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Board is, however, of opinion that one Government School in a good central position would efficiently perform the work which has hitherto been divided between the two schools above mentioned, and it has intimated to the authorities of the Oxford Church School that the grant which the school at present enjoys is to be looked upon as only a temporary one, it being considered desirable that an Educational District should be formed in the locality.
With regard to the Papanui Wesleyan School, which was in existence previous to the year 1864, the Committee have considered it advisable that it should be closed, and are desirous that a District School, managed by a Committee elected by the ratepayers, should be established at Papanui.
Of the schools to be added to the list of those in operation last year, the Addington and St. John’s Schools, both in Christchurch, though previously in existence, have only lately come under Government inspection.
The Lyttelton High School is now included among the Ordinary Schools, and is in receipt of a special grant.
The Stoke, Kowai Pass, Waihi, and Halkett Schools have been established in regularly constituted Educational Districts.
A special grant is given towards the maintenance of the Scotsburn School, which is situated at the foot of Mount Peel, a part of the country too thinly populated to maintain a District School.
Schools will immediately come into operation in the Killinchy and Greenpark (near Lake Ellesmere) Districts, and steps have been taken for the establishment of others at Weeden’s, West Melton, Selwyn, New Brighton, Geraldine, and on the Mandeville Plains.
Public meetings of the residents in the Heathcote Valley, Timaru, and Halswell Districts respectively, have been held, and in accordance with resolutions passed thereat, the schools in these districts have been brought under the management of Committees elected as provided by “The Education Ordinance, 1864.”
The amounts paid out of the Treasury for the erection of the buildings in the new Educational Districts alluded to above, have been as follows:—
Stoke—Schoolroom and Master’s House ... ... £240 0 0
Kowai Pass ” ” ” ... ... £237 0 0
Waihi ” ” ” ... ... £250 0 0
Halkett ” ” ” ... ... £238 12 6
The following sums have also been paid for building and other purposes connected therewith:—
North Kowai—Balance of Grant in Aid ... ... £54 14 9
Broadfield—Erection of Schoolroom ... ... £107 8 0
Mount Grey Downs—Sinking of Well ... ... £25 0 0
Halswell—Repairs to Buildings ... ... £12 0 0
The amounts contributed locally by the various districts being paid into the Treasury, are included in the above amounts. The clause in the Ordinance of 1864, limiting the amount of aid which the Board could grant towards the erection of New Schools to three-fourths of the sums required, was repealed during the last Session of the Provincial Council, and since this alteration in the law, the Board has usually contributed five-sixths of the total cost, the residents finding the remaining one-sixth.
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Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1871, No 24A
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