THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN.

Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 48, 24 August 1895, Page 4

THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN.

4> Mr. Hogg has taken a Budden and violent antipathy to the Wellington Technioaj Sohool. Not only is he questioning the Minister as to the power of Boards to devote money to the teaohing of " the higher branohes of drawing, painting, modelling, wood-carving, and deoorative arts," but yesterday be attacked the School in the House, when, after reading from a prospeotus the things taught (inolnding plumbing, Ao ),he said all theße were no doubt useful aooomplishmecta, bntauoh sohools should not be oarried on with funds "provided by the people for primary education. It was a diversion and misappropriation of the funds to do so Something like .£2OOO a year must be spent on this sohool whUe country sohools were starved, and aU to benefit a few sons and, daughters of merchants. The apepoh evidently did not meet with tha approval of the House, for it wag nearly drowned in a hum of conversation, and it oonoluded amidst derisive cries of " Time" and " Can't hear." Here are the occupations of the " sons and daughters of Wellington merohant*," described by Mr. Hogg. It is from the Education report,* and shows the oalling of each- of last year's students at the evening classes : — Engineers 30; watchmaker, 1; fitter, 1; blacksmiths, 5; ioiners, 6; oarpenters, 8j carriage, builders, 2; cabinetmakers, 2; plumbers48 s printers, 2 ; wood-turner, 1 ; dress, maker, 1 ; engraver, 1 ; olerks, 11 • photographers, 2 ; painters, 2; arohiteota' assistants. 2; draughtsmen, 8; surveyor, 1; KJokieller, 1; artteaoher, 1; lithographer .; messenger 1; brioklayers, 31 book! binder, 1 j opal-worker, 1 ; Sent st.l; woodowver, I, teachers, 19; soholars, 17: Civil rT™ 1 ' P'tom-makers^; sign-writers, 5 monumental masons, 2; brass-founders 2 ; coppersmith, 1 ; drain-layer. 1 • brass- finiiher, 1; omoe-boy, l V water nspeotor, 1; solicitor, 1; stonemason, 1 } ournalist, 1; atudenti, 7; ironmonger Idraper, 1; »toreman, 1; law olerk, 1; eled tneian, 1 , builder, 1. The expenditure on acoount of the school la«t year, according to

the Education Beport, was £1615 12s 7d, and the receipts were £036 17a 6d in students' fees and .£IOO of Government grant. The cost of the work done by the sohool in connection with primary education, whioh in. oludos instruction to teachers and pupilteachers, primary-scholarship holders, inspeotion of drawing in schools, examination of schools and examination of teaoherß in drawing, was therefore .£B7B ISs Id, whioh was further reduced by the Bum of .£27 11b sd, for fees and the salo of old lead from the plumbing olasses.