MEETING OF CITY SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5562, 25 January 1879, Page 2

MEETING OF CITY SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

The adjourned meeting of the city school committees was held last night ; Mr. Woodward in the chair. The Yen. Archdeacon Stock gave some additional particulars relative to the St, Peter’s Penny Bank, and made some proposals to alter the rules of that bank so as to suit school committees. After some conversational discussion, it was resolved that it was advisable to introduce the system of penny banks in connection with the various schools in the educational district of Welling.on. The Chairman drew attention to the fact that the school hours were fixed by the Education Board, instead of by the committees, as provided by law. The question of the proper authority to give holidays was also discussed. It was also resolved that the joint school committees hold a meeting on the second Friday in each quarter, and that copies of the resolutions passed be sent to the various school committees, and that the chairman of the Thorndon school be requested to convene the quarterly meeting. The folio .ving are the rules of the children's bank:—l. No sum more than twelve pence will be received on deposit evenings from any contributor. First deposit may exceed twelve pence. 2. The bank will be open on each Tuesday, Rom 6.30 to 7.30 p.m. 3. The monies received will be invested in the Government Post Office Savings Bank. 4. No interest will be given on any sum less than ten shillings, or for any time less than three clear months. 5. Interest will be given at the same rate as that given by the Government Post Office Savings Bank. 6. Each depositor must be careful not to lose his or her pass-book, for although tho officers of the bank will take all due precaution to prevent money being given to the wrong person, the bank shall not be bound to make good any loss which may arise through the pass-book being presented by any person other than its owner. This rule also refers to the representative of any depositor who may have died. 7. The incumbent, churchwardens, and vestry of St. Peter’s are security for the stability of the bank. 8. Depositors may withdraw their deposits, or any portion of them, on any Tuesday, after one week’s notice. 9. A full statement of tho accounts will be published in each annual report of the parish. 10. The vestry of St. Peter's reserves to itself the right of modifying or rescinding any of tho above rules, and of making new ones.