EDUCATION BOARD.

Evening Star, Issue 3680, 8 December 1874, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

The monthly meeting of the Board was held this morning ; present— Ilfs Honor the Superintendent, Messrs Gillies, Beid, and Hislop (secretary). GRANTS The following grants were made : —Green Island, 1,14 ss; Groper’s Hush. LIS ; Ida Valley, LI()(i ; Handy Mount, 1/20; Clifton, T/100 To Limestone Plains, Flint’s Bush, and Clifton (residence) pound for pound, and to Brighton the usual rent allowance was granted, APPOINT}! HINTS. The appointments of Miss Mary Herbert as pupil teacher at Bast Taieri, and Mr Martin Bourke as teacher at Manuka Creek were sanctioned. Mr A rthur Grant, late of Waikivi, was licensed as a probationary teacher at the Invercargill Grammar -cbool. I he committee of Orepuki school had appointed a lady, at nresent in Auckland, as teacher to their school ; but the Bo rd decided to refer to the Auckland Inspector of 'ehools, Mr Hislop saying that he had no certificate of the lady’s fitness. Mr A <smay, who has b en filling the portion of second master at Oamaru was, at the request of the committee, appointed permanently, on condition that he pass the first-class- examination. If he do not so, then to be paid for the time during which he has been act ng at the rate of Ll5O per annum. Mi's Maria Thompson, a recent arrival from Home, and who brings a firstclass certificate from :be Church education ."v.ciety. Kildare place, Dublin, wss, on Mr His lop’s recommendation, recognised as a certificated teacher. CLEVEDON. The committee wrote that if a new school were erected it should lie on a site about a mile on the north side of Vierton and the Merton Fcliool be removed a mile further south. Deferred to await the Inspector’s report, OWAKE. Mr Hislop recommend’d that the school be erected on the Education Deserve. Approved. W’AIAREKA. Mr Hislop recommended that the Board withdraw its recommendation for a school in the meantime. Approved. GIFT OF PRIZES. Messrs Sargood Son, a ml Ewen wrote proposing to offer three prizes—of LlO IDs, L 6 fis, and L 4 4s respectively - for competition at the letter end of iS7o, by bovs educated hi the State s,ehools. The subjects of examination to be coni mere al bandwriting, nienal arithmetic, and decimal fractions the last more especi lly as aftplied to commercial pursuits ; the compelition to he-'pente live hoys Loin eaco school. Mr Hislop interna c l 'ha it was prob title, if this were successfully carried out. that Messrs S rgool would make it an annual affair.—lhe liberal offer was accepted with thanks. V/ATKIWI The question of Mr M‘Donald’s resignanation of the mastership of this school came before the Board. It appears that gentleman ntu.l, after the recent occurrence in connectom with the hoy Grant, forwarded his re; ignation to the .comm, ttee, who had accepted it. A number of seaitffis, however, signed a memorial asking Mr M‘Donald to withdraw the offer of his resignation, and now wrote to his Honor asking him to advie the committee to reinstate Mr M‘Donald, or wait until the new committee was elected, ■which would be in January next. — Mr Per-

kins, who aupearulon behalf of the commit•ee, sail he hid n*.t the slightest f imt to find with the n:a t*r ; bur ho was sure ho ropr sen f e the. f. el ngs of the inhabitants when he said it would be better for the resignation to hold good, as the matter would be sure to crop up again. —Tim Board decided that they had no power to interfere. KDt'CATIOX RKSKHVES. It was decided to sell eight acres of land in Shag \all.y iu order to hoy a site for a school on the opposite side. —The Hon. M. Ho’mes was granted permission to sub let section 1 of 16, and section 1 of 0, block 10 amaru. —Pcnnisdon was given to Mr Turnbull, of Jacob’s Kicer, to rai-e and s -Mil ignite on section 21. block 10, of that district, he paying a royalty of Is per ton. —Mr John ; ed, of t l ierslie, asked that the Beard w uid cancel his purchase of section 9, b'oek 11, K.iuro), as bis ageu , air Connell, had mi !■ r misunirelicnsion given 6? per acre (more, than five tunes what Mr Held consi dered its value) for it. To be pub up at auction again. THU HIGH SCHOOL. A replication.-, tor the Mead-mast- rship of 'ho H. .hj School were referred to the Board of Advice. CORRKSI’OXDMNCK Correspondence between Mr Hislop and the Lev i -hades Connor, of Clinton, was read relative to two recent appointments of teachers. The letters are too lengthy to be given in this evening’s is-uc.