EDUCATION BOARD FINANCE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10153, 1 February 1911, Page 5

EDUCATION BOARD FINANCE.

A SATISFACTORY POSITION, j At the meeting of the Wellington Education Board yesterday, the Chairman (Mr Robert Lee) stated | that the finances were in a. more; satisfactory position than they.Jia'd, been for a long time. There was a credit balance at date of £373 19s 4d, and provision had been made for all the large, undertakings of the year. If they received the same amount as they did from the Government last year, they would get! along very well; *•'.'-•. Mr Vile: Are you satisfied that the. Government intends giving the 1 , , same as last:vear? ; . \

■ ,Mr: Leer .J;, have j;-no; ; ; reason .to. 1 'thiak'-'tha;t';theyVWiir'dedu;ct:' : Jß26ooy' as they did last year. . Mr" Hogg, in referring to, , the building grant of £6503 for the year, lie would like,'to know how this was to be allocated. What: direction had the Government given? There should be ; something defi- j nite. ■ "' ....; '■ ''■■ '■]

The secretary read the correspondence from the Department upon the subject.

Mr Hogg said this was as clear as mud. - They should have something more s definite. ,

: Mr Vile agreed with Mr Hogg in the'main. He urged that the Board should appropriate a certain sum of money for the re-building of schools, so that when they had applications from Eketalrana and elsewhere they would have the money available for the work. The schools should be classified in . the order, of ■urgency.' ■;.'•; ■< ' ;;

The chairman was of opinion that something of this . sort would have to be done. In the past they had used the money.as it;was required.