TE AUTE NATIVE COLLEGE.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 5, 6 July 1906, Page 6

TE AUTE NATIVE COLLEGE.

"^REPORT OF TliE COMMISSION, j The Royal Commission appointed to enquire, into the affairs of the Te Aute Native College has presented its report. The commission nnds that, subject to its recommendations, the lands and revenue derived therefrom have, p.s far jis^px-ftctioablo, been so administered as V substantially fulfil the trusts. The .commission recommends,, inter alia : ' ' ihat Ihc Te Aute .Boys' College anJ th» -Hukarore Girls' School be maiiitainetf.as.secondary schools for Maoris, though- --not necessarily exclusive of pupils of European, origin. That it is' Accessary to give prominence in tho • curriculum tp manual and technical instruction in agriculture. T'That the school buildings' bo reconand reorganised, 'and that the 'school be. inspected and reported ou by th"a .Education Department. That tho trustees rbe required "to forward to Minister for Education a copy 'of the scheme defiining the curriculum, -and; if^ that^schemei is not approved by *th? Minister'! a'ffer confer- i enco with ihe headmaster and .the .trus ■t]6^'*tßß;'Jiju6strons'''4n- dispute be referred" to "£ commission consisting of the ;jGlsfcsU:g^ftf: tbe'JMyersrty,.,a person ,^pppjin±ed. by the Governor,- and a. person appointed By the trustees, their conclusion to .be. final and binding. Tlipt the accounts 'be audited at least once a year by a Government auditor, and that a yearly statement of accounts be forwarded to the Education,Depart--ment^'and- published in- -the -Inspector.GeßeraTs annual. rep"brliK> Parliament. , Thai-tnti .trustees' be" empowered to J botfow'-(subject>-"to4he-approval ©f- the' Minister J 1 "on ' CBe^secnrif y of" tfie' Trust's property,, Jfor jhe.purppseof improving, theDrOperty. " - — T-Bai-the- school -buildings Jbe. inspected , annually by, the Djstpict , Health Officer." That legislation be introduced to give -lull -effect: to these recommendations. * ... That ' the religions instruction now given in the school be continued, butthe Bill to- contain- ■liberal" conscience clause*, i- <m -' i• ■* . i . . -" .' .i . . - :; ;W^ANGANin , COLLEGE. Ha regard to' Wanganui College, ' the commission finds., that -the trust has been, .Hubsfaniiialjjr fulfilled^ But expresses -the; opinion that -.the; income -from the <&i-dowment..would-have been . materially" Increased had- the land - been. - drained, ■roattedj 'and' 4 otherwise improved,,- .-tnti subdivided into suitable business and ~resi3enlfaJ ' areas."" " "Although the trustees have i,not>" \ the commission adds, "been_ as ' active as, in our opinion, they should have been, it is only fair to point out that they have been much hampered in their operations, in conse-; qttebee'of their not possessing the power, tcclwriawJ.Eion.ey. fbr.:b.uilding purposes, aml v the- : general -development' and im-•.piwvemenfc.-(subdivision, loading, ' etc.)' vfff ' .tfie" endowine'nt; , " Heretofore the in;Bom^'fronr < tho; endowment has been ab-> 'mrSEil' fif'-the^ v upkeep'"6f"'the .'.school. "lua6S^lp^mejdli..tif*-s^Jaries (whiehy ■we may mention^ in passing, are somewhat inadequate)", - : and Mother 'necessary .working . expenses. The commission makes similar recom- / mendations to those made in regard to Te Aute College, with the addition that the hostel system of boarding be introduced and that the trustees oe capable business men, . that, at least .three of 'them be persons who reside within fifty miles of Wanganui, and that they endeavotur'to'irieet at regular intervals at Wanganui io . discuss matters relating to the "trust: The* commission also recommends that the Inspector-General's pro- 1 posaTJa'as lo the establishment of a High School on the endowment receive favourable consideration in the interests of free education. ,