THE DUNEDIN SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Evening Star, Issue 3395, 8 January 1874, Page 3

THE DUNEDIN SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Thq.punedin School CommittfOheld their last, meeting for the fipanclal.year, at the Secretary’s office, last night. Present: Mr '~St*eej> (in the chair), and Messrs D, R. Hay; tßwTWin; Livingston, Gordon; Wright, and Lanseigns/ !\ \, ; 'fi 'Rsididrs,!?- The iSccretsry reported thai Messrs M‘Gill and Thornsm’stender of LBSQ for repairs to the Duoeffin District Schools had' been ,; accepted by/the ' sub-committee; and the works pow, being carried on] He also reported; that he: had received from the Government ,a 9am of £9OO for: these works, and that that ; sum was, the , bank to the credit of the account for, .carryl ing them on. r : > • ; Annual Report.— -The. Secretary ( read the draft of the .annual; report and Jbalance sheet. It was unanimously agpsed that a. paragraph should be addedbearing;testimony to tbe .officienfc ■ manner, in which tary, Mr James, had discharged the duties of his office during the past y ear. ; • Tfjfc BIEpR 'INt THE SCHOOLS.—Mr Stout moved thafetbe question .of Bible-Leading in schools Bhquldfbe i left discretion ol School Committees^—Mr,. Gordon seconded the resolution. —Messes Livingston, l Hay; Robins, and/Wrightspokoagamst, tfcq lution. The first-mentioned suggested that the mover should withdrawthe resqlalion. This, Stout decUhed to do, ini forming the committee at the same time that ( vjhß<-neveci withdrew anything he? moved.— 'bThe mOtiou,' being put,; was declared lost; the noes being 6, and the ayes Stout and Gordon. ■ “ Teachers’ Salaries. ; —Mr Wright said T thatt th«r Government, had, during the past quarter, -paid the whole of thepupil-teachera’ salaries. This left funds at thqdisppsal of the committee, out of ywhich they cquld increase thestipends/ pl ; deserving teachers whose salaries were too snsnll, He (then referred tothe; case. o£„Mr Lindsay;!, of the Middle DistrictSchpoi, and, said, that it would be desirable to.,raise; that.gentleman’s salary to L2OO a year-./jHemqvßd*/// That the committeei7Pte>asQß} : p£ L 5 to say, in addition to his-;salary.'|pf ,tihe past; quarter.”—Mr Stout 1 jpoyied ; as gn amendment, that the presemt.‘ ;recoiqmend the oner • s abqp£ ; .! to -, ; be-elected to raise Mr Lindsay’s, salary.. Thejamend-! meat was declared Chajrmanfs easting vote. Mrßpbin ,the» mentioned the case of Miss-Pratt, I; wj(io,,bad.Jjeen for. some time employed as apupil teacher in the North Dunedin District School, without salary.: /It,,was agreed that the Secretary should write,to. the master of the school, . asking him if he had any need of a pupil teacher.ranAiLso,,whether hehad any person whom he could recommend for the ap- . ~.pointment. ~.. _ • /Gratuity to the Secretary.—Mr Sher- . propose. Hepioved^- • Mr

1 jwas ameded, so as to read* as "follows ■ j*J That feisnni tff 'L26 l)6) paid 1 lin addipn to his salary, on - account of the : ■ addition!, duties he.ias had to perform in - i cb'ndepon’ with’the repairs at present being Icarrier on at the District Schools.”—The ; mptio was agreed to. ,'Voe’ojp Thanks/—A vote of thanks to the for the manner 1 In which lie had reside I over ' the meetings during the yeai and a ginilar compliment to thoTreasurf, conc’ud'd the proceedings. j