THE EDUCATION REPORT.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 5378, 10 May 1879, Page 3

THE EDUCATION REPORT.

't'i^^Slß,— "Ratepayer" in your correspon"u ' "dence column of this morning states, " I 41 idM^JI 6 r ?£^ v sh mucn interest the '■ educaJ.H rio.jtioiial reporb.fo? the district," but surely he never, read it with anything akin to in--t ;,-)f {tejligence, otherwise he could not have 'madejth?, gross mis-statements which appear in hjs.letter. ; y, J.Bt.-/Pn(the I _outer covering of the report '' there is .stated, ."For the ye.ar : ended December 31, 1878, and "Ratepayer" must know that the Napier District School was not built at the close of last year, ; Again, on page 2 of the board's report, ..it is ifuta^F'stated, no new schools have been com- >« iJ> pleted, but school-houses are being; erected ?■'- < V:i at Napier, Olive, Taradale, Waipawa, Takapau, Woodville, and Matawhero." ! < : x.;2nd. In June, 1877, there ; were 27 „„.. ., t - - lT: schools under the board. Of these three , i „,,vere. QatholiCi two.Trust, one Chjurch of - :,-; i i England, . and ■ one United Methodist, r^'l ' ;lea'yjing 20' actual district schools, j In the. - " board.st report for ,1878, it is mehtio^ed that there are 31 schools, omitting the

Catholic and Trust schools. The number on the books on June x 3O, 1877 omitting the Catholic and Trust', schools, was 930, and the average attendance 745; whilst the number- on :tK&i books on December 31st, ' 1878; Admitting the Catholic, Trust, and\ Giaborhe- district schools, was. 1665,: arid the£y;e*age attendance 1340 j showing an inqreaSe in each case of nearly 80; per cen'fcj' * and • this' "Ratepayer" would like: the public to understand "to be - somewhat of a failure!" , ; Before concluding, I would stateithat I have been into the Napier District School, and have every confidence that in a short, time not four hundred but sjeven hundred will be attending it.— l am,|&c, Another Ratepayer. Napier, May 9, 1879. ]' L :;