B—7 [Pt. I]

DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION— continued

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VOTE—EDUCATION— continued 1948-49. 1947-48. Subdivision No. IV — Post-primary Education Voted. Expended. (Number of officers : 1948-49, 38 ; £ £ £ 1947-48, 34) Salaries — Professional Division 1 at £1,125 (Chief Inspector, Post-primary -\ Schools) 1,125 1 at £1,125 (Chief Inspector, Post-primary Schools), (1st April, 1948, to 27th August, 1948) 459 1,125 Arrears (1st April, 1946, to 31st March, 1947) 150 23,628 1 at £1,100 (Superintendent, Technical Education) : arrears (1st April, 1946, to 18th December, 1946) 110 Other Salaries 36 (£150 to £1,025) 25,851 24,150 - 27,435 25,535 23,628 Plus transferred from Subdivision III 52,250 41,000 47,600 79,685 66,535 71,228 Other Charges eor and incidental to— Art and craft materials (part recoverable).. 1,700 3,000 1,741 Board of school-children 75,000 77,000 73,110 Books, &c, in necessitous cases 450 1,000 449 Bursaries — Secondary 15,000 13,000 13,457 Technical 5,000 5,500 3,505 Correspondence School: transferred from Subdivision III 8,500 7,000 6,910 Grants to —■ Marlborough High School (Marlborough High School Act, 1899) 400 400 400 Reefton School of Mines : for services rendered to the district high school 100 100 100 Incidental expenses of schools 238,650 229,175 234,668 Salaries and allowances of teachers, student teachers, and instructors (including travelling allowances and expenses of relieving teachers, student teachers, and itinerant instructors, grants to widows of deceased teachers, and payments to estates of deceased soldier teachers in lieu of leave) 1,299,550 1,266,000 1,263,629