Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1870 – No. 21A

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✨ Teachers' Attendance and Fees

BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1869.

ABSTRACT OF TEACHERS' RETURNS AS TO ATTENDANCE AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1869.

List of Schools	Number of Attendants	Averages of Daily Attendance	Amounts of School Fees
	M.	F.	Total \| M. \| F. \| Total \| £ s. d.
Christchurch--St. Michael's	...	...	165 \| 70 \| 40 \| 110 \| 6 a. d.
Wesleyan	...	...	189 \| 100 \| 28 \| 128 \| 163 3 0
St. Andrew's	...	...	43 \| 14 \| 35 \| 49 \| 97 2 6
St. Luke's	...	...	167 \| 62 \| 35 \| 97 \| 193 18 3
Roman Catholic (Boys') &c.	118	116	234 \| 50 \| 60 \| 110 \| 93 17 6
(Girls')	42	146	188 \| 17 \| 66 \| 83 \| 120 16 0
Lyttelton--Church of England	...	...	53 \| 32 \| 13 \| 45 \| 70 17 6
Wesleyan	...	...	57 \| 29 \| 25 \| 54 \| 83 19 8
Governor's Bay North	...	...	32 \| 20 \| 12 \| 32 \| 34 5 0
Governor's Bay	...	...	7 \| 6 \| 4 \| 10 \| 15 4 6
Kaiapoi--Church of England	...	...	34 \| 20 \| 22 \| 42 \| 97 7 6
Wesleyan	...	...	67 \| 35 \| 32 \| 67 \| 119 7 7
Woodend	...	...	42 \| 23 \| 21 \| 44 \| 68 12 6
Saltwater Creek	...	...	28 \| 14 \| 10 \| 24 \| 58 11 3
Mount Grey Downs	...	...	24 \| 8 \| 9 \| 17 \| 22 13 6
Leithfield	...	...	35 \| 12 \| 16 \| 28 \| 44 6 8
North Kowai (new school)*	...	...	6 \| 3 \| 3 \| 6 \| 5 17 6*
Loburn	...	...	24 \| 12 \| 11 \| 23 \| 21 9 4
Ashley Bank	...	...	31 \| 7 \| 6 \| 13 \| 18 2 3
Rangiora (Boys')	105	--	105 \| 63 \| -- \| 63 \| 72 10 0
(Girls')	--	76	76 \| -- \| 41 \| 41 \| 61 19 0
Fernside	...	...	33 \| 19 \| 13 \| 32 \| 48 0 0
Cust Valley	...	...	34 \| 19 \| 16 \| 35 \| 41 7 0
Oxford	...	...	34 \| 15 \| 14 \| 29 \| 42 13 0
Harewood	...	...	52 \| 13 \| 12 \| 25 \| 55 17 6
Eyretown	...	...	21 \| 10 \| 8 \| 18 \| 19 12 6
Flaxton	...	...	23 \| 10 \| 10 \| 20 \| 24 0 0
Courtenay	...	...	24 \| 9 \| 12 \| 21 \| 32 2 3
South Selwyn	...	...	31 \| 14 \| 14 \| 28 \| 18 14 0
Leeston	...	...	45 \| 15 \| 13 \| 28 \| 43 1 0
Southbridge	...	...	31 \| 14 \| 10 \| 24 \| 49 7 0
Springston	...	...	38 \| 13 \| 13 \| 26 \| 60 16 0
Lincoln	...	...	18 \| 6 \| 13 \| 19 \| 40 4 0
Ta-Tepo	...	...	27 \| 15 \| 15 \| 30 \| 80 8 0
Akaroa	48	33	81 \| 20 \| 17 \| 37 \| 67 15 6
Pigeon Bay	22	17	39 \| 17 \| 9 \| 26 \| 68 0 0
Duvauchelle's Bay	23	19	42 \| 13 \| 12 \| 25 \| 49 0 0
Okain's Bay	27	17	44 \| 20 \| 13 \| 33 \| 54 8 6
Little Akaloa	26	20	46 \| 15 \| 14 \| 29 \| 65 1 6
Riccarton	42	51	93 \| 19 \| 22 \| 41 \| 81 4 6
Prebbleton	...	...	24 \| 11 \| 9 \| 20 \| 47 8 4
Templeton	...	...	52 \| 32 \| 20 \| 52 \| 41 9 0
Broadfield	...	...	35 \| 14 \| 16 \| 30 \| 67 5 0
Upper Heathcote	...	...	29 \| 10 \| 9 \| 19 \| 50 1 1
Lower Heathcote	...	...	40 \| 20 \| 15 \| 35 \| 73 8 0
Heathcote Valley	...	...	43 \| 16 \| 14 \| 30 \| 77 6 6
Halswell	...	...	42 \| 20 \| 14 \| 34 \| 73 18 6
Avonside	69	51	120 \| 30 \| 24 \| 54 \| 92 14 6
Papanui--St. Paul's	83	84	167 \| 45 \| 43 \| 88 \| 184 8 0
Wesleyan	60	41	101 \| 23 \| 18 \| 41 \| 64 9 0
North Road	31	17	48 \| 15 \| 10 \| 25 \| 37 17 8
Harewood Road	17	14	31 \| 5 \| 6 \| 11 \| 30 2 6
St. Alban's	58	43	101 \| 34 \| 22 \| 56 \| 93 12 0
Arowhenua	24	28	52 \| 7 \| 12 \| 19 \| 40 8 10
Timaru	123	71	194 \| 59 \| 34 \| 93 \| 163 13 0
Waimate	26	35	61 \| 16 \| 18 \| 34 \| 58 1 6
Totals	2851	1973	4254 \| 1257 \| 1021 \| 2208 \| 3991 10 6

For the four months.

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BOARD OF EDUCATION, 1869.

ABSTRACT OF TEACHERS' RETURNS AS TO ATTENDANCE AND PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1869.

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