ANNUAL ELECTIONS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

Timaru Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2293, 26 January 1882, Page 3

ANNUAL ELECTIONS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEES.

, ST. ANDREWS. , A public meeting of the householders was . held m the ichoolroom on Monday evening, . the 23rd inst., at 7.30, for the purpose of receiving the report and electing a new Committee for the year. The BsY. L. C. Brady waa unanimously elected to preside over the ( meeting, which, he did by proceeding to read ) the circular received from the Education ; Office directing the meeting to bo held, 110 then read the following report of the ComI mittee'a proceedings for the past yoir : — I "Gentlemen, — Your Commitleo. m complance with ihe Kduoa'i>n Ait of 1877. liave great, pleasure m submitting a report of proceedings during their tern) of office. Very satiaftctory progrets bas been made m the tohool during the post year, a* evidenced by the increased attendance, chiefly owing to (he undiminiahed confidence reposed m Mr Bone, the teacher, by both parents and scholars alike. The school was primarily < p-'ned on Januiry 24th, 1881, with 26 on the roll, and the following summary will doubtless be of interest as ehowing the steady progreis above alluded to, notwithstanding that sll children under five years of oge hare been excluded sinca the let of July list, by order of the Education Department at Wellington :— The average attendance Brst quarter w»s 26.77 ; second quarter, 30.6 j third quarter, 83.2 j fouith quarter, 85.90. The opening day of the present year (January 9tb) shewed 43 on the school register (exclusive of those under five years of ft**) and an average attendance for the first week of 88.6. Your Committee, after due consideration, brought »he compulsory clauses of the -Act into force on the 14th Maroh last. At the request of your Committee Mr Bone readily undertook to conduct ao evening school as an experiment, leaving it optional with him to discontinue it should it not prove a suoceis. Tour Committee gladly note that they obtained the eanotion of the Board m July lart for the appointment of a sewing mUtre>s, m the person ot Mri Bone, wbioh must doubtless, prove bentfiobl to tho Urge ptoportiea of girl* attending tht tehool.

o' The school erounda were planted m tbe spring it with pinus insignia and macrooarpa as well a« of Rum reeds being town, but the exceptionally ds <iry character of the ren»on cauteil a signal re failure and the work mu»t. m a great measure [n bo done again. Your Committee have not iy failed t.> keep before (he Board of Education m tin' dump condition nf tbe south side of the is tuich-r's Iruso nnd the south end of tba it sell* olhoupe. Also the fle'ep.datcrt division ie fence at tho ewstern boundary and tbn defec n tiveue«s of tho school chimney. The Inspecif tor has promised that theie matters shall not Is remain much longer m abeyance. Your n Committee have met once a month for the it discharge of ordinary bus'ness, and at various n other limes for business of a special character. !y They hnvo procuroi all the nece.oary eppai, ratus for the proper conduct of tho school ie and comfort of thu children during the year ; 11 and a very successful and picneunt picnic wag >r ht Id on Boxing-Day at tho Pareora St-tion )f (kindly permitted byA'rAndicw Turnbull), Is when every ecliolar was given a lit'le present >f in memory of tbe occasion. In conclusion I, your Committee desire to place on record o thi'ir im>c of indebtedness for tho pxinsif taking interest and valuable assistance, ■v gratuitously rendered to the school by Mi«s i- Bone, and beg to heartily ongratul-ito her on 0 her recent successful achievement m being c placed m tbo premier position at the late f rcholarship examination. An abstract of »c---e count*, duly audited, wi'l be preientel to you c by which it will be sei-n that after discharging - all liabilities a credit balance of £5 4s 8.1 has Ii bnen carried forward ; the accounts have . been carefully and woll kopt by th.H Treoswror b (Mr Hurt), to whom tbo thanks of the Com- ;. mil tee are hereby accorded, as also to Cop--1 lain Lawrell, the auditor, who has bestowed c aow.o pains m auditing them. 3 " (Signed) L. C. Bbadt, 1 "Chairman of Committee." > The report was unanimously adopted. The Treasurer's statement of accounts, 1 which bad been duly audited by Captain ' Lawrell, wos also adopted. ' Tlio meeting then proceeded to elect by 1 ballot the Committee for the ensuing year, - Mr Laurie and Mr Daily acting as scrutineers. ' The ballot resulted m tho election of the ■ Rev. li. C. Brady, and Messrs McPherson, ' Murray, Stowell, Yourg, Williams, and | Sturrook. 1 Mr McLaren proposed a voto of thanks to 1 the C.hi.'iiuian «nd the outgoing Committee 1 for the Tory tfficient D-onnor iv whiuh they ' had discharged their respective duties during 1 the past. year. ' At tho clofe of the meeting tho newly--1 elected Corrmitlee held their first meeting, when tho Eev. L. C. Brady was again elected ' to fi 1 tho ofllco of Chairman, and Mr I). 1 Stowell was appointed Treasurer. It was ' resolved — " That the Committee meet on the second Monday m each month at 7.30 p.m." '■ That a foitnigbt's holiday be granted during 1 tho hnrvest season, to begin on 'lhunday, the ' 261h." In reference to tbe appointment of vUitorn, it was poiuttd out that there waa no provision made for the same by the Education Act, but thnt tbe teacher sh >uld be requtsted to send up to tho School Cornmil tee a monthly report of nil matters wbiub m his opinion may require urgent attention.