B—7 [Pt. I]

YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION— continued

(a) Includes £12,383 supplementary grants to controlling Boards. (b) Includes £3,300 incurred and not brought to charge 1947-48. (c) Rate of grant at Ist April, 1948, £51,000 per annum, increased by £20,000 per annum from Ist October, 1948, to allow for development of regional services. (d) Includes supplementary grant of £4,000. £1,667 not paid over during 1947-48. (e) Increased provision to meet salary increases in line with the Arbitration Court pronouncement (including arrears from Ist October, 1947), annual salary increases, and additional staff. Grants for " General purposes " also include additional amounts for library development, maintenance, and contingencies. (/) School not opened in 1947.

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VOTE— M)VCATION—continued 1948-49. 1947-48. Subdivision No. IV — Post-primary Education — continued Voted. Expended. Other Charges for and incidental to — £ £ £ continued School libraries 6,500 6,500 (a) 19,225 Technical Correspondence School: payments to authors and part-time instructors, purchase of copyrights, printing, books, stationery, supplies, postages, &c. (part recoverable) (6) 8,700 7,700 2,153 Transfer and removal expenses 400 350 391 Transfer of teachers 400 Travelling allowances and expenses 4,750 3,075 4,250 Contingencies 10 10 1,665,110 1,619,810 1,623,988 Total — Subdivision No. IV 1,744,795 1,686,345 1,695,216 Subdivisio-n No. V — Higher Education Charges for and incidental to —■ Adult education: grants for purposes of the National Council of Adult Education .. (c) 62,667 41,000 (d) 43,298 Community centres : staffing, equipping, &c. 1,000 500 193 Grants to University of New Zealand for — General purposes 10,100 15,100 13,891 Research work 10,000 10,000 10,000 Grants to University Colleges — Auckland University College for — General purposes (e) 74,505 59,201 59,578 School of Architecture (e) 6,850 6,107 6,106 School of Engineering (e) 14,336 8,695 8,289 Victoria University College for— General purposes (e) 71,129 56,256 56,100 School of Public Administration (e) 3,963 3,850 3,850 School of Social Work 1,225 1,000 (/)