CATHOLIC EDUCATION

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 30, 29 October 1932, Page 7

CATHOLIC EDUCATION

Meeting of Trust Board WORK IN WELLINGTON Bequests and donations made to Catholic education since the establishment of the Wellington Trust Board have totalled £12,000. It was reported at the board’s twentieth annual meeting, held this week, that this year £2OO had been left by the late Miss .Margaret Kent and £2O by the late Mr. John Forbes. The annual report disclosed a deficiency of £443 in the ordinary revenue account for the year, which is attributed to the prevailing depression, and the next year’s report would reflect the effect of the recent legislation in regard to the reduction of interest. It is estimated that the annual revenue from interest on the board’s securities would be reduced by £lBO. The receipts for the year in the ordinary revenue account, excluding the bequests which are credited to capital fund, totalled £2388, the main items being the Sunday penny collection, £967; interest from investments totalled £915; annual schools social by the combined Wellington parishes, £140; St. Patrick’s concert, £122; property account, £65; special annual church collection, £105; donations, £73, £52 of which was donated by His Grace Archbishop Redwood. The expenditure totalled £2388,' the principal items being teachers’ salaries £2204, maintenance expenses £354, insurance, interest, etc., £192, administration expenses £Bl. The Sunday penny collection for the year was £967, and was £76 below the amount collected the previous year. The aggregate total of the penny collection since the inauguration of the board is £15,817, a striking illustration of how pence make pounds. The year was most successful in regard to the examinations conducted by the Government inspectors. Pupils to the number of 130 sat for the proficiency examination, and of this number 126 secured passes, while the remaining four received competency certificates. Twelve primary schools are under the jurisdiction of the board, and the number of pupils on the roll at the end of the year was 1800; 915 boys and 895 girls are taught by a staff of nine Marist Brothers and 31 Sisters of Mercy, and six Sisters of the Sacred Heart. ■ The capital fund of the board is £24,008, and the aggregate totals of the principal items of revenue are: Boxing Day picnic and special church collections, £2082; St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, £3004; annual schools social, £2887; interest from investments, £8249 ; penny collections, £15,817; donations, bequests, etc., £12,000. His Grace Archbishop O’Shea, who presided, expressed his pleasure at the success of the year’s results, in spite of the depression, and paid a tribute to the work of the officers and members of the board. The election of officers of the board for the ensuing year resulted as follows :— Patron, his Grace Archbishop Redwood ; chairman, his Grace Archbishop O’Shea; vice-chairman, Mr. J. J. L. Burke; lion; treasurer, Mr. J. G. Roaehe; hon. secretary, Mr. P. D. Hoskins; trustees, the Rev. Father Mahony, S.M., and Messrs. J. J. L. Burke and J. G. Roache; hon. auditors, Messrs. W. H. Giles and J. Stratford.