Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1864 – No. 19

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✨ Nelson School Attendance Report



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to the actual affairs of life, which, experience shows, cannot be said of ordinary school arithmetic.

I trust that I have made it clear, in the foregoing review of our schools, that a marked and gratifying improvement has taken place since I last had occasion to lay a report before the Board. I have no hesitation in attributing this improvement mainly to the increased salaries, and generally more comfortable position now offered to teachers. These circumstances have doubtless had a twofold action,—they have stimulated to greater activity the holders of office, and they have induced a better qualified class of candidates to come forward. But it ought not to be forgotten that less excuse remains for the indolent and incapable, and in cases where I have good grounds for believing that the welfare of the children in any district is being sacrificed to the convenience of the teacher, I have endeavored so to express my opinion as to prevent the possibility of my being misunderstood by the respective Local Committees, in whom alone the power of applying the remedy is vested.

I have, &c.,

W. C. HODGSON.

RETURN OF NUMBERS AND ATTENDANCE at the NELSON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, for the Half-Year ending December 31, 1863.

SCHOOLS. SEPTEMBER QUARTER. DECEMBER QUARTER.
Boys. Girls. Total. Daily Attendance. School Days. Comparative Average. Boys. Girls. Total. Daily Attendance.
1. Nelson, Boys, 1st Division ... 53 ... 53 39 53 70 58 ... ...
2. Do., do., 2nd Division ... 100 ... 100 80 53 80 107 ... 107
3. Do., Girls, 1st Division ... ... 79 79 53 52 67 ... 72 72
4. Do., do., 2nd Division ... ... 65 65 46 53 72 ... 63 63
5. Do., Preparatory ... 73 ... 104 68 53 66 65 23 88
6. Clifton Terrace ... 13 10 23 12 55 54 14 15 29
7. Hill-side ... 17 10 27 20 55 75 22 12 34
8. Stoke, Boys ... 34 ... 34 21 65 62 37 ... 37
9. Do., Girls ... ... 29 29 17 60 59 ... 34 34
10. Richmond, Boys ... 65 ... 65 45 57 69 67 ... 67
11. Do., Girls ... ... 62 62 41 56 67 ... 60 60
12. Appleby ... 17 14 31 20 56 65 18 14 32
13. Ranzau ... 27 20 47 22 61 48 27 25 55
14. Hope ... 20 19 39 21 59 54 22 25 47
15. River Terrace ... 26 20 46 23 53 51 27 18 45
16. Spring Grove, Boys ... 31 ... 31 20 55 66 33 ... 33
17. Do., Girls ... ... 40 40 25 53 62 ... 44 44
18. Wakefield, Lower, Boys ... 27 ... 27 11 59 41 33 ... 33
19. Do., do., Girls ... ... 38 38 16 50 42 ... 38 38
20. Do., Upper ... 14 20 34 18 48 51 22 25 47
21. Fox Hill ... 5 12 17 7 55 47 6 12 18
22. Waimea West Village ... 32 27 59 33 59 54 33 26 59
23. Do., do., North Division ... 29 13 42 28 66 67 31 11 42
24. Moutere, Upper ... 21 18 39 24 62 61 26 19 45
25. Do., Lower ... 23 23 46 21 63 46 21 20 41
26. Motueka, 1st Division ... 20 24 44 27 63 69 19 23 42
27. Do., 2nd Division ... 22 31 53 31 64 60 29 26 55
28. Pangatotara ... 14 13 27 12 68 45 14 13 27
29. Riwaka ... 31 22 53 38 46 72 35 23 58
30. Takaka ... 14 7 21 10 57 49 18 9 27
31. Motupipi ... 17 12 29 17 55 58 20 14 34
32. Collingwood ... 23 18 41 34 54 82 22 18 40
33. Eighty-eight Valley ... 5 12 17 9 46 55 5 12 17
773 689 1462 909 ... 60 831 697


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  • W. C. Hodgson, Inspector of Public Schools