LOCAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

Kumara Times, Issue 1465, 8 June 1881, Page 2

LOCAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE.

A meeting of the Kumara Local School Committee was held in the Town Hall on Monday evening; present— Messrs Campbell (in the chair), Galland, Wylde and Metcalf. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The outward correspondence was X'ead and approved of. A number of letters were read and received. Resolved—that Mr Patrick be recommended as teacher for the Greenstone School. Resolved—That good attendance certificates of the first class be awarded to W. Jamieson and A. P. Wylde. Resolved—That Mr Keenan's com : plaint be referred to the Gommittee appointed at last meeting, viz., Messrs Seddon, Campbell, and Rudkin. Resolved—That an estimate of the necessary expenditure be forwarded to the Board, and that they be requested to iuform the committee how it is to be met. The meeting then terminated. The following is a copy of the Hon. Secretary's despatch to the Central Board, which meets at Greymouth tomorrow : The Chairman and Members of the Education Board of the District of Westland. Gentlemen I am directed by this Committee to call your attention to the impossibility of their carrying on the

schools under their charge unless provision is made by the Board for the necessary expenses. I enclose an estimate of the necessary expenditure on the three schools in the charge of the Committee, amounting to the following sums for the current year:— £ s. d. Kumara School ... 136 0 0 Greenstone School ... 38 0 0 Westbrook School ... 26 0 0 Total £2OO 0 0 The whole amount allowed by the Board is £4O, leaving a deficiency of £l6O. If the above estimate of is compared with that incurred last year by the three schools having the nearest average attendance of scholars, it will be seen that it is a moderate one— School. A^ ve^ e Expenditure. Attendance. £ s. d. Greymouth ... 383 262 3 3 Marsden ... 22 36 13 0 Arahura ... 37 93 17 6 442 £392 13 9 Kumara ... 259 136 0 0 Greenstone ... 34 38 0 0 Westbrook ... 20 26 0 0 313 £2OO 0 0 I hope that the Board will be able to make satisfactory arrangements to meet the above difficulty and that they will without delay apprise this Committee of the fact, as the Committee cannot be expected to retain office with such a serious personal liability attached to it. 1 have &0., James Wyi.de, Honorary Secretary. Bth June, 1881. Kumara School Committee. Estimate op Expenditure for year 1881.

KUMARA SCHOOL. Cleaning allowance and re- £ s. d. quiaites 55 0 0 Fuel 35 0 0 Books, maps, stationery, &c. 10 0 0 Repairs not paid for by Board Office expenses, stationery, 6 0 0 printing, advertising, &c. Requisites, paper, pens, ink, &c., supplied to scholars 10 0 0 20 0 0 £136 0 0 GREENSTONE SCHOOL. £ 3. d. Cleaning 5 0 0 Fuel 10 0 0 Maps, &c. 5 0 0 Office and travelling expenses Books &c., supplied free to 4 0 0 scholars 4 0 0 Requisites 10 0 0 £38 0 0 WESTBROOK SCHOOL. £ s. d. Cleaning ... 5 0 0 Fuel 10 0 0 Maps, books, &c 5 0 0 Requisites 6 0 0 £26 0 0