✨ Provincial Education Report
THE
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
PROVINCE OF HAWKE’S BAY.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
J. C. LAMBTON CARTER,
Superintendent.
VOL. 4.] SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1863. [No. 3]
Superintendent’s Office,
Napier, February 20, 1863.
HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the following Reports to be published for general information.
G. T. FANNIN,
Superintendent’s Clerk.
Napier, January 27, 1863.
SIR,—I have the honor to report, for your Honor’s information, on the state of the Schools of this Province at present receiving Government aid under the Hawke’s Bay Education Acts.
At the beginning of the year 1862 there were seven schools so receiving aid, three of which were in this town, and were “Denominational”; at present, I regret to say, there are only three, all of which are in the country, viz., at Clive, at Petane, and at Te Wai-roa: these, however, are all “Common” schools.
Before I proceed to active notice, I may perhaps, briefly remark on those four already alluded to, seeing they all received Government aid during the former part of the year just ended. Of these four, three have been shut up, while one is being vigorously carried on, under the auspices of the General Government.
The three closed schools are those of the Town of Napier:—1. “Denominational,” or United Protestant, satisfactorily conducted by Mr. Wm. Smith, up to the 3rd of April, 1862, when it was unfortunately burned down: 2. and 3. are also “denominational,” or Roman-Catholic boys’ and girls’ schools, which were conducted severally by Mr. D. Hoben, and by Miss M’Garvie, until the 7th of May, when they were suddenly closed through the master and mistress leaving Napier for Auckland.
The average daily attendance at Mr. Wm. Smith’s school for the March quarter, was 17 (the Register containing 23 names); the average attendance for the preceding (or December) quarter, was 18.73 (the Register containing 27 names). I notice, however, that some of the children who were there in the December quarter, had, with their parents, left the town of Napier.
The average daily attendance at Mr. D. Hoben’s school for the March quarter, was 17.52 (the Register containing 28 names); the average attendance for the preceding (or December) quarter, was 20.9 (the Register containing 30 names).
The average daily attendance at Miss M’Garvie’s school, for the March quarter, was 14.36 (the Register containing 30 names); the average attendance for the preceding (or December) quarter, was 14.15 (the Register containing 26 names).
The total amount of Government aid afforded directly to each of these three schools...
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Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1863, No 3
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🎓 Report on Government-Aided Schools in Hawke's Bay
🎓 Education, Culture & Science27 January 1863
Education, Schools, Government Aid, Hawke's Bay, Napier, Clive, Petane, Te Wairoa
- William Smith (Mr), Conducted United Protestant school in Napier
- D. Hoben (Mr), Conducted Roman-Catholic boys' school in Napier
- Miss McGarvie, Conducted Roman-Catholic girls' school in Napier
- J. C. Lambton Carter, Superintendent
- G. T. Fannin, Superintendent’s Clerk