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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE,
(PROVINCE OF NELSON.)
Published by Authority.
All 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 may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
ALFRED GREENFIELD, Provincial Secretary.
VOL. XVI. NELSON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1868. No. 40.
Superintendent's Office,
Nelson, 6th August, 1868.
THE SUPERINTENDENT directs the publication of the following Report and Returns for general information.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary.
REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Nelson, July 31, 1868.
To DONALD SINCLAIR, Esq.,
Chairman of the Central Board of Education.
SIR,—The most gratifying feature in the education statistics for 1867-8 is, undoubtedly, the extension of our system of education to the remoter parts of the Province, and more especially to the hitherto untouched districts of the West Coast. From year
to year I have been able to record a gradual but slight increase in the number of schools and scholars in what may be termed the home districts; but it was generally felt that something more than this was required before our system could fairly lay claim to the title of Provincial. During the past year, however, the number of scholars has been increased by about a fifth, a greater stride having been taken in this respect than was accomplished during the five preceding years put together. Four new education districts have also been constituted, and applications have been sent in on behalf of two additional outlying districts. As several applications from the inhabitants of thinly-peopled and remote neighborhoods are likely to come before the Board during the ensuing year, I think it desirable that the public should know what course has hitherto been adopted in such cases. Two difficulties presented themselves at the outset. On the one hand, there would have been an obvious unfairness in debarring the inhabitants of outlying districts from all participation in
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1868, No 40
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🎓 Publication of Report and Returns
🎓 Education, Culture & Science6 August 1868
Education, Report, Returns, Nelson
- Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary
🎓 Report of the Inspector of Public Schools
🎓 Education, Culture & Science31 July 1868
Education, Schools, Statistics, West Coast, Nelson
- Donald Sinclair (Esquire), Chairman of the Central Board of Education