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Year. Central Adininistratioii.

Public Utility.

lilomentary Education.

Non-Elemenlnry Education. Total.

1914 1919 £E. 33,283 30,370 £E. 20,111 44,256 £E. 165,992 222,368 £E. 76,732 128,144 £B. 802,068 425,138 Income.—Whereas the receipts from direct taxes are nearly equal in each year, those obtained from " other receipts ” have increased annually. This is due to the fact that greater attention has been paid to “ productive ” expenditure, and that with the increase in the number of educational institutions the sum obtained from fees, &c., has considerably risen.

Economies.—Between 1914. and 1918 considerable economies were eh’ected. After that date, however, the money saved had to bo devoted to war gratuities for the employees of the Councils.

When the decisions of the Council of Ministers in June and September 1919 were issued regarding the increase of salaries and the payment of war gratuities, the question as to the manner in which this extra expenditure should be met by Provincial Councils became rather an acute one, and is at present under consideration.

Exj)end%ture.—The increase in the general expenditure noticeable in the last two years is due to the payment of the wa»’ gratuities already referred to.

Institutions of Public Utility.

The following statistics for the years 1914: and 1919 regarding institutions of public utility (responsibility for which rests on Provincial Councils) are of interest:— 1914. 1919.

Ghiltlreii’s dispensaries Dayas solmols Ophtlialmic hospitals (fi.xed) „ ., (moving) .. Nurseries Surgical hospitals 8 6 3 2 2 11 8 3 2 14 2 2 Children's Uisyensaries.—It is regretted that the Provincial Councils are still showing a tendency to suppress children’s dispensaries from motives of economy.

As these institutions have proved of the greatest value in educating the mothers and affording relief to the children of the poorer classes, this Ministry has been, and is still, mahing every effort to convince the Councils of the benefits derived from them and of the necessity of maintaining them.

Education.

1914. 1919.

(Ti'ants-in-aid of elementary schools Elementary schools councils— Boys Girts Higher elementary schools— Beys Girls Industrial schools Agricultural schools .. Training .schools— Mon Women Primary .schools— Boys Girls Commercial section at Mansura 2,804 411 82 19 1 11 8 13 10 80 11 1 House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Online. Copyright (c) 2006 ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights reserved.