EDUCATION ENDOWMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12903, 14 February 1906, Page 5

EDUCATION ENDOWMENTS.

Per Press Association.

BLENHEIM, February 13.

A circular which was read at the meeting cf th- Miirlb.-i! l.:>:id 80-.rd notified tl-i \..r C'-iiinc; h;;d decided •:••. .-£•: ;.p.;r; 1.000.000 acres of Crown land as an education endowment, the basis of tjie distribution among the several land districts to be in proportion to the number cf children in each education district. I: is proposed to devote one-half of die revenue derived from these endowments to primary, one qnarter to secondary, and one quarter to technical education.' The

lands are to be selected from three cla*«es of land, namely, blocks sot yet placed in the market, surveyed or unsurveyed, those advertis<*d in the Land Guide, and those held and unoccupied under pastoral license. The circular asked the Commissioner of Crown Lands to recommend reservations. The average number of children attending primary schools in Marlborough in 1904 was 1629. The quota of land required to be set apart in Marlborough would, therefore, be about 14,000 acies. In the discussion, members of the Board expressed the opinion that 14,000" acres would not be a fair allowance for such a large total area of land as Marlborough possesses in proportion to population, more especially as this province never had a fair share of educational endowments. The nutter was deferred until the Commissj«-<i)er had prepared his recommendations.