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Cost of Milk and Meals.
Milk and meals cost £2,290 4s. 4d.; Income from parents'
contributions £19 18s. 7d.; giving an actual cost of £2,270 5s. 9d.
There has been a decrease in the cost of the actual medical
services rendered in the Public Elementary Schools from 0.58 in
1932 and 0.61 of a penny rate in 1931 to 0.54 of a penny rate in
1933. The cost of maintenance in Special Schools has risen from
0.43 of a penny rate in 1932 to 0.51 in 1933. The cost of milk
and meals has risen by £1,127.
The Elementary Schools are now classified as Senior, boys,
girls and mixed; Junior, boys, girls and mixed and Infants. The
Table below gives the number of schools and the number of
pupils in attendance thereat. The school population as given bv
the average number on the registers has increased by 595. The
average attendance was 90.0 per cent.