Education Board.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6910, 23 February 1894, Page 3

Education Board.

At a meeting of the Hawke's Bay Education Board on Tuesday, the following correspondence was dealt with :— From the Governors Gisborne High School, forwarding £275, half-year's subsidy. ! From Matawhero, stating that the funds voted would not supply a range. — A sum of . £6 was voted. Ir^m Ormond, stating that there was a balanccleft out of the Board's grant, and the committee «^ked permission to expend it in erecting a Shelter shtd, the committee finding the balance of "the money required. — Agreed to. From JPatutahi, complaining that the master did not carry outHbo Inspector's time-table ; also, asking the Board to pay for a school bell and mountings. — T&apoeared that the school was backward, and tlretlrrupector had suggested that tho school should

be kept open half an hour longer each day. — Master's attention to be called to Inspector's memorandum, with recommendation that he should attend to the suggestions made. — The committee had bought the bell after the Board had refused a grant for the purpose, and the claim was not entertained. From Port Awanui, reporting that the £100 required towards a school building could not be raised. — The Board could not offer better times. From Mr Caldwell, near Tolago Bay, and a neighbor, asking the Board to assist in boarding their four children at Tolago Bay, so that they could attend school. — No funds available for such a purpose. From Waerenga-a-hika, asking the Board to re-consider its decision to pay the master only half salary during sickness.—Regulations must be observed. From the Education Department, agreeing to pay capitation on the working average, instead of the strict average, for the March quarter. The following appointment was confirmed: — Miss Amy Hair, pupil teacher, Gisborne. Mr Gilberd, on behalf of the Napier School Committee, asked permission under clause 78 of the Act to establish a savings bank in connection with the school, and the request was granted. Port Awanui asked final decision of Board re school. The £100 required could not be raised. — Board cannot grant more than £150.