CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 160, 2 July 1875, Page 2

CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Thubsday, July 1. \ Last meeting of old Board — Present : The Bishop of Nelson, Eevs. Garin, Buddie, Messrs Barnicoafc, Broad, Bout, Campbell, Smith, "Waatney, Oreaswell, Holder, Talbot, Goulstone, Burn. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmed. ' Seven sealed tenders for a fourteen years' lease of the Amuri Education , reserve were opened and read. The highest tender, that of, A. Earshman and Co, was accepted. The terms of the- tender were as follows :— Two shillings and sevenpence per acre, or, £515 10s yearly. The property to be. improved to the extent of £700 during the term of occupancy. A money guarantee to be given that the property shall be fenced in and stocked during the first year's occupar jy. Besolved, That the question of the Town salaries be postponed till the meeting of the new Board, The accounts for 1874-5 were laid before the Board and signed. Balance to credit, £362 12s.

Meeting of new Board. The following gentlemen took their seats aa representatives of the several Local Committees:— The Bishop of Nelson, Rev. T. Buddie, Messrs Baraicoat, Smith, Webster, Malcolm, Hill, Burn, Cromwell, Holder, Talbot, Broad, Rout, Atkinson, Campbell, Wastney. J. W. Barnicoat, Esq., was unanimously re-elected Chairman for 1875-6. Eesolved, after discussion, That the Central Board cannot recognise the appointment lately made to the Headmastership of Bridge-stfgefc School until the Board of Examiners is satisfied as to the competency of the person so appointed to fulfil the office. The following amendment was lost on a division, That a certificate of competency be issued to Mr R. M. Sunley, as Headmaster of Bridge-street School, upon his satisfying the Board of Examiners that he is able to teach the subjects required by the Town Committee. Ayes, 7 : Messrs Bout, "Webster, Waatney,' Bum, Malcolm, Smith, Atkinson. JSoes, 7 : The Bishop of Nelson, Rev. T. Buddie, Messrs Broad, Holder, Taibot, Cresswell, CampbelL The Chairman gave his casting vote in favor of the Noes. Resolved, That an additional cheque for £8 6s 8d be drawn in favor of the Town Committee, to enable them to defray the cost of instruction in the first division of the Bridge-street School for the past month. Resolved, That the Board of Examiners for the ensuing year be five in number, and consist of the Bishop of Nelson, Messrs Atkinson, Buddie, Shephard, and Broad. A letter was read from the Rev M. L. Cummins, accepting a subsidy for a school at Reefton, on the conditions offered by the Beard, The report of the Committeeappointed to draw up rules for the guidance of subsidised schools was laid before the Board, and ordered to be printed, together with the minutes. Resolved, That the Finance Committee for the ensuing year consist of Messrs Broad, Rout, Atkinson, Groulstone, and Barnicoat. The report of the Inspector of Schools was laid before the Board, and ordered to be printed. [This we shall publish to-morrow. Resolved, That on account of the increased attendance, she salary at Lower Takakahe raised from £80 to £100, from August 1. Resolved, That permission be granted to the Takaka Committee to [erect a public reading room on the school ground, on a site approved of by the Inspector. The consideration of the plans and specifications for a master's house at Collingwood, was referred to the Finance Committee. A letter having been read from Mr H. Gilmer, in which he refused to sign a lease of N.o. sa, Totara Flat, for which be had paid a year's rental, it was resolved, That the Board's solicitors be instructed to hold Mr Gilmer to the conditions of his agreement. Mrs West's application to have the use of the books and maps formerly used in Blackett-street, Charleston, was acceded to. jHer application for & subsidy was to be considered at the Board's next meeting. ! Resolved, That the Waimea West Committee be informed that the services of an assistant at the village school will be dispensed with, unless the daily attendance increase during the next quarter. A letter was read from the Chairman of the Cobden Committee, explaining why the grant of £13 had not been expended in re-shingling the roof of the building used as a school-room. The further consideration of a letter from Mr Alcorn, asking for a school at Totara Flat, was postponed until after the meeting of the Finance Committee. Resolved, That, in future, the names of proposers of resolutions be not printed, except at the request of the movers. The motion, of which notice had been given, referring to the increase of Mr Sadd's salary, was lost on a division. Resolved, That an advance of £5 be made to toe Town Committee, to be deducted from thjs year's Qommittee allowance. ' .. . Report of the Committee appointed by the Central Board of Eeooatjon to draw up Rules for the guidance of Subsidised Schools. To the Chairman of the CaNTRit. Board. SiR-.TooQi nl j li{1 i{| eeteg t0 recommend tiias tbe subjoined set of rules be printed, and that a copy be forwarded to ever/ teacher of a subsidised school ;■—

; 1. Before any subsidy cao be granted a i writable schdol-roim must be provided by the inhabitant* of the district: in which ifc isYro- ; posed to open a school. c AH teachers.ol wbal^red schools mast DeapnvedoYby the Board.- v * a. A subady of £2 per annum will be a lowed b 7 the Board for each cU.ld in ii^ £SU -T °S echoO L a « e Cbefeween fire and fourteen) and taught to the aatisfaetion of daily will be allowed to remain under the charge of a single teacher, /fce^n-i th»t numoer and up to 60, an allowance of £2 per each gcholar 10 daily attendance • 4. .Secular instruction must be given for fi>e hours da.ly, during fire days in the week. s. AH provioions with reference to religious in g truct,on epplicable ,0 K hool, ia £°Z l f 9 '^ e , to be in force with wsard to subsidised schools. 6. Books and maps will be supplied to «übof !he Board gratiatoUßl y' at fche discretion 7. No books are to be used except auch as are approved of by the Board. . «*• A Committee, whose functions will be mmUr to those of Local Committees within educational dutcict*. must be appointed arichildren attend ng the particular achool. 9. Ihe school fees are to be flxad by the Committees, the mioimam being sixpence 10. Teachers of subaHised schools must send to the Central School, quarterly, a memofsndum of school fees received during the previous quarter. 11. Exemptions from school fees are to be m^u 9^ cUme uof Edacatwn Act, andtheCeniral Board is to be informed by ! the teacher of all such exemptions. ! : A. B. Seeso I*,1 *, „ . _ , Chairman. ! Nelson, July. 1,1875.

Names of Members of the Cehtrai. Board for 1874 5 and 1875-6. with the names of the respective diaricta thut they respectively represent, so iar as is at present ascertained. Nelson-18745, J. Wigzell, H. Gouhtone ; 1875-6, M WebMer, R. Burn. Suburban North— 1874-5, W. Wastney • 1875-6, W. Wastnoy. Stoke-1874-5, G. F. Martin ; 1875-6, no 1 return. , RJchtnond—lß74-5, G. Talbot : 1875-6, G lalbot. Soring Grove— lß74-5, Bishop of Nelson ; 1875-6, Jabrz Hill. isXfF.™*- 1871 - 3 ' ■• rm °" Waioiea West— lß74-5, J. Mercer : 1875-6, Bishop of Nelson. Hope-1874-5, W. Jessopj 1875-6, B. Malcolm. Upper Moutere-18745, D. Bauke; 1875-6, C. Dencker. , a «°Y cr TT Mouier9 ~ 1874 - 5 ' H * A - Tarrant; 1875-6, H. A. Tarrant. Moiueka-.1874-6, Rev T. Buddie ; 1575-6, Jttev l. rsufidle. Pangatotepa— 1874-5, Yen Archdeacon Thorpe; 1875-6, no return. Kiwaka— 1874-5, R. Burn ; 18J5-6, no return. ' Upper Takaka-1874.5, L. Broad; 1875-6, L. Broad. ' • LVw«^Takaka- 1864-5, Eer A. M. Garin; 1878-b, A. Atkinaoti. Motnp|pi— 1574-5 M. Campbell; 1875-6, M. Cstnpbell. . n ( J ll 4 n f, wood - 18 7*-5, C Y. Fell j 1875-6, v/. Jr. fell. ' tß ?f^^- 1374 - 5 - Her F. C. Simmoaa; 1875-6. Key F. n. Sitnmon«. Ngßtimoti-1874-5, H. D. Jackaon; 1875-6, H. Gouljtoae. Doveiale— 1873 5, B. Cresawell ; 1875-6, E. Cresswell r r ot H 1 d P 1 — 1874-5, J.W. Barnicoat; 1875-6, J. W. Birnicoac. Weatport— 1874-5, J. Shephard; 1875-6, J. fh pbard. Pr viueial Government— lß74-5, W. Bout; 1875-6, W. Rouf.

An enormous meteor is said to have fallen lately near lowa in the United States. Ita apparent diameter is said to have been about half that of the moon, and ifc split into fragments, one of which buried itself fifteen feet into the earth, making a hole ten ieet in diameter. Both before and after falling it was accompanied with explosions, some of which were heard at a distance of ninety-five miles. The British Medical Journal says :— The youth O'Conor, who, on the day of thanksgiving for the recovery of the Prince of Wales, attempted to shoot the Queen, was arrested again on the sth instant. The Queen was holding a drawing-room reception at Buckingham Palace, and O'Conor was found standing in the same place in front of the railings, as on former occasions, wiih a pistol pointed afc the Queen. The arrest was quickly made, and O'Conor was sent to the Hanwell Asylum, by order of Sir Thomas Henry, Chief Magistrate of Bow-street Police Court, on the certificates of two physicians, that the prisoner was subject to both homicidal and suicidal impulses.