EDUCATION IN TARANAKI.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 246, 26 March 1915, Page 4

EDUCATION IN TARANAKI.

THE ANNUAL RKVIHW. The following is tin, text. of. the. report of Mr 11. Trimble, ctainow.of.tho laranaki Education Board, to the. Min"ister of Education:— "In accordance with the provisions of Section .39 (1) of 'The. Education Act, mi, the Education Board, of. Taranaki has the honor to submit, the. following report of its proceedings, for. the year 1914: ' "At the beginning oi. the; y«aj the Board comprised the following membersMr Harold Trimble, (chaiunao), Messrs (j. A. Adlam, A. McL. Bradbury,' A. H. Hakombe, W. M'h. Kennedy, B. Masters, A. Morton, H. Rogers, ,T Xeung. At the* Marsh, meeting, Mr W. h. Kennedy resigned, and at the special election hcJd. on the- 7th Mav, 101.4, Mr Edward Matfcll. was elected, unopoosecl. In accordance with the provisions of 'The Education. Act,* the followin" members ro.tJr.Qd iu. July; n orth War(] ° Arthur Herbert Halcombe; East Ward, William Rogers; West Ward, Augustus Mclnne.s.Biiadbusy, and at the election held on, the* 27th July, Messrs Bradbury and- Hajcgmbe, »;« re-elected for their respective wards, and Mr. Francis Joseph Maoltay wa 8; elected a member for the East Ward in the place of Mr William ■BSfjWSv At u, meeting of the Board held on August 20, Mr Harold Trimble was ro-elected chairman.

| "New schools have been erected and i opened at Mimi and Waiau, and the Pimgarehu and West End schools have been enlarged. New residences have been erected at Fukeho and Buapuha, and the Lincoln and Warea residences have beon enlarged. The Huirangi school and the Oaonui residence were destroyed by fire, and were reinstated during the year. At the end of the year there were 100 schools opened, including two half-time schools. Ninety were held in buildings the property of the Board, and the balance leased "to the Board by settlers. Fifty-five o'f the head teachers had residences attached to their schools, and the others were in receipt of house allowance. The number of teachers in the service of the Board was 209, arnded as follows:—Sole teachers, 43 males and 9 males; head teachers, 16 females and 31 males; assistants, 60 females and 11 males; pupil teachers, 17 female and 1 male; probationers, 11, females and 1 male.

At the annual examination of pupil teachers and probationers, one gained a pass for, C examination and 4 for D, and six gained partial pauses for D. At the scholarship examination, candidates from the following schools qualified:— . l

Bayly Memorial Scholarship.-rNcw Plymouth Boya' High School 6: Stratford District High School 1. The scholarship v,- ag gained by a candidate from iui Now Plymouth Boys' High School. Board's Senior Scholarship.—New Plymouth Girls' High School 8; New Plymouth Boys' High School '8; Straitford District High School 7; New Plymouth Technical School 1. The scholarships were granted to four candidates from the New Plymouth Girls' High School, four from the New Plymouth Boys' High School, and three from the-.Stratford District High School. The National and Board's Junior Scholarships.—Stratford District High School 10; West End School 6; New Plymouth Boys'- High School 5; Inglewood 3; New Plymouth Girls' Hi»h School 2; Tariki 2; Frankley 1; Ngaerc 1; Norfolk 1: Toko 1; Whangamomona 1. The National Scholarships wc-e oranted to one candidate from the Inglewood school and one" from the West End school.

The Board's Junior Scholarships were granted to three candidates from the Stratford District High School, three from West End, two from Tariki, and one each to the Norfolk, Toko, Waitara, Whangamomona and New Plymouth Boys' High School.

The Taranaki Scholarships were won by Colin James Campbell, of the Stratford District High School and Gordon Mcß. Salt, of the New Plymouth Boys' High School. The receipts of the Board from all sources, including £2476 14s 9d ere/lit balance from, 1913, amounted to £46,110 2s lid, while the expenditure was as follows:—Administration, £3499 Is Sd, teachers' salaries £27,510 15s lOd, secondary education £I3BO 14s Bd, manual and technical £3787 Is 7d, buildings £5869 10s lOd, training of teachers £271 3s lOd, leaving a credit of £3791 14s 6d.