CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 31, 5 February 1875, Page 2

CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Thursday, February 4. Present— Messrs Barnicoat (Chairman), Mercer, Campbell, Garinj Beuke, Wntstney, jessop* Thorpe, Tarrant, Talbot, Holder, Creswell, Shephard, Burn, nnd Broad. The Inspector's suggestions as to the conduct of the examinations for the reading and recitation prizes were adopted. (See appendix.) Resolved, on the motion of Mr Burn, That Mr Shepherd be invited to assist the Inspector in the examinations for reading prises in the home districts. (Mr Shephard accepted the appointment.) A letter was read from Mr Macmahon containing an extract from the lease under which the Board holds the land and school-house at Riwaka from (he trustees, when it was proponed by Archdeacon Thorpe, That Mr Macmahon be informed that, in the opinion of the Board, any question touching the use of the room outside the purpose for which the scbool-room is engaged by the Central Board, lies with the trustees. Mr Campbell proposed aa an amendment, That the Chairman of the Riwaka Local Committee be informed that in the opinion of the Board, it Is contrary to the deed of trust to close the schoolroom on Sundays. The amendment was carried on a division. Ayes, 7— Messrs Campbell, Wastney, Tarrant, Jesßop, ' Cresswell, Holder, Mercer. Noes. s—Messrs5 — Messrs Talbot, Shephard, Thorpe, Beuke, Burn. Mr Simmons having obtained the permission of the Board to state bis objections to the alterations made at the last meeting of tho Board in the programme of examinations for the Provincial Scholarships, and Mr Hodgson having expressed his concurrence with Mr SimmonA as to the inexpediency of reduciug thl quantity of history to be taken up by the candidates, it was resolved on the motion of Mr Shephard, That the Board having heard the objections of the examiners to the proposed alterations in the work for the Proviucial Scholarships, withdraw the amendment passed at the last meeting of tho Board, so far as reeards the historical portion of the examination. 'Ihe examination for this year will now therefore include the first three cantos of the Lay of the last Minstrel, and 89 pnses of Miss Thompson's History of P^ngland — from the Roman invasion to the death of Richard 11. A letter wns read from the District Engineer, Hokitika, informing the Board that the question of compensation for the removal of the school buildings at Brunnerton had been refeired to the Engineer-in-Chief Resolved, on the motion of Mr MflftcEß, That £15 be allowed the Waimea West Committee towards the repair of the teacher's house at the North Division School, Resolved, on the motion of Mr Beukb, That £10 be allowed to the Upper Motueka Committee for painting and lining the master's house at Neudorf. The consideration of the question which of the Committees at Nelaon Creek is to receive the subsidy was deferred until the return of the Inspector from the West Coast. Tho consideration of an application from several inhabitants of Ahaura for a subsidy to a second school in the township, was also postponed until the Inspector has had an opportunity of visiting the Ahaura, and reporting on the case. Resolved, ou the motion of Mr Shephahd, That the Secretary be instructed to apply to the Provincial Government for payment of the additional grant, of £700 voted by the Provincial Council, and which wns to he defrayed out of the anticipated increase in the receipts from this year's educational rates. •„ - — Resolved, on tho mij^sßߣMr SbepHABD, That the Inspector be authorised to get the arithmetic papers for this years examination printed. A letter from Mr J. B. Sadd, applying for an increase of salary, was referred to the Finance Committee. The consideration of an application from Mies Easton for a subsidy to her school at Reefton was deferred until the Inspector's return from the West Coast. The secretary wns ordered to affix the Board's seal to the appointment of Messrs Adams & Kingdon as solicitors to the Board. Resolved, That the request of the memorialists living in the Tadmor Valley for permission to put up a day and bunday-school on the Tadmor education reserve be granted. Mr Wastnev having proposed, That, in future, the salary of the assistant nt Richmond Boy's school be fixed at £24 per annum, anamendment by Mr Talbot substituting £30 for £24, was carried.

ArpENDIX. Suggestions .ib to the Mktiioi> of Examination for HhadiNg and Recil'Atiok PkijSes, 187 S. I beg to pi'opose— lst. That the candidates for the reading and recitation pr zeß in the home districts, should rac-.t for examination, as was done last vcav, in four centres—Nelson, Richmond, Waimea South, and Lower Moutere. 2nd. That as no convenient centre can be 'ound for the chil attending either the ddlden Bay o- the Wes 1 ; Coast schoo s, the examinations in those districts be conducted* us heretofore, by the Inspector alone, during his annual visit to each school in March and April. 3rd. That, in the home districts, an assessor should be appointed by the Board to accompany the Inspector to each centre, last year's experience having shown that the expedient of appointing two delegates chosen by the Local Committees in the neighborhood oE each centre, works ladly. Uniformity of scile a r ul unanimity of decision would also proirably be better s' cured by the plan suggested than by that of having a fresh set of judges at each centre. 4th. That, although i'or obvious reason?, the passages selected for reading should not be previously made known to the candidates, the same piece should be selected for recitation throughout tho province, the choice being made public. Campbell's "Hohenlinden " would bo a suitable poem for recitation. 5. That each school be allowed to send two candidates, without distinction of sex, the limit of age being fixed, as hst year, at 15. W C. Hodgson, Inspector.