BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 195, 20 August 1888, Page 2

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Till ordinary meeting of the Board of Education was held on Friday afternoon, when

there were present t Messrs Upton (in the chair), Lennox, Udy, Luke and Carr. The Chairman's Eepobt, as read, dealt with an amount of detail work that had been done during the past week, as instructed by the Board. . . Nkwtox , Schools Committee. —A deputation from the Newton Schools Committee,, consisting of Messrs T. McMaster and J. Jenkin, Chairman and Treasurer, waited on the Board for the purpose of obtaining a money grant. A written statement .was read from the Committee exactly showing the financial state of the Committee. : The Committee had acred i b balance of £4?,19s Id, against which there were liabilities bound to arise amounting to £93 lls, 4d, leaving a deficit of i'4s 12s 3d. There would also be repairs and other items to provide for that the Committee could nob exactly .estimate; ' They, however, estimated thac £70 would 'be required to balance up ab the end of the year. The deputation explained the position of the Committee, and/asked that a certain sun* should be granted each year to i prevent the constant recurrence .of their having .to aik for grants.— The Board, after hearing the deputation, promised to mafco further inquiries and doswhftt they possibly could. ■ . ' School Gbasts.—ln reference to grants .to schools for repair work done, it was de- •■■'"" cided that for the future all accounts for such repairs should be sentto the Board invitialled by the School Committee previous to the grant being made. _ t , KiNDKitGABTEN Gbant. —Mrs Peacock, Secretary' of the Auckland West Kindergarten,1 wrote askipg for the loan of certain articles, such as towels, etc., now in the Girls' Sigh School, which the Board no longer" had any use for.—The Secretary was directed to lend any of the articles required. . ''FiiKE NfV;jrr ScitooL.—Eeports ion.itbe ■working i»i 'i Sii-^ school were read from Messrs Jidlei^ Jiii'l <jod&win, the Board's iiisiicctoi'c. They made certain rccommendatiops-

as to the Bubieotb taught, the syllabus com pricing reading, writing and transcription, arithmetic, English composition, drawing, book-keepingahd science, incJ uding practical chemistry. They also forwarded certain ■rules for the guidance of,the school. It was decided to have a time-table drawn up adopting the inspectors' suggestions and their rules. "