CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCTION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 138, 2 June 1876, Page 4

CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCTION.

The usual monthly meeting of the Central Board of Education waajheld 'yesterday; present, Messrs Barniooat (chairmftn)y Shephard, ; HiUi .Campbell, the "Bishop of Nelson^Creswell, Wastney, <MgkcpJm, penckeri Martin,, Atkinson, Rout, Burn,, and Broad. The minutes of the previous meeting werg.^a^andrxjonfirmed,. i.. v >■; • .. ' j It;.; having been proposed that the] salafies 11 of 'the third master of the i Bridge-street School and the second ; master of StY < Mary's f School be increased 5 fr^£ 10^ to £120 per annum, the following amendment wan carried,. after lj a t divisi6ri-':- i -"'That all -questions' of salary, allowance, and compensation, be referred to th 6 Finance Committee, and that the -report of the Finance Committee be open to the inspection of raembeW of T the Board^ at- the BdatoH * room, a fortnight before it be submitted totheßoii-'d.'"; ;i v/ ■ •"-••;'■-•-'•" < The Finance 1 Committee * obtained leave; to report at next -meeting. < ? , : -„ * : } A' f leMeV'froin" the Provincial' Se'cre- , tary^ referrjing, to- the reduction of the. Board s estimate by the Proviocial ; Gfi?7 ; vernmentr was referred, to the. Finance Oommittee.i ; ■ Resolved — That the Board regrets the loss of Miss Burt, one of its teachers, who was ...drowned while crof B,ipg,.the jTakak^riyer in pursu ance ; of her duty ,as r teac,he,r of. Loqg Plain - School, rind' 'begs 'to offer its' sincete condolence to Misß Burt's relatives on they^Bß/^f^ one who had so diligeji^ydevoted herself ''to 1 her duties. \ i'r-" The Secretary was. instructed to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from tbe^iiyeU School 1 'Committee, having referen^e'.'to the school returns for the .last" j niue months, and statiDg that, after a careful inspection of the school register,- they .were -af Opinion that there was no evidence that the roll had been i m properly; ke p t. "■■ A letter was read from the Cobden Committee, stating that Mr Dixoh's children were readmitted' to the Cobden school. Ri§6Tved— That this Board^fecords ■- with deep. regret the .death of ope of its member's;' the' "Isite^Principal oif Nekb f r i College, feeling that- the' -educational Bystenjf..of..the prpyince, and especially that part of it which connects the Prpvinoial Schools with, the higher educa^ tional eßtabiishmeb^ has received a most valuable stimulus from the active interest; therein displayed by the late Mr Simmons, arid from the* suggestions made by him from time to time to this Board. The Board, further begs- td ! offeV its condolence and 'sympathy with Mrs Simmons and her family, in their sudden bereavement. ;•".'■■ : ;.'•", :: I A memorial from the Board to the General .Assembly, drawn up by the cotfitniUee appoipted for that purpose, was adopted, and it was further^ resolved 5 — -Thafit be an instruction to the 6ame committee'to consider any EducVtion Bill that may be introduced during the present, seesion of Parliament, with the view of reporting thereon to the Board. ( ;: " ■ .'" ? '••' r The Inspector having offered to ex" ; amine- - for. the reading and recitation prizes during July, it was resolved that his offer be accepted, the piece selected for f ,recitation being the first six ; stanzas,.of,ji*VGray'fl Elegy ;in a Country. Churchyard/ > 1 Resolved — That a cheque for £90 be ; draw/i, 5 in ; favor. r of the Cobden Com-,, miiteei aa an, advance to the ; contractor for t the mew? schoolroom at Brunnerton, the cheque to be left in the' Secretary's" hands. until the architect's certificate is for.f^o^i,itig.... . ; Eeßolvedr- That a cheque for £16 10s be drawn in favor of the ; Town Committee, to 1 defray the cost of additional'repairs. ' • '■■ Resolved— That £5 be set apart for re-shinglingcpart of the tea.cher'9 house at Clifton Terrace^ f Besolved;' in reply '(o a memorial from the inhabitants of Upper Motueka, who ha^e>pro,vided a flchoolrooin at their, own expense — That a subsidy be granted to asohool there;on the, usual ;terms: Resolved-^-That tenders beiinyitei for leases of the reserves at Upper and Lower Moutere, plans of the Upper Moutere reserve being left for,.inspection at Upper Moutere' schoolroom*! ResolveUi^-TiiaV 1 Myers, 'the holder of a Provincial SjChol^rshipi v who' | had been presented : by illness , from atten d-, iog 'College during the December quarter,— .be allowed to complete his term- of , t w o ,y ears free pf charge d uring the September: qußrter of 1876. A letter from Mr Earshman having been ready in which he complained of the injury he was sustaining through the f Aqn^cpmpletion of the survey of At^ur^'reser-ve, the. Secretary be instrpptedi to impress. upon the Chief Sur-: veyorithe' extreme importance of the ! sur^Vfey 'being executed at once. - Resolved"-- That ;Mr j CampbellV offer .'of f .v£T- per annum rental of Nos. 93 and 94, Black's Point, for fourteen years /be. accepted, aud that a lease; be givenhim on the conditions named in his letter. - • The Secretary was instructed to remind Local Committees, by advertisemen|, of rule 25 in the Boards byelav^s,, which eojoins-r** That Local Committees must send in yearly, together with their accounts in detail for the past year, an approximate estimate of "their probable requirements v f or , repairs, additions, .and new buildingß forHhe ensuing twelve months." v (The following notices of motion were giren:— l. c ßy-Mr Campbell-— That £5 ; be allowed for gravelling at Brunnerton. 2. By Mr Campbell— That the Board meet in future at 10 a.m. instead of 11. Bank overdraft, June I, £85 2s. : ;