CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6566, 2 December 1882, Page 5

CITY SCHOOLS COMMITTEE.

Tile regular meeting of the City Schools Cointnittfce waa held last evening at the .Jvekon-street school. Present : Mr. Schmidt (chairman), Messrs. Thwaites, Campbell, JlcXab, and. McMaster, Mr. Carr apologised feu" his unavoidable absence owing to an accident. District SciiOL\n.saiPS. — The Secretary of the Boanl of Education wrote stating that the Board proposed to hold the annual examination of candidates for district scholarships at the Wcl!cs!ey-atreet school on 4he 19th and two following days. The number of candidates for whom provision would be required was ]20, and the Bsard would feel obliged by the committee making t!;e usual arrangements aa in former years for this purpose. It was agreed that the committee instruct Mr. Worthingtou to carry out the arrangement as in previous years, r.nd that a reply be scut to the Bjard of Kducation, that their request would ba complied with. Plvygii-ju.nb.s. — The Secretary of the Board of Education wrote acknowledging receipt of a letter ia regard to providing suitable playgrounds for the city schools. In reply, he staled that the Board was in communication with the Government on the subject. The letter was received. The Water' Supply at Wγ-lleslet-svkket School. —Mr. Worthiiigtoa, the headmaster, -wrote that the water meter for the last quarter showed a ecmsrinpcion of 531,000 gallons. He could not understand it. The water was turned on for seven hours daily for five days of each week, or 420 honrs in the quarter, and the consumption, as charged for, was at the rate of 21 gallons per minute.—The Secretary said he had gone to the Borough Council Office on the subject, and the turncock was asked whether he had not made a mistake. He ".vent back axd tested the meter, and foniul it correct. The only conclueion that could be arrived at was that the water had been allowed to run all the time. It appeared that the consumption of water was threo times greater than that of last quarter.—Mr. TnVaites said that he had been informed that the water meters in stock were unsatisfactory, that they could be tampered with, and that all the water could be run through them and show no record, or that every gallon could be made to register as 10.—It was finally agreed, on the motion of Mr. McNab, "That the whole correspondence on the subject be forwarded to the Board of Education." Beriwkoiid-street Librarv.— The headmaster wrote stating that the net proceeds of the recent entertainment in aid of the library fund was £6, asking the committee to request the Board of Education to grant a similar amount in books or otherwise. It was agreed to make the application. Scholarship Pupils.—Mr. Brabazon reported that four pupils hai been prepared for scholarship examinations from his school, but only one had brought his certificate of age, and the others were disqualified.—The secretary was instructed to ascertain whether the candidates had been notified that They must bring tip their certificates of sge, and to request the Board to admit the three pupils to examination. Accounts.—A statement of accounts was submitted. There is £23 to the credit of the committee, and the outstanding liabilities amount to £60. There are two months to run before the committee will have any further funds available.—lt was agreed thn the chairman should interview the Board of Education on the subject.