BOARD OF EDUCATION.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 4538, 6 October 1875, Page 2

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Tuesday, October 5. The Board met at 11 a.m. Present : Messrs. Pharazyn (chairman), Gisborne, Watt, Fleetwood, Beetham, Ross, Andrew, Dalrymple, and Toomath. The Chairman being obliged to leave shortly after the meeting opened, Mr. Gisborne presided. FINANCE. The Finance Committee brought up its report, which was partially considered, and then referred back to the committee. The following is a statement of the financial position of the Board on the 31st August, 1875 :

RECEIPTS FROM 31sT MARCH, 1575.

ESTIMATES. Seven months to 31st March, IS7C. Assets. & s. d. £ s. d. Provincial G overnraent balance of grant in aid ~ .. 2250 0 0 Building grant 6000 0 0 Education rates, balance due for 1874-5 700 0 0 4of rates for current year 6000 0 0 School foes .. .. 1200 0 0 Education reserves, rents and>tiraber duos 500 0 0 Total assets 16,050 0 0 Liabilities. fi s. d. £ s. d. Bank overdraft at date .. 4413 810 School buildings, furniture, fencing, &c. ~ .. 4556 4 0 School requisites, maps, &c. 50 0 0 Teachers’ salaries .. .. 0000 0 0 Departmental expenses .. 500 0 0 Printing, advertising, legal expenses 130 0 0 Schoolroom rents, insurance 140 0 0 New assessment, 1875-S .. 100 0 0 Firewood account, balance.. 70 0 0 Balance to contingencies 390 7 2 LOCAL COMMITTEES. The question of local committees was partially considered, and then postponed till the rules and regulations were brought forward for discussion. MASTEBTON. The tenders for fencing the Board’s property at Mastertou were considered excessive, and it was resolved to accept none till Mr. Beetham had had an opportunity of looking into the matter. WAIROA. A communication was received from this district stating that the tenderer for the teacher’s residence had thrown up his contract, considering the contract price, £240, too low. The Board was requested to accept- the next tender, £270, the district declining to raise the difference. It was decided that the Board could not go beyond its original figure, and that if the inhabitants wanted the schoolhouse, they must raise the £3O. BUCKLE-STREET SCHOOL. It was decided to ascertain the coat of laying water on to the premises, and also the cost of erection of out-offices. GREYTOWN. The consideration of tenders for fencing was postponed till next meeting. CARNARVON SCHOOL. The appointment of Miss Ray to this school was, deferred until the Board had communicated with the Inspector, Mr. Lee. TREASURER. The Hon. C. J. Pharazyn was appointed Treasurer to the Board. KAI IWI. The tender for the erection of a school building at this place, for £l4B, was accepted. EDUCATIONAL ENDOWMENTS. Mr. Gisborne referred to the endowments of the Board, and said it was not in possession of such an amount of property as it should be. The 7th clause of the Lands Regulation Act of 1855 provided that cue thirtieth of the waste lauds of the province should be set aside as reserves to be vested in the Board of Education for educational purposes, or the proceeds of these lands, if sold, should be applied to educational purposes ; but he found that very little effect, if any, - had been given to this section. ■ There was, or had been, a million and half acres of Crown land in the province of Wellington, but not more than 3000 acres had been reserved ; whereas, if the section had been properly carried out, the Board would have had from 40,000 to 50,000 acres in its possession. But besides this section, there was also a clause in the Wellington Education Reserves Act, 1871, which in no way repealed the previous Act, but provided that one or more blocks should be given to the Board of Education in Wellington, not exceeding in all 20,000 acres, to hold in trust such lauds, to bo used in providing teachers’ residences and schoolhouses. He believed that Act was supplementary to the other. If that were so, the Board should have 70,000 acres of land, but If iit were inclusive, then they should have .50,000 acres. All that had been granted, however, was 3300 ; partly under the latter Act of 1871, and partly under an amending Act of 1872 or 1873, The law required that the Board should have at least 50,000, and as this endowment was necessary in the interests of education, it was desirable that the Board should endeavor to have the Act of 1855 brought, into effect. He therefore moved—“ That a respectful address be sent to his Honor the Superintendent, praying him, in the. interests of education throughout the province of Wellington, to give effect so far as lie is able to do so, and so far as such effect lias not already been given, to the 7th section of the additional Land Regulations of 1855, of that province, which section prescribes as follows : ‘ It shall be the duty of the Superintendent to make in every district a reserve not exceeding one-thirtieth part of the public lauds, for the purposes of education, such lands to be vested in a Board of Commissioners for educational purposes, and the proceeds thereof, as sold, to be applied to such special educational objects as may be prescribed by Acts of the Provincial Legislature,’ and to the provisions of the Wellington Educational Reserves Act, 1871, which authorise ‘ the Governor, in the name of her Majesty, at the request of the Superintendent of the province of Wellington for the time being to grant’ to the Wellington Education Board ‘ one or more blocks of land, being waste lands of the Crown within the said province (Wellington), and not sold or agreed to be sold, and not reserved for public purposes, and not exceeding in the whole twenty thousand acres, to hold to the said Board, their successors and assigns, for ever, in trust for the purposes of this Act.' ” Mr. Watt seconded. Mr. Ross spoke at some length, urging the necessity of the Board being placed in possession of a substantial endowment. The resolution was carried, and Messrs. Gisborne, Pharazyn, Watt, and Andrew were appointed to wait upon the Superintendent. The Board then adjourned till 10.30 a.m. next day.

’ ' £ 6, d. Provincial grant in aid 0 0 Education reserves .. .. 124 8 5 School buildings account .. .. 303 11 0 Education rates .. 2484 8 1 School fees 1 11 £4561 9 5 Balance overdrawn at bank .. 4413 8 10 £8974 18 3 EXPENDITURE FROM 31«T MARCH, 1S75. £ s. d. Teachers’ salaries .. 4143 5 4 Printing and advertising .. .. .. 65 10 10 School requisites 14 Departmental expenses .. 415 10 11 School buildings .. 373012 Insurance account .. 29 7 0 Schoolhouse rents .. .. 50 15 0 New assessment, 1875-S .. 17811 s Legal expenses 20 14 8 Firewood account 19 9 3 £8710 17 c To balance, being amount of c •verdraft at bank 8 10 Since reduced to 1