CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 195, 6 August 1875, Page 2

CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

lIIUKSDAV, AI.Gi.BT 5. Present— Messr*'. 'Barnicoat (Chairman), Campbell, the Bishop of Nelson, Fell, Buddie Simmons, Webster, .Smith, Wastney HM* Maltdlrh, Holder, Cresswell, Rout. Goulstone! Martin, Talbot, and Dencker, The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed.. Resolve », after a division, in reply to a question put by ths Inspector, That* the Inspector is understood hy the Central Board t) be included in the Board of Examiners Aye*, 12: Messrs Wa.tney, Hill, Cresaw.lli Holder, Talbot, Goulstone, Simmons, Martin Buddie, Fell, the Bisop of Nelaon, Campbell' Noes, 5: Messrs Rout, Webster, Malcolm! Dencktr, Smith. Resolvid, That the Central Board _h«U issue certific «tes on the report of the Board of Examiners; but that no certificate shall be issu.d without the endorsement of the Inspector. Resolved, after a division, That the Report of the Committee appointed to draw up rules for the guidance of subsidised schools be adopted, with the exception of Rule 8, .vhich is to re*d as follows:— A Committee, whose functions will be similar to those Local Committes withm Education districts, mus f . be appointed Annually by the parents of the children attending any of the subsidised schools in the district. The Secretary was instructed to get 200 copies of the foregoing rules printed, for the information of Committees and teachers of subsidise 1 schools. Resolved, • That such of the above rules as provide for the eled'ion of Committees come into operation on January 1, 1876, and apply to all elections subsequent to that date The report of the Finance .Committee w_s re *d and adopted, with the exception of the items referring to the Upper Mou'ereand Upptr Wakefield, th*. "consideration of which was po tponed for a month, to allow of further information being given. (See Appendix.) Resolved, That two mistresses £60 each be employed at Hillside and Happy Valley schools, in lieu of a master at £120. Resolved, on the motion of Mr Br< ad, That from July 1, 1875, a subsidy be granted to Mrs West, of Charleston, on the terms embodied in the rules for subsidised schools adopted by the 80. rd, and on the grounds that Mrs West has been formerly? in the service of the Board, and haa already a larce school. . . ° Resolved, That the consideration of a similar Application from Mrs Colling?, of Char es' on , be postponed . Resolved, Th.t a subsidy he granted to a i school at Totara Flat, on the conditions em-bodi.-d in the rules adopted August 5. ■ Resolved, That a subsidy be granted to Me j t

■ - -.-■■ ■*. --. - Go'dstdcker, of the Evell, on the same conditions. RefO'ved, That a subsidy be granted to a school at Rua Tanawau, on the same conditions. fn ceni.liance with the request of the Motupipi Committee, it was re-olved that th9 schrol-hourse at C.ifton, cow disused," be sold anl that the Secretary advertise for tenders. Ke so ved, That the consideration of the quest : on of the alteration of the boundaries of the Motupipi district be postponed until the Takaka Committee has been consulted. Pesolved, That the consideration of the question of constituting East Takika an education district be postponed until next year. The Chairman signed fifteen authorities _•_ nie for and recover arrears of education rates. . The Secretarr was instructed to apply to the Provincial Government for the proceeds of l*nd sales accruing under thc Waste Lands Act. Resolved, a?ter the permal of a letter fr_m Mr Dinan requesting the Central Uoird to readmit his children to the Cobden school, That the Cobden Local Committe be recommended to re-adroit Mr Dinan'schildreThe Bi.hop of Nelson moved as an amendment tin addition of the followiag words: — Provided that their presence will not be injurious to the discipline of thefchool. The amendment was lo.it on a division by 8 to 5. The following notices of motion were given :— 1. By Mr Simmons— That the schools of ihe province be cla^'fle! as first, second, and third class schools; That.all teachers hava first, second, and third class certificates; That all teachers holding first class certificate? te eligible to any school in the province; That all holding 3econd class c.rtiflcates be eligible to second and third cites schools; Tbat feach.rs hold ng a third class certificate bo eligible only to third class schosls; Tbat an augmentation of £ per annum be added in case of a teacher holding a sch jol below the class of his certificate, , 2. By Mr Martin— Tbat £26 per annum be added to the salary of the master of St >ke school. 3. By Mr Broad— Thafc counsel's opinion be taken upan the question of the right of the Board to the proportion of Crown lands sale, and, should thato inio . be adverse, that the Provincial Government be requested to make the amount good, the e. tim ite of the Boad's requirements for the .nsuing ye-r having teen partly founded upon tlie expactationof receiving thi 1 money, of which tha Government were aware when they applied yr the Provincial Council for the annual vot^T