BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Globe, Volume I, Issue 97, 22 September 1874, Page 2

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Monday, September 21. The Board held its usual weekly meeting at 3 p.m. Present —Messrs C. C. Bowen (chairman), Geo. Gould, Montgomery, and Toss will. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. SCHOOL REGISTERS. The question of the registers sent out to the depot from home was considered, and the secretary was instructed to return the forms sent, and ask that the form as per old register should be supplied. EAST CHRISTCHURCH. A letter having been received by the inspector from the East Christchurch commit-

tee, asking him to confer with them as to the arrangement of the accommodation for young children, the Board decided, on the recommendation of Mr Restell, that Mr Hammond, the sub-inspector, be requested to confer with the Bast Christchurch committee as to the arrangement of the accommodation for young children in the Barbadoes street school. HALS-WELL. Mr Miln, the chairman of the local committee, waited upon the Board to explain the alterations the committee intended to carry out in the school-room. BUSINESS DONE BY THE CHAIRMAN. The business done by the chairman during the week was read and approved, KAIAPOI, Mr Strouts, arcnitect of the Kaiapoi school, waited on the Board with a tender for the school fittings for the borough school from Joseph Wood for £448 for approval by the Board, and recommended its acceptance. The Board sanctioned the acceptance of the tender as recommended. A telegram was read from the local committee, stating that Miss Johnston had been appointed as mistress, subject to the approval of the Board. The Board agreed to sanction the appointment as made by the committee. The committee also stated their intention of insuring the schoolbuildinga when finished for £3OOO. The Board instructed the secretary to reply that the Board took charge of the insurance of all school buildings. MALVERN. A special report by Mr Hammond on this school was read. The further consideration of the report was deferred until next meeting. EAST CHRISTCHURCH. A letter was read from the committee recommending the appointment of a clerk of works at the main building, Gloucester street. The Board decided that the appointment should be made as requested. SCHOLARSHIPS. A letter was read from the Rev'Mr Barclay, forwarding a declaration as to the age of his son, one of the successful candidates at the recent scholarship examination. The declaration being informal, the secretary was instructed to forward a form of statutory declaration to Mr Barclay, PAPANUI. A letter was read from the local committee, Stating that Mr Mayo’s resignation was intended to take effect from the end of the year. The Board agreed to this being done. LEESTON. A letter was read from the local committee, stating that notwithstanding the inspector’s report, they were of opinion that the charges against the master were proved. The secretary was instructed to reply that this matter had been postponed until after the October examination, A second letter was read from the same committee, stating that they could obtain the use of the Hall at Doyleston for a side school for six months at a cost of £3. The Board decided that the committee Should be empowered to take the Hall at Doyleston for the purposes of a side school for six months at the rate mentioned. The committee to be authorised to advertise for an assistant mistress at £BO per year, to take charge of the Doyleston side school, and also to provide desks according to regulation. UPPER COURTENAY. A letter was read from the local committee, asking that the name of the district should be altered to Kimberley. The Board agreed to recommend the Government to alter the name as requested. The alteration to take effect from the October meeting. WEST CHRISTCHURCH. A letter was read from the West Christchurch district committee protesting against the amount charged on the district as building rate, and stating that the committee could have provided school accommodation for the northern portion of the district at one half the cost put on the district for the Normal School. They therefore asked the Board to reduce the sum chargeable to the district by one-half, or at most, £ISOO. The Board after a short discussion resolved —“That the Board having taken into consideration the amount expended by the West Christchurch committee in school accommodation, and the further cost that would have fallen upon the district without the accommodation afforded by the Normal School, determines to reduce the amount chargeable against the district by £ISOO, and to advise the Government to reduce the rate to be levied in the district by one-sixth of that amount.” A further letter pointed out that Mr Foster’s salary as second master was below that he received at Addington, and asking that the committee might be allowed to raise the salary to £226. The Board decided that the secretary be instructed to reply that Mr Foster’s appointment at Addington was merely a temporary one, and that the Board cannot so soon disturb the arrangement entered into between the Board and the committee as regarded the salaries, &c., of the teachers. UPPER ASHBURTON. A letter was read from Mr W. C. Walker, as chairman of a meeting of ratepayers, forwarding resolutions carried at that meeting, which was called to consider the site for a School, and the desirability of dividing the district. The resolutions agreed to were to the effect that the district should be divided into two, and that the boundaries of the two districts be as set forth in the resolution. The Board decided that the secretary write to Mr Walker, asking the two districts, as proposed, to forward the number of householders and children of school age residing within them. GERALDINE. A letter was read from the local committee recommending that the offer of Mr Pearce, of 3 roods 19 perches of land adjoining the school site, at a cost of £9O, should be accepted, as the increased attendance rendered an extension of the site necessary. The Board instructed the secretary to reply that the Board were of opinion that the price required was far too high, as land in the township was not fetching anything like that price at the Government land sales. The committee further brought under the notice of the Board that there were some thirty children attending the school who had not paid rates. The secretary was instructed to lay the matter before the Government.

PIGEftN BAY. A letter was read from the local committee, asking that certain repairs should be made in the school house. The secretary was instructed to reply that the land had not yet been conveyed, but when it was so, the Board would sanction the repairs as asked for by the committee. LINCOLN. A letter was read from the local committee greeing to the alteration of the boundaries proposed by the Greenpark committee. The Board decided to request the Government to proclaim the distrWs at once, according to altered boundaries. COLOMBO HOAD. A letter was read from the local committee stating that they had accepted the tender of Messrs Tisch, Nees, and Co, for £1925, for additions to the school buildings, subject to the approval of the Board. The Board sanctioned the acceptance of the tender of Messrs Tisch, Nees, and Co, a clerk of the works to be appointed, the Board sanctioning the necessary expenditure, waihi crossing; A letter was read from the local committee asking that the district should be named Winchester instead of Waihi Crossing. The Board agreed to recommend the Government to alter the name as required. The Board then adjourned.