ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XV, Issue 30, 18 November 1887, Page 15

ROMAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS.

The following is the text of Mr. Pyke's Bill :— Whereas the Roman Catholics of New Zealand have established and are maintaining pnmaiy schools throughout the Colony for the purpose of giving education to Roman Catholic youth, and it is meet thai the conscientious convictions of Roman Catholics in regard to eduottion should be respected, and that their schools should be recognised by the State in so far as they give secular education i And wh Teas they contribute equally to the taxation by whicn State schools are supported, and the attendance at the State schools in large centres of population is considerably diminished by the number of children attending Roman Catholic schools, whereby the cost to the v tate of primary education is lessened, and it is just and right that such Roman Catholic schools should receive a capitation allowance for children attending thereat : Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, aa follows :—

1. The Short Title of this Act ia " The Roman Catholic Sohools Act, 1887." 2. Every Roman Catholic school which is conducted ia accordance with the provisions of " The Education Act, 1877," and the regulations framed thereunder, in respect of the qualifications o£ teachers, the coursa of instruction, attendance at school, and inspection by an Inspector of the Board of Education, shall be deemed to be a public school within the meaning of the said Act.

3. iivery such school shall be entitled to receive a capitation allowance equal to two-thirds of the allowance granted to public schools established under the said Act : Provided that no such school shall be entitled to a share in such funds unless the average number of pupils attending the same be fifty or more.