EDUCATION BOARD.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4342, 18 February 1875, Page 2

EDUCATION BOARD.

An ordinary meeting of the Board of Education was held at the Board's offices yesterday morning. There were present—Messrs. Pharazyn (in the chair), Bunny, and Lowes, the latter gentleman having taken his seat for the first time. FINANCIAL. The Board's account at the Bank was stated to be overdrawn by £94. The Bank-book showed a credit of £275 ss. 2d., less cheques drawn but unpresented. TABATAHI SCHOOL. Mr. Corpe, on behalf of the settlers of the Taratahi, informed the Board by letter that £2O had been subscribed, and that he would give a half-acre section as a site, if the Board would erect a school building in the district. The Board agreed to erect a schoolliouse of the value of £l5O on the conditions named, tenders for the structure. to be called for immediately. NEW COMMITTEEMAN. : Mr. Udy was a23pointed, subject to his acceptation of the office, a committeeman on one of the Wairarapa local committees. EDUCATION RESERVES. Mr. Ewen, of Carterton, made an offer by _ letter to the Board to lease for a period of twenty-one years the education reserve in the neighborhood of Carterton. He was willing to pay a sum of £ls yearly, and to effect considerable improvement on the reserve. The Board were of opinion that the period specified by Mr. Ewen was too extended. It was willing to lease the land for fourteen years at £2O per annum, and the Secretary was instructed to reply to that effect. GREYTOWN TRUST LANDS COMMITTEE. The Chairman of the Greytown Committee reque3ted'the Board to erect a schoolhouse and a teacher's residence. The committee had raised £IOO, which it would hand over to the Board as soon as tenders for the erection of the buildings had been accepted. The Secretary stated that the tender which had been sent in for. the school building alone amounted to £3BO, without desks and offices. The Board had supplemented the committee's contribution by £350, but the total, £450, was insufficient to erect both a school and a residence, f , Considerable discussion then ensued as to which was the best class of cottage suitable for teachers' residences. The meeting ultimately decided to instruct Mr. Toxward to prepare plans of model teachers'- residences, from which the Board would select the most appropriate and call for tenders- for the erection of the buildings. TANK FOR WEST RANGITIKEI.

The mistress of the West Kangitikei school applied to the Board for a water tank. The request was granted. SCHOOL AT OPAKI. A letter, signed by eighteen residents of the Opaki district, requested the Board to : erect a schoolhouse and teacher's residence in their district. They were willing to contribute £SO. The Board agreed to erect the schoolhouse, and, tenders would be called for, by which they might ascertain the cost of a teacher's residence. The names of those gentlemen who were willing to act as a local committee were stated in the letter, and the Board approved of the selection. LOST CHEQUE. i A schoolmaster at Foxton requested the Board to issue to him a duplicate cheque for £4 45., the original having been lost, and he also asked the Board to grant him £lO, the amount allowed as residence money to certificated teachers. The Secretary said he had stopped the original cheque at the bank. With regard to the residence money applied for, the Secretary stated that as the applicant was not a certificated teacher he was not, according to the Board's rules, entitled to any residence money. Only certificated teachers were favored in this respect. Mr. Bdnny considered it ridiculous that ;a teacher in receipt of only £BO a year should be asked to furnish himself with a residence out of that sum, while a teacher in receipt of £l2O should be provided iii that respect by the Board. Both matters were left in abeyance. PAHACTANDI SCHOOL. Alterations and improvements to the Pahautanui school, approved of by Messrs. Brandon and Toomath, were ordered to be executed. •".„,' The Board then adjourned.