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New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 747, 11 June 1853, Page 7 (Supplement)

i" th e Waikato district I f!' etbre ence d by the Missionaries thera--1 ,(, ' e Tl'tk purpose of giving elementary s f-tfi l 0 Q lVlUve and half-caste children, 1 teachers. By the aid of ssi fflent their operations have been Ifcf'tSded, and the means of industrial rt 'hive been .supplied. !B = lv income of ill these institutions \ Xh °'fnartly from publfo funds and partly i;ier l resources of the several religious 'tl.hicb they belong. ' iße:»d given by-tbe Government 7 , : expended chiefly in buildings necesi vtlie schools, and ia promoting the culm % j'and for their support. In this man""''f'stablisliments have been brought nearer ,!i!flfDerraauent usefulness and self-sup-F J J. areo f opinion that the employment of Uv-trained assistants, in every case, ,t?d M we the effect of rendering the schools 'efferent; for, however well directed the ■J' 0 f a n untrained teacher may be, they Tas a general rule, fall short in producing SispW result, when compared with what '"Y "one by a person who has made the art S&oiiis stud y- We > therefore, recom--odthat the salaries of teachers ot this kind, *madsafirst charge upon tie aid afforded by j Hut, at the same time, we | i' i that iheutinost care should be taken that think tnat i«c u- , tbeassistant teacher should be always placed jaio'esukdinaiion to the head of the instit,:j,ffl, particularly in giving religious in--0& and in the work of educing and the reflective and moral faculties cf the children, in which the direct influence ofamore advanced and cultivated mind is es[jjoal, Nothing, therefore, should, on any account be done, which impede the laor appear to diminish the responsibility. ante minister of the district, in respect of this B stimportant part of his duty towards the cbidiencommitted to his care. We submit the foregoing Report to your Excellency*s consideration. Wm. Martin. Ax drew Sinclair. L C. W. LIGAR. His Excellency Lieutenant-Governor Wynyard, C.8., &c, &c, &C. Dated the 16th February, 1853.