CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 6, 7 January 1876, Page 2

CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The usual monthly meeting was. held yesterday. Presents-Messrs Barnicoat (Chairman);\Campbfilly Hfll, ;Rput,>Pellf ■Webster, Atkinson, the Bishop of NeK son, Archdeacon Thorpe, ■■ .Martin,, Cressweilj Bum, Malcolm, a(nd Hbldqr. i The minutes df Jast meeting were ; read and confirmed, y ' -, A letter, was iread from the J^estpprt/ Committee, approving of the proposal of the Board ; to sell- the -present school buildifigs,' and erect new ohes" J 6n a fresh _site..f, n>^ , ™~" f, „,: ; .f, . v „ ! „., r j?iie Board adpp^ed'thef-repor^fof the* Permanent Sub-Committee, to' the effe.ct that it is not expedient at present to constitute /any new. .education- districts on thebest Coast; ';.. ,f .,.' :! ' It was resolved, That to enable the Spring Grove Committee^ to fence a : , portion off the northern,., boundary of the schoolfland, Md . 4s. befpaid tpjthem , on.: their giving a certificate .that -the fence is put up. in Jbhe right place. ,It .was resolved that £1? be fcllpweciL for taking down the partition and otherwise improving the school property at Dovedale. ... Y , • It was resolved that the offer,, of .the f Port . Eire , Brigade' to^ le£ tbe. school room attthe foot \qt &usseli-street, together with the furniture/ for six J months, at : seven shillings" a week, be accepted, occupancy to^begin Peb. lst, 1876. , ( . ' '•• s ''"' -~z.-r It -was resolved; That as sooriw-the-conveyarice'tb the Board of' tbe< school and site .at Perntown is executed, the unpaid balance 'of*- '^4o' biT the '< building belhanded over. to J the AoroUef Committee.- '- _- ••.•J- *■■ •.••'"'> f«. A letter; haiyingribeen^r^adj^from : Messrs Adams and J£ingddn| informing ' ther^oar'd.that. ? .ipaj;smant, declined, J to Bign the lease of.the Amuri reserve until the land has>been,surveyed,'iti;wasi , resolved, That: Messrs ir Adams and Kingdon be. that ' the. Board will undertake •toget.tlie lan3 sui*veyed. The Secretary was ; instructed to apply td the -PrdVincial Government \bo haVe the land surveyed. ; ' Mr Burn gave notice that he would move that a sum" 7 of money { be granted to the Aorere. Committee to r enable them to provide scHodrfiirAittire. '' c •• Mr, Pell gave notice that he would^ move, ' " That the resolution -Pf ! 'the Board of April 4y 1872/ with reference to bringing land under the Land Transfer Act, be rescinded; So-far-as it refers to land now held by the Board under direct -grant from the GrowtfA <■"•■ I The report of the -Examiners for the Provincial and Governors' Scholarships having been laid before 'the' Board, Mr Malcolm. , gave i ; noi;ice : ; that -he would 7 move, %That %%e sum-hitherto '"'deypte^j to readingaprizes be this .yearffappro- ;- priated to carrying out therecommenf dation of the Examiners as to rewarding two'candidates; Bullard and Peisfc; who distinguished ; themselves at the exatrii-; tion." „-:.; <h. Mr Atkinson gave notibe 1 he' would move, " Thatas it is- the intention of the; 0-oyernment, to introduce, argeneral? Education Act for the wholb. colony? during tbe coming .a Committee be appointed, Ist, to consider whether it is not desirable that the Central Board should address the Government or ihe ; General Assembly upon the question of eduoation.- ; 2nd , to s dra.w. upland submit, for the oon,-!' slderation K p% itfe _ Boardei au-|h/n^d-! dreas (if any) aa the -Committee may ihinj: it: desirable should be adopte;d/*> !N Mr Holder gave- notioe that he Would - Mtfve~* That £10 bfe ■ lirantifflr to the Upper/Wakefield Cdmmipjeß for painting )bje F#£bfiU afyobV/ .f;^;;' 1 * ,™ Mr Martin gate notioe lhat he would

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