54 PRESIDENTIAL AD1)R1;SS — SlUTJON D. 



For the iinancial year 1915-njiC) the sum of £789,448 was 

 provided on the Edueation V'ote. This sum does not inelude 

 expenditure eonneeted with the ereetion, hiring, furnishing, clean- 

 ing, heating, hghting, and sanitation of huildings. These charges 

 will he dealt with in a moment. The services which I have 

 suggested under ( i ) above, as those which would be taken over 

 by the central department, are estimated for the year in question 

 to cost £108,623. This leaves £680.825 as the total amount to be 

 found, excluding moneys required in connection with buildings. 

 Suppose, n.ow, that Parliament decided on capitation grants, 

 mentioned under section (2) above, and that such grants were 

 to be based on the average enrolment. It would clearly be 

 necessary to have at least two scales of grants — one for |)rinrary 

 and one for secondary, including technical, education. The 

 cost of primary education based mainly on salaries has gradually 

 approached £8 per pupil in Transvaal, and I think this figure 

 might be assumed to be the capitation grant for primary educa- 

 tion so far as Transvaal is concerned. Of course, such a figure 

 would always have to be sul\ject to revision. As regards 

 secondary education, the corresponding figure might be put at 

 £12 per pupil. This is considerably lower than the actual amount 

 expended even before fees were abolished. The figure for the 

 calendar year 1913 was £14 12s. 8d. It seems to me. however, 

 that the figure for secondary education should bear a constant 

 relation to that of primary education, and for various reasons, 

 which I need not elaborate here, the proportion of three to two 

 seems to he a reasonable one. 



On the 30th September, 1914. there were about 66,500 

 children receiving primary education and about 3.500 receiving 

 secondary education in the Province. These figures are not exact, 

 but they are near enough for the purpose in view. The capita- 

 tion grants would, on these figures, work out as follows: — 



66.500 X 8 = £532,000 

 3,500 X 12 = £42.000 



£574.000 



If this amount is subtracted from the total amount required, 

 £680,825, there remains the sum of £106.825 to be raised by 

 local contributions. This works out at about 10 per cent. 



Recurrent charges in connection with buildings, as detailed 

 above, are estimated at nearly £120,000 for 1914-1915 (selected 

 because it is a normal year so far as l)uildings are concerned). 

 On the assumption that funds for this expenditure would be 

 provided locally, the total local contribution would amount to 

 about £226,825. 



I am assuming that building grants would be made by the 

 central authority as at present. The amount expended on new 

 buildings for Transvaal schools has varied in recent years. It 



