CROMWELL SCHOOL.

Dunstan Times, Issue 313, 24 April 1868, Page 2

CROMWELL SCHOOL.

At the annual meeting of the Committee of the Cromwell School, held on the 16th inst., the Secretary (Mr. Booth) read the following report : "The Committee beg to lay before you an account of their stewardship for the last twelve months. It is with a feeling of pleasure they do so, being assured that they can give a good account, and they confidently expect you, in listening to the report, to .share in their feelings. " When your Committee first took office, about a year ago, they sketched out their year's work (not including the ordinary routine duty) as follows:—1. To put and ' keep the funds in as satisfactory a state as : possible. 2. To erect a residence for the ; use of the teacher. 3. To fence in School J Reserve. " While attending ordinary routine work your Committee determined to exert their whole strength to accomplish these matters, and of their success they will now speak. " Upon taking office your Committee found to their credit in the Bank of New South Wales the sum of £36 14s. 3d. ; but they also found that the outstanding accounts exceeded that sum. " Their first efforts were used to collect money to settle all demands and leave a balance for current expenses. Their efforts were crowned with success, and within two months from their taking office your Committee was in a satisfactory position. Once since that your Committee found it necessary to collect funds, and their call was responded to as liberally as before. Your Committee may say that, upon each occasion of their appealing to the public, they not only found themselves sufficiently rewarded for their labors by the generous manner in which the people seconded their efforts, but were encouraged to fresh exertions. At the same time there were persons without whose aid the efforts made by your Committee would not have proved such a signal success. These persons are too well known to need mention, but deserve special thanks for their services. For a final proof of the success of their year's work, in a financial point of view, your Committee refer you to the report of the Auditors. " Your Committee were many months in correspondence with the Government before the required amount for the Master's residenoe was granted. They have since been able to erect a suitable dwelling. This now belongs to yon. Your Committee think the building may be allowed to speak for itself, and they wdl always 'feel satisfied when they remember that their labors nssistsd in placing it where it now stands. "The School Reserve is not yet fenced in, but your Committee believe that they have left that matter in so satisfactory a state that their successors in office will be able to point to a substantial fence in two or three months hence. It has been officially notified that a sura for that purposo will be placed on the estimates this session. " The Auditors' report for the year ending the 3rd of April, 1868, shows a balance of £4O os. 9d. to the credit of the Committee in tho Bank. The balance now left to tke credit of our successors amounts to £7O Is. 3d., a sum which your Committee sincerely hope will be the nucleus of a much larger sum Before leaving the subject, of finance it nay be rtatel that, Mr. Hislop's report for the last year showc 1 the school

to be conducted in a most efficient and satisfactory manner, and the allowance of £75 per annum for schoolmaster's salary has been increased to £IOO. " Your Committee, having to the best of their ability fulfilled the responsible trust reposed in them, now resign that trust into your hands." Proposed by Mr. Bathgate, seconded by Mr. Tnompson, and carried unanimously, That this meeting approves the report read by the Secretary as highly satisfactory, and desire to record their thanks to the Committee for their exertions during the past twelve months. The following gentlemen, out of fifteen proposed, ware elected a Committee for th| ensuing year:—Messrs. Booth, Bathgate] Edwards, Goodger, Goodall, Thompson, Marsh, and Williams. A vote of thanks to the chairman (Mr. Marsh) concluded the proceedings.