DESTITUTE CHILDREN.

Otago Witness, Issue 920, 17 July 1869, Page 16

DESTITUTE CHILDREN.

To tlie Editor of the Otaoo Wititos.

Sir— Your correspondent is, by the nature of his avooation, brought into frequent communication with the children of the poorest class ot this community— children of widows— children whose fathers went long •go to the We*t Coast, and have not been heard of sinoe-(*nd those are very many) —children of desertod wives, and children of mother* who are perhaps not wives. Your correspondent, in reply to his enquiries, is informed by these poor, and m ■ome oases much neglected, Uttle things that they receive no education, " Cos mother ain't got no money to pay the school f and it hat occurred |to your correspondent how areat a pity it is that these poor ohildren should be shut out from the benefits of our undoubtedly exoelient educational establish*it is quite probable that there may be some regulation by which the ohildren of very poor people can reoeivo gratuitous eduoation, bat your oorre»pond«nt is not aware of any saoh re»ul»tion. That, if it does exist, it is not known to the persona most oonwrned, U a faot beyond dispute. Your correspondent therefore respectfully sujuresti that the Education Board— the dohooX Cotnmittoe-or whatever body has the regulation ©f fees payable at D«srio» School? should take this nwttf into their earnest consideration, and devwe suon remedy ai ihay may think Ht.— l am, fta,

The oost of the war daring the past year, as stated by Mr Vouel, in a recent spwpb i in SeHoSeof Representative* i»^by £• Wellington Independent to m?o™** > £j as can be asoertained, to L 330,600. but owinß tothepmjmt mode of •f««J*J # 5P ing adopted in the Government om^th* «£U sum oannot be givan, «?« • P«f» «f the aoootmti for 1867-8 w«r« included in lait WsTxpwditarf, while some of the aooonnto not b» for aoowiderabl* *"* Www, >t ia dear enough at any rato, *>*jj*j£» money which could b» raWd tar WW WUi. <s*Aoi.noy Wlls, *o, htfbWraiNd; wl& W^OOO^of llabnitiat ar« known to erisi! iomZfi which the* U torn* U»,000, 3 J; SSoo ol I^.(Wbc»rrowtdtmder Siprovfaoni of *fct f oWlo Art. The war wptadlfcuw I* »«»S«PSKSJ to Lil 000 «*• maximwok rsadwd doriof •lsd *hM pom ttwm&**»