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It may be mentioned that this increase extends over every item, as the
following statement will show :—
Cost per Scholar
in 1888-9 (actual).
Cost in 1890-91
(estimated).
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Salaries of Teachers
2
8
9
2
12
0
Books. Apparatus, and Stationery
0
1
10
0
3
0
Wages of School-keepers and
Cleaners
0
2
7
0
2
9f
Rates and Bents
0
3
11
0
4
2
Fuel and Light
0
1
4
0
1
10
Repairs to Buildings and
Furniture
0
2
9
0
4
3½
Pupil Teachers' Schools
0
0
7
0
0
8¾
Sundries
0
1
4
0
2
11
3
3
1
3
11
9
Recoupments:—
£
s.
d.
£
s.
d.
Government Grants
0
17
11
0
19
2
School Fees
0
7
3
0
6
10½
Sundries (including Grants
from Science and Art
Department)
0
0
7
0
0
7
-
1
5
9
-
1
6
Nett cost
£1
17
4
£2
5
1½
One point is, perhaps, specially worthy of notice, and that is the commencement
of an entirely new department, "Laundry Work and
Manual Work," this year. It commences with an outlay of
£2.000, but judging from past experience of the School Board is
not likely to remain at that figure. Whether "Laundry Work
and Manual Work" can properly be classed under the head of
"Elementary Education" is a question upon which perhaps the
ratepayers may like to express their opinion. It may also be
remarked that the salaries of inspectors, instructors, &c., and
sundries have increased in two years by 50 per cent., or from
£22,798 18s. 3d. to £34,000, and that this year £15,000 is
provided for " contingencies."