BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 67, 18 August 1874, Page 4

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Monday, August 17. The usual weekly meeting of the Board was he’d yesterday. Pres ut - Messrs (J. C. Bowen (chairman), Knight, Tosswill, and Inglis. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed BUSINESS DONE BY CHAIRMAN. The business done during the week by the chairman was approved by the Board. KOWAI BUSH. A letter was read from the local committee stating that they had selected Mr Morton as master of the school. The matter was allowed to stand over until next meeting. KOKUHU. A letter was read from the local committee, asking the sanction of the Board to a site of two acres for the erection of school buildings, &c. The Board agreed to sanction the site as requested. 'ihe secretary was instructed to write informing the committee that the Board would request the Superintendent to levy a rate, and also instructing the committee that they could take steps for the erection of buildings. WAINUI. A letter was read from the local committee stating that Mr Hogan had resigned the mastership of the school; they had appointed Mr Harris to the vacant post, subject to the approval of the Board. The mutter was deferred for the inspector’s report. SELWYN. A letter was read asking the Board to sanction certain alterations and additions rendered necessary to the master’s house, estimated to cost £l6O, and asking the Board to recommend the Superintendent to levy a rate to meet the contribution of the district. The Board agreed to sanction the additions, &c , and to levy a rate to produce £llo—the contribution of the district. WEST OXFORD. A letter was read from the committee, stating that they Ind "pnninled Mrs Hur.se as sewing mistress, subject lu lhe approval of the Board. Several additions and alterations, made by the committee at the suggestion of the inspector, were approved by the Board. The appointment of Mrs Hurse was approved. UPPER HEATHCOTE, The appointment of Miss .Uilia Kenger, as temporary teacher, was approved by the Board. LINCOLN. A letter was read from the local committee, intimating that they had appointed Mr Soundey as master of the school, subject to the approval of the Board. The appointment was confirmed. SP KINGSTON. The local committee forwarded tenders for the erection of the school buildings, recommending the acceptance of England Brothers’ tender for £433. The Board agreed to sanction the acceptance of the tender as requested. SALTWATER CREEK. A letter from Mr H. F. M. Walker, educa tion commissioner, was read, stating that to collect the special rale for repairs to the school amounting to £6, would cost much more than the rate itself would come to. The secretary was instructed to reply that if the residents liked to raise the amount by

local contribution, the Board would look upon this course as more satisfactory than levying the rate. If the cost of levying the £(> would be disproportionate to the amount raised, the Board would sanction the levying of a larger rate, which could be used for other purposes, or would stand to the credit of the district. The Board, however, had no funds to grant unsupplementcd amounts for repairs. BROOKSIDE. A letter was read from the local committee forwarding plans and specifications for repairs to school-house. The secretary was instructed to inform the committee that they could obtain tenders for the repairs as indicated by the plans sent in. LEESTON. The committee wrote saying that they had investigated the complaints against the master of keeping the children too much at elementary work, and found them proved. The matter was left over until the inspector visiied the district. UPPER ASHBURTON. A further correspondence on the subject of the establishment of two schools in this district was read. Ultimately the Board decided to instruct the secretary to write to the committee to the effect that the Board recommended a meeting of ratepayers to bn called after ample notice—say fourteen days—to consider the question of site of the school, and also whether it was desirable to divide the district into two separate educational districts. TEMUKA. A letter was road from the local committee, recommending that three quarteracre sections, 179, 181, 183. adjoining the school, should be reserved by the Government for school purposes. The Board resolved to recommend the Government to reserve the sections as required by the committee. PORT LEVY. A letter was read from the promoters of this educational district, stating that Mr King had placed his house at their disposal for the purpose of holding a meeting of ratepayers . The Board agreed to recommend the Government to proclaim the district according to the boundaries forwarded. The date of the meeting to be fixed for as soon as possible after the issue of the proclamation. CHRISTCHURCH WEST. A letter was read from the local committee asking for a grant in aid of prizes, and the treat to the children on the occasion of the opening of the Lincoln road schools. The secretary was instructed to reply that the sum of 6d per head per year was granted by the Board for this purpose. HORORATA. A letter was read from Mr John Digby, master of this school, asking whether the Board approved of his classification by the inspector to the second division of the second class made in his report for last year. The matter was referred to the Board of Examiners. CLASSIFICATION. A letter was read from the Board of Examiners stating that, having examined the certificates of Mr and Mrs Macklin, they had classed them as follows: —Mr Macklin, first division of flic second class ; Mrs Macklin, first division of the third class. The Board approved of the classification, provided Mr and Mrs Macklin came to the province. CERTIFICATES TO TEACHERS. The inspector submitted a form of certifieale for teachers classed under the Board of Education as adopted, by the Board of Examiners, The Board approved of the form, and it was ordered to be printed on parchment. LOCAL INDUSTRY. A letter was read from Messrs Cook and Ross, forwarding a sample of ink, of local manufacture, which the writers stated they wore prepared to supply at six shillings per gallon. The secretary was instructed to procure a gallon for sampling. LOWER lIEATHCOTB. A letter was read from the chairman of the local committee, complaining that the quarterly payment of salaries to teachers was frequently a fortnight in arrear, causing great dissatisfaction, and suggesting that the teachers should he paid monthly in future, as was the case with other Government departments. After some discussion the matter was adjourned for a week. The secretary to confer in the meantime with the treasurer and auditor as to the best method of paying the teachers. GUST. A letter was road from the chairman of the local committee informing the Board of the election of the school committee. The letter also urged upon the Board the necessity of erecting a second school in the north-west portion of the district, or of dividing the district into two portions. The secretary was instructed to ask the committee if they recommended separation of the district : if so what boundaries they suggested, and also to forward the number of children between the ages of five and thirteen included within the boundaries suggested. The committee also brought under the notice of the Board the necessity of enlargement of the school. The Board decided that the commit lee be allowed to proceed with the enlargement of the present school, though they would suggest to the committee the necessity of considering whether it would not bo better lo build a new school altogether, the inspector having reported unfavorably of the aspect, ventilation, and material, of which the present building is composed. WEST MALVERN. A letter was read from East Malvern forwarding a return of the number of children, and their ages, included in the proposed district, and also a tracing of the boundaries proposed. The secretary was instructed to reply that the number of children- sixteen —were not sufficient to enable the Board to form the district under the Ordinance, ST ALBAN'S. A letter was read from the chairman of the local committee, recommending that Mr Fee’s salary should be rawed to the same amount as others in his grade. The secretary was instructed to reply, that the amount paid for teaching in the SL St A!nan’s school, already exceeds the amount allowed according to scale. LYTTELTON SCHOOL. A special report of the inspector on the Lyttelton Borough ‘School, was read. The report was received and approved as satisfactory. The Board theq adjonrue