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1947-48. 1948-49. VOTE —EDUCATION—continued Voted. Expended. £ £ £ Subdivision No. Ill —Primary Education — continued Other Charges for and incidental to — ' continued Incidental expenses of Chatham Islands : schools — . " " General: cleaning, heating, school supplies, &c. 220 200 . 187 Manual instruction : materials, &c. 10 Salaries and allowances of teachers and instructors in primary schools and in intermediate schools and departments (including travelling allowances and expenses of relieving and visiting teachers and itinerant instructors, grants to widows of deceased teachers, and payments to estates of deceased £ soldier teachers in lieu of leave) 3,454,000 Less value of residences supplied 43,500 3,410,500 3,312,645 3,244,575 School libraries (including grants to Education Boards and administration and distribution £ expenses) .. .. .. 37,500 Plus transferred from Subdivision XII .. .. ... 2,000 39,500 31,500 (a) 80,462 Transfer and removal expenses 600 550 662 Transfer of teachers 1,500 3,000 1,588 Travelling allowances and expenses 12,500 10,650 10,707 Contingencies 10 10 . . Grants to Education Boards for kindergartens and nursery schools 10 •• 3,982,490 3,822,590 3,825,813 Total—Subdivision No. Ill 4,069,593 3,911,185 3,910,762 (a) Includes £54,015 supplementary gi rants to Educ ation Boards.