Correspondence.
To the Editor of the Colonist,
Sir, —As the Education Act is now under consideration by the Council, a, few remarks upon the subject will not be out of place, as it will be too late to complain when it becomes law. I am very much surprised to see the determination of the Council to enforce the tax, when they find it so much oppposed to the wishes of the public. The Central Board; say that it lowers the respect of their office on account of having to sue so many for not paying the rate, and therefore they have managed to favor the Government with this unpleasant part of their duty. But why impose a tax when it is not required, the present grant would enable you to give from <£60 to ,£BO to each school, and this in addition to the children's fees, would place the teachers in a much better position than they are at present, and would be more acceptable to every parent. Our free constitution will be endangered and brought into disrepute by our folly. We make laws at considerable expense, which proves to be of no .other use than to create offices. Well might Sir George Gray say that we were too young for self-government. A FRIEND EDUCATION.
Correspondence.
Colonist, Issue 44, 23 March 1858, Page 2
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