THE LOST CAPITATION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2924, 30 March 1910, Page 33

THE LOST CAPITATION.

FURTHER PROTESTS. ' AUCKLAND, March 23. The decision of the Minister of Education, recently announced, to discontinue the payment of the special capitation grant of 9d per head to school committees was touched upon at the Auckland Education Board to-day. The chairman (Mr C. J. Parr) said the grant to the school committees in this province last . year totalled £51138 10s, and largely helped the committees in carrying out their work. Now, without any warning, the Minister had withdrawn the grant, and his decision had aroused a storm of protest. It would thus be incumbent on school commifctes to make their financial.,. arrangements 'h' accordance with the reduced revenue. .They all deplored the Minister's action irr cutting off the grant. On the motion <of Mr Garland, a motion -was carried expressing regret -.} at the discontinuance of the grant, as it prejudiced the committees' finances. ....

At its last meeting .the Strath-Taieri (Middlemarch) , School Committee ; passed the following resolution:—"That the Otago Education Board be urged to give effect to the request of the Dunedin and Suburban School Committees' Association by paying from the funds of the board the 9d per head capitation subsidy to school committees for the present financial year, and thus help committees' to tide oyer a serious and unexpected deduction of income.'" -..'-.-■