CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2365, 1 November 1881, Page 4

CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

If the ratepayer! paid an additional £1 a year | mined by giving or receiving prior to the comfor rating, and saved 30s in iniuranoe, surely mencement of any term notice in writing tnat that would be an advantage. the engagement will terminate at the end ot the Mr Willis opposed the proposed scheme on J. The —- ? th sl,! ro ?, l i. d - th&t,t . WaSU f l ° eCeß /u ry- i f -„„ f arrangements for conducting the examination The Chairman, in putting the resolution, QiiW Hi?h Schoo , 3 Tha committee •aid if it was carried he oould not, consider- recommen a s the Bonrd to authorise telephonic iug the small attendance, oocept it as the deoi- comnmmC ation being established between the eion of the ratepayers, who would of course College, the Post Office, &c. have an opportunity of expressing their The Board then proceeded to consider the opinions at the polling. report of tho Library c:m.ir.;tteo, whioh was The motion was then put and carried, adopted as follows : three hands being raised against it. The committee recommends the Beard to alto The Chairman stated that due notice would rule 5, Circulating Library, a 3 follows:—_io be given of the date of the polling. strike out all the words after law m the The meeting then terminated. ninth line and that the rale read as foUowfl*6 "Any book that has been in the Library less than six months shall not be taken out a second tinio by tho samo person within alter such book has been returned by him. ' The report of tho Agricultural School Committee was read and adopted. It was as follows: — _ . ... The committoe recommends tho Board that for the future when any scholarship becomes vacant it should not be filled up. Progress was reported on the resumption or the Board. Mr Malot moved—" That until further arrangements the management of the School of Art bo placed in the hands of the College and Museum committees conjointly, and that they be empowered to call for and to aooept tenders for furniture and fittings." The Board then adjourned.

A meeting of the Board of Governors was held yesterday at 3 p.m. Present —Messrs W. Montgomery, 0. 0. Bowon, F. de c. Malet, H. K. Webb, J. Inglin, J. Oolborno-Yeel, H. P. Lunce, R W. Fereday, E 0. J. Steven*, Rev. C. Frasor, and Dr. Turnbull. The Chairman reported that the art master, Mr Blair, had arrived, and was giving instruction to the pupils of the Boys and Girls' High Sohoola. The Art Sohool itself .would be ready to ba opened in January next. The committee would be ready to state shortly ths proposed courss, &j. At prejent the master wag engaged in arranging the plans,

Mr Fereday moved tho notioe of motion standing in his name, as follows : —" That there be laid on the table a return of all moneys expended during the last two years on the publio library, particularly specifying in such return the moneys expended in the circulating department and the reading-room department, and in each case the moneys expended in books, periodicals, and newspapers separate from the money expended in providing attendants, firing and lighting, and other incidental expenses." As a member of the Museum oommittee he intended to give notioe of a motion that no farther sums be exponded on the circulating and reading portion of the Public Library beyond the amount received for subscriptions. He felt this, that the endowment w»B given for a library in connection with the Museum, and he "did not think they were entitled to expend moneys on the circulating library and reading room whioh had been appropriated for a library to the Museum. Bev. O. Fraser seconded the motion.

Dr. Turnbull asked that the opinion oE the solicitor on the Bubjeot of the legality of using the funds derivable from the endowment of the School of Tsohnical Science, be read.

The opinion was road, stating that the solicitor was of opinion that the Board of Governors were entitled, under the Publio Lib'ary Ordinance, to establish a publio library in Ohristchurch and maintain it out of the funds placed at their disposal by endowment. There were certain conditions incumbent on the Board by the deed. There was no doubt it was obligatory on the Board to keep up the Publio Library, but the amount per annum to be so devoted was in the discretion of the Board of Governors. Mr Stevens asked whether the Library committee would report upon the opinion now laid before them.

The Chairman said the whole matter had been before the committee, who had looked into the deeds and Acta referred to, and had framed oertain questions to be answered by tho legal adviser, which had been done. Dr. Turnbull said, as president of the Literary Institute, which had handed over a very valuable property to the Government, this matter possessed great interest to him. He was of opinion that if Mr Fereday's motion was put at all it should contain the revenue of the speoial departments referred to as well us the expenditure. The Public Library ho said was not at all properly supervised. It had no one to look after it or to aelect its books. It was the only way in which tho grown up people in Ohristchurch could enjoy what had been granted to them. He, for his part, plaoed the Public Library fa? above tho Museum for the comfort and convenience of the public. Therefore, ho took it that they should have in their Library the works of the duy, not alone three volume novels, but the latest works. He trusted the resolution would be rejected, because the condition of the gift by private individuals to the public was that it should be used as a public library in the fullest sense Beyond this the building and land was, he considered, worth £7OOO, which had been given to the public, and yet they grudged the library the oost of light and attendance. The publio were, he felt, beginning to see that the College was treating this most important department with a great deal of remissness. If an enquiry were made, he said that it would be found that the library had not had its due. Bev. 0. Eraser said he thought Mr Fereday's motion should be amended by distinguishing tho oost of the free reading-room, the refersneo library, and the circulating library. The Chairman said the return would show this.

Rev. 0. Fraser thought then that they should have before thorn the library committee's report, which would aid them in coming to a determination as to the ultimate motion to be proposed by Mr Fereday. The Chairman said that the statement made by Dr. Turnbull that the committee did not consider the question of the books required for the library was not oorreot. They had taken very great trouble indeed in the matter, and would only bo too glad to consider any suggestions made in the book kept for the purpose. As regarded the statement that no interest had been evinced in the institution, he might say that during; the past twenty-one months the sum of £3925 had been expended upon books, fittings, &s. Mr Fereday said that what he contended was this, that the College could not expend any luma out of the endowment for the school of Technical Science and the Museum for the support of the Circulating Library. He thought the solicitors had not dealt with this part of the question, but simply with regard to the liability of the Board to keep up the Library. Besides, the Circulating Library consisted mainly of novels, and the novels of the present day were merely sentimental trash, which would probably be harmful in their effect, and he did not think that this being so a body like the College should have any hand in it. -he motion was then put and agreed to.

The Chairman laid the return asked for on the table, which was as follows : —Amount expended during the year 1880—Reference library books, £7OB 12» 43 ; freight, £6 2s 63; binding, £3l 6j 63; printing, £2 131 6d ; total, £748 14s lOd. Circulating library books, £392 Os 4d; periodicals and newspapers, £lB4 12s lid ; freight, £2O 17s lid ; binding, £lB 7s 23 ; printing, £l3 10s 93 ; total, £629 9s Id. Fittings and incidentals— Gas, £67 Os lOd ; fuel, £3B 13s 6d ; repairs, £44 12s 7d ; stationery, £4 16s 3d; ironmongery, £8 6a 9d; sundries, £7 10s 3d; petty cash, £10; keeping ground in order, £8 14a ; advertising, 16a 83; circulating library catalogue, £74 18s ; bookshelves, £23 ; rates, £SB 15s; salaries, £434 12s 6d j insurance, £62 10s ; total, £944 5s 4d. Grand total, £2322 9s 3d. Amount expended from January Ist to September 30th, 1881—Reference library books, £162 6s lid ; freight, £2 12s; printing and binding, £2O 17s 6d ; total, £lB5 16s sd. Circulating library books, £528 18s 2d; periodicals and newspapers, £l9B 9j 8d; freight, £ls lis lid ; printing and binding, £l3 lis; total, £756 10s 9d. Fittings and incidentals—Gas, £l2B 7s ; fuel, £2B 6s ; repairs, £29 4» 9d ; stationery. £2 12s lid; sundries, £7 5s Id; petty cash, £6 ; keeping grounds in order, £2 14s ; advertising, £9 Is 43 ; cablegram to England, £8 5s 8d ; insurance, £62 10s ; asphalting, £2 10s ; rates, £4O; salaries, £334 Is lOd ; total, £660 18s 7d. Grand total, £IBO3 5s 9d. Summary of expenditure from Ist Jan., 1880, to September 30th, 1881 —Reference library, £934 lis 3d ; circulating do, books, periodicals, and newspapers, £1385 19s lOd ; do salaries, firing, lighting and other incidentals, £1605 3s lid. Total. £3925 15s. Messrs C. E. Tribe and John Fulton were, on the motion of Mr C. C. Bowen, seconded by the Rev. C. Fraser, eleoted as Governors of the Ranginra High School. The Board went into committee to consider the report of the College committee. On resuming, the report was adopted by the Board as follows:

TUo committee recommends that the following be the sctle of salaries for the teachers of the Girls' High School, to take effect on the Ist January, 1882 :

Mrs Ingle, .£350, with five shillings capitation fee; Mias K. Edger, .£3OO per annum; Miss Connon, £275 per annum; Miss Hamilton, £l6O per annum; MiBS h. Edger, £IOO per annum. 1. The engagement of the Lady Principal to be determined by giving to the Board, or receiving from the Board, prior to the commencement of any term, notice in writing, that the engagement will terminate at the end of the second term following. The aaaistant teachers' engagements to be deter-