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APPENDIX. STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE AND RECOVERIES IN RESPECT OF ALL SERVICES UNDER THE CONTROL OR SUPERVISION OF THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION DURING THE YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH, 1941.

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General Administration. £ £ £ Salaries of Head Office staff .. .. .. •• 41,321 fart salaries of Inspectors attached to Head Office.. .. 1,555 Overtime and meal allowances .. .. .. .. 283 43,159 Office furniture and fittings .. .. •• •• 1,121 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,941 Telephones .. .. . . ■. • • • • •. 598 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. . ■ •. . ■ 1,369 Education Gazette— Salaries .. .. .. . • .. .. 186 Printing, postage, &c., office and other requisites .. 1,201 1,387 Printing and stationery . • • • .. .. •. 81 l 4 Printing and stationery—Storage with Government Printer .. .. 96 Miscellaneous . . .. .. •. .. .. •. 2 Less recoveries— 50,487 Services rendered to Teachers' Superannuation 2,370 Board and to other Departments Education Gazette : Sales and advertising. &c. .. 166 Postage and telegrams .. .. .. 166 Printing and stationery and sale of publications 62 Teachers' certificates, fees for .. .. 790 3,554 46,933 Primary Education (including Intermediate Schools or Departments under Control of Education Boards). Teachers'salaries and allowances .. .. .. 2,076,819 Teachers' salaries and allowances —Chatham Island schools . . 2,124 2,078,943 Education Boards — Grants for administration and general 42,031 purposes Less portion chargeable to post-primary .. .. 1,317 40,714 School Committees' allowances —Cleaning, heating, &c. .. 155,931 Less portion chargeable to post-primary .. .. 4,930 —— 151,001 School and class libraries .. .. .. .. .. 3,989 Supply of books in necessitous cases .. .. .. .. 1,181 Supply of meals for subnormal children .. .. .. .. 25 Removal expenses of teachers .. .. ... .. .. 1,794 School buildings and sites — Maintenance, including alterations to make safe £ against earthquake .. .. .. 165,963 Less portion for secondary departments of district high schools chargeable to post-primary .. .. 4,362 161,601 Rebuilding or repairing buildings destroyed or damaged 18,977 by fire Rent of buildings and sites for school purposes .. 4,610 Valuation fees and miscellaneous .. .. .. 243 185,431 Boys' and girls' agricultural clubs .. .. .. .. 1,146 Grants in aid of free kindergartens .. .. .. .. 6,378 Conveyance, &c., of children — By rail . . .. ■. •. • ■ • • 13,017 By road and water.. .. .. .. .. 215,864 Boarding-allowances .. .. .. 7,983 Purchase of new buses .. .. .. .. 7,473 244,337 Conveyance of instructors and teachers .. .. .. .. 8,543 Correspondence School — Salaries of teachers .. .. 14,290 Meal allowances .. .. .. .. .. 19 Other expenses .. •• 2,760 Office furniture and fittings .. .. .. .. 147 Travelling-expenses of teachers .. .. .. 549 — ———- 17,765 Swimming-baths not on school-grounds .. .. .. .. 400 Fire-protection work outside school-grounds .. .. . . 163 Accidents to school-children, &c. .. .. . . .. 348 Repairs to building (not Crown property) used for school pur- .. 260 poses without payment of rent Compensation to Wairaki Coal Co., Ltd., Ohai School .. . . 330