AKAROA BOROUGH SCHOOL.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume XXIV, Issue 2147, 27 April 1897, Page 2

AKAROA BOROUGH SCHOOL.

The annual meeting was held last nigh , , there being a very lerge at'endancp indeed. Mr McGregor was voted to the chair and rand the annual report, running as follows :— " The Com rait tee during tb'-ir year of office bare held twenty t»°rtings at which the «ttoti(ianopß of the different meinbere of the Committee have been Aβ f«> lowe :—A. I. M«Off.jjor 20, F. Porte 18. VV. Penlingtin 19 J Bnico 15, Geo. Armstrong, ju«'., 14, J. Vangioni 18, T, B. Taylor 17. During Ibe year commenoing lur Ap?i», 1896 end ending 31?t March. 1897, fc'ie nan of £405 3s B<i ban been received from the Board for salaries, and hns been duly p*id to the difforont iesch«rß ; and sum of £55 17s 7d for incident tin. This with (he bahnce at (Jr. of l«>*t year, £20 7« 21, end a further payment by t'>e 3>nrd of 10a &d under the bftad of Building Account brings the (otnl incidental fund up to £76 16* 3'i. This has heen mainly expended as follows : —C*rfrtaking £16 6', scavengering £5 13e 3d. fuel £10 11* Gd, eohool requihi'es £7 1» Id, Ht-Jii>nery aod stamps 7* 10d, prin>ing and adverfcining £3 3s 9d, repairs tr> groande and fenoen £4 6", repairi to Mat-t»r'« honse £5, additions to clonk room* and lavatories £3 Is 61, and £5 11s 6i on dr.iio—of «bie latter euro the sum of £3 14* 4d has been refunded by rbe Po'ttl nnd Police !e«vwg a credit balance of £11 7s 5d now in hand. Tbs book' »mi account* have been duly audited by the Board's auditor ac correo', aod are prodaoed herewith. " The e'tendenoe for tbe past year pbowe the following result bn cotni<<»rpd witb thftt of th»» previous year :—1895-96, average Httendanoe 149 5 j 1896*97, do. 155*7 (tables herewith), a slight increase, end wbich m«y be regarded as satisfactory- The Committee bftVo ueed every endeavour abort ol fciking advantage of ! the law to enfoioe tie due and punctual attendance of the children on the roY, and during rbe year numerouß circulars have been sent to p-irtmts pointing out thoir reepontibiliriee, and what the State reqniron of tbera in oompflling them to take full advantsero of the ediioiiioDal machinery the St ta ban provided. Muob, however, romainf to be done in this 'direction, end the outgoing Commit , eo nibroit that now the Police have been instructed by the Education Department to render every aw»ietanoe in the enforcfrnnnt of ' The Sohooi Attendants Act 1894,' and that in the words of the Board's circular of 30th July last, th«ir succpspo"? wil! • take abroad view of tinir responeibiii Jiep, ntid 'hat they will not allow «ny connidaiati'in to d' iru'Oi' fiom oarryina

out tbe duties which their election by the honeebolders rpqairen of thpim* ' The ft»ff, the Commit or believe to be ftttprti»e'y devfd to their several doiie j , and fol'y for the requirement" of th« pohnof. and. qidttnsT the report of Dr» Ander*t>n on his mirpii"e vipjt to the school on Ootiher 16 h 'act:

•• In the upper Standard* the in*tnio<ion in each f»H might fairly b« expected from the M^tT , * l"njf pxoanenc* an.l »t»*dy dernfeion to doty. It the Inf*!it room Mine Cook who he» tiken clmrge dming the yenr li«h esfab'i-hwd good order and given good promise of doing very nxpfitl eerviee." The on'y obango in the j»t*ff daring the yetr hee be»n t^ c uppoiotment, in Angaut lut, of Mie» Webrtur «c aau»t4nt miotr«ie in place nf Mi" ArmRtrong, re-ittned ; and the Cotn«i'it'c« ure in evhtj w«v eatii-flfd with tv« fh ion they than 'mide. It in VHry nati-ifart «ry I t-> nnticß th«t during year in.t • single cotnpltint haw prao'ioally been iu»de by any parent of the condact of any of tbe stiff.

'The Committee have daring their year of office taken eepeoial cere of the surroundings of the aobool, and have tbe satisfaction to cay thet ia tbie they have been in every way aided by the Board. Early in their year of office, new closetg were' erected for the boye and extensive

repairs made to those for the ate of the girl* iifc & cost of £25, and this sorn wee entirely toflnd by the Board. A common dr«in through tbeechool ground, u«pd by the school, thepnsta! end pnlioeaathoii ioj, end which hfls been foryeers a eource ofirrUa* 'ion and annoyance to all th« parties, has now been laid anew at a cost of a \hV*> over £3, of which the two departments in qcet=tioo eeoh paid their third share, and it hfte now been arranged that in fa lure the drain and its maintenance will b« continued on the bacie of thirds. Important end useful additions have aleo been made to the lavatories and cloak roome, whioh we ere fore will mooh conduce to the health and comfort of the pupils. Negoti'tione are now pending with the Board in connection wiih a new and improved water supply for the eohool, whioh the Committee were in bnpee would have been in hend. bat for Ihp Mnese of the Board's Clerk of Works. The correspondence on the enhjpot is now in the hand l * of (he

Committee, Improvement* have been made on the amter'e house in the way of papering and naincing to the extent of a littie over £5 ; hat owing to 8 fresb arrangement w jth te ache re this will be a non-recnrring item, as teachnre are now required to keep their dwelling bouses in repair. Householders irny think that the item £7 1" Id richool requisite-* U a large one, hut a comiHerablfl amount of thin snra has been expended on disinfectants owing to the iifisßti*»factory t-t'it* of the closet« and drainß daring it portion of the year. On Arbor D«y the senior children of the school got up nnd Arranged, with the consent of the Commi'tflp, in evening eoci*l. whi<th wn» in every w«y pucoeee-. fat, and served to mark the day although no tree planting was Attempted. Before tbe Chrietroae holidays a large number of prizee were awarded to the children who had been Awarded the highest number of marks in their different olnrmee by their reppeotive teachers, an arrangement which wan come to by the Committee afc thn r meeting on October sth. An extra prize was uleo given by the Chairman for an e*eey on the r*ign of Queen Victoria, which called f«r h32 corope'i'-oie. All the eoeeye were of fair merit. Kate Bruce and F. Armi-trong were awarded first and second prize* respectively. Mr Pealington taoved the arJopHon of the report. Seconded by Mr Vangioni and carried. '

The following candidates were nominated as members of the Committee for the ensuing year :-—Joseph Barwick, A. I. McGregor, T. E. Taylor, Jno. Brace, J. V»nt,'ioni, W. Panlington, F. Pats, J. Hay ward, G. Haylock, jun,

Mr J. B. Newton end Mr Orbell were appointed scrutineersi Mr Leete moved, and Mr Harrison seconded a hearty vote of thanks to the retiring Committee, which was carried unanimously and to which the Chairman, Mr McGregor, suitably replied, Mr Potts complained of a certain circular being issued, in which householders were asked to vote for the other retiring members of the Committep, excluding himself. This he considered unfair, as he had worked cordially with the Committee and taken a deep interest in educational matters. He was giving a resume of hfs personal action oo the Committee, when the Chairman stopped him, ruling that the matter had been treated in the Committee's report of which Committee he was a member. The Chairman also ruled Mr W. Henning ont of order for speakinc, after the report had been adopted, of matters connected with the Committee's past action• The followiag h the result of the election : — J. D. Bruee F. Potts

W. Penlfngton ... ... 49 J. Hiiywiud ... ... ... 48 J. Vangioni ..47 G. Haylock, jun. 47 T. E. Taylor ... •.• 46 A. I. McGregor 45 J. Barwick 40 The fif3t seven were declared duly elected. Tbe total number of votes rocorded was 94. The meeting then separated, after a vote ot thanks to the chair, scrutineers, etc.

At a meeting of the Committee held subseqnentlj, Mr Penlington was elected Cbairman for the ensuing year.