16 3 Recovery from Fire Insurance Fund .. .. 7,291 0 5 Public schools — £ s. d. Amount due for work to be completed .. 5,493 3 0 Teachers'salaries .. 1,748,746 14 7 School buildings: Rent of school buildings and Teachers'house allowances 41,632 10 4 residences .. .. .. .. 1,015 16 6 Teachers'removal expenses 1,842 13 7 Inspection: Fees for special examinations .. 32 4 9 • 1,792,221 18 6 Teachers'appeal fees .. .. .. 36 14 6 Manual instruction — School Journal sales .. .. . . 65178 Salaries .. .. 65,914 10 6 Miscellaneous: Recoveries for education of Capitation for incidentals 22,758 5 6 foreign children .. .. .. .. 69 7 6 Handwork materials .. 13,926 8 3 Balance, carried to General Income and ExGrants for agricultural clubs 945 8 10 penditure Account .. .. .. 2,686,683 13 10 Grants for swimming instruction .. .. 1,760 0 0 105,304 13 1 School and class libraries, including books supplied to pupils in necessitous cases .. 6,584 6 11 Maintenance of school buildings, &c.— Grants to Boards for maintenance and cost of improvements to school grounds .. 160,595 4 3 Less part charged to post-primary for maintenance of district high schools (secondary departments) .. 4,125 0 0 156,470 4 3 Alterations to buildings to diminish danger from earthquake .. 1,273 16 8 Rebuilding of schools destroyed by fire .. 9,501 18 5 Due for work to be completed . . .. 5,493 3 0 School Committee allowances, £156,377 Bs. 3d.; less part charged to post-primary for district high schools (secondary departments), £3,885 .. 152,492 8 3 Rents for buildings for school purposes .. 4,313 7 7 — : 329,544 18 2 Inspection of schools — Inspectors' salaries . . 28,037 14 10 Less charged to grading of teachers, £2,199 16s. 2d. ; less charged to Head Office administration, £1,640 . • 3,839 16 2 24,197 18 8 Travelling-expenses . . 8,098 0 2 Office requisites (including depreciation on furniture) 224 9 II Clerical assistance .. 299 15 0 Transfer and removal expenses .. . • 691 22 Telephones .. . • 81 13 10 33,592 19 9 Registration and grading of teachers— Head Office salaries and administration .. .. 1,373 16 5 Portion of Inspectors' salaries 2,049 16 2 Expenses of appeals .. 145 17 7 Printing and stationery .. 92 6 8 3,661 16 10 ! Conveyance of pupils and instructors, including depreciation on departmental buses .. .. 129,757 17 2 Education Boards: Grants for administration and general purposes .. .. 36,546 I 3 Less part charged to postprimary for district High schools (secondary Departments) 907 0 0 35,639 1 3 Correspondence School (Primary Department) — Head Office administration .. 75 0 0 Salaries .. .. •• 10,862 3 4 Books and stationery, £1,160 12s. 7d.; less recoveries from parents, £474 18s. lid. .. 685 13 8 Cleaning, lighting, heating, &c. 136 13 7 Manual instruction .. 118 l l 6 , Depreciation on furniture .. 77 0 0 Depreciation on library .. 78 0 0 Postage .. .. • • 887 6 L Rent of offices .. . • 205 0 0 Telephone .. •. • ■ 22 6 3 Interest on capital .. .. 75 0 0 Sundries .. .. •. 73 16 2 — 13,296 10 7 Carried forward .. .. 2,465,655 18 6 Carried forward .. .. 2,700,687 18 2

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