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APPENDIX A.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
(Quarter ending March, 1865).
ORDINARY SCHOOLS.
SUMMARY REPORT, &c., OF INSPECTOR.
To the Honorable H. J. Tancred,
Chairman.
Sir,—I have the honor, in obedience to your instructions, to submit a tabular summary of the quarterly returns as to attendance, and a schedule as to the efficiency of the schools examined, both for the quarter ending March 31.
It will be seen from the tabular summary that during the quarter the number of attendants has been 1779; a decrease of 29 on the former quarter.
The average daily attendance 1074; a decrease of 146.
The amount of school fees £550 3s. 8d.; a decrease of £74 16s. 1d.
The decrease in school fees is proportionable with that in the average attendance; but the latter is greatly in excess of that in the number of attendants; this is due to sickness and the recovery from it having interrupted the attendance of many for the bulk of the quarter.
It is satisfactory, however, to observe a considerable and general increase on the corresponding quarter of 1864.
The foregoing statistics relate to the 32 ordinary schools aided by the Board, including in that number the new school at Saltwater Creek, which commenced in March.
It will be seen from the schedule as to efficiency, that the number of schools examined during the quarter has been 13, including 583 children. The harvest, sickness, and other causes have materially interfered with the routine work of the quarter. I have occasionally visited several of the schools, which I found from such causes unprepared for examination.
The stock in the Educational Depot, consisting now of about £300 worth of school books and apparatus, has been sorted and re-arranged, together with two large consignments from England.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
J. P. RESTELL,
Inspector of Schools.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1866, No 37
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Quarterly Report of the Board of Education for March 1865
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🎓 Education, Culture & ScienceEducation, Board of Education, School Attendance, School Fees, School Efficiency
- J. P. Restell, Inspector of Schools