BOARD OF EDUCATION.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7782, 30 October 1886, Page 3

BOARD OF EDUCATION.

The meeting of the Board of Education was held yesterday, at their office*, Victoria Arcade. Present: Messrs. S. Luke (chair* man), Lennox, Udy, Clark, Upton, Goldie, and Carr. The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed.

Newton West School.-- following tenders were received, for additions and alteration* to Newton West sohool :—A, Burns, £894; W. E. Manghan and Co., £939 : J. T. Julian, £950 ; W. Hutchinson and Son, £968. John Aiokin and W. J. Sntnmerell, £975; W. H. Barriball, £979 10* ; Henry Pitta, £980 ; H. E. Brabazon, £10Mj Kretsoham and Small, £1025; John Thompson, £1119 ; W. Stephenson, £1153. An informal tender was also received. The tender of Mr. A. Burns was accepted. Waipu North River.—The tender of John J. McKay, for painting teacher's house for £5 16b, was accepted. Chairman's Report. — The Chairman's report stated that the sohool at Kaitaia had been closed by order of the committee, on account of whooping cough. Conveyance deed for site of sotaool at Karaka had been returned to Mr. W. Glasson, of New South Wales, for verification in terms of the Property Law Consolidation Aot, 1883. Specifications for painting No. 2 sohool building at Katikatl North, with instructions to call for tenders. Tenders had been invited for additions and improvements to school buildings at Mercer. ' At Totara the sohool had been dosed on aooount of epidemic. Resignations had been received from Miss R. M. Matthews, third assistant teaoher Girls High School, andKuphemiaNeilson, pupil teaoher, Mangere. The report was adopted. Onkhunqa School Masters hip.Twenty five applications were received for the vacancy of the headmasterahip of Onehnnga Sohool. Mr. Clarke proposed that the names should be referred to the Training College Visiting Committee to select not more than three, whose names should be sent to the Onehunga Committee. Mr. Goldie moved, as an amendment, "That the names of suitable candidates should be selected by the Visiting Committee of the Training College, and to be placed in the order in which they were recommended for the consideration of the Board." Mr. Goldie'e amendment was oarried. Auckland City.—A letter was reoeived in reply to one from the aooountant, stating that £350 had been paid to the credit of the Auckland city committee at the Bank of New Zealand for school fund allowanoea to December 31, 1886, pointing out that that sum was entirely inadequate for the purpose of carrying out the committee's work, and asking for a reconsideration of the allowance. The attendance at the oity schools was about 2300, and for that attendance the Board had received from Government the sum of £575, and handed to the committee the £350, leaving £225 in the bands of the Board. The committee asked for a more liberal allowance to be made. Reply to be itent that the Board did not see their way towards increasing the grant to the school fund. GrajTon Road.The committee asked for a grant of books to the library at Grafton Road Hohool. £5 granted. Hokianqa.—A letter was read from L orintz Kehterar, respecting an offer he had made by telegraph to lease the old school buildings at Hokianga, and stating that the chairman of the dissolved sohool committee had taken possession of the premises. A letter was alio received from Mr. Martin, the chairman of the Committee, stating that the premises had been let to Mr. Kobert Flood at a rental of 5a per week, and enclosing the (am of £1 for the first month's rent. He had been asked by their late Resident Magistrate to allow some of the special settlers to make übo of the building, aa they were without means, The action of the committee was approved.

Honda. —An application was made from Hunua for grant for repairs to teacher's house. The chairman of the committee also stated that tbey adhered to the boundary of the present Hunua Road Board boundary as that for the school district. Letter to be referred to the Drury committee. Kabo. — A letter was read from Joseph Hare, offering the house known as the Temperance Boardinchouse, for sale, for the purpose of a teachers residence. Referred to the School Committee. ,<

MAHDRANOt Heads.—An estimate was forwarded from Mahurangi Heads, giving estimate of the cost of fencing the Maburangi West and Mahurangi Heads school grounds. The first would cost £24, and the second £9 Very few of the residents were willing to pay more towards the oost, and thought the Board should do the work. The committee could only contribute £2. Application declined. Mangatapkrb.—•An application was received for a grant for the school library. £5 granted. Nkwtov.—A letter was received from Mr. Allright respecting the cost of filling in the ground and fence for the encloaement of the playground at Bast School. He had seen some of the committee on the ground, as requested. The allotment was 75 x 100, and it would be necessary to oarry the pailiug round part of the end of thd lot. The coat, including filling, backing, gravel, and paling would be about £142. That would make the whole of the ground available. A stone wall 5 feet high, and the earth sloped down to the top of the wall with fenoe on top, would be about £139, but that would not give no large an area. Deferred. Ohinemdei.—A letter was received from the school committee Stating that they considered the present state of things at Owhsroa and Mackayiown was preferable to a full time school at Karangahake. Mo new school to be recommended. Parnkll.—A letter was read stating the Paroell School Committee had resolved that Wood and Pollard should attend the next meeting of the Board as to the advisability of settling the eastern boundary of the Parnell school ground. Deferred for ft week. Point Ohkvalikr. —**ites were offered for a school, for -which the Board had invited an offer for £300. Mr. (J. H. Osmond wrote for Messrs. Gladding and Peet, stating that they could not take less than £400 for the site in Gladdiug-Street, for which the Board had offered £300. From Messrs. Martin and Jackson, an offer of land at Point Chevalier, was made, from two to nine acres, belonging to Mr. Chester, at £100 per aore. Offers were also received from Mr. Osmond of sites in the Gladstone estate of 1£ acres for £300, £ aore for £400, 12 acres and dwellinghouse for £550, and from Mr. Randerson of nearly 1$ acres for £275. On the motion of Mr. Upton, it was resolved "That the consideration of the matter by the Board should stand over for the present, the prices asked for the land being considered too high, and that Mr. Bollard be written to respecting an offer of land new the Asylnm." Accounts were passed, and the Board then went into committee.