CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

Press, Volume XXXI, Issue 4286, 25 April 1879, Page 3

CANTERBURY COLLEGE.

A meeting of the Board of Go?__o_-* was __ yesterday at 11 ajn. Present—Mr W. «_nt--__ery (ebsmn-n), -to Primate, Drs. S«ir_ aad Turnbull, Eer. O. Fr _ser, Messrs ij__et, Envs, Grigs', Tosswill, Vee), StevecF, Fere-ay, Wakefield, Bowen and <_k_C-td. ■ CKAmICA_r'S STAZRKKTT. _3, e Chaim-an —Tho first question which »21 «mc on for discussion to day it the jflPja of the hour of meeting from eleven in the forenoon to three o'clock in the Zftetooon. Notice of this was given at last ggtjstg of tie Board. The accounts of the _,-_ year ending 31st December are now ££» audited by Mr Ollivier, who was an--gj-jei by the Government. He informs mc g_t-re receipts and payments have been exjgjsed and found correct. The balanceAg& prepared by the]book-keeper, showing t_s receipt and expenditure, is on the table, jj the annual meeting of the Board on the lOfcb July lest an estimate of the receipts and for the rear commencing on the |2«f that month* waa submitted and .--jotwl by the Board, but es a

amount of money was re. jjj-ca from the sale of portions of the nerves during the half-year ending in December, and additional items of expendi-j-je tare been sanctioned by the Board, I l_j>n_ht it expedient to ask the committee to pfgcsre estimates of receipts and expenditure £_ &» year ending 31st December, 1879. yfeose estimates have been forwarded to each ma aber, and will be brought forward ta-day for eos-i-eratioD. As the Canterbury College 0-iiu_nca provides for the accounts being for each year ending 31st December, j rarest that, for the future, the financial, -jar she-Id commence on the Ist January. I |st« prepared an estimate of the probable jteaMa and expenditure of the College «r,eh_ic_l School of Science and Museum, for *i_ mr IETO. that members may have some

_ts whs - considering the question of an jacrs-K of the treching staff, the debate on -s_ch was adjourned at last meeting of the Board. As the decision of this question will jgpead on the ways and means, I propose to t_c__e Board to consider the estimates before fcHßging forward the question of increase of _§ teaching staff. T_e new wing of the OoDeg* is now nearly completed, and afi&ben will see by th- estimates the pro.

pond expenditure the College committee tanks necessary for fittings, fcrniture, 5& The contractors for the Boys' High gehool baUdißgj hare commenced work, yd the foundations are now being laid. The architect reports that tho school buddings on the farm will not probably be finished before the end of this year. The walls are now ready for the roof. He hrs urged the eonirwtor to use a'l despatch, so t_4thebuMmfi msy be completed witb*ths contract time. The .purchase of the hundred acres of land to increase the size of the -ana has been arranged, in accordance with the authority given by the Bored at the hit meeting. EOTTB OF KBXZTire. Mr MsJet moved—"That the horr of easting of the Board be altered from 11 ia. to 3 pjn." He thought that th«"s would Is f*r more convenient to aU the members $___ __c present hour. Rev. Cnsries Frater seconded the motion. sfr Feredsy suggested that it would be wore convenient for tbe members gener-J'yf-j fx ths hour at half-past two o'clock, which «3__ enable those residing at a distance from Urwn to ree-h home by coach, fto. He would boys, as an amendment—" That 2.30 pan. be _gs_ ss the hour of meeting." __> leys seconded the amendment. |fr Tosswi't was in favor of the amendment, heesaie it enabled those living at a distance io return home by train. _t» amendment of Mr Fcrcday wn than patj and negatived, and Mr Malet's motion IfRMd to. Mr Stevens thought that the day of (he vttk selected (Thursday) wta most *->onrerfsnt, and thought that now was the time tojaopose an alteration. The Chairman drew Mr Stevens* attention to the fact that he was not in order, as the amendment they had —tie was aftsr the mod "Thursday" in the Standing Orders. Mr 0. C. Bowen said that as there apptred to be a very general wish that the day fee-Id be altered, he would suggest that the Staling Orders should be suspended. _> Stevens moved— "Tb—b the Bts-drng Onter* oe suspe-tded." Mr Bowen seconded the motion, whioh was -rsedfr. Hr St-vens then moved—"That the s__ ( Thursday' in the Standing Order -B_tf©|t3 the meeting of the Board be strack -s_.es!fibeword 'Monday* insettedinl»eu -& 0. C. Bowen seconded the resolution, vH-i was agreed to. AHJOTTEKMBB- 1 . Mr Malet moved that the words in the Standing Order referring to the adjournment dike Board for an hour in the middle of the _rr be struck out.

This was agreed to.

2KB BSTII-AT-B. The Chairman laid on the table the estisates of receipts and expenditure for the js_ 1879 80, and suggested that as many setst-ons would require to be answered, lb Board had better go into committee. Bey. O. Frasar moved—" That the Board fsisto committee." lite Primate seconded the motion, which th agreed to. Oa resuming, the Chairman reported that t-i estimates hsd been passed, that the library esaad-tee had been authorised to appoint the ts_-Ebnui_n and caret-—er, and that the ___b_mi had been authorised to sign and *-_ ths seal of the college to the petition wpM-ag the application of the Otago Uni*e%fara royal charter, lbs report of the committee was adopted b? ths Bond. - IHB STTCTBT BXH-BIXZOV. Afetfer was read from Mr J. A. Bird, the «ae_«y of the local committee of the Sydney It-Mson, asking that the Board would tastt&e loan of certain articles from the «B_ss_a. A letter was also read from Dr. Blast, exprs-sing h_ opinion that it would ast he advisable to grant the request, The Utters wen referred to the Museum e-23_iu.ee. The Board then adjourned.