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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY.
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signatures,
are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate,
and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Honor’s Command,
WILLIAM ROLLESTON,
Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XII.] MONDAY, MAY 1, 1865. [No. XXII.]
ANNUAL REPORT
of
THE BOARD OF EDUCATION,
FOR THE YEAR
ENDING MARCH, 1865.
To His Honor the Superintendent.
Sir—
The Board has the honor to present its Annual Report for the year 1864-5, in accordance with the provisions of the “Education Ordinance, 1864.”
The Board desires, in the first place, to explain that the remarks made in this Report are intended to apply (except where the contrary is expressly stated), to “ordinary schools” alone, in contra-distinction to “superior schools” as defined by the Ordinance.
Since the date of the last Report three new schools have been established—the Ashley Bank, Halswell, and Saltwater Creek schools.
Two schools which had previously lapsed have been revived.
Two schools previously established have ceased to exist.
The schools which have been revived are, one at Wairarapa on the Harewood Road, and one on the North Road near the seven mile peg.
The masters previously employed in these schools having resigned their appointments, it appeared to the Board necessary, before sanctioning any new appointment, to assure itself that the schools would be conducted with efficiency; as their condition was, under previous arrangements, very unsatisfactory.
As regards the former of these schools—on the Harewood Road—the schoolroom, besides being unlined, was not provided with a fireplace of any kind. The natural consequence was that, on the one hand, the attendance of the children was most irregular, particularly during the winter; while, on the other hand, the effect on the health of those who did attend was likely to be very prejudicial.
On these grounds the Board declined to continue the grant unless the evils pointed out were removed; and the result was that the inhabitants of the surrounding district raised among themselves a sum sufficient to place the building in a proper condition, and the accustomed grant was then renewed.
Vol. 12.—No. 22.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1865, No 22
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- William Rolleston, Provincial Secretary