EDUCATION BOARD.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5317, 11 April 1878, Page 3

EDUCATION BOARD.

The Education Board held its adjourned meeting yesterday morning, when there were present the Hon. C. J. Pharazyn (chairman), Archdeacon Stock, the Rev. Mr. Paterson, and Messrs. Bunny and Gisborne. MINUTES. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. FINANCIAL COMMITTEE’S REPORT. The following report was submitted _ 11 The committee appointed to inquire into the financial position of the Board reported 1. That they have reason to anticipate a credit balance of "over £SOO, after all expenditure is met, for the quarter ending 30th June instant. 2. That the amount of building grant, £IO,OOO for the year, has been already reduced by a sum of £2OIO, if buildings under contract be considered in the estimate. 3. That they consider the sum of £8387, spent at the early part of the year, might bo considered by the Government as chargeable upon last year, and that it is an unfair charge upon this year’s grant, i. That they wish to point out to the Board that there would not have been excess of outlay in the grant for buildings had the position of the Board been understood, as nearly all the amount of excess arises from contracts immediately undertaken on receiving verbal assurance from the Minister of Education that the moneys expended before the Education Act of 1877 came into operation would not be charged upon the allocated grant of £50,000 voted for buildings. 5. They recommend that the Government should be asked for their interpretation of the word ‘year,’ in the thirty-ninth section of the Education Act. 6. They recommend that the claim for compensation on account of the abolition of rates be submitted for consideration to the Government. They also recommend that the position of the building fund account be represented to the Government, and that

they be asked under all the circumstances to arrange, or authorise the Board to arrange for an overdraft .at .the bank to the demount of penses for the next six months.” Accompanying the report was a statement of accounts containing the estimated income and expenditure for the next three months, being—lncome, £3605 ; expenditure, £3050 ; leaving an estimated credit balance of £555. Mr Gisborne : There. is a blank left for an overdraft. Mr. Bunny: "Well, I move that that blank be filled in with £6OOO ; there is a good deal due.

The Rev. Mr. Paterson remarked that they should be careful about fresh expenditure. The Board adopted the report, and authorised the committee to fill up the blank with £SOOO. MR. DOUGHERTY. A letter was read from Messrs. Barton and Fitzherbert on behalf of Mr. Dougherty, who applied for compensation for alleged wrongful dismissal from the Te Aro school. The letter stated that the Act only provided that dismissal should ensue through immoral conduct or gross behavior. It was further stated that Mr. Dougherty, who had been brought here from Victoria, could not expect to get a situation, after what the Board had stated of him. Mr. Bunny moved that the letter he referred to Mr Brandon, who |had directed them how to act. The motion was carried. DOCUMENTS. Mr. Bunny stated that be wanted to bring something forward respecting some alleged missing documents. According to a Wanganui paper Mr. Hislop had stated there that he could not give the Wanganui Board certain information, because he had not received the documents from Wellington. He wished to state that the reports in question had been sent to Mr. Hislop, and that there was no blame to be attached to the Board in Wellington. ROUTINE. A number of minor matters, including accounts, weie dealt with, and the meeting adjourned.