BOARD OF EDUCATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVI, Issue 5358, 18 January 1879, Page 6

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

A meeting f tne Board of Education was held yester lay. Present : —Dr. Campbell (m the ch:ii'). Colonel Haultain, Messrs. May, Prime, O'Rorke, Dargaville, and Luke. ' lis minutes of last meeting were confirmed. District Scholarships.—The report of tee I'x'cut've Committee on the examinations for r'.-s'rict scholarships was read, as fo'lows :—" Your committee have the honour to reri"rt on t!i- examina ion for district scholarship, HoM in Auckl »nd and the Thame, <11 the IStli. 1 Oth, and 20th DcOTitar: SS cir.dnlnt»s attended, GS in Auckland, ir 120 at Thames. Of these, 15 were i.iris 12 in Auckland. 3 at Thames - wr.n cim ■ i; it ' -nirpet ' for certificates of ir. fie'eney. n«ven scholarships were :i:iverti<e:! iiv tin; P.o*rd. Your committee le.'i-.miiwii'! t'iat a scholarship be awarded to evrh of tit" 1»'V 1 numb-red from 1 to 11, in 'li-iv-\ in the li-it appended, an ! that a (•■"t'fi'jifli of proficiency hi; awarded to the hoy mrn'crrd 12, who obtained half marks fir in p ,ch of the prescribed subjects. It wul Uc s from the accomp»nying tabular siatem-i.t tha' Henry McKellar, ""auranja school. g/iiued a high number of marks. DOS K- cannot he recommended for a fcholars!.i' r \ »s he failed to ob'ain half i::i"ks in ari-hm-tic. Several candidates, each of whom obtained a fair number of tr.arl;?, cannot be recommended for certifi-c.it-s of proficiency, as t.hcy failed to reach half marks in one or other of the subjects Vour committee observe with satisfaction tint a larger number of candidates obtained a respectable number of marks at- this examination than at any pr-vions examination.—(Signed) •T. 1,. Cami'KF.LL " The list is as follows :— 1. H. Colebr iok. 13 years, SSI marks, Welles- ' ley-street school ; 2, E. Browning, 14 years, 500 marks. Wellesley-street School ; 3, J. French, 13 ye-<r=, 350 marks, Mount Albert School ; 4, A. Campbell, 14 years, 549 marks, Ponsonby School; W. Henderson, 15 yc-art, 530 marks, Wellesley-street School ; G, J. Kyi.urn, 14 years, 536 marks. Wellcslev-street School ; 7, J. Palmar, 15 vears, 512 marks, Wellesley-street School ; S. K Ryburn, 12 years, 507 marks,'Vfelles-lev-street School ; 9, G. Paul, 13 years, 409 marks, Wellesley-street School ; 10, H. Ifoskins, 14 years, 475 marks, Wellesleystreet School ; 11, J. Christie, 15 years, 475 marks, Kauwaeranga Boys 1 School; 12, F. Hoskings, 15 years, 473 marks. Mercer School.—ln reply to Colonel Haultain, Mr. O'Sullivau, Inspector, st«ted that although some of the qirls who came up for examination got good marks, they did not reach sufficient to be recommended fur certificates of proficiency.—'i'he report was adopted. Land Tax Yalveks.—At the last meeting of the I'.j-.rd a resolution was passed in consequence of two teachers having been apaupointed laud tax valuers, calling their attention to the regulations, which prohibited them from accepting any office without the sanction of the Bjard.—Mr. May said that he had seen the Commissioner, and ascertained that the work could be done during the holidays without interfering with the schoo-teacher's duti-s in the work of the school —There was no action taken. Reserves Revenues. —In reference to the apportionment of revenues from reserves a question hat' arisen at last meeting. The Commissioner asked the Board what amount tuey claimed. In the Provincial District of Auckland there are two educational districts, —one the Auckland district, and the other the Hawke's Bay district, the latter having Cook's County and a portion of Wairoa, in thi3 province The question at issue was, whether the revenue should be claimed on the basis of the population o: each province, or in proportion to area claimed by each educational dist.ict within the province. Before replying, the Board had referred the question to -Mr. Lusk, their solicitor, and the Secretary read liis opinion. It was to the effect that as regarded the apportionment of the revenue of reserves, it should be in proportion to population in the Auckland district on tke one hand, aud that Hawkes's Bay should claim in proportion to the population of Cook County and Wairoa. It was decided to lodge the Board's claim in accordance with their solicitor's opinion.— Colonel Flanltain thought the Hawke's Bay Board would be entitled to claim the revenue arising from endowments in their district, but Mr. May pointed out that the Act only referred to a division of the revenue, irrespective of the locality in which the endowment was situated. Hamilton. —Tn.is iras aa application to enlarge the school. —The Inspector said there was no urgent necessity. The school was r.ew, the number on the roll was about 130, aud there was accommodation for over 100 scholars The consideration of tke matter was postponed. There was also an application from the same district for two water-tanks, aud i: was agreed to supply them. Hoeiaxg.l —It was agreed to continue the present teacher in office for another quarter. KAu\va !:i:A y <;a. —This was an application for a sewing mistress. It appeared that in consequence of the crowded state of the girls' school, a number of girls had to be admitted to the boys' school, and the application was for a se.ving mistress for those. The local committer recommended that the sewing teacher in the girls' school should devote one day in the week to the girls attending the boys' school.—lt was agreed to endorse the recommendation of the committee. Kawakawa. — The contractor for the srection o£ the school applied for an extensionof time, on account of the difficulty of procuring timber. —Tke application was recommer.de-l by Mr. Allright, engineer, and granted. Whangap.ei —The transfer of a teacher v. as agreed to. .Makctc.—The tender of Mr. Wishart (£403) for the c-rcction of a school was accepted. Mantkai* Heads.—Mr. Griffiths was appointed teacher of a school at M uiukau Heads, on ;h recommendation of Captain Wing. The necessity for a school at this site wa3 previously acknowledged by the Board. Mekcer. —The proposed change of teacher was deferred uutil the new committee came into office. Ponsonby.—ln thi3 district the Ponsonby Hall has been used as a school-room. The application was for £10, for repairing damages to the hall. Mr. Allright reported that he did not think there was more damage than ordinary wear and tear. In reply to Mr. Dargaville, it appeared the Board was paying £60 a-year rent for the hall. He said it had been used for a skating rink and other purposes. One of the claims was that the wall-paper had been soiled by the children's heads. He moved that the application be not entertained. The motion was agreed to. There was a recommendation from Mr. Mahoney, architect, that the new school site be fenced in. The estimated eo3t was £130. The matter was referred to the Executive. Committee. Tamaki West —The tender of Mr. George Heron (£365) for the erection of the school building was acc-pted. It was considerably below the estimate. Waiotaiit.—T:.e appointment of Miss Hogarth, as pupil teacher, was sanctioned. Public I.n;nu:rES.—Mr. O'Rorke asked when the B .ard proposed to apportion the vote for public libraries. He was in no hurry, bnt many were anxious to know what was to be done. —The Chairman said that a new element had notv been introduced in reg .rd to school libraries, and the subject would have to be considered, and due notice given. The meeting then adjourned for a week.