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meritorious; but the information now sup- plied may become a good basis for a grant in aid afterwards.

Owners of private adventure schools, who claim to be assisted out of public money, had better when they apply to the Board, state the whole of the grounds why they do so.

(Signed by most of the Members of the Board.)

16th September, 1867.

SCHEDULE 2.

ATTENDANCE OF MEMBERS.

Sept. 13, Byrne, Collyer, Gibson, Mowat, O’Loughlin, Kissling, Abbott . . . 7
Oct. 16, Collyer, Gibson, Mowat, O’Loughlin, Alcorn, Abbott . . . 6
Nov. 18, O’Loughlin, Alcorn, Abbott . . . 3
(Collyer and Gibson came late, when some of the others had gone away, so a quorum was not formed.)

Dec. 9, Collyer, Gibson, O’Loughlin, Abbott (not a quorum) . . 4

,, 10 Byrne, Collyer, Gibson, O’Loughlin, Alcorn, Abbott . . . 6

,, 31, Mowat, Harper, Alcorn, Abbott . . . 4
(not a quorum)

Memo.—Alcorn, Byrne, Mowat, were each absent from the Colony during a portion of the whole period shewn above.

SCHEDULE 3.

Drawn from Statements of School Managers and Promoters.

Hokitika All Saints Church of England School.

First application dated 26th July, 1867.—On Church of England Reserve, under Committee consisting of Incumbent and Churchwardens of All Saints Church, viz., Archdeacon Harper, Messrs. Prichard and Browning, and of Messrs. Winter, Rochfort, Beswick, Sale, South; Teacher, Mr. Lorenzo Tindall, who has been engaged nearly two years in same school, and has received during year ending 1st October, 1867, about £250, derived from school fees. Dimensions, 28 x 16 feet; require enlarging for present actual attendance, which is expected to increase, if allowed. Building in bad repair, without play-ground attached. (Grant asked to remove school to better site behind the present one.)

Average attendance during last 10 months, 50 weekly; mixed school of boys and girls.

(Grants for removal of building to better site, and for repairs and enlargement to double the size, and for school apparatus were made—See Schedule 4.)

Hokitika St. Mary’s Roman Catholic School.

Date of first application, 13th September, 1867. Managed by a Committee consisting of Rev. Father McDonough, Messrs. Lynch, Cassidy, O’Driscoll, Fitzsimmons—held in Catholic Church, a portion of which is divided off for the purpose by a large curtain.

Teachers, Mr. Benjamin Hamill, who has very satisfactory testimonials, and Mr. James Hays, and Mrs. Mary Hamill. Mr. Hamill receives the school fees for his remuneration. There is also a teacher of music, who, like Mr. Hays, is paid by Father McDonough. School, a mixed one, with an average attendance of 70. Fee, 2s 6d; but many scholars cannot, and do not pay.

(Grant for building a school on ground adjoining was paid. The school under Mr. Hamill, held in the Church, appeared to be cheerful and efficient, and well cared for, when some of the members of the Board visited it—See Schedule 4.)

Hokitika Tancred-street Mr. Malcolm’s School.

First application, October, 1867. Established 25th September, 1865, by Alexander Malcolm, present teacher and owner.

Attendance on roll, Christmas 1866, 69; average for year, 57; in 1867, on roll, 105; average, 65. Subjects taught include Scripture, History, French, Latin, Mathematics. Fee, 2s 6d, with an allowance in some cases; hours, 10 to 12.30, and 2 to 4. Bible is read during first half hour of the morning, but attendance of scholar then is optional.

School well supplied with requisite furniture, books, and maps; no playground; dimensions, 32 x 20 feet. Several gentlemen, including the Rev. Mr. Gow and Mr. Bonar, the then Mayor, strongly recommended Mr. Malcolm to favourable notice. He has a certificate as a teacher from the Otago Board of Education.

(Mr. Malcolm’s school when visited appeared to the Board to be conducted in a very efficient manner in all the details, and he was asked to put himself under some Local Committee, and thus obtain the assistance of the Board. This was effected. See Schedule 4.)

Hokitika Miss Petrie’s School.

First application, 16 October, 1867; conducted by Jane and Isabella Petrie.

(As, at the time of visiting this school, situated on the beach, it was just being washed away by the sea, it is not necessary to say more about it.)

Hokitika Weld-street Mr. Prince’s School.

First application, 24th September, 1867; conducted by Charles Prince, formerly a certificated teacher in England and in Canterbury.

(As the school fee was 3s 6d to 5s a week, according to age, the case did not appear to be one for the Board to deal with. The school was in temporary premises, and Mr. Prince wanted help to erect a building somewhere else. He soon afterwards left Westland.)

Greymouth St. Patrick’s School.

First application dated 5th October, 1867. Established February, 1866, by the Rev. E. Royer, Catholic Priest, not only for giving