REPORTS of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the APPROPRIATION Accounts of the SUPPLY GRANTs included in the CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES, CLAss IV., for the Year ended the 31st of March 1906; prepared and submitted for the Information of the House of Commons,

in pursuance of the 22nd and 32nd Sections of the Act 29 & 30 Vict. c. 39.

CLASS IV.

EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND ART.

ENGLAND:

1.—Board of Education - - - - - - - - - 2.—British Museum - - - - - - - - - - 3.—National Gallery - - - - - - - - - -

4.—National Portrait Gallery - - - - - -

5.—Wallace Collection - - - " - - - - - - -

6.—Scientific Investigation, &c. - - - - - - - -

7.—Universities and Colleges, Great Britain, and Intermediate Education, Wales SCOTLAND :

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WOTE 1.

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

ACCOUNT of the Sum Expended, compared with the Sum Granted, to pay the Salaries and Expenses of the BoARD of EDUCATION, and of the various Establishments connected therewith, including Sundry Grants in Aid, in the Year ended 31 March 1906, showing the Surplus or Deficit upon

each Sub-Head of the Vote.

CLAss IV.-continued.

VOTE 1.
HOARD OF

ACCOUNT of the Sum Expended, compared with the Sum Granted, to pay the Salaries and therewith, including Sundry Grants in Aid, in the Year ended 31st March 1906, showing the

Expenditure, compared with Grant.

SERVICE. GRANT. EXPENDITURE. ––––. -——

Less More than Granted. than Granted.

- --- - -

ADMINISTRATION: - £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. £. s. d. A1.-Salaries, Wages and Allow- 152,206 – – 154,100 2 – - 1,894 2 – ances 2.—Travelling and Incidental 3,345 – – 3,130 17 2 214 2 10 Expenses 3.—Miscellaneous Inquiries, &c. - 200 – — 357 6 4 - 157 6 4 4.—Salaries and Wages (Stores 11,371 – — 11,095 12 2 275 7 10 Branch, South Kensington) 5.—Carriage, Wan Service, &c. 2,200 – – 1,991 15 1 208 4 11 (South Kensington) INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION : B1.-Salaries and Allowances - 204,147 – – 197,216 6 10 || 6,930 13 2 -2.—Travelling, Postage and 50,672 – – 48,799 17 6 1,872 2 6 Incidental Expenses 3.—Local Secretaries and Assis 5, 100 — — 4,917 2 2 182 17 10

tants and Superintendents
of Pupil Teachers' examina.
tions

GRANTs TowARDS ExPENDITURE ON
PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLs, &c.

C1.—Pensions and Gratuities to 84,560 – — 83,162 8 2 1,397 11 10 -
Teachers
2.—Annual Grants for Public 5,681,964 – – 5,670,772 19 1 || 11,191 – 11 -

Elementary Schools

3.—Grants in lieu of Fees in 2,702,500 – – 2,667,992 17 7 || 34,507 2 5 -
Public Elementary Schools
(54 & 55 Vic, c. 56)