XPX NDIT FROM EDUCATION GRA (TABLE A.)-Classified according to Object of Grant. In building, enlarging, repairing, and furnishing ELEMENTARY Schools In building, enlarging, repairing, and furnishing NORMAL or TRAINING Schools In augmenting Salaries of CERTIFICATED Schoolmasters and Schoolmistresses In paying Salaries of ASSISTANT TEACHERS In paying the stipends of PUPIL-TEACHERS, and gratuities for their special instruction In CAPITATION Grants (under Minute of 2 April 1853) In Annual Grants to NORMAL Schools 96 16 0 326,436 7 6 77,670 17 11 1,893 8 8 1,633,284 12 9 (TABLE B.)-Classified according to Denomination of Recipients. The greater part of this charge used to be borne on the grant for the establishment of the Council Office. The whole is now borne on the grant for education, and that for the Council Office is diminished in proportion. NOTE.-The net increase of Expenditure during the year 1854 over that of the year 1853 is £75,777 98.3d. SUMMARY of GRANTS awarded in aid of ERECTION, ENLARGEMENT, or IMPROVEMENTS of SCHOOL BUILDINGS from 1 January to 31 December 1854. A period of eighteen months from the date of each award is allowed for claiming the payment of Building Grants. Grants for improvement or enlargement, if exceeding 501., may be claimed within twelve months from the date of the award; if less than 50%., within six months. Beyond these periods the Committee of Council on Education does not hold itself responsible for payments. From this arrangement it results that a great proportion of the grants for building, or enlargement, improvements, paid in each year, were awarded in preceding years. See two following Tables. The following Explanatory Table (A.) exhibits, under the foregoing heads, all the payments made between 1 January and 31 December 1854, including the foregoing sum of 17,6784.158.1d. The following Explanatory Table (B.) exhibits, under the foregoing heads, all the Building Grants (including from the first Table the sum of 63,7007. 48. 9d.) remaining unpaid; and which, not having lapsed before 31 December 1854, may be claimed within the year now current, in addition to those awarded within the year now current. The Parliamentary Estimate for Building Grants, in each year, is calculated with reference to the three foregoing Tables. |