CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 267, 8 October 1875, Page 2

CENTRAL BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Thitbsdat, OcroEßß 7. Present— Messrs Barnicoat (Chairjnan), Campbell, the Bishop of Nelson, Atkinson, Bout, "Wastney, Simmons, Gkmlstone, Tammfc, Fell, Broad, HUI, Holder, Martin, Talbot, Cresswell, Malcolm, Webster, Buddie, Smith, Thorpe, and Pattie. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Besolved, That £5 be struck off the block cheque for teachers' salaries, as being an over-payment to. the Town Committee, and unauthorised by the Board. jggjp Mr Deneker obtained leave Ho postpone till next meeting the consideration of the plans for an addition to the Upper Moutere School. The Secretary was instructed to acknowledge the receipt of a letter from the Chairman of the Upper Moutere Education Committee referring to the grant to that Committee. Mr Tarranfc having reported that, in his opinion, the present wel^ at if eudorf onght to be deepened, it was v resolved that £15 be allowed for improving the water supply at Neudorf. The Committee appointed to report to the Board on the classification of , schools obtained leave to defer their report until next meeting. Resolved, after a division, that the question of the increase of the salary of the master of the Stoke school be reconsidered, and that the consideration of raising the salaries of all teachers standing in a similar position be referred to the Finance Committee, with the view of increasing all such salaries, if the funds will admit of it. Ayes, 14s— Messrs Broad, Fell, Webster, Bout, Tarrant, Smith, Hill, Talbot, Goulstone, Pattie, Simmons, Atkinson, Deneker, the Bishop of Nelson. Noes, 6— Messrs Martin, Cresswell, Holder, Thorpe, Malcolm, Buddie. The application of the Dovedale Committee for £10 was refused. The Secretary was instructed to ask the Pangatbtara Committee to send in a specific application for the amount required by them, in addition to the Committee allowance. Mr Eout having asked if the master of the Ist Division of the Bridge-street School holds a certificate from the Board of Examiners and the Central Board, the Secretary replied that no certificate had been issued by the Examiners to the master of Bridge-street school Eesoived, That the Secretary be authorised to pay to the credit of the Town Committee the salary of the head-master of Bridge-street school f6r the month of October when it "shall become due. * J Resolved, That this Board condoned the action of the Local Committee for the City of Nelson in having conditions ally appointed a teacher without a' special certificate, but considers that if* four months were to have been allowed; for preparation, an opportunity should' have been given to others to apply for the vacancy. KesolveiTThat the reading-room at Brunnerton be hired temporarily as a^ school-room, at a rental-xjfrSs weekly. Resolved, That the Secretary be authorised io obtain fFQmxf competent =

bailder plaaa mi sfe^jßcafaons of fehe new baildings auihoris&U.by,-the Board. .The requisition of fche^Gobden Coin^ ipittee, which was aenfc'^ after the appointed time, wa» referred to the. finance Committfe. ' XKeaolved i, That MpTarrant be thanked : by the Board for hia report on the water-supply afc Neudorf. A letter was read from* Mr C. Taylor, offering a quarter of an acre of land as "a site for a school in the new township , that he is laying pufc near- Brunnerton. The Secretary was instructed to thank Mr Taylor, and to inform him that the Inspector will confer with him on the matter on his visit to Brunnerton. in November. The consideration of the following J resolution of the Cobden Committee in reply to the Board's recommendation, . "that Mr Dinan^ children should be readmitted to Cobden School," was postponed until next meeting. Resolved, -" That to re-admit Mr Dman J 8 children to the Cobden .school would be likely to injuriously afFeefc%te discipline of the school; the Committee, therefore, humbly beg to decline to make an order for their admission." Besolved; That the further consideration of the question of* the site and building lor Weatporfc be postponed until after the Inspectotf's intended visit in November. The Secretary was instructed to re- 1 quest the Superintendent to convey H? the Board the site on which the Bridgestreet school ia built. • I The Secretary was instructed to communicate with the Collingwood Committee with reference fa the constituting of a new Education district^ on the left bank of the Aorere river^y^ Resolved, That £4i be allowed to/Mr Dixon, to reimburse him for exgfenses to which he had beenVput owingto his house not being habitable when he was appointed to Collingwood school. Mr Parkes 1 offer of £2 10s per annum for the Eighty - eight Valley reserve ,wj»s declined, but the Secretary was instructed to offer thß reserwp to Mr Parkes i^jr fourteen years Tat a yearly rental os\threepence per acre. Mr Knapp's letter as to the division fence between Mrs White's land and the Spring Grove school ground was referred to the Spring Grove Com-/ mittee. / The Town Committee was authorise/a to employ a second assistant at the Preparatory school at £24i per annum. The Secretary was instructed to inform Mrs Collins, of Charleston, that the Board sees no reason to alter its •former decision as to a third subsidy at Charleston, and that it cannot supply/ books and maps to her school. - / - Resolved, That a clock be procured for the Board room. Resolved, That the Secretary remind all teachers of subsidised schools that, in accordance with the rules lately issued, accounts in detail of the schoolfees received, must be forwarded to the Inspector at the close of each quarter, • and fchafrthe payment of subsidies will be contingent on f his being done. The further Consideration of the following suggestions, made by the Inspector was postponed until nexfc meeting : 1. That; the girls now attending the Town Preparatory school remain there under the charge of a mistress, the name of Third Division, Hardy-street 1 , being subsfifcuted for thafc of Preparatory school; 2 That the boys at present attending the Preparatory school be transferred to a new- room to be added to the Bridge-street schools, and to be called the Fourth Division, Bridge-street; school. The following notices of fclltion were then given : — 1. By Archdeacon — That £21h& set apart to defray the expenses of ¥ special inspection of the West Coast schools by the Inspector in November.- • , . 2. By the Bishop of Nelson— Thafc a permanent sub-committee of the Board be appointed, to whom may be referred* all questions concerning the erection or repair of buildings or fencing of lands belonging to the Board; their report on all applications to be* laid before the Board at its monthly meetings. r---3. By Mr Campbell—That, in the opinion of this Board, the time has: arrived when the system of augmentation should be discontinued, and that the Finance Committee be requested to prepare a report, to be laid before the Board at its next meeting, giving each teacher a fixed salary. Bank overdraft, October 7 : £299 18s Bd. , J