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DETAILS OF ESTIMATES FOR THE

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VOTE—EDUCATION— continued 1948-49. 1947-48. Voted. Expended. Subdivision No. IX-—Special Schools £ £ £ Schools far the Deaf and Special Schools (Number of officers : 1948-49, 129 ; 1947-48, 125) Salaries —■ Other Salaries 129 (£150 to £1,025) 44,485 39,060 39,173 Other Charges for and incidental to — Clothing of pupils (including purchase of materials and stores for clothing-manufac-ture at the schools) 6,000 6,550 5,944 Incidental expenses of maintaining pupils : medical, dental, funeral, and other miscellaneous expenses, payments on behalf of pupils, and grants for recreation of pupils (part recoverable) 1,850 2,000 1,825 Maintenance of institutions: provisions, household expenses, farm and garden expenses, live-stock, wages of inmates for work, and other miscellaneous expenses of maintaining the institutions (part recoverable) 13,500 11,200 12,565 Transfer of maintenance (including transfer of social security family benefit) 200 170 217 Transfer and removal expenses 150 200 107 Travelling allowances and expenses (including transit of children) 2,000 2,675 1,782 Contingencies 10 30 23,710 22,825 22,440 Total — Subdivision No. IX 68,195 61,885 61,613 Subdivision No. X — Child Welfare (Number of officers : 1948-49, 342 ; 1947-48, 321) Salaries — Other Salaries 342 (£150 to £1,025) 125,535 106,295 105,852 ■