BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 356, 1 March 1871, Page 2

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

*$he "Gentralf■Board of Education was |6 have-met ycsterclpv at 2 o'clock, in the Proving cial Council buildings. At that liorn- Mr. Philips and Dr. Nicholson were present; after 'a while Mr.'Philips, and soon after Mr. O'Korke, who had gone-to lhe : Superintendent's .Office, having forgotten that the i3la.ee o*f meeting /was changed, arrived.: Dr. Nicholson and Mr. O'fiorko waited for more thjtn an hour, 1 wlien, as^no-other- member of tlie Board appeared, the'meeting,lapsed. . The Secretary had prepare 1 an elaborate analysis of the business, to be laid before the meeting. He had' also prepared a draft of rules and regulations, and a form of attendance roll, to submit to the Board; as well as a return of public schools in the Profince from the Central Board estimates in December, 1870. We append a copy of this return : — " Return of Public Schools in the Province of Auckland, receiving aid from the Central "Board of in December, 1870. " Number of public scb'ools in the province, mixed, 46. Number of teachers —Male, 36; female, 15. Total, 51. " Highest number of scholars on the books during the December quarter : —Boys, 849 ; girls, 647. Total, 1496.—Average attendance during that quarter :—Boys, 619 ; girls, 472. Total, 1091; Ages of the pupils—Under ten years of age : Boys, 593 ; girls, 371. Total, 864. Ten years and upwards : Boys, 356 ; girls, 276. Total, 632. " Numbers receiving instruction in the fol? lowing branches of education, viz : —Reading : Boys, 838 ; girls, 641; total, 1479. Writing: Boys, 717 j girls, 524; to'al, 1241. Arithmetic: Boys, 706,; girls, 514; total, 1220. Grammar : Boys, 393 ; girls, 278 ; total, 671. Geography : Boys, 471 j girls, 315; total, 786. History: Boys, 256; girls, 179; total, 435 Music : Boys, 28; girls, 19 ; total, 47Needlework : Girls, 140. Other subjects : Boys, 168; girls, 116 ; total, 284." On the walls of the room (the old Legislative Council Chamber) three largo maps were hung, showing the schools aided by the Board now in operation, and those which have ceased to exist; also, indicating those places to whieu assistance has been promised by the Board, but where the schools have not yet been opened ; two large maps, showing the various provincial school reserves. There appears to be two classes of these reserves. One class includes the lands specified in the schedule to the Common Schools Act, 1861 ; and the other consists of certain lands reserved for the purpose of the Education Act, 1857, The Education Reserves Management Act, 1871, places both classes under the control of the Central Board of Education.