rate of income for rate of net income .. s€¦ · 111 statement showing the schools in operation,....
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111
STATEMENT showing the Schools in Operation,. &c."'-'continued. ,
Schools; Teachers: ~
I Rate of Income for I87S Allotment which has been provided
in force R It for. and may be earned by between ..
I ~ . esu s. : each Teacher; based upon
, 1St January .. - , I the Sum earned. during
~ and , I Class!!!. Posltiou Inspector S· the Hall.year ended loth
Name: Name. o.E! in the Percentage. June 187S. or upon the 30th June 1;Sl S cation. :g 187S. School. Allotmeut in force during
~ ---\~~ that period. 1-
Cert.1
£, 8. d. , EppiI!g Michael Connell ]I.'l'. 60'000 1477 ... 50-75 . .. M. 173 II 10
M. A. Connell ... ·F. N.C. ·W.M. . .. 39 0 0 Wm. A. Connell ... M . . 3 C. P.T. ... 30 0 0
1478 Reedy Lake and 30-50 JohnH. Ralton ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 Noorilim
.,
1479 S!. Kilda. ... 550- 600 John Hadfield . .. )..[ Cert. H.T. 60'000 423 12. I
Maria Hadfield ... F. Cert;· I Asst. ... 187 4 0 Thomas Collins ... M. L. 2. Asst. ... 170 19 I
Susan L. Cox ... F. Cert. 3 Asst. ... 93 12. 0 Charlotte Rodier ... F. Cert. 4 Asst. ... • 83 4 0 Thos. A. Robinson ... M. L. 5 Asst. . .. ~ 104 0 0 Mary I. Atkinson ... F. Cert. Extra Asst . ... ! 156 0 0 Anne Hadfield ... l!'. fo C. P.T. ... 32 0 0 Samuel E. Coates '" M. 2 C. P.T. ... 40 0 0 Mary Kerr .... 'F. . 3 C. P.T. " :1.4 0 0 ... ... Sarah Miller ... ... l!'. 3 C. P.T. • •• i 24 0 0 William Watchorn ... M. '3 C. P.T. ... 30 0 0 Mary A. McGuire ... F. 4C. P.T. ... 16 0 0 :Margt. McKinlay ... F. 4C. P.T. ... 16 0 0
1480 East Charlton ... 3<>-50 Richd. A. Nicholson ... M .. Cert, H.T. 60'000 147 10 4
1481 Lake Modewarre 30-50 James Nally ... ... M. L. H.T. 60'900 147 10 4-"Mary Nally ... ... l!'. N.C. W.::\f.
6~:~00 39 0 0
1482. Boundary Creek :1.0-30 John Cameron ... M. N.C. H.T. lOS 3 9 1483 Durha.m Ox ... Under :1.0 Edwd. A. Banks . .. M. NC. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 1484 Cape Clear ." 5<>-75 Alfred William Crowe M. L. H.T. 82'315 186 19 10
Jsssie Crowe ... ... F. N.C. W.M. • .. ·:1 42. 7 0 Matilda Campbell ... F. 3 C. p:r.
6~:boo 2.4 0 0
1485 · RoddIe's Creek Under 2.0 Willia.m Catron ... ~I. L. H.T. 105 3 9 and Warburton
1486 Moonlight Flat 50-75 Thomas D. Lord ... M. ·L. H.T. 55'991 173 II 10 Sophia Lord .:. ... F. 'N,C. W.}I. . .. " 39 0 0 Eiiza~eth Berry ... F. 3 C. P.T. ... ' 2.4 0 0
1487 New Chum ... 10<>-12.5 Peter Miller .... ... M. Cert. H.T. 80'480 :1.13 5 II Margt. Miller ... F. Cert. Asst. ... 89 17 0 Wm.Hy. Reed ... M.' 4C. P.T. ... 2.0 0 0
1488 · Tallarook ... 5<>-75 Michael Cussen . .. M. L. H.T. 63'.105 175 16 10 Ellen Condon ... F. N.C. W.M. '" 39 12. .~
1489 Barnawartha ... 50-75 John O'Brien .... M. Dert. liT. 60'<;>00 173 II 10 Kate O'Brien ... F. N.C ... W.M. ... 39 0 0 Rose Griffin .:. ... l!'. 4 C. P.T. .. ~ , 16 0 0
1490 North Fitzroy 550-600 Henry Jones ... ... M. Cert. fl.T. 54'382. 42.3 12 I
Thomas Boardman '" M. Cort. I Asst. ... :1.41 17 8 Edith E. Jones ... F. Cert. 2. Asst. . ... 12.4 16 0 Julil!-:M. Ryan ... l!'. L. 3 Asst. ... 93 I2. 0 Peter Hotton ... M. L. 4 Asst. . .. 107 17 II
Elizabeth Stephens ... F. L. 5 Asst. ... 83 4.0 Ellen O'Callaghan ... F, N.C. 6 Asst. .... i: 83 4 0 Kate Foot ... ... F. j C. P,T. ... :I.'!- 0 0
Frank Jones .. ; ... M. 4 C. P.T. ... :1.0 0 0 Emma Stockwell ... F. 4C .. P.T. ... " 16 0 0 Edith A. Jones ... F. 4 C. P.T. .... , 16 0 0 John 'Connell ... M. 4 C. P:T. ... 2.0 0 0 Sa.muel Phillips ... M. 4 C. P.T. .. ·1 zo 0 0
1491 Gnarwarre ... Under 2.0 Ednwnd O'Grady . .. 11;1. L. H.T. 60'oqo 105 3 9
149z Ashby ... 6$<>-700 John D. Mowbray ... :M. Cert. H.T. 60'000 432. 10 I
Matilda Thorpe ... F. Cert: I Asst. I 2.10 2. . 6 .... I
Charles Watson ... M. Gert. 2. Asst. ... 190 4 I
Marianne Brew ... F. L. 3 Asst. ... 104 0 0 William Bennett ... M. Cert. 4 Asst. .. . II7 0 0
, .Jane Lucy James F. L. 5 Asst. .
83 4 0 ... ... Marian Martell ... F. N.C. 6 Asst. ... 83 4 0 Mary S. Townsend ... F. I C. P.T. ." 40 0 0 Thomas :Vance ... M. 1 C. P.T. . .. 50 0 0 Alice J. Earles ... F. 2.C. P.T. ... 3:11 0 0
~
Alfred J. Opie ... M. 3 C. P.T. ... I[ 30 0 0 Fanny C. Earles ... F. 3 C. P.T. ... , z4 0 0 Jane Dick ... ... F. ' 3C, P.T. ; ... ~ 2.<1- 0 0
1493 · Golden Point, 45<>-500 Richard Kent '" M. Cert. H.T. 60'000 366 10 7 Ballarat Sarah Sanderson ... J!'. Cert. I Asst. . .. , 166 8 0
Alexr. McGowan ... M. L. 2. Asst. --- , 153 9 7 Elizth.· McGowan ... :E'. L .. 3 Asst. 93 12. 0 HenrycMitchel1 ... M. L. 4 Asst; ... 104- 0 0 Isabella Browne ... F. L. 5 Asst. 83 <I- 0 IdaO. Kildahl ... F. 2.C. P.T. • ... j 3Z 0 0 Roland Gray ... ... M. ·z;C. P.T. ... , 40 ·0 0 Annie McGowan ... F. 4C. P.T.· ... 16 0 0 Jane Downing ... F. 4C. P.T. ... 16 0 0 Alfred Hocking ... M. 4C. P.T. ... 2.0 0 0
,t~ro, ... IOo-I~5 Andrew Hanna. . .. M. Cert. H.T. 60'000 198 18 II
Mary Hanna ... "'1
F. Cert. Asst. " 83 5 0 .. ~ . Henry Hanna M. 2 C." P.T. j
40 0 0 ... ... 1495 Gavan-DuJfytown 30-50 David Murray ... M. L. H.T. 60'00'0 147 10 4
Louisa Murray .... 1 F . ·N.C. W.M. ... ,I 39 0 0
Rate of Net Income earned in
1871, if employed
011 31st December
1871•
£, s. 2.06 2. ... ... ... 2.27 4 2.51 0 105 7 .. , 97 16
151 I ... ... .. . ... ... ... , .. ...
107 8 ... .. , ...
175 12. ... ... ... 140 3 ... ... 2.32. 13 .. ,
... 126 4 ... 148 I2.
'" ...
d. 7
3 7 2.
4
5
o
6
o
4
388 9 I o 226 16 170 5 94 u 86 2.
...
... ...
...
..\. '" ... ...
94- 8
32.6 I
165 6 2.33 I
100 19 '"
93 <l-... ... .. , ... ... ... ...
3401 9 127 5· 135 4 105. 17 ... ... ...
'" ... ... ... 177 16 ...
... II7 0
...
5 8 6 2
5 5 1 5 7
o
2. 4 6 6
6
6
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STATEMENT showing the Schools in Operation,. &c.-continued •
Schools. .A llotmcut I in force between
Tenchers.
I 1St Jnlluary
::5 and . II Clussift- Position ~ Name. 30th June Name. Q) cation in the ~ 1875. e; . School.
~ Eildon---' -1-=-30 ~lexander F:lcon~:. N.C. ~~ 1+97 Lovely Banks ... : 30-50 George Clayton ... M. Cert. H.T. 1+98 Warrenbayne ... Under io John Harris... ...]H. N.C. H.T. 1+99 Cornelia ... Under 20 Wm. H. Bilton ... M. N.C. H.T. 1500 Carp,endeit... 20-30 Effie E. Matthews ••. F. L. H.'l'. 1501 Yarraville ... 175-200 Joseph H. Derrick '" l\f. Cert. ILT.
, Brunette Derrick ... F. Cert. I Asst. I John A. Atkinson ..• M. L. 2 Asst.
1502 Narqghid
1503 Tooradin 150+ Waterloo
Rebecca McIntosh ... ]' + C P.T. Edith Sterling ... F: \ + C: P.T.
30-50 William Meagher ... iii. Cert. H.T. Kate Meagher ... F. N.C. W.M.
20-30 • Adelaide E. Dredge ... F. N.C. H.T. 30-50 ChlLS. Winston .. , ... M. Cert. H.T.
Christiana L. Winston F. N.C. W.M. Tarrawarra '" Under 20 .John Reed .. , ... M. N.C. H.T. Middle Creek, Under 20 Geo. Scammers Manns M. N.C. H.T.
Belvoir Che~ry Tree
CrEiek, Redbank Hawthorn ••.
IS09 Lang Lang 1510 Sebll;stian
1511
1512
•
IS I 3 Spring Hill. Skipton 151+ Maiildample .. . 1515 Rnn:uymede .. .
1516 Buffalo River ... 1517 Tangil... ... 15181 Upper Thornton 1519, Drung Drung ... 1520i Hea~hco~e South
i i
Under 20
20-30
100-125
20-30 20-30
75-100
20-30
20-30
20-30
20-30
150 -175
1521 Mitiamo ... Under 20
IS2Z ·Murray road, . Heathcote
1523 Coghill's Creek
152+ AluddyCreek Bridge
1525 Bocqa Flat ... . 1526 YOua,ng ... 1527 Dookic South ... 1528 Y ar~a walla. .. . 1529 Torrumberry ... . 1530 Ballyrogan '" 1531 Neqing ...
20-3 0
75-100
20-30 Under 20
20-30
Under 20' Under 100
20-30
50 -75
1532 Metton '" 20-30 1533 Bulltown ... Under 20
1534 Stony Creek, 30-50 Fliuders
Morris Brandt ... M. N.C.
Daniel Wright... ... M. Agnes Holmes ... ... F. Chas, E. Cookson ... M. Mary Greggaill ... F. Mary Bonwick... ... F. Arthur H. Burchill ... M. Oharles Wm. Ward ... 11. John Simpson... ..' M. Mary P.Doyle... ... F. Thos. Geo. Patterson... M. Michael O'Connor ... M. Henry Wm. Fay 'M. Martin O'Ihllorau ... M. Mordecai Wilson' ... M. Emily S. Dodd:.. ... F. James Clark ... ... JI,f, Alexr. J. Brown ... M. Robert Buchanan '" M. William Raynor '" M. Rudolph F. Hofiman .... M. Thomas l\lanning ... M. Hannah F. Plues ... F. James T. Davies ... M. Kate Nolan ... ... F. Henry Thomas... ... M. • J ames Trathan ... M. William H. James ... i M.
Cert. L.
Cert. +C. 4 C. +C.
·N.C, Cert.
L. N.C. N.C. N.C. .N.C. Cert. N.C. + C.' Ccrt. N.C. N.C. N.C.
L. L. L.
+0. + C. . L .
L.
James B. Donaldson '" Sarah Bailey .. . James Smith .. .
M. Cert. F. L. M. L.
James S. Lowe ... M. I L. Charles Trevatt ... M. N.C. John Kilpatrick ... M. L. John Moore M. N.C. John Warden... ... M. N.C. Carl H. F. Vl'oland ... M. L. George Whitfield ... M. L. Harriett Cook ... F. N.C. Thos. Maude'Scott ... M. N.C. .James Saml:Bi1by ... M. N.C. John I{cgiuald·Ullyet... M. L.
1535 Rathscar West 1537: Torumberry E""t 1538 Strangways ...
20-30 Margt .. Rose Qnilliam... ]0. I N.C. Under 20 Isaac Metcalf . ... l.'I:. N.C.
1539 Gre~n Gully, Sandon
1540 Baringhup East 1541 CaD;lpbelJ's Forest 1542 Brighton
50 -75
20-30
Charles Harns Elizth. A. Hari'is Joseph Clay ten
J. W. Philpott John Evans ... Arthur Robinson Mary Hastie: .. John Webb ... Elizth. Cumming Jas. Moloney Martha Robinson Emily Millard Selina E. Hunt Selina V. Hunt Annie Beddoe Sophia 8im ...
M. F. M.
N.C. L. L'\
M. L. M., N.C. M.· Cert. ]'. Cert. M. Cert. ·F. L. M. ·L. F. N.C. F. 2 C.
... iF. 3 C.
.. ; I· F. 3 C.
... ]'. + C.
... ! F.. +C. * Speclnl rate.
H.T.
H.T. I Asst. 2 Asst. p:r. P.T. P.T. H.T. H.T. Asst . H.T. ItT. H.T. H.T. H.T. W.M. P.T. H.T. H.T. H.T. H.T.· H.T.
I Asst. 2 Asst. P.T. P.T. H.T. H.T.
H.T. Asst. H.T.
H.T. H.T. H.T. H.T. H.T. H.T. H.T. W.M. H.T. H.T. H.T.
H.T. H.T. H.T.
W.M. H.T.
H.T. H.T. H.T.
I Asst. Asst.'" 3 Asst. + Asst. Asst. P.T. P.1'. P.T. P.T. P.T!
Itesults.
Inspector's Percentnge.
60'000
60'000
60'000 60'000
60'000
6I'365
60'000
60'000 I 60'000
60'000 60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000 60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000
60'780
60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000 60'000
60'000 60'000
60'000 60'000 60'000
60'000 60'000
• 60'000 1
60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000
60'000
Rate of Income for 1875 which has been provided for, and rna,Y be earned by each Teacher; base.d upon the Sum earned during the Half-year ended loth June .S75, or upon the Allotment. in force during that period.
£. s. d. 105 3 9 147 10 4
105 3 9 105 3 9 106 8 0
239 13 9 10+ II 0
10+ 16 4 16 0 0
16 0 0
1+7 10 4
39 0 0
8+ 7 9 1+7 10 +
39 0 0
105 3 9 105 3 9
105 3 9
258 10 I 104 0 0
104 0 0 16 0 0 16 0 0
20 0 0
1 0 5 3 9 198 18 II
83 5 0
1 0 5 3 9 105 3 9 105 3 9 105 3 9 181 13 1
39 0 0
20 0'0
132 9 6 105 3 9 105 3 9 105 3 9 228 12 1
10+ 7 0 105 10 2
16 0 0
20 0 0
105 3 9 1310 9 6
18+ 8 I
8+ II 0
1+7 10 +
132'9 6 105 3 '9 .1310 9 6 105 3 9 105 3 69 132 9 173 II 10
39 0 0 105 3 9 105 3 9 1+7 10 4
8+ 7 9 105 3 9 173 II 10
39 0 0 1310 9 6
132 9 6 105 3 9 365 13 5 156 1+ 0 260 0 0
83 + 0 104 0 0 83 0 0
32 0 0 104 0 0 10+ 0 0 16 0 0
16 ;> '!
Rate of Net Income
earned in 187~, If
employed on 31St
December 1 87"
£ s. d.
203 7 3 146,6 1
1+0 6 +
1+9 3 9
134 2 2
338 5 lIS 7 I
109 6 0
88 10 1
179 8
187 5 0
IIO 18 2
I ...
1I6 I 7
135 '0 6
15+ 17 8
II8 10 9
134 1 II
296 0 S 89 4 5
219 6 10 93 2 8
J2,0 14- + 73 IS 3
113
.STATElfENT showing the Schools in Operation, &c.-continued.
Schools. Teachers. Rate of Income for 187S Rate of
Allotment 'which has been provided Net Iucome iu force Results. ior, and may be earned by earned iu between
I each Teacher; based upon 187~, If
1st January Inspectorts the Sum earned during employed .,;
I and .. ! Classift- l"osition I Percentage. the Half-year ended ,oth on ,1St
lZi Name. 30th June Name. I catiOll. in the June 1815, or upon the December
~ ISn. oS School. Allotment in foree during: \ ~ i IS7~. >-i that period. I
- ._---£ 8. d. £ 8. d.
1544- Spring Vale, 30-50 Richard E. Gilsenan ... M. Cert. H.T, 60'000 147 10 4 ... Skipton Harriett E. Gilsenan ... F. N.C. W.M. ... 39 0 0 ...
1545 Bootapool ... Under :1.0 Emily S. Mandeville ... ]'. N.C. H.T. 60'000 84 7 9 ..• 1546 Ravenswood S. Under :1.0 John Davies ... ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 ... 1547 Gometra and Under :1.0 James MeCann ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 74 15 7
Grassdale Jas. McKenzie Wilson 1548 Natimuk ... 30-50 M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 ... Louisa Amelia Wilson ... }<'. N.C. W.M. ... 39 0 0 ...
1549 Murtoa, Lake 30-50 John Walther ... M. Cert. H.T. 60'000' 147 10 4 :II 0 19 S Matinee
1550 Croxton East ... 30-50 Willert on Potter ... M. L. II.T. 60'000 147 10 4 70 8 0 1551 Big Hill, Sand- 30-50 James Gray ••. . ,. M. .L. H.T. 60'000 147 10 4 ...
hurst Mary Jane Gray ... F. N.C. W.M. ... 39 0 0 ... 1553 Swan water Sth. 20-30 iT osiah Curnow ... M. ]>.LC. H.T. 60'000 ,105 3 9 ... 1554 Marnoo ... 20-30 John Reed ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 ... 1556 Wnrdi Bolue .:. 20-30 Geo. Spotswood ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 ... 1558 Kyabram ... 20-30 James Murphy ... M. N.C. fl.T. 60'000 105 3 9 ... 1559 Curlewis ... 20-30 Amelia If. Yeomans ... ~~. L. H.T. 60'000 106 8 0 ... 1561 Mortchup ... 3O-5~ Albert H. Amoore ... M. L. H.T. 60'000 147 10 4 ... 1562 'Voranga ... :1.0-30 Francis W. Cherry ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 .. , 1564 Millewa ... :1.0-30 John Goodchild ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 ... 1565 Pine Grove ... Under 20 John Henry,Bottrell ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 ... 1567 Richmond ... 600-650 Robt. A. Armstrong .. , M. Cert. H.T. 60'000 414 4 I 407 2 4
Agnes Annie Wrede ... F. Cert. I Asst. ... 187 4 . 0 158. 0 3 Richard Nunweek ... M. Cert. 2 Asst. ... 221 0 0 211. 16 6 Jno. G. A. O. Thiele ... M. L. 3 Asst. ... II7 0 0 13 1 0 6 Mary Smethurst ... F. L. 4 Asst. ... 83 4 0 n •
Jessie R. Morrison ... F. L. 5 Asst. ... 83 4 0 .. , Emily O. Patrick ... F. N.C. 6 Asst. ... 83 4 0 91 I:1. 3 Fredk. T. Brown ... M. I C. P.T. ... 50 0 0 ... Charles Hardy ... M. :1. C. P.T. ... 40 0 0 ... Thos. Elliott ... M. 3 C. P.T. ... 30 0 0 ... Atheling Nunweek ... M. 3 C. P.T. ... 30 0 0 ...
I Maria Gill F. 3 C. P.T. 24 0 0 ... ... ... Clara Harper ... F. 4C. P.T. 16 0 0 ... Elizth. Griffiths ... F. 4 C. P.1'. ... 16 0 0 ... Sarah Adamson ... F. 4 C. P.T. .... • 16 0 0 .. .
1568 KUmore ... 350-400 Robert Mitchell . .. M. , Cert. ItT. 60'000 342 0 7 300 18 3 Kate Keily ... ... F. L. I Asst. ... 145 16 10 131 16 4 James Thorn ... M. .Cert. 2. Asst. ... 2.08 0 0 2.25 19 5 Isabella McKay ... F. I,., 3 Asst. ... 83 4 0 95 13 2
, Patrick Maloney ... M. L. 4 Asst. ... 104 10 II .. . Catherine Maloney ... F. L. Asst. ... 83 4 0 . .. Alexandra McKay ... F. I C. P.T. ... 40 0 0 ... Elizth. Good ... ... F. 3 C. P.T. ... 24 0 0 ... James Clancy ... M. 4 C. P.T. ... 20 0 0 .. .
1569 Lexton ... 50-75 Augustus N. Hallifax ... M. Cert. H.T. 81'15 1 186 5 10 173 17 II Mercy Hallifax ... F. N.C. W.M. ... 42 4 0 . .. Louisa A. IIallifax ... F. 4 C. P.T. ... 16 0 0 ...
1570 Murgheboluc ... 50-75 Charles Tonner ... M. L. fLT. 65'845 177 2 10 133 13 S Elizth. Tonner ... }<'. .~.C. 'Y.M. ... 39 18 0 . .. Margt. Guinane ... ]'. 3 C. P.T. ... 24 0 0 .. .
1571 Macarthur ... 50-75 William R. Salt . .. M. L. H.T. 36'161 173 II 10 n6 8 10 Hannah Salt ... ... F. N.C. W.M. . ... 39 0 0 .... Maria Lewis ... ... F. 4 C. P.T. ... 16 0 0 '"
1573 Kurracca ... 20-30 John Smithers ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 . .. 1574 Barwon Heads 30-50 C .• J. Prosser ... ... M. Cert. H.T. 69'25 1 15:1. I:1. 4 '60 .. ~5( 5
Catherine Prosser n. F. N.C. W.M. . .. 40 8 0 1575 Moore's :Flat ... Under 20 Albert V. Birrell ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 , 105 3 9 ... 1576) GowerCk.Bridge 20,-30 Clara Weeks ... ... F. L. H.1'. 60'000 106 8 0 ... 1579 Homebush ... 50-75 A. W. W. Appleton ... M. L. H.T. 7:1.'809 181 5 10 102 14 3
Sarah Appleton ... F. L. W.M. '" 40 19 0 ... Samuel J. Rutter ... M. 3 C. P.T. ... 30 0 0 ...
1580 South Wanga- 30-50 Edmund O'M. Tobin ... M. Cert. H.T. ... 147 10 0 185 I 2 ratta Johanna O'M. Tobin ... F. N.C. W.M. ... 39 0 0 . ..
1582 Dunolly ... 225-250 Thomas Ross . .. M. Cert. H.T. 53'647 27 1 1 7 225 15 S Mary A. Smith ... ... F. Cert. I Asst. ... 104 0 0 93 3 9 Josbua Thomas ... M. L. :1. Asst. ... 104- 0 0 152 3 7 Elizth. E. McCaghen ... F. 3 C. P.T. ... 24 0 0 ... John Stafford ... M. 4-C. P.T. ... 20 0 0 ... Annie M. Dunbar ~ .. F. 4C. P.T. ... 16 0 0 ...
1583 Springhurst Under 20 Joseph Braham ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 ... 15841 South Hanson ... Under 20 E. W. Patterson ... 1M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 74 19 3 1585 Dixon's Creek 20-30 Luke Flanagan ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 . .. 1586: Bahgallah ... 20-30 Tbos. Owen Evans ... M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 II6 10 3 1587' Yulecart ... 30-50 Hugh McDonald . .. M. L. II.T. 60'000 147 10 4 ... 1588 'rrentham ... 30-50 Thomas Raw . .. M. L. H.T. 67'971 151 18 4 120 7 6
Henrietta Raw .•. .. , F. NC. W.M. ... 40 4 0 . .. 1591 Warrenheip ... 75-IOO Thomas Skewes . .. M. L. H.T. 53'924 181 13 1 147 6 5
Sarah A. Skewes ... . F. N.C . Asst. ... 83 4 0 . .. • J ames Rennie ... M. 2 C. P.T. ... 40 0 0 . ..
1593 Staghorn Flat ... 20-30 Thos. Boardman ." M. N.C. H.T. 60'000 105 3 9 ... No. 69. H
<, :1 .. '. '
,:'
Schools.
114
. ' CAPITATION SCHQOLS .
Teachers.
Results. Allotment in force between
1stJanullry I-----------,-----~!----I IlI!lpe-c-tot's "and r t 30th June creen a.ge.
Estimated payment to be made for the Year ,875 to each School receiving Capiln.tiOn Allowance; bu.sed upon the payments mnde for the Half·year ended 30th JIme 187S.*
Rate of Net Income earned by
each Teacher in 1872.,
o ... Z Same. Namo. d 187$. !;.'l Clas.itl· Position in I
if employea on 31St
December 1 871. ~ . ", ~ ! co.tlon, the School.
---I-+,----------I--------I--~-------------I--------I-------i-------I,--------------I-------
19 ·Ashby.,. I,
21 Anakies go Batesford
94 ' Beechwbrth ...
I 64 ~owie's Creek
166 Castlemaine ...
,:
176 -Carlton (B) .1
. ~
. ~
:.,
178 Abbotsford strt.
196~ount Duneed 'I
198 l.fount 1\foriac 200 ·barriwell ...
! 2.46 ,Epsom ••. 2.41 ·East Ballarat ... (B) -;!'
zp 'East Ballarat ... (0) " Z4X Ea.st Ballarat ... (I) t. z4 3~merald Hill ... (0) ,. 2.47 (ROddle street ...
,,-
2 S9 .Footscray
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Wm: Ryan '" ..• M. ••• H.T. ... 52S 13 8 238 6 0
Kate Waldron ... ••• F. ••. I Asst. .•• ... .144 3 I
Mary T. J. Ryan '" F. ... 2 Asst. ..• ... ... Mary 'Whelan' .•• ... F.... P.T. . ... ... . •. Mary.Shannon... . .. F. "', P.T.... ... . .. John C. Poer ... ... M.... H.T. '" 267 0 8 156 13 Z
Agnes Byrne... ... F. ... Asst. ... I... 91 1 I Timothy O'Connell ... M;... P.T.' ... ... • .• John Gleeson ... M. .•. H.T. ... 88 18 10 I ... Jas. P. Gough ••. ... M.
I· ... H.T. ... 161 13 4 115 II ' 8
Margt. A. Gough ... F. ... W.M.... ... ,"" C. J. O'Sullivan ... M., ... H.T. ... 319 10 ,0 ... Kate A. Carroll ... F. ... Asst.... •.. 85 7 7 Bridget O'Callaghan... F. ••• P.T.... ... • •• ' Jas. Wallace... ... M. ... H.T. ... 175 5 Z 177 II 7 Maggie M. Moran ... F. .., W.M.... ... .. . John B. Willis ... ... M.... H.T. ••. 142 19 10 .. . Ellen A. Doyle ... F. ... W.M.... ... .. . Margt. Casey.·.. •.• F. ... P.T. .•• ... • •• Michael O'Brien ... M.... H.T. ... #6 7 10 283 16 3 Eliza O'Brien... ... F. ... I Asst.... ... 83 3 7 Mary Locke... ... F. ... 2. Asst.... ... . .. Annie Harrigan ... F.... P.T.... ••• • •. Michael Sexton ... M. ••• P. T.... .., ... Abigail Sweeney... F. ... P.T. ... • .• John P. Glennon ... M.... H.T. ... 496 IZ 2 IZ5 18 I Denis Horan ';.. .., M. ... I Asst.... ... 131 18 4 Wm.·Hickey... ... M~ ... 2. Asst.... ...88 6 4 C. Shiels ... M. ••• P.T. ••• ... ... W~ Glennon ,', ... 'M. '" P.1'.... ... '" Anne Rowan... ... F. ... H.T. ... 719 19 0 153 14" 5 Margt. Carey ... F. ... I Asst.... ... 95 15 10 Ellen McMullen. ... F'I'" 2. Asst.... ... 95 15 10 Mary C. Kane ... F. ... P.T. .•• ... • •• Kate Robertson ... F. ... P.T.... ••• ... Margt. Sweeney... J<'. ... P.T.... ... .. . John Healy·... .. •. M. ...H.T. ... 578 2. 10 148 0 8 Ellen Callanan ... F. ... x Asst.... ... I13 14 6 Ellen Ryan ... ... F. ... 2. Asst. ... ... 102. n 6 Isabella Glennon ... F. ... 3 Asst.... ... • .. Annie McShane ... F. ... 4 Asst.... ... ... Thos. Holmes '" M.... aT. ••• 165.18 0 ...
Margt. Holmes ... F. ... W.M.... '" ... Mary Walshe ... F. ... .H.T. ... 125 7 6 ... John J. Connolly... M.... H.T. ... x33 17 10 ." Mary A. Connolly... F. ... W.M.... ... • .. M. M. Dwyer ... M. '" H.T. ... 357 x7 4 ." M. G. Long ." ... F. ... Asst.... ... • .. Deborah A. Parris '" F. ... P.T.... ... • .. Mary E. Cahill ... F. ... P.T. .•• ... . .. Jas. Hanrahan ... M.... H.'r. ... 98 2 Z ...
M. Campion Carey... M. ... I H.T. ...! 283 16 10 193 12 7 Timothy Costelloe ... M.... Asst;.... ... ." John Duffy ... M.... P.T.... ... ... Honora Hayden ... J<'. ... H.T. ... 249 3 0 136 10 9 Hannah Castles ... F. ... Asst.... ... 96 9 4 Kate lI1cGovern ... F.... H.T. ;.. 292 8 6 108 6, 7 Mary J. Carey... F. ... Asst.... '" ." .Catherine Ardagh ... F. ... P.T.... •.. . .. ]\;1. J. Sherlock ... F. ... H.T. ... 2&6 2 3 66 x 0
. M. B. Sherlock .... F. ... Asst.... ... ... John D. Healv '" lYI.... H.T. ." 488 IX 6 191 13 6 M. A. Keighery. ... F. ... I Asst. ... ... 88 19 S Mary Healy... ... F. ... 2 Asst. .... ... .. . Margt. McGivern '" F. .., P.T.... ... .. . Hannah Hayes ... J<'. ... P.T.... ... .. . Thos. Rie.e... ... M.... H.T. ... 306 14 0 .,. Mary Ryan ... F. ... Asst.... ... 93 6 II
': Fanny Ryan... ... F. '" P.T. .•• ... ... ~86 ;Golden Point, ... Thos. Templeton ... M.... H.T. ... z56 3 4 2:t4 8 10
, Castlemaine Margt. Dunlea ... F. ... W.M.·... ... .. . '! Wm. Hy. Collier ... M.... P.T.... ... .. .
28B ~Gisborne "... ••. Daniel J. Buckley... M; ..... H.T. ... 350 14 10 2.2.7 0 6 l' Margt. A. Buckley ... F. ••• Asst. .... ... 97 14 4 ~. Margt. Buckley... F.... P.T.... '" .. .
304 "HightO!l ... ... P. Jane Wigmore .. , \ F.... H.T. .., 161 9 8 .. . ii P. Parsons... ... F. ... W.M.... ... • ..
. lit ,Section 10 of "The Educalitm, Acl 1871," provides that the Trustees, Committees of Management, or Correspondenta of Non-Vested Schools shall , receive the payment {or instruction given in their Scoools.
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CAPITATION SCROOLs-continued
Allotment I I Bate of SchoolS. Teachers. Estimated payment to be Net Income
in force n€llults. made for the Year IS7S earned by between to each School reCeiving each Tea<lher
ISt January , - Capitation Allowance ; In IS7~, ,;
I 30t~nJune I l; i i C18ss111. Inspector's based upon the payments if employed
Z Name~ Nam~.\ Position in Percerrtage. ' DIed. for the Half-year on 31st
~ l87s. ~ 1, cation. the School. ended loth June 187S·" i December ~r..' 1871..
:£ S. d. :£ 8. d. 313 Hawthorn ... ... J. D. Scott ... M. . .. H.T. . .. 180 14 8 . 179 16 ° M. A. Scott .n ... F. ... Asst . ... ... .. . 357 KeHor ... ... Wm. Savage.:. ... M. ... H.T. . .. 548 z z z66 3 4
B. M. Savage ••• '" F. '" Asst. ... : ... . .. 359 Kilmore Survey '" H. O'Callaghan ... F. ... H.T. . .. zoo Z Z II9 10 3 360 Kyneton ... '" Fred. A. 'Buckley ... M. .. . H.T. '" ' , Z10 Z 4 ' u619 10 (B) • J ohn Morrissey ... M. ... P.T . . .. ... ... 360 Kyneton ... ... Anne G. Clinton . .. F. ... H.T. . .. Z7I 18 4 145 3 8 (G) Catherine Buckley ... F. . .. I Asst. ... .. . 85 14 I
Margt. Phillips F. zAsst. i ... ... ... . .. . .. 36z Kororoit ... ... J. E. Leonard ... M. . .. H.T. . .. 99 4 0 .. , 387 Little River ... ... Wm. Barrett ." M. ... H.T. .. , 179 13 4 J4Z 6 9
Mary M. Barrett F. ... W.M. ... . .. . .. 43 z Moranding ... , . ,. Thos. Wycherley ... , M. .. . H.T. ... 16z II 8 ... 436 Merriang ::: I ... John Wilson ••• . .. M. . .. H.T. ... III I ° . .. 464- Nunawading ... Margt. O'Keeffe F. ... H.T. . .. 137 15 4 143 16 3
Mary A. Dempsey ... F. ... P.T. . .. ... .. . 466 Newtown ... ... Anna M. D'Arcy . .. F. .. . H.T. ... Z78 3 4- 95 I Z
Francis Crohan ... M. ... Asst. ... . .. .. . Annie F. Crohan ... F. ... P.T. ... .. , . .. Maria O'Grady ... F. ... P.T. ... . .. . ..
480 OakleigJi ... ... Cornelius J. McDonnell M. . .. H.T. ... 173 13 4 163 16 8 Eliza M. McDonnell ... F. ... W.M. ... .. . . ..
506 East St. Kilda ... '" Jas. B. Hickie ... M. ... H.T. ... , 309 17 8 Z22 4Il I Gertrude Hick;ie ... F. ... Asst. ... .. . . .. , John Campbell ... M. . .. P.T. '" ... .. . John Ganley ... ... M. ... P.T. . .. ... . ..
50 9 Palmer:s Gully ... J,aurence Whyte ... M. ... H.T. ... 3IZ 15 0 143 Z 4 Mary Duffy ... ... F. ...
I Asst- ... ... . ..
Mary, Jane Ed,wards ... F. . .. P.T. ... ... .., 51Z Pyalong ... ... Richard Gray .. . M. ... H.T. ... 269 4 4- IS! II 9
B. Loughnan ... ... il'. ... W.M. ... ... . .. 568 Simmons' Reef ... Nicholas White ." M. ... H.T. ... ZII 10 6 ...
, Catherine Buchanan ... F. ... W.M. ... . " .. . Eliza J. Noble ... F. ... P:,r. ... i ... .. .
598 St. Patrick's ... ... T. F. Corbett M. ." H.T. ... 187 14 10 III 5 Z (B) . W.;r. Kennedy M. Asst. ... I . .. . .. ... . .. 598 I St. Patrick's ... ,. ... Mary F. Boland ... F. . .. H.T. . .. 187 14 10 89 6 II (G) Mary ,McDonald, F. Asst.
, ... . .. ... ... ... Kate McCarthy ... F. ... P.T. , ... .. . .. .
600 St. Mary's ... ... Peter Madden ... M. . .. H.T. ... 60011- Z z61. 5 5 (B) William Webb ... M. ... I Asst. , .....
I . .. 148 0 8
W m. A. O'Keeffe ... M. '" Z Asst. ... ... .. . Lawrence McShane ... M. ." P.T. ... ... .. . Joseph McShane ... ,M. ... P.T. ... ; ... .. .
600 St. Mary's ... ... Margt. Walsh ... F. .. . H.T. ... 1,073 19 4 z9 1 l1. Z (G) Mary.H. Stark '" F. ... I Asst. I .. , ... 106 18 0
, Anna M. Cardiff F. '" 1. Asst.' ... ... 106 '18 ° Mary' Lowrey ... ]j'. ... 3 Asst. ... . .. 106 18 ° Kate J efi'el's ... .. , F. ... 4 Asst. ... ... . .. Bridget C. Ryall ... F. P.T. ... ... .. . Bridget M. J. Ryan '" F. ... P.T. : ... ... .. .
601 Sandhurst ... ... John Bartley ... ... M. .. . H.T. ... , I,Z46 10 Z 447 16 4 Elizth. Bartley ... F. ... I Asst. , ... ... 131. 1. 4-Michael O'Brien ... M. l.Asst. ... .. . ... , ... M. A. J. Hawkings ... F. ... 3 Asst. I .. , ... 90 8 4
'Michael W. Walsh ... M. .... 4 Asst • ... . .. . .. Bridget Colgan ... F. . .. ~ P.T. ~; . . .. .. . Teresa Mungo,"an .. , F. ... P.T. ... . .. .. . Elizth. Donovan ... F. . .. P,T. ... ... .. . Mary Whealan ... F. ... P.T. ... .. . .. . Mary Moroney . " F. ... PT. ... ... . .....
603 Sturt street ... ... Wm. Spring ... ... M.\ . .. H.T. ... 748 17 1. 262 16 9 H. Spring ... ... F. . .. 1 Asst. , ., * •• .. . " 123 10 :l-Hannah Boyle F. zAsst.
.. ... ... ... . .. .. . Emily BranD~n ... F. ... 3 Asst. ... . .. .. . JohIl C. JenniJ,lgB ... M. P.T. "."" ... .. . Kate Leahy.,. F. P.T.
.. ... . .. ~ ... . .. ... E. Malcolm ... ... F. ... P.1;. " ... ...
I Jas:Byrne .. , ' ... M. .... P.T. -.... ... ...
634 Tower Hill ... ... Jno .. J. Madden, ... 1\1. ... H.T. ... 3T1. 7 2 l.Z0 3 4
... 1 Margt. Madden ... • F . ... Asst . ... . .. ...
676 Heidelberg ... Jno. N. J. Keily. ... M. ... H.T., ... iZ3 II 4 I5z 19 1. Hel,ena Keily ... ,F. '"
W.)L "!", ... .. , 677 Woodstock ... ... Patk. Kearney . .. ]\f. ... H.T. .. . 160 14, 8 II9 17 4-
Bridget Kearney • n F . ... W.M. ... ... .. . 678 Warrenheip ... ... Patk. W. Culligan . .. M. . .. H.1'. ... 334 19 0 194 2 g
Margt. Culligan ... F. ... Asst. . .. ... . .. 679 Wangaratta ... ... Thos. McKeone ... M. ... H.T. .. . 379 9 4 1.60 16 9
I ,} ohanna Brenock ... F. ... Asst. ... ... . .. Ml1ryLeacy ... .. ~. I F . ... P .. T. ... . .. .. .
I I Martin Leacy '''1 1\1'. P.T. I ... ... ... . .. I \ !
" Section 10 of "The Education ACI 1872" pro\'ldes tbnt the Trnstees. Committees of Jlfnllagement, or Oorrespondents of Non-Vested School8 shall receive the payment for instrllction giyen in tllcir Seilools. ' , '
,
116
CAPITATION SCHOOLs-continued.
i
Schools. I ! Allotment Teachers. in force between
_I';,~::. i 1St January 6 and iZi Name. 30th June Name. o.=: Positi0'!i1n
'S 1875. -¥ ~ the SchoOl.
~ i ~~
l2.1 Windsor, Deaf ... F. J. Rose ... ... }1. --. H.T. and Dumb Roht. Hogg ... ... M. .. . Asst.
S. J. Murdoch '" F. ... W.lIL Isabella Clarke ... F. ... P.T ..
684- Woodend ... ... Wm. H. Barry . .. M. .. . H.T. iVlary A. Melville ... F. . .. Asst. Emily Melville ... .F. ... P.T .
689 Woolshed ... ... Cornelius O'Donoghue M. ... H.T. Mary Carey ... ... F. '" W.M.
756 Crowlands ... . .. S. J. Wilkinson ... ]\.1. . .. H.T. 761: Raywood I Dennis O'Shea M. H.T. ... ... . ..
Marianne O'Shea ... ]j'. ... Asst. Henry O'Shea ... M. . .. P.T.
790 Forbes ... ... Daniel J. Brennan ... M. ... I H.T.
Mary Dwyer ... :1<'. .. . W.M. 796 A.--.::e ' Creek ... ... Peter'J. Macnamara ... M. ... ;H.T.
Margt.lliacnamara ... ]'. ... W.M. 807 Jericho ... ... Patk. I,ohan ... M. . .. H.T.
Cath. Chandler ... F. .. . W.M. 812 Back Creek '" Patk. J. Brennan ... M. . .. H.T.
I Eliza Kinnear F. I Asst. . " .. . Jane Halfpenny F. 2 Asst. ... ... Michael Coffey ... M. ... P.T.
, Bridget Coffey ... ]'. ... P.'l'. 8:1.8 Redesdale ... ... John Doherty ... M. .. . H.T.
Bridget Dwyer ... F. ... W.M . 83:1. Docker's Plains ... Francis O'Neill ... M. . .. H.T.
Bridget O'Neill ... F. ... W.M. 865 Axedale ... ... Jas. M, Murphy . .. M. ... H.T.
Ellen McNamara ... F. .. . W.M. 874- East Tylden ... ... Patk. Cahill ... ... M. . .. H.T.
I Sarah Cahill ... F. ... W,M .
908 Mt. St. Mary's ... John Quinlan ... M. ... H.T. S. J. Quinlan , ... ]'. '" W.M.
914- Inglewood ... ... Christopher R. Smithwick M. ... H.T. Mary J. Smithwick ... F. ... Asst. Bridget Carr ... F. '" P.T.
922 Blind ... ... Rosina McKenzie . .. F. .. . H.T. ,Emily Pearson ... F. ... W.M.
92 & Boorhaman ... . .. John H. "Murphy ... 11. . .. H.T.-Ennice Robison ... F. ... W.M.
94:1. Navigators ... ... Thos.' Clancy ... M. ... H.T. Margt. Clancy ... F. ... W.M. . , Mary Anne O'Neill ... F . ... P.T.
94-3 Trentham ... ... Pat. A. Doyle ... M. ... H.T. Ellen ·M. Doyle ... F. . .. W.M.
968 Upper Indigo '" .. ... Henry Wood ... ... M. ... H.T. 973 Bullenga.rook ... ... Jeremiah Kirby ... M. ... H.T.
Margt.Hogan ... F. .. . W.M. 984- Quartz Reefs ... .. ... Wm.·Tuite ... ... M. ... H.T. .. Agnes Slattery ... F. ... 1 Asst.
John F. Slattery ... M. ... 2 Asst. Emily C. I,ennon ... F. ... 3 Asst. 'rhos. Murphy ... ll:L . ... P.T . .. Mary E. Carr<!ll ... F. . .. P.T .
.. Ellen M. Gleeson ... F . . .. P.T. 991 Winton ... ... Adelaide M. Hennessy F. ... H.T. 998 Rig hPlain Camp ... Patrick Collins ... ... M. ... H.T.
1037 Wallace ... ... John Costelloe ... ... M. ... H.T. Margt. O'Dwyer ... F. .... ' W.M.
: Kate Hanrahan ... F . . .. P.T. 1038 Ormond .... ' ... John Howley ... M. . .. H.T.
Mosquito Flat ... I Bridget Howley ... F. ... Asst •
1084- ... P. Fitzpatrick ... ... M. ... H.T. 1096 I,ake Condah ... ... , Daniel H. Hogan ... M. ... H.T.
I , Jane Hogan ... ... F . ... W.M. II 28 Moorabool ... ... Daniel Barton ... ... M. ... H.T.
Eliza ,:a-lc Williams ... F. ... W.M. , Mary J. Doyle ... ... ]'. ... P.T.
IIn Cowwarr ... ... John McCarthy ... M. .. . H.T. Elizth. Rice ... ... F. ... W.M.
1319 Lake Tyers ... ... Lewis HallieI' ... .. . M. ... H.T. 1321 Dry Creek ... ... Emma Folks ... F. .. . H.T. 1322 Warrambine ... ... David Peattie ... ... M. ... H.T. 1327 Barongarook ... ... M. J. Danaher ... ... M. ... H.T. 1338 Konong wootongl ... Robt. Stewart ... ... M. ... H.T. 1340 Glenarona ... ... '\V m. Heffernan ... M. ... H.T. 1363 Bullarook Forest .. ~' RL. Dunne ... ... M. . .. H.T.
I E. G. Dunne ... ... F . ... Asst.
! T. L. Dunne ... ... M, ... P.T.
75 North Corop ... ... Arthur Murphy . ... M. ... ILT .. [394- 'Boho ... ... ,[" ... I Peter Hunter .... ... ~1. ... H.T. I , : :
Estimated payment to be
Results. made for the Year 1875 to each School receiving - Capitation Allowance;
Inspector's based upon the payments Percentage. made for the Half-year
ended 30th June 1875 .•
£ .~. d. ... lSI 9 4-... .. . ... ... ... '" . .. 339 17 4-... .. . ... ... . .. 337 18 8 ... ... . .. 145 6 4-... 64-9 4- 6 ..~ . ...
I ... ... ... I 164- 2. 10 ... .. . . .. 180 8 6 ... ... ... 268 8 6 ... . .. '" 504- 16 S ... ... , ... .. . ... .. . ... . .. . .. 2. 63 II :1.
. .... . .. . .. 97 14- 10 . .. . .. .. . 233 18 8 ... ,,-
. .. 21 9 0 :1. . .. . ..
... 238 16 0
... ... .. . 253 :1. 2.
... .. .
... ... ... IOI :J 2.- 0
... ...
...
I 135 14- 2 . .. .. .
'" 213 1:1. 6 ... .. . ... .. . .. . 23:1. 10 4 . .. . .. ... 169 8 8 ... 124- 10 :1. ... ... .. . 56::. 0 10 . .. .. . . .. .. . .., .. . '" . .. ... . .. ... . .. . .. 113 :1. 8 '" 156 6 8 . .. 2. 1 5 0 6 ... ... ... ... . .. #5 4 8 ... ... . .. 216 16 4 .. . 23 2 13 8 . .. . .. 197 7 0 ... .. . . .. .. . ... 203 9 4 . .. .. . '" uS 4- 4-... 64- 18 8 .. . 82 7 10 . .. 188 10 8 . .. 127 9 2 . .. 155 12 4-. .. 34-6 4- S ... . .. ... . .. ... 64- 8 6 .. . 50 I 4
I
Rate of Net Incom e earned by
eaeh Teach er , d'
In 187_, If employe
on 31st December
187'·
£ s. d. 100 0
65 0 .. . ... 100' 3 I
uS :1-.. . 196 19 .. . .. . 181 2.
. .. . .. 12.9 8
... 138 I .. . . .. . .. 191 10
'" . .. . .. .. .
I5 I 19 '"
201 18 . .. 14-7 2. ... 134- 12 I .. . 187 18' .. . 200 19 113 15 .. . 60 0 .. . . .. .. .
14-0 4- I . .. . .. .. . . .. . .. . .. .. .
183 10 107 19 122 19 .. . . .. . .. .. . IIO 8 . .. 117 13 I ,
'" .. . 117 II 1 . .. 104- 10 I
lIS 6 . .. 152. 0 . .. .. . 140 12. .. .
5:1. 5 68 6 49 5 65 8 63 18 65 3 . .. . .. .. .
. .. ...
o o
o 5
7
9
5
8
8
5
4-
o
o
9 8
o
o
7 5 5
8
5
o
o
o 6 3 6 2
8
- . .. Seet!on 10 of "The Education .dCI ,187:1." prOVIdes that the Trustees, Commltt.e .. of Management, or OorrespcndentB of lion·Vested Schools shall
. receive tile payment for Instruction g\"en In tbelr SchOols. . .
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APPENDIX E.
SCHOO~S in Operation during the Year }874, with the Number of Scholars ~m the Rolls and in Average Attendance at each School; together with the Schools in Operation, and th!3 greatest Number of Scholars in lAverage Attendance at each School, for any Month between 1st January and 31st August 1875.
I
lWll No.
!
Name.
1874. 1875.
, I Greatest
On • Average N::,::::~" Rolls. • Attendance. Attendonce
for any Month.
--,1-+-----,------ -----------
1 3 4 5 7 8 9
11 12 14 15 16 18 22 25 26 28 29 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 42 44 46 47 50 52 54 55 56 58 60 61 63 66 69 70 73 76 80 81 84 85 86 87
105 107 109 III 112 Il3 }l4 I15 116 Il7 }l8 }l9 120 121 122 123 124 128 129 130 131
Alberton ..• • .• Allansford ••• • •• Avoca ••• ... Abbotsford .•• . •• Ajtken's Gap ••• • .. Arenel .•. ... Amherst ... . ..
!E~~;:o~tC;~~k ::: Ashby... ... Amherst ... . .• Ascot ... . .. Ashby... ... Amphitheatre '" Adelaide Lead ... Belmont '" ... :&.cchus Marsh .. . B\,ljUoral '" .. .
i Benalla ••• • .. : Bfidgewater Peninsula
Ballarat ... • .. Bakery Hill, Ballarat '" Brown Hill, Ballarat ... Beechworth... ... Wiodonga ... • .. B~t Bet, n. • .. Bullarook .•• • •• Berwick ..• ... OitkIand's Junction ... Brighton ••. '" Bulla .n ... Box Forest .••• '" Barrabool Hills '" B~llarine ... ... Ballan ... . .. Burnt Creek ... • .. Bakery Hill, Ballarat '" Black Lead... • .. Beaufort ... '" Beechworth... • .. Branxholme ... '" Baringhup... n. B~idge End... ... Burrumbeet ,., '" Blirrabool Hille ... Drysdale •.. • .. Brighton .•• I ...
Ballarat ... B~aumaris... . .. Barker'S Creek ... Harkaway... • •. Dean ... .. . BiuckneU Creek .. . Mount Duneed .. . Bald Hills... • .. Bell street ... • .. Carlton ... ... Williamstown Junction C~perdown... ... Carlsruhe... • •• Cavendish .•• •• Colac ... ... Crimbourne ... . .. Castlemaine... ... Campbell's Creek ... Church's Flat... '" Cieswick ... • .. C8.lifornia. Gully ... Cowie's Creek ... Caledonia Diggings
Cliilwell ... "'1 Caris brook .. . Cu:stlemaine ,.. ,'"
90 143 462 604 67
185 286 172 98
226 109 57
475 132 146 1I9 262 59
420 58
854 790 314 497 293 I 1I5 154 181 45
342 112 87 80 84
224 180 849 165 328 705 93
III 190 85 85
259 270
1,053 188 132 98
201 112 120 108
1,524 1,795
137 395 64 91
427 83
437 . 555 237
1,064 472 93 61
197 288 608
53 82
258 254 27 88
167 104 57 97 72 34
249 74 69 57
149 37
151 35
351 394 176 206 U8 50 58 92 14
172 '48 45 37 55
117 77
409 78
204 319
55 49 64 45 35
108 129 488 86 71 49 96 50 56 51
623 754
72 219
32 59
203 34
202 273 126, 458 226 43 43 93
150 293
55 95
255 267 26 99
107 61
45
92 69
, 53 164 30
193 34
428 416 181 199 125
63 56
110 14
145 57 57 43
102 422
64 208 206
65 67 70 50 44
115 95
470 107 57 44 98 55 66 55
619 863
72 238 31 60
232 45
625 279 118 582 261 35 34 83
,225
1874. 1875. ~-·.,--~~~I----
Name. Greatest
Number in Roll No. On A vel'll.ge Average
I
, Rolls. Attendance. Attendance for
auyMontll. -,--.----1--1---
133 : Moyston ... ... 134 Casterton... . .. 135 Coleraine ... . .. 136 Clunes ... ... 138 Connewarre... • .. 141 Cardigan ... . .. 142 Collins street ... • .. 143 Camp bellfield .•• '" 144 Cranbourne... . .. 146 Carngham... • .. 147 Coghill's Creek ... 148 Clarendon... .. . 149 Cremorne street .. . 150 Chi! well ... • •• 151 Ceres ... .. . 152 Castlemaine ... .. . 153 Chewton ... .. . 156 . California Hill ••• 157 Clunes .. , .. . 161 Cabbage-tree Flat .. . 163 Lyndhurst... • .. 173 Christ Church ••• 174 Collins street... .. . 177 Carlton ... .. . 182 Dennington... . .. 183 Dunkeld ..., ... 184 Dromana ... ... 185 Deep Creek, Daylesford 186 Dandenong ... ... 187 Clifford ..• 188 Duck Ponds ... 189 Dunolly ... 191 Digby ... 192 Derrimut ... 193 Donkey Gully 194 Dolly's Creek 195 Donnybrook ... 201 Duck Holes ••• 204 Dowling Forest
190 176 157 926
92 124 163 107 74
137 135 153 393 504
72 479 208 501
1,088 74 64
444 408
1,356 164
. 108 56
214 137 66 68
420 86 91 65
123 105 86 54
409 205 Derby street ... 206 Errol street ... 207 Emerald Hill ... 208 Eehuea ... 209 Eltham ••.
... 1,235
... 1,438 663 153
210 Eaglehawk ... 213 East Brighton 214 East Brunswick 216 Epping ... 217 Euroa ." 220 Elphinstone ... 221 Epsom" ... 222 Emerald Hill '" 223 East Melbourne
.•. 1,134 152 361 116 88
135 185 937
226 Ereildoun... ... 229 103
227 .Erratd street, Ballarat 228 Emu Creek 229 East Prahran ••• 231 East Bellarine 232 Chetwynd street 234 East Geelong .. . 235 East Ballarat .. . 244 Eumemering ••• 246 Eldorado ' ..• 249 East Melbourne 250 Flemington .. . 252 Fryerstown .. . 253 Footseray ... 256 Freshwater Creek 257 Franklinford .•• 258 Flemington ••. 260 Geelong •.• 261 Gheringhap •.. 262 Gisborne ...
1,624 101 202
89 253 317 531 Il2 501 133 343 388 521 94 59
317 983 105 165
104 65 89
469 55 58 75 56 43 68 77 76
187 277
37 249 129 251 553
31 26
220 113 398
77 58 26
123 75 17 32
213 50 50 36 61 58 48 22
123 761 396 234 84
575 58
141 56 35 67 98
344 76 64
793 43 97 47
141 177 314 42
256 79
147 224 233
42 32
1I4 503
67 93
76 118 462
58 56
64 52 59 56 80
203 288
35 311 129 281 521
33 34
177 204 599
91 60 34
133
36 33
204 56 52 37 68 60 58 22
1I3
364 373 89
641 71
168 60 59 69
112 394
58 654
49
30
148 51
269 90
196 239 271
49 41
127 554
61 91
118
SCHOOLS in Operation during the Year 1874, &c.-continued.
1874. 1875.
I Greatest
Roll Name. Number ill No. ", I On Avemge Average
.' . Rolls. ; AW,hdanc,?; Attendance
, , "i "1" for ;, ' ! auy lIfolltb, --- -----'-, _._-_.'-----:-'_._. -' -' ~~~ -'-' -' --,
263 ,Glenorchy .... ... 66 37' 38 264 'Guildford .... ••• 422 252 255 266 ·'Ghinlyou'... '.. 175 89 lio 267· Gipsy Village... • •• i 61 34 42 268 'Qreensborougb ... 123 -,c50 55 27 I :Glen Darriwell ... 56 25 ... 272 ,:Grassmere... ... 88 39 45 II 275 'Growler's Creek ... 333 182 182 276 Ghei'inghap st., Geelong 327 '203 ... 277 Green Hills... ... 76 37 43 278 Geelong" . .•• ••• 634 304 393' 280 'Durham Lead... ... 209 100" 107 281 Glendaruel... ... 122 56 52' 282 George street, Fitzroy::. 945 425 465' 283 Germantown... ... 271 "1'49 '149' 29l Green Gully... ... 93 . .42 34 2()2 Goornong ... ... 76' "aa' 38 293 Hawthorn... .., 502 248 240 294 'Heidelberg... '" 187 ' 82 90' 295' Hamilton .•• ... 615 220 844< 296 Hexham ... ... 82 '45 36 297 fIeywood"... ... 191' 91' 105 298 Horsham' .,. ... 142 ;164 " 98 299': Harcourt ... ... 105 ,54' 56" 300 Heathcote'... ... 545 259 213 303' ' Hoddle itreet ••• ' .•• 1239 482 " 607' 305' Hurdle Flat... ... 185' - 106 'lT9' 306 fIuntly .. , ... 544 30'5 285' , 307' Hotham' ... . .• 'I 797' 323 375 308 Ha,milton, .•• '. 224 163 .... 311 Hardie's'-Hil! '" 188 '89 Ill' :H2 'Hoddle street ... ... 701 ' 247 ~62, 315 'Heathcote... ... 232 . 't'25 168 316' I HomebuSh... ••. Ill' 59 ,,56' 319 . Jan Juc"... ... 72 "34 '33 320 'W ehla ~ ... ... 63 34 ' 32' 321 Inkermann... .•• 126 67 71 323 IronbarkHill.:. ... 1309 'Y22 '756, 324 Ivanhoe ... ... 96 ~:g3, , .59 327 ,Iniligo ... ... 513 278 279 329 ! .Janefield'... ... 86' "35 ; 52 337 ~im Crow Road '" 91 50 61 338 Rokewood'Junction ... 123 79 " 76 339 Jones'Creek... ... 69 3'7 40 343 Kyneton ... ... 592 ' 241 "3i I 344 Kirkstall ... ... 346 '185 '173 348 Kildare ... ... 169 ·"82 ' 1
351 "lung-ower... ... lOG' "61 ':67 352 Kangaroo Ground ... 74 ""34 , 42 353 iKilmore' ... ...' 242' i'i.8 III 355 -:Kyneton ... ... 154 ":7'0 ... 365 'Lermox 'sti·eet... 958' 552 ' ... 366 ):tomsey'... ... 98' 50 51 367 '.Longwood... ... 77' 32' I ,,36 368 '<Lake B(u'rumbeet ... 84 ,),0".,.43 370 .jXorth BrUnsWiek ... 138, ;'C[5537,:r ,'" 374 ,Little Bendigo ... 105 61 376 I Lucky Woman's ... 303 214 . 263 378 ,Lauriston... ... 127 .1.)2 7I 379 Leigh ".... ... 91 ' 55 , 62 380 'Loxton ... ... 93 ,,52 64 383 I[.ousdale street ... 520' 179 209 384 'Little Brighton' '" 244 "1'29" 115 385 Loch'ood ... ... 72 ,.32 • " ~9; 386 ·Lake Learmonth ... 162 '92 80 391 Central ... ... 2,075' ,}40, , ' ,.9~ 0 393 'Moorabool... ... 102 <:~5 . d, 53 396 Modewarre .. " ... 109 • ~2 54 397"Mortlakc' ••• ... 248 "141, '.'169 :199 .. Mount PollOCk 17' ''''\3 . \ 400 :Mn,rong' ... ... 142 'l~r52 ~7 , 401' Mouut Moriae ... 70, "1'36" .. " 41 402 :Muckleford:.. , ,.. 60 25 ,', 32,-403 )\1n,qdurang u* ... 80 I' °38 ", 50 404 IJvlaryborough... ... 799 '351 r '472 405 '·Malvern... 262 135 ' 141 '406 1,lll1odewarre... ... 34 1'6 " 14 407 I Murghebolue ... .•. ,105 ':'60 ': 53 408 I,Meredith :.. ... 139 ;"82 409 ;Mount Egerton ... 457 . 246 410 I "Malmsbnry... ... 274 153 411 IMaryborough... ... 162 90 412 ,Muckleford... ... 87 :18
247
48
1874. 1875.
Roll No.
Name~
I
On Rolls,
Greatest ..Number in
Average Average Attendance, 'Attendance
tor any:t\lontb.
---------~----~------I---- -------1-------415 Mount Macedon ... 416 ' Merino ... • .. 417 Murrudoc... • •. 418 Mount Blowhard ... 424" , Mount Pleasant' •••
, 425 . Magpie " ... .,. 426, :Minersrest... ... 427' Mount Clear J.. • .. 430' Melton ... • .. 431 Macedon .. ' '" 435 Mepllnga .. , .. . 439 Moonambel... .. . 442 Moonlight Flat .. . 444 Mount Prospect ... 450' Fitzroy· ... .. . 452 Newstead... .. . 453 Newlyn ... . .. 454 Nunawading... • .. 455 Newtown ... • .. 457 Newbridge... ... 458 Narrawong... • .. 459 NorthMelbourne ... 460' Northcote ... 461 BaUyshanassy ... 46.2 ;Newtown ... '" 463 Nunawadil1g... .., 465' Newhalll ... 467 New Gisborne .. . 469 Xunawading ... ' .. . 470' Northcote... '" 472 Nuggetty Reef '" 4 7 4 Oxford '. ~trcet, ,Colling-
wood" .. ' 476 Orphanage, EmemidHill 477 ' Osborne's Flat '" 479 Oakleigll ... .. . 482 Ondit' ... .. .
,483 Essendon ... • .. 484 Coburg' .. , .. . 485 ' Prahran ... .. . 486 Penshurst... .. . 487 Myruioug... • .. 488 Plenty' ." ... 489 ,Portland .'.. '" 490' Port Albert... . .. 491 ;Praliran ,.. , .. . 494 Preston ... .. . 495 ' ,Point Henry... .. . 497 Plank road... .. . 499' Portland ... .. . 502' Pleasant Creek .. . 503 Pennyweight Flat ... 504 Pl'ahran ... ... 505 Preston ... . .. 513 Porellpine Flat .. . 5191 ; Richmond... .. . 522 Rutherglen... .. . 523 Raglan ... .. . 525 : Reid's Creek ... .. . 526 I Rosebrook... .. . 528 Hiddell's Creek .. . 529 Redcastle... .., 530 Russell's Bridge ... 531 Rokewood... . .. 533 Richmond ... • .. 534 Rothwell .. . 539 RochfOJ:d, Soilth 540 Rochford .. . 541 St. Alban's .. . 542 Sandridge .. . 543 St. Kilda .. . 544 South Melbourne 545. Sale ...
, ... I
72 146
71 77
551 325 160 141 174 ' 102 49
151 90
127 1,378
178 207
68 170 162
60 911' 187 168 245 176 113 72' 83
117 115' , 961
639' 144 129 142 248' , 417 374 207'
82" 201 335 141
1,128 ' 103
77 366 97'
1,211' lil 468' 112 '138 314 371 138' 111 J06 150
61 103 117 635
66' 90 72
268 640 307 291 662
546 Seafield 547 Seymour. '" 548 Somerton ... , 550 Stanley .. . 551 South KUmore 552 Smeatoll ... 558· St. John's ... 1i59 St. Matthew's ... 560 St. Marv's .. , 561 S,t. Peter's ...
74 257
95 348 145
89 510 555
... 1,695 775
42 68 37 36
368 170 73 7l 67 48 30 7'13 58 58
468 83
100 36 65 83 36
319 129 92
128 85
'51 34 42 66' 56
, 347
369 81 70 83
154 lin 229
95 '45 88
13'9 82
i'iI3 42 43
198 88
673 95
208 53 58
122 178 59 62 58 78 35 58 56
205 33 51'
, 32' 114 324' 126 107
·419 33
105 42
185 74
'54 158 298 660 297
46 84 38 46 _ .. -
148 83 61 95 47 42 65
65 • i53 87
, 89 41
257 96 34
367
110
89 48 41 64
54 382
429
78 93
166 286 186 104 5i
107 130
SO
48
701 130 191
58
226 ~3 63 65 84 50 71 53
181 38 52 34,
123
197 397 35
112 55
193 67 48
·173
" 749 344
119
SCHOOLS in Oper!1tion duril\g the Year' 1874, ,&6.-con'tinued.
T 1874. 1875. 1874. 1875. _ .. _-. __ .
Roll 'Greatest Grentest
Name. Number In Roll Name. i Number in' No. On Average Average No. On Average Average
" Rolla. Attendallce. Attendance Rolls. Attendance. Attendance
j for for
I any lIfonth. any lIfonth.
I ------------ --- --,'--'-------'--- -------------
563 S~. Mark's ... ... 509 305, ... 703, Banold . .. . .. .50 24 19 565 St. lilda ... . .. 944 435 164 704 Sandy Creek '" ~ .. 121 59 69 567 Schnapper Point ... 90 54. 55 706 River View ... ... 171 75 82 570 S~ilor's Gully ... 419 231 ... 707 Lancefield ... '" 232 112 143
572 Steiglitz '" ... 158 78 73 708 Monument Cr~ek '" 62 29 40 573 Spring Hill ... ... 141 55 62 710 Landsborough ... . .. 209 88 95 574 S:r;take Valley ... ... 434 • 237 269 713' Leigh Creek ... . .. 126 60 61 575 S~ndy Creek ... ... 32 24 24 714 Chinaman's Flat '" 313 155 180 576 Sandford ... ... 119 60 65 715 Mount Mercer ... 48 24 25 579 St. Paul's ... " . 420 206 . 217 716 Coimadai . .. . .. 135 57 74 582 S~ipton ... . .. 142 70 71 717 Waterloo Flat ... 59 35 46 583 South Yarra ... . .. 642 361 381 718 Stockyard Hill ... 68 33 29 584 St. lilda ... \ ~! • 422 166 ... 719 Buninyong East '" 168 82 85 585 Sutherland's Creek ... 39 19 19 721 Deep Lead ... . .. 107 57' 68 586 Sandhurst ... ~ .... 1,413 663 682 722 Bull-dog Diggings ... 146 93 98 587 Soldier's Hill .•• ... 1,476 711 674- 723 Birregurra ... . .. 148 72' . 77 588 Sreiglitz .. , ... 194 116 ... 724 Harrow . .. ... 67 32' 39 589 Scotchman's Lead , .. 386 205 202 726 Piggoreet . .. '" 320 187 213 590 Sandridge ... ... 393 228 .., 727 Glenvale ... . .. 78 43 42 591 Squth Geelong ... 242 96 105 728 Caramut ... . .. 61 40 46 592 Specimen Hill ... 241 147 ... 729 Bunker's Hill ... '" 178 80 83 595 St . .Arnaud ... ... 507 255 859 730 Wombat Hill ... . .. 125 41 42 596 Stratford ... . .. 200 127 151 731 Cressy ... . .. 42 24 30 606 Staffordshire Reef ... 91 59 65 732· Bald Hills ... .... 35 19 20 610 Smeaton ... . .. 92 35 40 733. Laanecoorie . .. ... 86 50 52 614 T~radale ... . .. 518 257 268 734 Mulgrave . .. 87 44· 55 615 Ttl:rraviUe ... ... 117 52 68 736 Three-mile Creek . .. 167 105 112 617 Tdrang ... . .. 232 120 132 787' Oxley ... . .. 142 55 58 618 T~wer Hill ... ... 320 120 '128 739 East Coimewarre ... 73 35 34 621 Ty:lden ... '" 95' 53 52 740 Sheepwash ... . .. 92 50; 59 622 T~oborac ... ." 64 33 35 741 Bridgewater . .. . .. 56 36 38 623 Tciotgarook ... ... 52 23 26 742 Elaine ... ... 184 95 ' 100 624 Ternplestowe ... ' ..... 80 45 ... 743 Balmattum . .. ." 84 38. 45 626 Tarnagulla ... ... 311 169 .. , 744 Lockwood . .. ... 76 46 55 627 Te'mplestowe ... '" 55 84 ... 746 Moliagul . .. ... 114 61 68 628 Teesdale .. , ... 86 56 59 747, Gorrinn ... ... 68 27 30 629 Tr~ntham ... ... 85' 35 38 748. Dereel ... ... 93 53- 58 631 TIi.ornastowu ... ... 76 45 48 749 Bealiba· . .. '" 190 U8 131 632 Tullamarine ... 60 34 35 750 Mosquito Flat ... 79 56 .. . 633 Ty:}den ." ... 54 34' 35 751 Whim Holes ... ... 108 53 56 640 Violet Town ... ... 108 42 55 754 Bairnsdale ... '" 327 178 212 641 Tarilta ... ... 171 103 108 755 ,Gordons ... ... 258 120 88 642 Vaughan ... ... 161 104 117 I 757 Mount Rowan ... ... 164 76 93 643 Wangaratta ... ... 499 205 206 759 Kingston .. . . .. 168 79 80 644 W~hgunyah ... . .. 87 39 49· 760 Wurdy You Yangs . .. 76 39 38 645 Wl)ngoon ... ... 95 49 60 762 Peter's Diggings ... 91 45· 55 646 W:::rrnambool ... ... 488 250 310 763 mUna . ; .. ... 108 50 44'
647 Woodend ... ... 284 161 156 764 Majorca ... . .. 426 192 168 648 Woodford ... ... 146 71 78
I'
765 Telegraph Sawmills . .. 58 34 39 649 Wyndham ... ... 181 84 102 766 Hawkesdale . .. ... 78 34 40 650 White Flat ... ... 442 22J ... 767 Hepburn ... ... 96 58 68 651 Wllroo ... 117 62 62
:1
769 Lara Lake ... ... 104 '52 56 652. Wi)-iter's Flat ... ... 233 127 132 770 ' Rosedale . .. . .. 173') 99 103 653 Wooragee ... ... 43 25 30 771 Glenluce .., ... 38 21 18 654 Winslow ... 108 50 59
11
772 Mount Greenock ... 88 54 .. . 656 i W~atherboard'iIill ... 87 40 41 773 . Caulfield· . .. . .. 172 72 68 657 , Williamstown ... ... 714' 426 ...
II 774 Middle Bridge ... 62. 28 23
658 'WIlittlesea ... ... 137 68 67 776 , Bright ~ . .. . .. 255 138 151 659 Winchelsea ... ... 144 79 94 777 ' Darlington . .. . .. 65 37, 34 661 ·Wirrnambool ... ... 363 161 155
1
778 Break-o'-Day ... ~ .. 247 133 142 663 Wl:iite Hills ... 339 154 169 779 Lethbridge ... ... 89 39 . .. 664 WaBan Wailan ... 184 104 104
II 780 Mountain Hut ... 66 32 39
665 We'st POJ;tland ... 2Hl 126 123 781 Macarthur . .. ... 118 57 80 666 W60dend ... , .. 73 32 32 784 Armstrongs ... ... 105 56 62 668 Windermere 89 54 51 I 785 Rocky Lead 118 56 56 ... ... 669 Wellington street ... 425 250 ...
I 787 Landsberg Mains . .. 54 26 24
670 Wesley Hill ... ... 301 195 187 789 Wood's Point ... ... 168 105 114 673 Wa'rrnambool ... ... 484 253 282 I 791 West lIIoranding 90 36 83 ... 674 Warrenheip ... ... 151 76 87 I 792 Cape Clear ... '" 103 52 ... 683 West Geelong '" 97 55 61 I 793 Eddington 142 90 78 ... '" 685 W epington ... ... 89 49 61 794 Wedderburne ... ... 209 130 137 688 I Wools thorpe ... . .. 116 74 70 795 Rochester . .. ... 1'6 n. 94 690 'Yarigery ... '" 157 70 73 ' 797 Faraday ... . .. 70 35 31 691 Yartdoit ... ... 150 71 t 68 798 Sutton Grange ... 92 48 47 692 Yackandaudah ... 75 41 39 800 Ararat ... . .. 681 408 435 693 Ya~ram Yarram ... 120 51 54 801 Evansford ... .., 120 72 70 695 Ballarat ... ... 837 371 403 802 Cornishtown ... ." 116 56 70 696 Yatbbuk ... '" 107 55 55 803 Ross' Creek ... 212 96 102 697 Yari Yean ... ... 104 57 50 804' Mount Cotterell ... . .. .. . 37 698 Yan Yean ... ... 80 39 38 805 Main Lead ... . .. 57 80 84 699 Yea' ... 122 54 61 806 Newtown ... 132 64 84
pdt~;d Hil~" . ..
701 ... 47 23 25 809 Grand Trunk ... 141 71l 98 702 Yan'gardook ... '" 70 42 , 36 810 i Woodstock-on-Loddon ... 58 38 40
120
SCHOOLS in Operation during the Year 187,4, &c.-continued.
1874. 1875. !, 1874. !
1875. --~~
Uoll Greatest Greatest Name. Number in Roll Name. Number in No.
, 011 Average Average No. On Average Average
Rolls. Attendance. Attendance Rolls. Attendance. Attendance for for
any::lIonth. anYl\!°nth. -- --,-------_._-, 811 Grosvenor ... ... 341 134 146 925 Graham's Hill '" 106 59 72 813 Avoca Lead ... ... 88 43 49 927 Glengower ... ... 96 47 41 814 Jamieson ... ... 165 96 121 929 IJake Goldsmith ... 24 17 21 815 Tea-tree Creek ... 67 42 57 ,930 Wood's Point ... ... 161 103 106 817 Edenhope ... ... 67 39 43 9~:n Leonard's Hill ... 69 42 37 821 Brown's Plains ... 97 ·54 57 932 Wabdallah . .. ... 107 57 63 822 Bowman's Forest ... 56 :24 25 933 Smith's G-glly ... 51 34 37 823 Somerville ... ... 37 20 23 934 Spring Vale ... 43 21 17 824 Gowerville ... . .. 108 48 58 935 Upper Emu Creek ... 118 51 55 825 Moorooduc ... ... 82 37 40 . 937 ,Drummond ... ' .. . 62 33 31 826 Tallarook Flat ... 73 21 23 938 Kingstown ... ... 86 38 41 830 Maiden Hill ... ... 57 32 39 940 MUHoon ... .. . ' 53 23 29 831 Omeo ... ... 93 52 60 941 Baringhup ... .. . 64 27 22 834 Mount Cole ... . .. n 34 24 944 Junction, Warrenheip ' .. 148 69 72 835 Maidentown ... -... 180 70 65 945 Hazel Glen, ... ... 7l 39 34 836 Coomoora ... ... 123' 53 52 946 Toolern '" ... 67 30 35 8:17 Twist's Creek ... ... 43 29 29 947 Glenthompson ... 72 39 36 840 Moorabool Sawmills ... 99 46 49 948 Wickliffe . .. ... 59 34 36 841 Flinders and Main Ridge 35 19 40 949 Warreek and Timor ... 135 58 54 843 : Harrietv ille ... ... 120 66 63 , 950 Shelbourne ... ... 100 38 61 844 : Streatham ... ... 55 25 26 I 951 TabUk ... ... 102 54 57 846 Mordialloc ... ... 78 41 42 952 Mia-mia ... ... 51 23 32 847 WooIamai ... ... 58 28 36 953 Wareek ... .. . 41 27 26 848 Alma ... ... 310 161 152 954 Prinee Alfred ... 813 405 426 849 I, Healesville ... . .. 61 30 34 95.5 Myrtleford ... ... 125 57 75 850 : Red Lion ... ... 104 48 54 956 Yarra Flats ... ... 49 22 41
, 8511' Metcalf ... ... 58 35 :14 957 Walhalla ... ... 487
I 275 330
852: Bagshot ... ... 78 34 38 958 l\f 001'00 lbar k ... ... 49 27 41 853 Grant ... ... 59 31 36 959 Elmhurst ... . .. 70 35 35 854 Parupa ... ... 92 47 57 950 Baynton ... ... 75 27 23 855.: Byadnk '" ... 128, 56 60 961 Langdon's Hill . .. 63 I 39 42 856, 'I'oongabbie ... ... 89 46 53 962 Lilicur ... .. . 63 34 35 857:; Sailor's Gully ... 81 40 42 965 Big Swamp, Clunes ... 106 43 46 859, Springs ... ... 95 54 59 966 Daniel's Creek ... ... .. . 37 860 Great Western ... 102 56 60 967 IN,nb Red ... ,", ... 53 14 27 861 Ii Maffra ... . .. 161 95 106 969 Mangalore ... ... 46 22 26 862: Broken Creek ... 41 19 26 971 Drik-drik ••• ... 52 3.1 33 863, I,al-Ial ... ... 120 54 55 972 Cobaw ... ... 55 31 35 864:' Cobden ... ... 140 53 66 974 i Kangaroo Flat .. . 99 62 65 866' St. Leonards ... ... 25 23 28 975 Burke's Flat ... ... 94 50 50 867: Chepstowe '" ... 145 65, 57 977 Naree Warran ... 60 31 37 8691 Smeaton's Plains 94 48 : 38 978 ' Smythesdale '" 499 290 294 ... ... 870 (joy's Diggings , .. 40 24 I 25 980 Scarsdale ... . .. , 721 442 410 873 Piper's Creek 88 44 40
, 981 Kangaroo Flat 659 283 245 , ... . ..
876: Lilydale ... ... 105 61 60 982 Broadmeadows . .. 117 57 67 877,: German ... ... 1,060 506 646 983 'Voorndoo ... ... 47 19 25 878,' Darraweit Guim ... 64 33 31 985 Barkstead ... '" 63 37 40 880: Lintons ... ... 387 227 209 986 Reedy Creek ... . .. 56 32 29 881( Kangaroo Hills ... 90 50 53 987 Happy Valley ... 119 52 46 882 Invermay ... ... 91 33 29 I 989 Black Flat ... ... 62 33 39 883 Glenormiston ... 79 47 48 990 Neilborough ... 72 37 48 884 Cattle Station ~ill ... 128 59' 53 993 Boot's Gully ... , ... 64 40 42 885 Barry's Reef~ .. ... 296 131 169 996 Garvoc ." ... 82 39 46 886: Stony Creek '" ... 100 56 51 997 Murmungee ... .. . 61 35 '42 887, , Snowy Creek ... 66 44 34 999 Mollison ... ... 86 48 42 888 I Camberwell ... ... 361 192 126 1000 Daylesford road ... 105 35 51 889 Hillsborough ... ... 67 45 41 1001 Woorndoo ' ... ... 52 : 33 29 890 Greenvale ... ... ll8 67 71 1002 Sunbury ... .. . 331 I 179 160
, 891 ' Ecklin ... '" 45 27 29 1003 Nillumbik ... ... 206 III 118 893 ' Samaria ... ... 54 29 40 1004 American Steam Saw- 93 33 38 894 Wensley Dale ... ... 55 32 34 . mills 895 Freeburgh ... . .. 89 ,49 65 1005 Graytown ... '" 163 76 70 896' Hedbank ... ... 122 55 57 1007 Springfield ... .. . 68 38 39 897: North Hamilton ... 136 67 69 1008 Axedale ... ... 47 I • 34 40 .899 Barkly '" ... 84 39 41 1010 Union Steam Sawmills ... 91 42 31 900 Christmas Reef ... 117 48 , 63 1011 Yarpturk '" ... 209 92 III 901 Dwyer's Creek ... 50 26 27 1012 East Shelbourne ... 83 50 54 902 Charlton ... ... 64 38 44 1013 Keysborough ... ... 44 27 ... 903 Daylesfol'd ... . .. 595 276 275 1014 North Purrumbete ... 30 14 16 904 Weering ... ... 46 33 26 1015 'Lilliput ... .. . 86 44, 54 905 Moonlight ... ... 61 41 37 1016 Purnim ... ... 139 53 54 906 Branxholme ... ... 44 24 28 1017 Beremboke ... .. . i7 43 44 907 Su'tton '" ... 37 21 18 1018 Mount Wallace ... 77 32 41 909 Edward's Reef ... 46 27 :36 1019 • Condah ... .. . 82 35 37 912 Alexandra ... '" 273
I 173 181 1020 Aringa ... '" 42 23 , 24
913 Fyansford ... . .. 109 53 53 1021 Corop ... ... 92 43 49 915 Bruk-bruk '" ... 99 41 34 1022 Vermont ... ... 136 62 56 916 Par wan ... ... 98 44 57
'I 1023 Tarnagulla ... .. , 372 ll8 197
917 Upper Buckland ... 51 26 33 1024 Stuartmill ... .. . 170 102 123 918 Greendale ... ... 70 34 29 1025 Dean's Marsh ... ... 42 21 24 9i9 New Cambridge .. , 49 24 30
II 1026 Balwyn Road ... ... 139 61 70
920 Cambrian Hill '" 215 118 I 99 1028 Scoresby ... . .. 61 32 35 923 ' East Trentham ... 47 24 25 1029 Lower Buckland ... 84 50 45
121
SCHOOLS in Operation during the Year 18'1-1:, &c.-colltinued.
Roll No.
Name.
1080 Carisbrook 1031 Pomborneit 1032 Shirley 1033 Wandon Yalloak 1034 Yering 1035 Dartmoor 1036 Running Creek 1039 Irrewillipe 1040 Waurn Ponds 1041 Salt Pans 1042 Percydale 1045 Middle Creek ... 1046 Hurdle Creek 1047 Gobur 1048 Keilembete West 1049 Lauraville 1050 North Murchison 1051 Micklebam 1052 New Inglewood 1053 Joyce's Creek 1054 Chewton 1055 Hit-or-Miss ... 1056 Bung Bong 1057 Rushworth 1058 Wodonga West 1059 Berlin 1060 Gritjurk 1062 McCallum's Creek 1063 Spring Gully ... 1064 Strangways 1065 Golden Lake ... 1066 Tarrawingee East 1067 Morrison's Diggings 1068 . Opossum Gully 1069 I Ross's Bridge .•• 1070 ! Bolinda ... 1071 Ballarat 1072 Napoleon Lead 1073 Carlton 1074 Golden Point ... 1075 Kew ... 1076 Haddon 1077 Chinaman's Creek 1078 Narrigal 1079 Panmure 1080 flonn 1081 Dargo Flat 1082 Framlingbam .•. 1083 Lauriston 1085 Wild Duck 1086 Allan's Forest 1087 Ellesmere and Nolan 1088 Ramahyuk 1089 Redesdale 1090 Sorrento 1091 Alfredton 1092 Glenpatrick 1094 Geelong 1095 Diggings
.... !
1097 ater-on-Loddon 1098 ya b, Hastings , '" 1099 Nillacootie lIOO Matlock 1101 Mount Cameron 1102 Braybrook 1103 Yackandandab 1104 Goulburn Valley 1I05 Big Hill ... n06 Strathmore 1107 Bundalaguah ... n08 Heyfield • 1109 Mount Lonarch III 0 Mile Creek III I Moorabbin 1112 Mansfield 1113 Ravenswood 1114 Yeo ... 1115 Middle Indigo 1116 Tarrawingee 1117 Briagolong 1118 Ballengeich .. . 1119 Cathcart .. . 1120 Lindenow Fla~
No. 69.
1874. 1875.
Greatest Number in
On Average Average RollS. Attendance, Attendance
for any:r.ronth,
320 36
61 49 45 90 57 89 74
178 125 53
125 47
160 61 66
288 74
334 73 96
318 " 68
112 56
230 135 95
162 57 92
137 83 59
627 280 491 179 390 266 56 91
152 32 45
119 213
94 80 72 30 75 85
353 50
506 89
141 85 64 70 70
174 298 141 88 47 68 84 49 89
177 193 51 57 50
106 85
117 126 49
156 21 I
39 32 21 55 38 40 32 89 60 34 64 24 91 31 35
152 33
208 48 66
155 31 60 26
124 74 48 88 34 53 60 42 24
331 142 185 1I3 179 130
29 34 73 18 25 58 77 51 37 33 22 31 39
166 34
168 61 63
, 39 28 35 33 69
176 64 40 26 34 50 37 38 94 87 32 33 32 43 37 44 75 19
165 26 31 44 34 22 24 43 43 34
104 63 43 64 33 92 53 34
152 36
205 44 75
142 43 59 29
119 79 49 81 33 41 53 56 40
309 .115 261
99 314 158 35 32 83 24 35 65 92 50 43 46 22 33 41
134 37
315 69 81 47 31 49 36 80
194 72 38 22 38 54 37 44
106 96 46 34 40 46 45 55 82 41
1874.
Name,
1875.
Greatest Numoerln Roll
No. On Avern.ge, Average Rolls. Attendance. I Attei:,,::,,nce
1122 Yarraville 1123 Myrtle Creek .,' 1124 South M uckleford 1125 Broadford 1126 Murcbison 1129 Campbelltown H30 Nirranda 1131 Glenarona 1133 Kevington 1134 Panton Hill 1135 Bungaree Springs 1136 Concongella ... lJ37 Eurambene
..... !
1138 Spring Creek, Condah ... 1139 East Campbelltown 1141 Bruthen 1142 Swan Hill 1143 Moolap 1144 Porepunkab 1145 Upper Maffra ... 1146 Kensington 1147 Inverleigb 1148 Glen Iris 1149 North ~fuckleford 1150 Trawalla 1151 Cargerie 1152 Osborne 1153 Fernside 1154 Dargolollg 1155 Bungal 1157 .Morse's Creek ll58 TJaIlgwornor 1159 Gundowring ... 1160 Kimberley, ... 1161 Seb'astian 1162 Doctor's Creek 1163 Burnt Bridge ... 1165 East Sandhurst 1166 Wagra, Bendoe 1167 Sebastopol 1168 Chapman
318 59 94
168 115
97 80 70 56 47
134 84
83 60 43 92 73 87
116 147 210
74 75 81 83 94 63 78' 53 96 86 30 78
126 60 97
677 39
1,277
1170 Green Hills 92 11 71 M nsk Creek 95 1172 Foster 187 11 73 Goldie 88 1174 Ewing's Hill and Cobrico 68 1175 MountGellibrand ... , 88 1176 Woodside 41 1178 Mount Noorat 71 1179 Boileau 70 lI80 Enoch"'s Point 46 !l81 ErneraldHill,AlbertPark 1,413 1182 Portland 312 1183 Williamstown ... ! 1,166 1184 Boneo 63 1185 Powlett Plains ... I 32
!l8G Granite Flat ... "'I 45 1187 Costerfield n. 186 1188 Belfast 613 1189 Golden Square, Sandhurst! 1,167 1190 QneensclifI 324 I191 Grange road, Toorak ... I 167 1192 Gospel Hall, LittleBourke i 197
I street I lI93 , Salldhurst,CornExchange 1,278 1194 North Portland ••• : 68 !l95 NOlth Paywit... 78 1196 Redrnth 74 1197 Alexandra road 58 1198 Everton 45 1199 KeHor Road Station 40 1200 Glenburnie 72 1202 Barnawftrtha North 58 1203 Buangor 89 1204 Pennyroyal Creek 42 1205 Musk Vale 232 1206 Emu... 58 1207 Timor 578 1208 Apsley 26 ] 209 Victoria Valley 38 1210 MaHor's Flat ... 127 1211 Strathfieldsaye 91 1212 Sbepherd's Flat 50
51
21 25 25 58 34 26 66 72
114 35 49 31 40 40 37 38 27 51 48 19 36 86 27 51
293 26
695
47 51 86 40 34 42 15 51 33 25
664 156 518 32 II 30 95
332 546 167 89 80
56;~
a6 32 36 20 23 20 37 22 39 22
129 25
286 18 20 60 39 31
, any Month.
>I<
19 .63
86 53 54 46 38 36 26 52 59 45 22 43 26 58 31 39 60 70
122 41 44 42 39 40 40 46 28 55 44 26 32
, 102 30 41
373 19
702 56 53 60 81 42 36 39 26 lI5 37 27
635 146 619 31 39 34 96
379 628 173 * 64
593 44 31 .38 25 37 31 32 24 46 24
1.55 44
334 19 19 74 58 37
122
, SCHOOLS in Operation d_uring the Year 1874, &c.-continued.
Roll ,No.
It I,
Name.
1.1' '"
ISH. ' 1875.
Gr<mtest Number In
On Average A verOgo Rolls. Attendance. 'Attendance
for 'any lIfonth.
-' -' -1-----'-----'1--------
1'213 Brunswick '" ... 1214 ' Major Plains ._.: ••• 1215/' Crosbie .. : ." 1216 'j{ed Jacket .• : '" 1217 Warrem1lang .. ': '" 121~ I Col.binabbin ..• .. . 1219. Northwood _.. .. . 1220 I' Romsey ..•. , .. . 1221 Tea Garden Creek .. . 1222 Skye... .., ... . i 223 . Purdeet and Muston's
Creek ' 1224 Aberfeldy... ... 1225 Tooborae ... . .. 122'6 Ballangeich South and
1227 1228 1229 1230 1231 1232 1233 1234 i235 12,36 1238 1239 '240 1241 1242 1243 1244 i245 1246 i247 1248 1249 1250 1251 1252 -1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 1258 ,1259 1260 1261 1262 '1263 1264 1265 1266 1267 1208 1269 1270 1271
West Loddon Valley ... Sarsfield .• : ••• Darlingford .•. .. . Glen hope .... , ~ ... 1
I,ucknow... i
Emu }'lat I Serpentine... ::: )Yeerangourt ••. ... South 'l'oongabbie ... WoodRtock West ... B('ssiebelle .. ; .. . Lamptough .. . Drumborg ••• '; .. Diamond Hill... ... Pirron Yalloak West ... Gerangamete .. : ... Upper Plenty... • .. Broadford Creek '" Mount Eceles •• : .•. Blakeville... ... l\fount Pleasant Creek .•• Forge Crk. & Eagle Point Deep Creek... ... P ortar lin gton... . .• Carlton Stockade 1 •••
Emerald Hill ... '" Maldon .:. . .. Long Gully, Beaufort ... Ba:llarat Orphanage ... Joyce's Creek... . •• 'Lowry... '" Wori Yallock... '" Hotspur .... .. . Colvinshy... .. . Swan Water ... .. . Moyeton, \
: Havelock ... , Shean's Creek
GacibaldiGully North Sandhurst ::: I 'Yhanregarwan ... Chintin and Havelock ... Buninyong... .. . Talbotville... .. .
1272 North Wangaratt" , .. . ',1273 Marysville... .. . 1274 Crusoe GuIly... .. .
.!I 275 Black Hill... .. . '1276 Ko}uga ... .. . 1277 Lightwood }'lat ,. .. . '1278 La Trobe street '" .1279 Nar-nar-goon ... ... ;1280 Blind Creek, Benalla ... 1281 Echuca South ... 1282 Co'wes ... • .. 1284 Erin Vale... .. . 1285 Bambra ... .. . 1286 Sheoaks ... • .. .
. .1287 Garlick's Lend .. . '1288 Kangaroo Creek ••• l2im Redan ,.. .. . 1290 Railway S, S. Mills .. .
:1291 'randarra Plains ... ~ 1292 Monnt Cole... '" 11293 Lismore '" .. , 1294 Rae's Hl11 . · ... 1
:' J~95 Lower Plenty... , ..
959 42 34 68 48 52 67 78 58 33 46
30 51 45
84 i
34 50 37
100 34 44 32
••• ! 50 34 49 32
331 7,)"
29 46 59 58 94 68 51, 15
121 1,462 2,088
877 24
405 34 32 41 55 40 52
209 . 72 48 19
704 29 42
712 34 70 32 89 32 39
'95 1,647
48 83 48 49 36'
101 83
923 60 40 17 35' 19 35
416 i4 15 26 3f 23 26 31 35 21 26
23. 29 20
36 20 28 'i5 43 26 25 ~9
22 22 31 20
169 58 15 ~8 32 32 38 36 22 14 60
561 922 460
15 233
19 19 24 36 23 29
132 32 22
9 294
13 32
37'8 27 25 22 52 19 16 '47
6Q4
17 49 25 26 21 53 37
444 24 21 10 20 11 24
396 17 36 19 2~ 31 28 41 40 22 .51 . 29
I 37 2~
43 '24 35 '23 54 35 28 2i 36 33 14 32 25
156. 4.7 22 21 34 41 41 47. 21 20 ,80
471 971 547
1.0 2n
24' 22 29 43, 38 28
129 36 42 *
311 17. 3.4
394. 42 28 23 64 16 26 54
710 i.ll 30 19 46 29 23 33 56 44
'351 34 21 11 23
6 20
I
il
/
I
Roll No. !
1296 1297 1298 1299 1300 13:!1 1302 1303 1304 1305 130?
1307 1308 1309 1310 131i 1312 1313 1314 1315 1316 131'1 1318 1320 1323 1324 1325 1326 1328 1329 1330 1331 1332 1333
Name
Back Beacb... . .. Bonn; ... .. . Dunneworthy .. . Eversley ... Dellis[lll ... '" Red Hill ... Karabeal .. : ... Doon' .•. .. . C:Ixde Bank... .. . Mount Cole Creek ... BallanLt and Sniythesdale
Road Ferntree Gully ... Campb~ll's Springs '" COl'ryong ... ... SWf1npool and Ellie Bank MUrphy's Creek ... Boroitc ... .. . Newington... .. . Chiltern Road .. . Livingstone... .. . Specimen Hill, Sandlmrst Leichardt... '" Cundan; ... ... Flyi:m's Creek '" Devil's River ... .. . Bolwarra '" .. . Black Hill... .. . Jiernshi,,, .. . Traralgon... • .. . Cherry-tree Creek .•• Navarre' '.:.' •• , Home Creek ... '" Brit Bdt .:~ ... U I'per and Lower Cam-
paspe. '" W arracknabeal .. . ~lovhu' ... .. . Tooleen ... .. . Balnarring... . .. Buckley's Swamp ... Durham Gully , ... Durdidwarrah.:. ...
1334 1335 1336 1337 1339 1341 1343 1344 1345 1346 1347 1348 1349 1350 1351 1352 1353 1354 135" 1356 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 1362
Tatyoon I.. • ..
'Kergullyah... • ..
1364 1365 1366 1368 1369 1370 1371 1372 1373 1374 1376
1377 1378 1379 1380 1381 1382 1383 1384
Horseshoe Bend ... Nattie Yalloek ••• ltiol'a !tJ;ld Watgania ... Burnt Creek ... DaYlesford .:. .. . Derby.:.' .. . Wahrillg ... '" East Keilambete .. . Dairy Dartmoor .. . I~nrobin ... .. . Porcup,ine Ridge .. . North Cundare ••. Derrimillllm' ... South Pakenham ... Gold Street... .. . Byambynee '" .. . Christmas Hill and Wair
son's Creek Crystal Creek Tallangatta .. . Kialla' . .. . Mount Eliza Griffith's Point Marcus Hill... ::: [ Thornton ... Dilllboola •.. '" W,horouly ... Orford '" ... Barunab Plainil & Poor-
neit 1
Nareen & Tarrayoukyan i
Tahara. .~~ ... ' 1I1errijig ;~; .. . 'Vinchelsea Plains .. . Green's Creek::. .. . Chatsworth:.. . .. Moolort ... .. . Waterloo, Cardigan .. .
1874. I 187.-5.
On Rolls.
33 41 34 31 4'6 37 53 42 56· 34 25
50 36 56 25 47 47 53 35 49
362 39 25 66 23 37 54 45 61 28 39 38 31 56
40 50 63 30 28 41 35 4l 43
-52 45 19 50
577 79 37 51 50 47 36 35 42 21
1,521 25 44
37 41 3;; 35 37 32 37 44 26 6'0 35
42 37 29 61 40 39 50 36
I
1\ 22 '1'6 15 33 24 11\ 17 29 23 16
21 15 33 12 20 25 24 21 32
169 23 17 36 15 20 31 21, 37 15 17 19 20 1~
20 21 21 20 19 20 22 20 32 32 23 '9 29
233 44 21
,22 30 19 -15 16 '24 Hi
596 15 II .,
15' 1'9 .18'
, 29 17 2'0 23 19
15 27 16 20 37 25 18 28 3'4 30 '" 25 30 41 27 24 18' . 30 25 36
202' 23' 1'9 40 19 2i 34 23 55 19 Hi 28 28 ~~ 29 2'0 22 23 is 23 24 2i 32 41 29 25
" 27 242
53 20 27 33 3i i7 Ii; 80 26
6i9 i6 ~7 ~9 45 28 23 31' 22 23
, 34 28 29 ~t
19 19 23 23 22 24 ~8 li" , :
Roll No.
1385 1386 1387 1388 1389 1390 1391 1392 1393 1395 1396
1397 1398 1399 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1405
14Q6 1407 'j
1408 1409 14]0 1411 1412 1413 ]4]4 1415 14]6 1417 14118 1419 1420 142i 1422
1423 ]424
1425" 1426 1427 1428 1429
1430 1431 1432 1433
1434 1435 1436 1437 1438 1439 1440 ]441 1442 1443
1444 1445 14'46 1447 1448 1449 ]450 1451 1452 1453 145~ 1455 1456 1457 ]458 J459
1874.
Name.
1875.
Greatest Nurnberin
On ' A vernge A ve'rage Rolls. Attendance. Attendance
for
Hanson ••• • •. Lethbridge '" ••. Bridgewater-on-Loddon Serpentine ••. . .• Wellsford '" ••.
, Derrinal ... ... Carmanuel Creek •.. CorineJla '" ... Portland, Sandhills '" Templestowe ... • .• Brighton street, Rich.
mond Nicholl's Plains ... Malakoff, Landsborongh Laeeby ... .., Homerton &' Bessiebelle
69 156 62 24 47 ' 47 !
19 22
"33" 146
"447 , 41 I 36 57
Northcote... ,.. 297 Errol street... • •. , 1,78~ Dandenong ••• ... III 0 Green Hill Creek ••. 22 M:cGilIivrie Swauip and 27 , Break-'o-Day ," Yarra Park, Richmond... 1,1qQ Myrtleford, 'rrap's Cor- 12'
ncr, and Stony Creek, Palmcrston
Malmsbury... ... North Williamstown ... Kerang ... . .. J,aang ... .. . Dunach ... .. . lliggorra' ... Grantville ... .. . East Bellanne .. . Emberton North ... Drouin ... ... , Byaduk ... ...\ Rathscar ... ... Meredith '.. • .. Muske'rry and Weston ... King Flat and Boggy
Creek 'Warrabkook ... Brucknel! Sawmills and'
Lake Elingamite Mosquito Flat'
328 " 915 ' 40"
136 37 31
, 36' 36 39 60 31
]55 64 28
43 26
lOS 81< Mande ...
Sandridge , ... Eaglehawk North
... 1,472 621
42 Sailor Bill's Creek, Ja-mieson
Wharparilla ... Eehucu. Vineyard Mooroopna ... Yean and King Parrot
Creek Derrimut ... . .. !
Balian ... • .. Mount Pleasant, Ballarat Wilson's Reef, Marong .. . Rothesay ... .. . Pimpino ... ,,, Bungawail ... .. ••• Tatura ... . .. Moree ... • .. Castle Reef and Ga.ffnev's
Creek ' • Timmedng •.• '" North Scoresby ... Wormangel ... Digger's Rest .... .. . Moeamboro:.. .. . Acheron ... .. . Emberton... .. . Ringwood '" ... Kilmore Diggings .. . Kialla East... .. . Musk Creek ... Toolamba ... Pearsontown ... W oolshed Reef Girgarre East Amherst
61 301 730
73 20 53
47 32
29 31 46 39 30 30 18 61 42 30 42 52
39 24
252
22
'1~5 ,23 '18 .?i .. ~ 19 12 '19 23 ?7
203
i6 '27 32
193 5~1 ,:2ci ::68 22 17
'20 "!i2 19 43 24 94 35 19
'27 , IS ,
57 46
817 325 .35
32 i3 26 27
36 162 404
46 i7 35
32 14
J.
17 21 31' 24 28 21
,13 42 29 "22 34 ~8
any Month.
32 61 ~1 .. 37 22 17 I~ 21 1h
375
18 36 37 ~3
162 753 135 21 19 ,I ,.
876 210
210 531 36 34 76 28 28 41 28 25 38 28
103 5.5" 31 ," 30 25
90 48
968 313 33 \.
"~9 19 39 36
f~g, 445 , 59
"19 '39 i8 50 19 40
14 31 26 :22 )6 26 '1'5
,,4~ 34 3~ 35 12 27 26 23
1,93
123
I~
1874. : 1875.
Name.\ I I On , Rolls.
Greatest Number in
Average Avernge Attendance. Attendance
• • !, • ; for , any Month.
-'·_-1--------1---1--1---146()
14i3] 1462 1463 1464 1465 1466 1467 1468 1469 1470 1471 1472 1473 14'74 1475 1476 1477 1478 ]479 1480 u8i 1482 1483 1484 '148'5 .
Swift's Creek, Uppe"r and Lower Tanjil, and Doetor's Flat
Ellerslie ... '" Hermitage... .. . Osborne's Flat .. . Frankston... '" Donald ... . •. Keysboro'... '" Prahran ... .. . Dobie's Bridge .. . Shepparton n. .. . South Tarneit '" Avoca Creek, No.1 ... Kiewa ... ... Kamarooka... '" Yorkshire Flat '" Tantaraboo... .. . Beveridge... .. . Epping' ... '" ReedyLake and Noorilim St. Kilda ... '" East Chariton... ... Lake Modewarre '" Boundary Creek ... Durham Ox ... ... Cape Clear... . •• Hoddle's Creek and War-
bnrton Moonlight Flat ... New Chum... ..., Ttillarook ••. '" Barna\vartha ... .. . North Fitzroy .. . Gnarwarre... '" Ashby, Geelong •••
29
31
166 51 34 51
9
21 23 15
62 60 30
1486 1487 1488 1489 1490 1491 1492 1493 1494 1495 1496 14~7
Golden Point, Ballarat ... , ... Preston ... . .. Ga.van Duffy Town ... Eildon .. : ... Lovelv' Banks, near "Gee-
long , ••• I
1498 W;arrenbayne... .. . 1499 Cornelia ... .. . 1500 Car peiideit , '" ..... . 150i Yarraville... '" i .. .
1502'Naroghid ... .. . 1503' , Toora'din ... .. . 1594 Smythesdale Road .. . 1505 Tarrawarra... .. . 1506 Middle Creek, Belvoir .. . 1507 Cherry Tree Creek, Red-
bank' 150'~ Hawthorn ... 'i 5'0'9 'Lang Lang .:: 15111 Sebastian '" 1511, Carramballac ...
... ;
'15\2" Devenish ,.. ... 15,13 Spring_ Hill, .",Skipton,
• iArarat 15'}4' M;ainda'mple ... '" 1515 Runnymede... . .. 1516 Buffalo River:.. . .. 1517 Tanjil .,' ... 15'18 Thornt9n, Upper '" 1519 ,D;rung Drung... '" 1520 Heatlicote, South .. . 1521 'Mitiamo .:. .. . 1522 Murray Road, Heathcote 1523 C9ghilF~ Creek .. . 1524" MuddyCreek.Bridge .. . 15.2'5 nbcea.Flat... '" 1.,'26 Yhuaitg' ... '" 1527 DookkSouth '" 1528 Yarra;Walla :;: .. . 1529 Torrumberry;.. .. . 1530. Bally,~ogan... '" 1531 NerriJlg. ... .. . 1532 Mer1i9h ... .. . 1533 Dulltown.. .. . 1534 Stony, :Qreek, Flinders ... 1535 lfuthScar West '"
,I ~~9 Killalac ,;, '"
..·1
... I
25,
... ,
21
24
102 30 28 33
9
16 19 13
28 30 20
17
25
23 19
105 36 42 32
873 2S 37 27 26 35 28 15 35 44 49 33
729 44 38 67 1.6 63 16
63 116 41 69
356 13
452 512 104 • 58 19 43
18 24 26
175 64 19 40 25 39 19
230 1'9
III 9
28 36
42 77 25 32 ]9 32
163 23 ,21 ,93 "18 37 ,29 10 i8 21 25 ,63
f~~ 26
i 25 :Noreturns , ,., "
124
SCHOOLS in Operation during the Year 1874, &c.-continued.
: Roll I , No. Name.
Torrumberry East Strangways Green Gully, Sandon Bariughup East Campbell's Forest Brighton Conuewarricoo Spring Vale. Skipton Bootahpool Ravenswood South
15'S7 ~i1538 :1539 :1540 ,1541 1542 '1543 1544 1545 1546 1547
11548 ,1549
.,1550 " 1551 '1552 1553 1554
, Gometra and Grassdale , Natimuk
"1555 1556
,1557. , 1558 1559 1560
': 1561 ,1562 , 1563
Murtoa Croxton East ... Big Hill, Sandhurst North Clunes Swanwater South Maruoo Mundoona Wurdi Bolue '" Lake Modewarre Ryabram Curlewis Beeehworth Mortchup 'Vorauga; Mooroopna Millewa Pine Grove
1564 1565 1566
,1567 , 1568 1569 1570
; 1571
Sandhurst, Gravel mn Richmond, Town Hall .•• Rilmore Lexton Murghebolue .. ; Macarthur Milloo . Rurraca Barwon Heads Moore's Flat ...
1572 , 1573 , i574 , 1575 : 1576 , .1577 I
Gower Creek Bridge Barwidgee Creek, Myr-
tleford Reilor Homebush
1578 1579
; 1580 1581
: 1582 1583 1581 1585 1586 1587 1588 1589
South Wangaratta East Gerangamete Dunolly Springhurst South Hanson Dixon's Creek Bahgallah Yulecart Trentham Invermichie
19 Ashby 20 Ararat 21 Anakies 90 Bates.ford 92 Bacchus Marsh 94 Beechworth 99 I Barnawartha .•.
164 ; Cowie's Creek ... 1651 Co lac .. . 166 Castlemaine .. . 167 Chiltern '" li6a Carlton' ... 176G! Carlton ••• 178 ~ Abbotsford street 196 Mount Duneed 197 Doncaster •.. 198 Mount Moriac 200 Darriwell ... 203 Daylesford 237B Emerald Hill ... 237G, Emerald Hill .. . 238 II Epping .. . 240 Epsom .. . 241B East Ballarat ... )<41 G East Ballarat ...
... ,
1874.
On Average Rolls. Attendance.
371 I'
210 66 I 49
113 228 143
55 195 350 llO 438
'777 453
64 126
64 63
206 189 573 148 III 216 193
, ...
155 102
29 35 82 98 63 32 73
203 60
153 219 15\) 32 67 31 37
116 135 3841
68 41
104 83
1875.
Greatest Nnmberin Average
Attendance for
~ny Month.
22 85 15 29 41
447 No returns
31 25 31 17 25 63 30 49
719 23 23
No returns 23 27 23 18
488 50 21
No returns 27 18
863 566 175 57 54 82
No returns 27 44 19 21 32
63 71 44
No returns 230
31 12 22 a7 36 52
No returns
lloll No.
Name.
1590 Bamgamie 1591 Warrenheip 1592 Myel"s Flat 1593 Staghorn Flat 1594 Whitehead's Creek 1595 I"allat 1596 Dooboobetic 1597 Native Creek, Eppalock 1598 Goornong 1599 Woodstock-OD-Loddon ... 1600 ]j'oxhow and Westballk 1601 OakJeigh 1602 Barrabool J 603 Charlotte Plains 1604 Malvern 1605 Yallook 1606 Rhymney 1607 Barker's Creek 1608 Mount Moriac 1609 Daylesford 1610 Burramboot East 1611 Mount Jeffcott 1612 Mooroopna North 1613 Codrington 1614 Mount Doran ... 1615 Nelson 1616 Doherty'S Corner and
Lower Boggy Creek IH7 Heart Run, Sale 1618 :Momajup... • •. 1
1619 BulgobackandWaterford 1620 Tooan ... ' 1621 Upper and Lower Castle
Creek ' 1622 Wa-de-lock ... 1623 Vectis 1624/' Carrapook ... 1625 Mount Richmond 1626 Moglonemby ... 1627 Moorabool West 1628 Mandurang South 1629 Reid's Creek "', ] 630 Tyrendarra 1631 Tambo & Lower Nicholson 1632 Sailor's Home, Kewell ... 1633 .Tackson's Creek 1634 Homebush, McIvor road 1635 Djerriwarrh Creek 16 36 Fern Hills 1637 Amphitheatre 1638 Brankeet West 1639 Pannoobamawm 1640 Torrumberry South
CAPITATION SCHOOLS.
196 101
35 39
101
86 65
203
208 318 254 33 -
24 35
137
39 109 95
:1 I
I
/
241 I' East Ballarat .. . 243B Emerald Hill .. . 243G Emerald Hill .. . 247 Hoddle street .. . 254 Frankstou 259 Footscray 284 Geelong 285 Gnarwarre 286 Golden Point, Castlemaine 287 Green Gully 288 Gisborne 304 Highton 313 Hawthorn 346 Kew ... 357 Ketlor 358B Kilmore 358G Kilmore 359 Kilmore Survey 360B Kyneton 360G Kyneton 361 Kildare 362 Kororoit 364 Kerr street
,377 Larpent 387 Little River
On RollS.
245 127 1'21 490
60 267 610
48 144
61 183 112 168 225 145 ,162 191
55 133 207 267 36
298 36 55
1874. 1875.
Greatest Number in
A vcrage Average Attendance. Attendance
for nnyl\Iontll.
ll4 115 94
173 36
104 372
16 82 26
125 42 73
116, 83
105 106 35 91 99
140 18
196 20 32
18 65 23 30 20
NoreturDs
" 8 52 44 23
I ~~ 18
189 . No returns
43 73 35
625 25
I'Noreturus 45
iNo returns
" "
" " 19
18 No returns
" 39 No returns
" " " " " " " " " " " " " "
108
112 194
122
93 37
107 40 77
102 94
108 ll3 35 96
125
311
125
CAPITATION SOHOOLS in Operation duri,ng the Year 1874, &c.-continued.
1874. 1875. 1874. 1875.
RQll Grentcst Greatest
NfUlle. Number in Roll Name. Number In NQ. On Average Average No. On ~ve,:"ge Average
RolI8. Attendunee. Attendance IiolLs. Attendanoo for for
any Month. any Month.
388 Lethbridge ... ... 42 33 . ,. 812 Back Creek '" .. . 450 176 210 432 Moranding ... '" 67 27 30 828 Redesdale ... ." llO 47 59 433 Myer's Flat ... '" 170 87 ... 832 Docker's Plains .. ,." 127 47 48 436 Merriang ... '" 55 27 24 839 Elmore . .. . .. 110 54 ... 464 Nunawading ... . .. 78 52 51 865 Axedale ... 74 35 47 466 Newtown ... '" 213 123 115 874 East Tylden ... . .. 82 39 47 480 Oakleigh ... '" 83 39 41 908 Mount St. Mary's ... 79 41 45 481 Otter street ... '" 482 311 ... 914 Inglewood ... ... 176 89 95 493 Coburg ... ... 171 92 . " 922 Blind ... .. . 76 48 52 506 East St. Kilda ... ... 279 1;17 183 924 Reedy Creek ... ... 300 25 . .. 507 Coburg ... '" 155 117 ... 926 Lake Modewarre . " 66 32 .. . 509 Palmer's Gully ... 211 113 lI5 928 Boorhaman ... ." 96 37 47 512 Pyalong ... ... 70 41) 46 942 Navigators ... .. . 124 70 88 5278 Richmond ... ... 353 164 147 943 Trentham .. . ... 135 50 51 5216 Richmond ... '" 336 1.34 134 968 Upper Indigo ... 60 27 30 5271. Richmond ... ... 476 148 162 973 Bullengarook ... ... 61 40 39 535 Richmond ... ... 587 301 ... 984 Quartz Reefs ... 540 273 245 536 Rowdy Flat ... ... 130 75 . " 988 MerI'lmu ... . .. 51 26 ... 537 Rutherglen ... '" '199 127 ... 991 Winton ... ... 69 41 42 564B St. Paul's ... ... 139 64 . .. 994 Maindample . .. 57 28 . .. 5641 St. Paul's ... '" 219 102 ... 998 High Plain Camp ... 60 34 29 568 Simmons' Reef ... 99 66 75 1027 Merton .. , ., . 39 24 . .. 598B, St. Patrick's ... ... 268 81 92 1032 Shirley .. , ... 69 33 ... 59801 St. Patrick's ... ... 308 88 96 10:37 Wallace . .. .. , 141 73 80 600n St. Mary's ... ... 414 173 255 1038 Ormond ... . .. 147 89 112 6006 St. Mary's ... ... 1,056 360 387 1084 !\~osquito Flat ... ... 72 31 44 601 Sandhurst 958 446 630 1096 Condah 47 35 .,~ ... ... . .. ... ,,, 602 Sandridge ... ... 468 2il ... 1121 Whorouly ... .. . 78 24 . .. 603 Sturt street ... '" 847 319 307 1128 Moorabool Creek ... 121 ,65 72 634 Tower Hill ... ... 200 84 87 1132 Waverley ... . .. 41 21 . .. 675 Williamstown ... '" 409 268 '" 1140 Emberton ... ... 99 45 ... 676 Heidelberg ... '" 112 72 74 1177 Cowwarr ... . .. 90 43 49 677 Woodstock ... ... 66 33 40 1201 Murphy's Creek ... 75 :30 27 678 Warrenheip ... '" 170 90 87 1319 Lake Tyers . .. 23 18 19 679 Wangaratta ... ... 358 142 160 1321 Dry Creek ... . .. 110 19 21 681 Woodford ... '" 155 77 ... 1322 Warrambine ... 32 20 19 682 Windsor (Deaf and Dumb) 80 72 75 1327 Barongarook ... ... 70 31 M 684 Woodend ... ... 227 117 131 1337 Balnarring ... . .. 29 18 ... 689 Wool shed ... ... 116 71 69 1338 Konong W ootong ... 48 23 22 700 Yambuk ... . .. 132 6S ... 1340 Glenarona ... . .. 44 26 37 711 Beveridge ... ... 61 29 ... 1342 DooRie . .. ... 69 33 3 0 .>
745 Tallarook ... ... 126 61 ... 1343 Durdidwarrah ... 29 19 ... 756 Crowlands ... ... 47 22 24 1363 Bullarook Forest .. . 126 69 63 761 Raywood ... ... lliO 104 108 1367 Mount Glasgow ... 3:3 18 .. . 790 Forbes ... ... 62 80 37 1375 North Corop ... ... 47 19 16 796 Axe Creek ... '" 84 41 45 139] Carmanuel Creek 19 15 ...
[
804 Monnt Cotterell ... ,78 42 47 1394 Boho ... ... .. , 17 14 17 807 Jericho ... .... : 67 34 50
APPENDIX F. STATEMENT of the Amounts Expended out of the Vote granted for Buildings for the Year 1874-5;
together with a Statement of the Sums authorized, on or before 30th June ,1875, t.o be Expended upon Buildings not yet completed.
Holl School Particulars. Amounts Amounts No. Expended. to be Expended.
£ s. d. ;;I; s. d. 1 Alberton Alterations 74 15 0 7 17 6 3 Allansford Repairs and closets 15 5 7 26 5 0 4 Avoca Compensation for removing from site, and repairs ... 33 10 0 19 16 (),
5 Abbotsford Repairs, laying on water, and furniture 82 16 11 7 Aitken's Gap Tank and repairs 10 2 6 8 Avenel School-house ... 431 9 6 11 12 6
11 Allan's Flat Additions 51 4 7 12 Anderson's Creek ... School-house ... 365 0 0 178 9 0 18 Ashby nepairs o 10 0 25 Adelaide Lead Additions and furniture ... 50 13 5 26 Belmont ' .. Out-offices 7 15 0 28 Bacchus Marsh Additions and furniture 24 10 0 10 16' r. 31 Benalla Repairs and furniture .. , 9 19 0 32 Bridgewater Peninsula Repairs 85 5 10 33 Ballarat School-house and fllrniture 5 0 0 6,327 0 lJ 34 Bakery Rill Bohool-house 411 0 6 3,673- 9 0 35 Brown Hill Laying down pipes, &c ..•. 18 II 7 36 Beechworth Repairs and desks ... 10 5 OJ
" .
", 'STATEMENT of:,Amounts Expended; &c.-continueii.
Roll No. School.
37' Wodonga '38 Bet Bet ... '40 Berwick 4,2' 'Oaklands Junction 44 Brighton ... 46 Bulla 47 Box Forest
54 55 56 60 61 66 70 79 86
105 III ii2 113 114 i 16 117 lIS 119 120 121 122 123 124 128 134 135 136 138 141 142 146 152 Hi6 163 i73 177 182 183 184 185 187 193 194 197 195 204 206 207 208 210, 220. 221 226 227 228 231 246 250 252 256 2'57 260 261 263 262 264 266 275 278 280 282 283 293 294 296 297 298 299 300 303 305 ;306
Ballan Burnt Creek Ballarat, Bakery Hill Beaufort... ." Beechworth Baringhup BUl'rumbeet Brunswick' Harli:away Brucknell Creek Bell street Carlton... • •. WiIliamstovv'Il Junction Camperdown ..• Cavendish Colae Cranbourne Castle maine Campbell's Creek .. . Church's Iflat .. . Creswick •.• California Gully Cowie's Creek Caledonia Diggings Casterton ... Coleraine Clunes' Connewarre Cardigan." . Collins street Carngham Castlemaine California Hill Lyndhurst Geelong ... Carlton Dennington DunReld ... Dromana ... , Deep Creek Clifford Donkey Gnlly Dolly's Creek Doncaster Donnybrook Dowling Forest Errol street };merald Hill Echuca Eaglehawk Elphinstonc Epsom Ercildoun Errard street ];mu Creek East BelJarine Eldora,do ... Flemington , Fl'yei'stown Freshwater Creek ... Frailklinford Geelong Gheringhap Glenorchy Gisborne ... Guildford Glenlyon ... Growler's Creek Geelong ... Durham Lead George street Germantown ' lla,vthorn Heidelberg' Hexham 'Heywood ' .. Horsham ... Harcourt ... Heathcote Hoddle street Hurdle Flat Huntly
ParticnIa:ri. '
School-house, out-offices, and fence Repairs ... ... :; .. Repairs to residence and tank " ... Repairs :Furniture Tank and furniture ... Purc~.ise·of, property, furniture, and ~~~etion :'~f
out-offices . . School"hOuse ... Repairs' Purphase 'of land, furniture, &c. '" Outcoflices and furniture Out-offices'and furniture School"b~i(~ing, tank, and furniture Tank ........ '" " ••. Furnitm:e and maps , ... Irour acres'and'iinprovements ...... Desks, forms, and survey Pip,es, map, hat-rails, hooks Laying on gas,'furniture, repairs. Furniture 'and repairs... " ' ... Furniture,... , ... Schoobho1i.se iand repairs Outcof!i.ces;furniture, &c. I;'urniture .. ' :.~ , ••• Schoot-house and' furniture Laying on water ... Tank, 'repairs, and furniture Completion of ,building and furniture Furniture iJ.nd repairs .•• • .. OntJ6fllces . ,SurveY" . • •.. Desks and seats; Foriiis·'and'. desks Rep~i.rs·, . Pnrcbase '6f land • :PO~cll.and repairs. Furriiture ;.'. Repairs ';md' out-.offices FUrniture" . ; .. ;J<'urnitW:e' . : .. R~pair~ ~~d tal,lk: Out~offices , ... ... .. .•. Closets, fen~e, and alterations ,'" 'HepaiHng' furniture ... ' ... Hemov'alOf old bUilding·and painting
•. .:rurn~t1f~e.,~nd architeet's com~ssion Four desks, ,... .... . .. RepAii:~ a'nd'furniture ... Removing furniture , ...
.., .. '
SuryeY' P:" ~'I .~ •. Put-chase oJ pI:operty .' Purcl:iase"of property ... l'!epa!rs, closets, and costs of convey,ance ...
... J! urmture,_, .... ' ... ..., ... , Repairs School-house and furniture Completion"of building and extension of site Hepairs, tank, and gallery Out-offices " .... ' ... Hepairs ... ,....: ,-,',. Hepairs I' "
Schi>ol-house ... ' J
Out-offices, , ''', fI-" , .. J!']ooring and repairs Furniture and repairs Additiolls;'taiik, out-offices, and furniture ... Stove ... :Furniture andrepairs '
, RepR.ITS'llIid furniture Purcha,se of land and tank .. . Balance of'buildmg and repairs .. . ])esks !1nd'forms ','... ,'" Comp~ris'ation for site and tank' ,' ... , Furnitilril" ' :.:" ... :;.:~. ,FUrniture' and survey... ' Furniture ' ' Desks and 'stove Press and' wasliing apparatus t..
Balance for additions Repairs Tank ... Hepairs of 'roof Hepairs and furniture Repairs and furniture School-house and furniture
... : School-house and furniture
... ! Desks ... .. . "'1 Completion of building ... • ..
... Additions, repairs, and furniture ...
'"
Amounts Amount. Expended. ; to be Expended.
£ s. d. 958 8 Ii
16 17 Ii 66 9 6 99 9 6 200
II 10 4 37 0 0
75 0 0 66 11 3
216 15 '0 10 10 0
173 0 0 7 10 0 6 15 0 5 0' 0
60 0 0 7 19 0 9 15 ,0
42 3 ,0 9 4 3.
18 16 3 22 II"O
213 4,,,0 3 10 0
3,622 8 7
103 1 9 833 15 6 32 19 0
3 5 ,0 4 14 ,0
17 2" 0 981
9 6"0 15 o· 0 12 7· 6' 18 3' O· 51 10"'0
, I
21 1, 6 ,0 10 0
·13 10 0 14 0, 5 888 9 17 6 o 5 0 600
350 0 '0
I 9' II 14 17 0 36 15 0
5\6 14 10 73 13 0 21 2 0 13 0 0
o 6 () 142 10 0, .12 10 0 78 '0 0 12 15 0
326 1 9 5 .4 0 6 11 0
226 17 10 7 10 0 5 18 6
52 14 0 o 18 6 9 5 0
47 13 0 7 10 () 960
10, 0, O. 11 16 0 15 0 0
: '1
~ 4 0 II 17 6
231 15 0 403 6 4
39 2' 6 41 17 (;
£ s. d. If'-92 6 0 0,',
15 10 0
6 15 6 7 '16 10
599 0 11
409' 3 7.:, "; :'.' ~ . 15 10 0', 50 3 II
3 12 0,
Is,i' 4' 0 9 14 0
('
9~'('O 0: I • ~ I"
20 0 0 32 15 0
'"
82 0 0;;
.ro 7 .0
1,0' 5 0"
,;" .
'i.,
250' 0 0 '59' 15' '0-'"
58 6 0 no 0 0 21 10 0
142 13 4,
, .. -. 36 6 6 1'4 0 0
20 0 0
'6 '1 0
9 18 0
. '1 0 0
4, 12 0 ',]7 :l 6
9 l) 0
2 Ii 0
(,:".
127 , ,
ST.ATElIiENT of Amounts Expended, &c.-colltinued.
,Roll . School. Particulars . Amounts I Amounts No. Expended, 1 to be Expended,
----------- -----1------£ 8. d, £ s, d.
811 }rardie's Hill Tank , .. 610 0 315 ,Heathcote Furniture '" 5 1 6 ... 32J Inkermann Tank '" ... 8 10 0 323 Ironbark ••. Purchase of property 2,574 18 5 327 Chiltern ... Completion of building ., 48 12 0 1
"'I 829 Janefield ... ' Hepai ra and furniture ... 12 :3 6 4' 0 0 343 Kyneton , .• Out-offices, repairs, furniture 196 10 2 21 12 0 344 Kirkstall ... Completion of building ... .,. : 215 9 5 35! Kingower Survey 4 0 0 353 Kilmore Furniture o 19 6 367 . Longwood Furniture and repairs .... 8 2 8 1 15 0 368 Lake Burrumbeet .•• Tank ... 11 Hi 0 374 Little Bendigo Survey and furniture 6 14 6 376 Lucky Woman's School-house and furniture .... ... 1;190 9 0 378 Lauriston School-house 224 19 0 379 Leigh Repairs 62 0 0 384 Little Brighton Furniture .. , 11 10' 0 385 Lockwood Tank ... 7 10 0 391 Central Repairs 133 18 8 3 0 0 397 Mortlake, .. Repairs 60 18 0 2 10 0 400 Marong .... School-house 100 5 0 402 Walmer Repairs and furniture ... 16 15 6 404- Maryborough Additions '" 2;214 16 4 122 5 0
·409 Mount Egerton 14 10 6 I 15 0 412 Muckleford Tank and survey 10 /) 0
, 415 Macedon ... Repairs and out-offiee 49 0 0 1 15 0 417 Murrudoc Purchase of land 20 0 0 425 Magpie Gully Furniture 3 0 0
,426 Miner's Rest School-house 568 0 0 427 Mount Clear Repairs o 15 0 8 15 0 430 Melton ",." Repairs 25 12 0 ~ .... 431 Macedon '" School-house 218 4 0 436 Merriang ... Tank ... 7 7 6 439 Moonambel Desks '._. 610 0 444 Mo~nt Prospect Purchase of property
, 50 0 0
450 Collingwood North Completion of school· house and furniture: •• 3,000 2 4 615 0 452 Newstead Fencing, repairs, and furniture 37 10 0, 34 0 0 453 Newlyn Furniture, repairs, and survey 18 2 8 84 15 6 455 Newtown ... Repairs and furniture 20 3 0 19' 6 0 459 Hotham Furniture 8 0 0 461 Ballyshanassy Painting 8 0 0 469 Nunawading Tank and furniture 14 15 6 477 Osborne's Flat School-house 739 14 1
, ,482 Ondit Repairs ... 59 4 9 ,483 Essendon ... Repairs, furniture, and out-offices 54 7 2 0 7 0 484 Coburg '" Additions and furniture 657 4 2 485 I>rahran Tank ... 9 14 6 486 Penshurst School-house and furniture 773 2 0 487 Myrniong Repairs 6 0 0 19 12 0 488 Plenty :Furniture and repairs 8 5 6 7 2 6 489 ·Portland '" Furniture ... 6, 5 7 490 Port Albert Repairs and furniture 57 4 6 14 2 6 502 Stawell :Furniture 40 2 6 503 Pennyweight Flat ... Furniture
'" 53 16 0 2 6 0 504 Prahran '" Stool and inscription board 3 10 0 518 _ Porcupine Flat Survev 210 0 522 Rutherglen AdditIons 21 5 3 526 Ros~brook Purchase of property a~ii erection of out-offices 183 19 6 530 Russell's Bridge Land and teacher's house ... '" 55 0 0 531 Hokewood Furniture, closets, and repairs 97 15 0 541 St. Albans j)'cncing, furniture, and repairs 48 10 0 544 Melbourne South •• , Repairs ... 44 12 0
. 545 Sale Alterations and furniture ..... 84 15 6 83 15 0 547 Seymour," . Out offices and alterations 25 7 6 69 3 6
, 548 Somerton •.. School-house and furniture 503 17 2 53 0 0 550 Stanley Furniture 6 0 0 810 0 552 Smeaton ... Rep,lirs and furniture 104 7 0 2 4 0 560 St. Mary's Pans for out-offices ... 3 0 0 56( St. Peter's Furniture 10 3 0 565 St. liilda ... Furniture 75 14 6 568 Simmon's Reef Purchase of property 20 0 0 574 Snake YaU~y !.6. Furniture, repairs, and tank 25 9 0 575 . Sandy Creek 'Survev 2 5 -0' 576 ,Sandford ... Desks' ... 6 0 0 582 Skipton Painting and repairs 0 6 6 38 15 0 583 South Yarra Out-offices and furniture 143 16 2 585 Sutherland's Creek Tank and purch.ase of property 7 0 0 75 0 0 587 Soldier's Hill ... Furniture, &c ...• 4 4 4 588 Steiglitz ... J!'urniture 7 0 0 589 Scotchman's Lead ... Additions 249 12 6 595 St. Arnaud Porch and furniture, 44 18 6 596 Stratford ... ::: i Architect's fees 13 3 0 606 Staffordshire Reef "'1 Hepairs '" ... 25 0 0 5 0 0 614 I Taradale ... ... Additions and furniture .•• 31 19 9 2 18 6 615 : Tarmville ... Out-offices and fence ... 5 16 6 23 0 0 617 Terang Furniture , Ii '3 6 619 Tullal1larine Island Repail:s ... 66 2 6 ... 622 Tooborac, .. Repairs and furniture ..... 39 J'( 10 626 Tarnagulla Hepail's 1 1 0 628 Tee.dale ... Tank ... 7 0 0
Uoll No. SchooL
128
STATEMENT of' Amonnts Expended, &c.-continued.
Particulars. Amounts I'xpended.
Amounts to be Expended.
--1--------------------------------------1----- ----,-629 631 633 640 641 643 644 646 647 648 649 651 652 653 654 656 658 663 664 668 669 673 674 688 690 691 693 695 696 697 6913 699 702 704 i06 707 710 713 714 716 717 718 719 721 722 723 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 736 737 740 741 742 744 746 749 751 754 755 757 759 760 762 763 764 765 766 767 769 770 771 774 775 776 777 778 785 787 789 791 793 794 7,95
Trentham ... Thomastown ... Tylden South ... Violet-town ...
,Tarilta ... .. . Wangaratta .. . Wahgnnyah .. . Warrnatnbool .. . Woodend... '" Woodford .. . Wyndham .. . .Whroo... .. . Winter's Flat .. . 'Vooragee '"
,Winslow... '" Weatherboard ... Whittlesea .. . Whi te Hills .. . Wallan... .. . Windermere .. . Wellington street ... Warrnambool '" Warrenheip ... W oolsthorpe ... Yangery .. , '" Yandoit ... • .. Yarram ..• .. . Ballarat .. . Yambuk ... • .. Yan Yean ... Yan Yean '" Yea '" .. . Cabbage-tree .. . Sandy Creek .. . River View .. . Lancefield ... Landsborough ... Leigh Creek ... Chinaman's Flat ... Coimadai... • ... 'Vaterloo Flat ... Stockyard Hill ... Buninyong East .. . Deep Lead .. . Bulldog ... Birregurl'a ... Piggoreet ... Glenvale... '" Caramut ' ... Bunker's Hill •.. Wombat Hill .. . Cressy. .. . Bald HilL.. .. . Laanecoorie ... Mulgrave... . .. Three-mile Creek ... Oxley... . .. Shecpwash ... Bridgewater .. . Stony Hises .. . Lockwood ... Moliagul... . .. Bealiba ... Whim Holes ... Bairnsdalc ... Gordons ••• Mount Rowan ... Kingston... .. . Wurdi You Yangs .. . Peter's Diggings ... Smeaton '" ... Majorc..'1 ... Telegraph SltW Mills Hawkesdale Hepburn .. ~ Lara Lake Rosedale .. . Glenluce .. . Middle Bridge. Training Institute ... Bright Da.rlington Break o'Day HQcky Lead Landsberg Mains Wood's Point, Moranding W. Eddingtou Wedderburn Jiochester
... Furniture ... ... ... ... . ..
... Furniture ... ... ... ... . ..
... Additions and furuiture... ... ... . .. School-house and closets .•. ... ...
... Additions and tauk... ... .., ... '" Out-offices ... .., '" ... .. . ... Hepl1irs and out-offices ... ... ", ... : ... Furniture ." '" ... ... . .. ... Furniture '" '" ... ... .. . ... School-house and furniture ... ... .. . '" Additious and furniture ... ... . .. ... , Furniture and repairs ... .. . ... ... ... ' Additions.aud furuiture ... ... . .. , '" Repairs ... ... '" .. , .. . ... Out-offices, furniture, and tank ... ... ... , ... Tank and repairs ... ... ." .. . ... Tank... ... ... '" ... .. . ... Tauk... ... ... ... ." .. . ... Purchase of property, furniture ... .., .. . ... Purchase of property ... ... ... .. . ... :Furniture and .fence... ... ... '" ... Furniture ... ... ... ... . .. ... Out-offices ... ... ... .., .. . ••. Purchase of propCl'tv ,md erection of school .. . ... /{epairs ....... ... .., ... ... Repairs and tanks ... ... ", .. . ... One acre ... ... ... ." .. . ... Purchase of property and furniture ." .. . ... Tank and repairing furniture... .., .. . ... Purchase of land, tank, amI furniture .. , '" ... Tank and furniture ... ... .. . . .. ... Removing furniture and closet,s ... ... .. . ... Repairs ... ... ... ... .. . ... Repairs '" ... ... .., .. . ... Furrnturc ... ... ." ... • .. ... Repairs .. . ... ... ... .. . ... Out-offices ... ... ... .., .. . ... Out-offices ... ... ... .., '" ... Tank and purchase of house ... ... . .. ... Fencing and repairs ... ... .., .. . ... Inscription board ... .. . .. . .. . ... Tank... ... ... ... ." .. . ... Additions ... ... ... .., .. . ... Furniturc '" ... ... ... . .. ... :lflll'uiture ... ... ... .., ... ... Repairs and spouting ... ... .., ..• ... Repairs ... ... ... ... . .. ... Repp,irs ... ... ... ... ... ... Tauk... ... ... ... .., ... ... l'urchase of property aud repairs ... .. . ... .Furuiture ... ... ... ... .. . ... Wood school-house and furniture... ... • •• ... Repairs ... ... ." ... . .. ... Repairs ... ... ... ... ... ... School-house and furnitnre ... ... . .. ... Purchase of property and erection o~building .. .
Balance for teacher's house and repalrs n. .. . ... Hepairs ." ... ." ... .. . ... /{epairs ... ... ... ... '" ... Tank... .•. ... ... ... • .. '" Repairs ancl gallery... ... ... • .. ... Hepllirs ... ... ... ... ... ... Tank and ,store... ... ... ... . .. ... Compensation for removing from site... . .. ... FUl'niture ... ... ... .., '" ... Sundry works ... ... ... ... .. . '" Purchase of property and erecIion of school-house .. . ... Furniture ... ... ." ... .. . ... Oil t-offices and repairs ... ." ... .. . ... Repairs lLllU furniture ... ... ... .. . • .. HermiTs ... ... ... ... .. .
Hepairs aud furniture ... Repairs Furniture Tank, spouting, :md survey Fencing Pm'chase of ,\-aore and fencing; &c. Ont-offices and repairs ... l<'uruitul'c
...' Hepairs and,furniture .... School-house and fencing Tanks, &c. Furniture Repairs aud tank Tank and repairs .... Repairs Repairs Repairs aud out-offices Repairs and furniture Sebool-house, out-offices, and furniture
£ s. d. 8 12 6 450 600
271 10 0 20 16 6
35 13 6 '22 2 0
1,076 4 6 313 14 5
20 17 3 16 17 6
.. 4 10 0 15 3 0 '8 0 0 7 15 0 5 10 0 500
46 0 0 490
15 10 6 18 10. 0
• 160 1 6 28 3 0 '46 12 6
305 14 0 11 14 3 76 7 3
6 12 9 II 10 0
20 13 0 3 10 0
If; 0 0 12 10 0
174 16 0 20 4 10 o 10 0 7 15 0
150 0 0 1 15 0
12 0 0
200
200 0 0
226 12 0 33 0 0
2 10 0 380 8 3
15 2 0
22 1 0 6 10 0
21 15 0 () 14 (} 715 0
17 16 8
220 4 (i 3
20 7 \0 920
48 4 6
240 14 17 6 4 15 0
20 14 9 7 14 0 4 15 6
31 () 9 .1,364 18 6
:I 3 0
18 6 9 28 15 0 98 0 0 54 18 0 9 14 0
383 18 6
£ s. d.
12 16 6 160 4 0
29 0 0 23 0 0
10 16 6
41 0 6 24 15 0
250 0 0
441 16 0 3 15 0
15 0 0 3 15 0
2 17 :I
14 17 6 f3 16 9
2 18 0
8 10 0
220 0 0 536 450 4 10 0
36 0 0
JO 10 0 25 8 6 6 12 0 5 17 6
20 00 325 2 6
12 12 0
31 4 0
o 14 0 12 10 0
87 13 3 369 0 0
37 2 6 55 0 0
700
31 2 6 6 17 6
20 0 0 16 0-0 14 8 0 52 10 0
200
Roll No. School.
797 Faraday .•. 798 Sutton Grange 800 Ararat ... 802 Cornish-town 803 Ross' Creek 804 ·Mt. Cotterell 806 Newtown 807 Jericho 809 Grand Trunk 813 Avoca Lead 814 .J amieson 817 Edenhope 823 Somerville 825 Moorooduc 831 Omeo 834 Mt. Cole .•. 835 Maidentown 836 Uoomoora 8.17 Twist's Creek 840 Mooraboo! Saw Mills 843 Harrietville 847 Woolamai 848 Alma 850 , Red J~ion 851 Metcalf 853 Grant 854 Pampa 855 Byaduk 856 Toongabbie 860 Great Western 861 Maffra 862 Broken Creek 863 La! Lal ... 864 Cobden 865 AxedaJe ... 866 St. Leonards 867 Chepstowe 876 Hlydale ... 877 German ... 880 Linton 881 Kangaroo Hills 882 Inverrnay 883 Glenormiston 884 Cattle Station Hill ... 885 Barry's Beef 886 8tony Creek 88S Camherwel\ 889 Hillsborough 890 Greenvale 893 Samaria ... 894 Wens]eydale 895' 'Freeburgh 896 ·Bedbank ... 897 North Hamilton 900 Christmas Reef 902 Charlton ..• 904 W cering ... 905 Moon light 901 Sutton 912 Alexandra. 915 llruk Bruk 917 Upper Buckland 918 Greendalc 919 New Cambridge 920 Cambrian lIill 923 'East Trentham 925 Graham'S Hill 927 Glengower 929 Lake Goldsmith 930 Wood's Point 9:JI Leonard's Hill 9:32 Wabdallah 935 Upper Emu Creek ••• 937 Drummond 938 Kingstown 940 Murroon ... 941 Baringhup 94,~ Tren tham 944 Junction ... 945 Hazel Glen 946 Yangardook 947 Glen Thompson 949 Wareck and 'l'imor 950 Shelbourne 951 Tabilk 952 McIvor ... 953 Wareek 95~ I Prince Alfred 955 ,Myrt,leford 956 I Eltham ...
129
STA'fKllmNT of' Amounts Expended, &c.-continued.
Fencing and repairs Repairs aud furniture Tank ... Repairs Furniture and laying gravel Furniture Repairs 'and fence Survey Additions Furniture, out-offices, anlt survey Out-offices Furniture Tank ... Survey Additions and fence Furniture Repairs, tank, and furniture Well Repairs and out-offices ... Purchase of building and repairs ... Repairs and fencing Alterations Alterations
... Closets and furniture
... i Painting Repairs Repairs, tank, and furniture Teacher's house Repairs' and furniture Tank and repairs Repairs Out-offices School-house Repairs Furniture SclIool-house, survey, &c. School-house '" School-house Purchase and erection of out-offices, &e. Steps to entrance Tank, &c. Repairs Alterations Furniture and tanks Additions, teacher's house, and furniture ... Repairs and n.lterations ... Lavatories and furniture Repairs Additions, furniture, and repairs ... Out-offices and furniture Repairs Furniture and repairs ... Additions Tank and purchase of land School-house and furniture Furniture
Purchase of building Purchase of property Additions and repairs Repairs Repairs Tank ... Closet and fence Repairs and survey Purchase of property Repairs Additions Repairs Out-offices and repairs Repairs and furniture Furniture School-house and furniture Repairs Tank and repairs Alterations Furniture Survey Furniture Tank ... Additions Repairs and furniture Additions and furniture ... Repairs Furniture Hepairs and furniture ... Repairs School-house and extension of site ,Furniture Furniture
Amounts Expended.
Amounts to be Expended.
------ -----£. s. d. 20 0 10 16 12 6 8 5 0
16 18 0 4 10 0
93 8 0 6 10 0
2 10 0 13 10 0
300 319 I 6
4 10 0 39 0 0
9 15 0 15 17, 0 20 JO 0 64 7 6 52 7 0 12 0 0 31 18 0 o 12 0
31 0 0 203 10 6 119 16 9 35 17 0
14 0 0
29 I () 2 0 0
121 II 0 10 0 0
424 16 0 962 15 3
16 13 0 14 7 6 19 8 0 13 13 9 46 8 3 13 17 0
160 8 10 49 0 0 61 16 6 18 13 6
6 4 {) 12 0 0 32 6 9 400 480
15 0 0
12 10 0 19 0 0
15 15 0 13 0 0 78 15 9
54 12 6
VI 13 6 8 I I 9 7 6
10 3 8 183 II) 0
I 12 7 10 10 0 53 1:3 0 250 :; 6 0
10 3 3 49 Ii 6
8 15 0 149 13 0
9 16 0 606
28 9 0 26 0 0
555 0 0
I) 12 6
£. s. d. 450
8 11 0 27 0 0
230 0 0 739
600 6 7 6
92 11 11
4 13 6
350
107 17 0
15 0 0 4 15 0
59 13 0 161 12 6
406 0 0
73 4 3 22 5 0 12 9 0 o 10 0
226 521 14 6
67 10 0
700
20 0 0 5 15 0
25 0 0
400
55 0 0
119 10 0
o 12 0
576
34 0 0
1,465 9 0 o 18 6
Roll No. ·'School.
130 . . ~
.STATEMENT of Amounts Expended, &c.-continued.
Amounts Expended.
, Amounts·
to be Expended. ---1----""--,-----·--1-------·------------------ ----------
957 Walhalla .•• •.. ... Repairs and furniture .•. ... 958 Mooroolbark ... ... Repairs aud survey ... • .. 965 Big Swamp, ... ... Furniture ... ... . .. 966 Daniel's Creek2 ••. ... Furniture ... ... . .. 967 ,North Redesdale... '" Tank, bell, and repairs ... .. . 9il • Drik Drik ••• ... Out-offices and tank... .. . 972 Cobaw,. ... ••. Repairs ... ... .. . 974 Kaugaroo 1:<'lap... ... Blackboard ... ... • .. 980 Scarsdale... ... .•. Furniture ... '" ... 981 Kangaroo Flat... .•• Repairs and furniture ••. '" 982 Broarlrneadows... • .•. Repairs .•• ••. . ..
. 984 ,Quartz Reef ..• ••. Furniture ... ... • .. 985 Barkstead ... ... Furniture and tank .. , •.. .... 986 Recuy, <iJreek ... ... School and furniture... .. . 990 Nielhorough '" ... Tank... .... .•• .. . 993 .Boot'~ Gul~y ... ... Out-offices and tank... . .. 996 Garvoc ... ... ... Furniture ... •.. ... 999 Moll~on .... ... '" Compensation for hut , .... " ...
1000 Daylesford Road ... ••• Furniture and repairs... .. . 1002 ·Sunbrtry... .., ... Hepairs, fencing, and fUrniture .. . 1003 Nillurhbik ... ... Fence and repairs ... .. . 1005 Graytown ... ... Filling in cellar ..• . •. 1007 .g pringfield ... ... 1:<'urniture ... ... • ..
.... 1008 ,Axed~le. ... ... ... Residence and furniture .. . 1010 Union Steam Mills ••• Furniture and repairs... .. . 1011 Yarpturk ••• ... Repltirs ... ... .. . 1015 'LilliI:pt .... ... ... Additions and repairs... . .. 1016 PurnlfU ..• .•• ... Tank and furniture... .. . 1017 Beremboke ... .•• Tank ..• ... ... .. .
.... .;
1018 Mount Wallace... ... R~pairs , .... . ... .. . 1019 Condah... ••• ... Tank and furniture .. , .. . 1020 . Aringa ••• ... ••• Purchase of building... .. . 1021 COtOP, ... ... ... Teacher's house ... . .. 1022 Vermont... ... ... P9rch, tank, and furniture '" 1023 Tarnagulla ... .., 'Furniture .•. ... . .. 1024 Stuart Mill ... ... l<'lirniture and repairs .. . 1025 Dean's Marsh ... ... Land and erection of building .. . 1028 Scoresby... "',,'" Pump and repairs .,. .. . 1029 Lower Buckland '" ••. liaising chimney.... . .. _. .. . 1030 Carisbrook ... ... School-house, teacher's residence, &c. 1032 Shirley ...... Survey ... ... ... 1033 Wand on Yalloak ." ... Surverand furniture... • •• 1034 Yering: ...... Out-office ... ... .. . 1036 ,RUnning Creek... ... Repairs ... ... .. . 1037 Wallace ...... S~vey ... ... .. . 1039 Irrewillipe ... ... Furniture and repairs... .. . 1040 Waurn Ponds ... ••• RepaiD;! ... ... .. . 1041 :Salt Pans ... ... Tank and fence ... . .. 1042 'Percydale ... ... Purchase of dwelling and furniture 1046 Hurdle Greek ... ... Felling trees ... ... . .• 1047 Gobur .c. ... ... Tank and fe'ncing ..., ... 1049 Lauraville' ... ... Out-offices, plans, and supervision 1050 North Murchison ... ... Repairs ... .... ... 1051 Mickleham ... ... Tank... .... ... . •• 1052 Inglewood ... ... Repairs, land, and feuce .. . 10511 Joyce's Creek·... .., Tank and repairs ... .. . 1054 Chewton... ... ... Furniture, land, &c.. ... , .. . 1055 Deep Creek ... ... Hepairs ... ... ; .. . 1056 Bung Bong' ... ... Repairs '.. ... .. . '1057 Rushworth ••• ... T,ank... ••• ... .., J058 Wodonga West... ... Survey, tank, and furniture .. . 1059 Berlin... ... ... Repairs... ... .. . 1060 Gritjurk·... •.• ... Repairs, survey, &c.... • .. 1063 Spring Gully... '" Furniture and pump ...' ... 1065 Golden Lake ... ... Hepairs ... ...', .. , 1068 Opossum Gully... ... Out-offices... ... . .. 1069 Ross' Bridge ... ... Teacbers's house, out-offiees, &c. 1070 Bolinda· .,. ... Out-offices, furniture, and repairs 1072 Napoleon Lead... ... Repairs ... '" ;'" 1073 Carlton ...... Feueing, &c,... .... .. . 1074 Golden Point ... ... Tank and repairs ... .. . 1075 Kew ... ... ... Repairs ... ... . .. 1076 Haddon... ... ... Out-offices and furniture .. , 1079 Panmure... ... ... Tank and furniture ... , .. . 1080 Bonn ... ... ... Out-office and fencing ... .. . 1082 Framlingham ... ... prainage ... ... .. . 1083 Lauriston ... ... A,.;iditions and repairs... .. . 1085 Wild Duck ... ... Tank and furniture... .., 1086 Allan's Forest... ... Repairs ... ... .. . 1090 Sorrento... ... ... Tank and notice board ... .. . 1091 Alfredton ••• ,... J;>tlrchase,of building and survey' 1092 Glenpatrick ... ... Survey .•. . ... - ']' ... 1094 .Geelollg .. , ... .•• School-house and furniture. .. . 1095 Mt .. Franklin ... ... Teacher's house and repairs .. . 1096 Lake Condall ... ... Furniture ... .. . 1097 Bridgewater-on-Loddon ... Tank, gallery, and additions .. . 1098 TYlLbb, Hastings... ... TlLnk... ... ... .. .
1101 Mount Cameron ... ... ... Additions ... ... .. . 1100 I' );Iat]ock ... ... ... He pairs ... ... .. .
1102 Braybrook .... '" Teacher's house, fencing, &0. • ..
£ 8. d. 5 10 7 4 5 0 • ... 4 15,0
21 15' 0 17 2 6
100 323
24 1 4 10 2 6 64 0 0
9 18 0 10 Hi 6 7 10 0
27 4" 0
6 14 O. 65' 13 1 28 100 o 15 0 o 176
10 0 0 7 14 0
82 7 0
1 i 16 4 9 16 0
549 10 18 8
223 12 0 40 ii. 0 12 5 6,. 15 3 ;3 32 0 0
5 1'1 6
491 3 6 320 636 859 1113 360
14 4 0
41 10 0 21 13 0 200
33 10 0 33 5 6 13 15 0
43 5 1 19, 8:' O· 56 0 0 8 (> 0
42 0 0 400 080 360 9 15 0 o 10 0 900
355 5 7
250 32 3 6 16 10 0 51 3 3 18 8 0 17 6 9 15 9 0
2 10 0 154 16 0
26 14 6 1 17 6
27 0 0 330
1,751 4 10 172 10 0
4 10 0 54 18 0 4 17' 6 6 6 0,
28 8 6 282 14 3
. £. s. d.
\ ... '2 16 0
49 18 6 S 0 0
49 14 0
19 11 0 .~ ..
" 3' 5 0 12 0 0 47 15 6
5: 8 6
2 12 6
16 17 8 165 10 0 150
4 10 0 11 0 0
J .....
285 0 0
300 33 0 0
10 12 0
11 10 0 36 10 0
1 18 6 18 17 6
37 0 0
14 ,7 0
829
18 0 0
15 0 0 53' 4 6
150
o 10 0 144 '0 0
5 .8 6 35 15 2
157 10 0
26 11 6
Roll No.
1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 BOS 1111 lll~, 1113 1114 1115 1116 1117 1118 111~, 1120 1122 1I23 ll24 1125 1129 1130 1I31 B33 1134 p35 1136 it 37 B39 B41 1142, 1144 i145 1146 iI47 1150 1151 1153 1154 1155 1157 1158 1159 ll60 1161 1162 ll63 1165 1166 1167 1168 l170 lIn 1172 1173 1175 1176 1178 1179 \180 1181 1183 1185 '1186 1187 U8H, 1189 '1190 jl9S 1194 1195 1196 i 19'1 1198 1199 1200 1202 ' 1203 1204 1201) 1206 1207 1209 1210 121i 1212 1213 1214 1215 1216
13i··
STATEMENT of .Amounts Expended, &c.-continued.
School. Partlcullll'll,
--------------------·1--------------Yackandandah Qoulburn Valley Big Hill' __ _ Strathmore: Bundalaguah Heyfield" ... , Moorabbin J'dansfield . Ravenswood' Yeo Middle Bridge Tarrawijlgee Briagolong Ballangeich pathcart ... Lindenow Flat Yarraville Myrtle Creek South Muckleford .•• Broadford Campbelltown Nirranda '" Glenaroua Kevingtpn Panton Hill }3ungare'e Springs ..• Concoqgella Eurambeen East Campbelltown Bruthen •.• Swan Hill Porepunkah Maffra Kensington Inverleigh Trawalla ... Cargerie .. : Feruside ... Dargolong Bungal ... Morse's ,Creek Lan gworn or Gundowring ;Kimberley Sebastian Doctor's Creek 'Burnt Bridge East Sandh1i.rst Wagra BflDdoc Sebastopol' ,Chapman Green!Hill Musk Creek Foster' Goldie Mount Gellibrand .... Woodside Mount Noorat Boileau:, ... ~noch;s·Point Albert Park Williainstown Pow lett Plains Granite Flat Coster'field Belfast ..... . Golden Square, Sandhurst .. . Queenscliff Sandhurst Portland North North Paywit Redruth ... ... ... Spring Creek, Alexandra road Everton' ... Keilor'road Glenburnie ... Barnawartha North Buang'or ... Pennyroyal Creek ... Musk.Vale .• _ Emu " Timor Victoria Valley
'Mailor's Flat Strathfieldsaye Shepherd's ,Flat Brunswick Major Plains Crosbie ... Red Jacket'
Additions , ... Purchase of property and furniture Repairs ... ';:: ... Repairs and furniture ••• Tank and table ••• ... Tank, teacher's residence; and repairs ... Earthworks School-house and furniture Tank ... Earthworks Tank and inscription board Furniture and repairs, Repairs and furniture ... Kitchen and tank Tank and repairs Fencing and alterations, Furniture and repairs .. _ Repairs , Repairs and teacher's residence .. ~ Furniture ... ": .. ' ... Teacher's residence aud repairs Purchase of property and furniture Furniture Fendng Repairs
••• f
Tank and repairs Repairs and furniture School-house ... Survey Purchase of property, tank, &e .... School and residence Repairs and residence Land and furniture Repairs Various Repairs and furniture Tank and fence Purchase of land and sundry works Repairs and furniture Fencing and furniture Imicription board Covering roof ... School-house Purchase of property and repairs Furniture Additions Survey and repairs School-house '" Plans School-house and furniture School and 'residence Tank and furniture Land and erection of school-house School-house and furniture ' Repairs and teacher's residence Repairs School-house and furniture Furniture .. Tank School-house Furniture, fencing, &c .. " Purchase of land and furniture Furniture Repairs School-house and teacher's residence School-house and furniture School-house and furniture Furniture School-house ... Fencing and furniture Out-office School-house '" Fencing, &e. Repairs School-house and furniture
..... ,
Purc~ase of property and erec~ing out-offices Reprurs ... ... .., ... Survey and fUrniture Furniture Survey and furniture School and residence ... Out·offices, repairs, and furniture Out-offices and repairs '" School-house and furniture School-house, residence, and furniture School-house and furniture Out-offices Land and tank School-house ... • .. School-house and survey
Amouuts Expt,uded.
£, s. d. 253 19 6 183 2 6 24,18 0
9 12 6 9 15 0
92 14 9 7 12 0
10 5 II 900 300
23 0 0 8 17 0
30 9 11 56 15 6 11 14 0 72 0 0 20 7 6 14 13 0
105 0 0 10 18 3
214 15 0 183 18 0
11 18 1 1 13 6 1 0 0
4 12 4 366 10 0 500
14 1 10
300 14 0 25 0 0 500
93 10 0 306
14 5 6 125 0 0
3 0 0 24 0 0 o 10 0
20 19 6 130 15 0 48 6 5 2 10 0
28 16 4 52 0 0 14 15 0 0,12 0
2,672 0 0 390 0 0
8 19 10 20 0 0
321 17 6 180 2 5 6
127 10 0 7 16 0
13 3 0 375 10 3 536 8 7 548 0 6
16 2 0 4 16 0
675 6 0 747 1 4
1,394,14 4 22 11 10
345 0 0 21 1 0 10 12 0
212 10 0 ,42 12 0 43 13 0 14 8 3 51 15 0 500 830 500 ,6 3 11
288 0 0 53 9 4 64 8 0
149 18 0 413 4 0 328 4 0
15 18 6 10 0 0
451
I Amounts to be Expen,d~.
£ s. d. 500 1 17 3
5 17 6 2 0 0
280 1 6
376 6 0
6 10 0
85 9 0 l 9 9
107 14 6
10 0 0 426
19 17 0
10 0 0
~ 80 0 0 993 0 0
850
59 19
3 13 6 16 4 0 32 '11 6 o 5 0
5 12 6
21 5 0
40 0 0 20 0 0
227 15 0 105 0 0 209 18 0
137 4 0
20 0 0 23 0 0
37 5 0 9 10 0
64 16 0
500 043
187 10 0
249 9 0
1 8 0 60 8 0
21 2 0
11 0 0
10 0 0 169 1 8 21 13 9
,132
STATE1tmNl' of Amounts Expended, &c.-continued.
)~.?Il Schoo.!. Particulars. Amounts Amounts >,0. Expended. to be Expended.
----------.----------------- ------------·----------------·----------i--------------------1217 1218 1219 1220 1221 1222 1223 1224 1225 1226 1227 1228 1229 1230 1231 1232, 1233 1234 1235 1236 1237 1238 1239 1240 1241' 1242 1244 .1245 1246 1247 12.8 1249 1250 1251 1252 1253 1254 1255 1256 1257 .1258 1260 1261 1262 126a 12tH 126;; ,1266 1267 1268 1269 1270 .I2? 1 1272 1273 12i4
.1275 1276 1277 127.8 1279 1280 1281 1282
.1284 )285 .1286 1287 1288 1289 1290 1291 1294 1295 1297 1298 1300 1301 1302 1:303 1304 130.5 1308 1309 1311 13I!! 1313 1314 1315 .1316
Warrenmang ... •. Out-offices ... ..• . .. Colbinabbin ... ... Land ... ... .. . Northwood ... ... School-house :tnd furniture .. . Romsey ...... School-house and fencing ... . Tea-garden Creek... ... Land a.nd out-offices... .. . Skye ... '" ... Out-offices and furniture '" Purdcet and Mustons Creek Building closets and furniture ... Aberfcldy ... ... Purchase of pr:operty and survey' Tooborac ... ... Survey and school-house '-0
Ballellgci<;;h West and South Fencing, repltirs, and teacher's house Loddou Valley... ... Furniture ... ... . .• 'Sarsfield '" . ., ... Repairs and survey... . .. Darlingford .•. ... Out-offices .. , ... • •. Glenhope ... ... Furniture ... ••• . .. I,ucknow '" ... 'fank nnd furniture ... ... Emu Flat ... ... Survey, school-house, and,furniture Serpentine ... ... School-house... ... ... vVeerangourt ••. ... School-house... ... . .. Toongnbbie ... ... School-hous'e... ... . .. "Voodstock West ... ... School-houge, out-offices, and tank ,Boram Boram... ... School-house... .... .. . Bcssicbelle ... ... Repairs and fnrniturc ... .. . Lamplough ... ... School-house .•. ... . .. Drumborg '" ... School-housc and residence .. . Diamond Hill '" ... ];'nrnitllre ... ... .. . Pirron Yalloak .•• ... Inspectiou of work '" ... Upper Plenty... ... School-house .... .. Broadford Creek ... ... School-house and furnitnre .. . Mount Eccles ..• ... Furniture ... ... . .. Blakeville ... ... Out-offices ... ... ... Mount I'leasant Creek ... Furniture ... ... . .. Forge Creek aud Eagle Point Furnitnre ... ... ... Deep Creek ... ... Furniture ... ... . .. Portarlington .•. ... Tank, out-offices, and furniture ... Ca,rlton Stockade ... .., Laying on water, repn.irs, alid furniture ... Emerald Hill ••• ... Tank anel furniture ... ... Maldon... ... ... School-house, furniture, laying on water ... Long Gully _.. .•. Tank ... ... '" ... 13alhtrat Orphanage _.. Gallery and furniture... ... Joyce's Creek... ... Repairs •.. .•. . .. Lowry '" ••. .•. Furuiture ... ... .. . Hotsjmr ... •.. School-house ... ... '" Colvinsby ... ... Repairs ... ... .. . Swanwater ... ... Furniture ••. ... .. . :!YLOystOll ... ... Building ... ... . •. Havelock... ... ... Building and furuiture ... ... Shean's Creek... ... :Frostlng' ,,;ndows ... • .. Garibaldi Gully... ... Furniture, out-offices, and survey North Sandhurst ... '" Repairs ... • ... ... Whanregarwen... .., Survey and repairs ... . .. H!1Vclock... ... ... School-house and furnitu're .. . Buninyong '" •.. School-house aDd furniture .. . Talbotville ... . .. ' Out-offices, furniture, and survey Wangarn.tta North ... Out-office and furniture ••. l\1arysyilJe ... ... School-house... ... . •• Crusoe Gully ... ... Fumiture ... ... . .. Bald l:Ii1I, Kyneton ... School-house ... '" ... Koyuga ... ... ... Out-offices ... ... . •• Lightwood .Flat... ... Land, school-house, survey, &c ... . La Trobe strect... .•. School-house and furniture .. . Nar-lIar-goon ... ... Survey and' school-house ..• Bliud Creek ... ... School-house and furniture .. . Edll1ca South ... ... l~urlliture ... •.• .. . Cowes ..• ... ... School-house .•. . •. Erin-vale... ... ... Fencing and repairs... .. . Bambra ... ... ... Furniture ... '" .. . Shcoaks ...... }'encilIg and furniture ... .. . Garlick's Lead ... ... l~nrlliture and teachcr's house .. . K:tIlgaroo Creek ..• ... School-house an'd survey .. . Redan... ... ... School-house, out·offices, and furniture Railway Steam Saw Mills ... Land ... ... ... Talldarra Phtins... ... Purchnse of property and furniture Rae's Hill ... ... School-house ... ." ... Lower Plenty... '" Survey 1l.nd land ... '" Bonn ... ... ... Out-offices and survey... . .. Dunlleworthy '" ... Furniture :.. ... ... Denison... ... ... '.r:1nk:.. ... ... . .. Red Hill ... ... ... Tank... ... ... • .• Karaheal ... ... ... Survey ... ... ...
, Doon... ... ... Lltlld .. . ... . .. Clyde Bank ... ... Land, school-house, and fencing ... Mt. Cole Creek .•• '" Tank and furniture ... • .. Campbell's Springs ... Furniture ... ... .., COrl'yong ... '" ... 1!'urniture ..... . Murphy's Creek ••• ... School-honse, furniture, and sUn'e:r Boroite ...... Survey n.ncl fnrniture... ... Newington ... ... Purcliflse of land ... . .. Chiltern Road... ...Survey ••. ... • •• JJivingstone ••. ... '.reacher's·house and furniture ••• Specimen Hill ••• ••• FUrniture ••• .., '"
•• i
£ s. d. 800
1 il 3 6 293 6 0 30 0 1
(i 0 0 54 9' 6 33 8 0
130 4 8 11 13 0
1 10 0 49 14 6 18 4 0 6 10 0
21 4 10 155 4 3 169 3 6 980
~02 19 10 144 8 1,0 193 12 6 21 2 0
275 8 6 500 2 12 0 414 0
fl66 18 6 331 0 0
12 u 0 849 2 10 0 5 17 0
16 5 0 251 8 10 20 15 6
3,48:1 15 11 7 10 0
55 0 0 200 '5 0 0 1 10 0
25 18 10 36 3 4, 500 I 2 0
36 2 6 24 2 0 350
234 4 0 ·1,2:,5 18 10
19 17 0 17 16 0
131 15 6 2 4 0
206 4 0 16 10 0
342 II 6 . 220 5 6 234 19 0 274 9 9
2'7 2 :184 11 7
22 0 0 11 11 0
7. 13 () 47 3 :,
293 3 0 2,467.13 3
72 17 6
550 34 5 6 200 300
12 10 0 4 4'0
15 0 0
700 2 17. 0
216 12 0 1 0 0
10 0 0 250
149 13 8 10 6 6
£ s. d.
305 17 0 26 15 0
12 5 0 20 10 0
120 0 0 95 0 0 96 2 0
86 10 0 120 16 6
25 0 0 156 3 0
31 17 6
98 '19 6
155 0 0 33 5 6
104 19 0
4 i G 4 17 6
132 5 5
784 8 0
26 0 0
500
6 10 0 076
. 16 5 0 44 0 0
10 0 0
18 3 0 6 13 10
20 0 0 11 I> 0
14 17 6 36 10 0
18 10 0 195 0 0
17 15 0 30 0 0 10 0 0
255 0 0 30 0 0
10 0 0 295 17 0
:J 7 6
16 13 6 10 15 0
Roll No. School.
133
STATElIIENT of Amounts Expendell, &c.-continued:
Amounts l'"pended.
I Amounts , to be Expended.
---1-----------·--1------------------ --,---1------1317 1318 1320 1324 1325 1326 1328 1329 IS31 1332 1333 1334 1335 1336 1337 1341 1344 1345 1346 1347 1348 1349 1350 1351 1352 1353 1354 1355 1356 1357 1358
1359
1360 1361 1362 1364 1365 1366 1369 1370 1371 1372 1373 1376 1378 1379 1380 1381 1382 1383 1385 1386 1387 1388 1389 1392 1393 1395 1396 1397 1398 1399 1400 1401 1402 1403 1404 1406 1407 1408 1409 1410 1411 1412 1413 1414 1416 1417 1418 1419 1420 1421 1423 1424
1425 1426 1427 H28
Leichardt Cundare .•• Flynn's Creek Bolwarra .•. Black Hill Fernshaw Traralgon Ch(!rry-tree Creek Home Creek Brit Brit '" Upper and Lower Campaspe Warracknabeal Moyhu 'fooleen Balnarring Durham Gully Tatyoon Kergunyah Horseshoe Bend Nattie Yallock Kiora Burnt Creek, Horsham Daylesford Derby Wahring ..• Keilambete East Dairy Dartmoor }Jurobin
Land and furniture Cost of deeds ... Out .. offices, fencing, and fnrniture Tank ... Furniture and repairs Repairs and felling trees Out-offices and repairs ... Out-offices Alterations School-house, residence, and tn.nk Out-offices, repairs, and furniture Furniture and repairs ... School-honse School-house and furniture School-house ... Repairs Furniture School-house and fencing Survey, school, Dnd residence Schoo I and residence :Furnitnre Out-offices School-house and furniture Land, school, and residence Furniture Furniture ant-offices and furniture School building and furniture Repairs Porcupine Ridge
Cundare North Derrinallum
' .. Survey
{Pakenham ... Pakenham South
Gold street Byambynee Christmas Hill Crystal Creek Tallangatta Kialla Griffiths Point Marcus Hill Thornton .•. Dimboola .•• Whorouly Barumah Plruns and Porneit 'fahara Merrijig .•. WinchelseaPlains ... Green's Creek Chatsworth Moolort ... Hanson Lethbridge Bridgewater Serpentine Yankee Creck Corinella .•. Portland Saud Hills Templestowe Brighton street, Richmond ... Nicholl's Plains Malakoff ... Laceby Homerton Northcote Hotham Dandenong Green Hill Creek ... Richmond, Yarra Park Myrtleford Malmsbury Williamstown North Kerang .•• Laang Dunaeh Diggorra ... Grantville Emberton North Buln Huln Byaduk Bathscar ... Meredith ... Muskerry and Weston Warrabkook Brucknell Saw Mills, and
Lake Elingamite Mosquito Fln.t Maude Sandridge Eaglehaw~ North ...
Closet and furniture Survey, school-house, and furniture School-house .•. Furniture, water meter, &c. Out-office and tank Survey, value of hut, and furniture School-house ... Furniture Furniture and repairs School-house ... Tank and furniture Survey and land School-house Survey, school, and residence Out-offices Survey and school-house Removing old building ... School-house ... Tank ... Survey, out-office, and teacher's house
. School-house, out-offices, and furniture Survey ,'" School-house ... Purchase of property, tank, closets, &c. Survey Furniture School-house ... Furniture Furniture and tank '.Vater meter and sundry works Furniture Out-offices and furniture Tank and furniture School-house aud furniture Lavatories and furniture School-house and furniture School-house and tank ... Survey School-house, water, gas, t.,'1nk Survey and furniture School-house and furniturc Extras Rnd laying on gas School-house and furniture Survey School-house and furniture Out-offices and furniture Out-offices
. Teacher's house and furniture Clearing site and furniture School-house Out-offices and furniture Furniture Furniture Teacher's residence Out-offices
School-house and furniture School-house and furniture School-house and furniture School-hquse and furniture
;£ s. d. 3001 3 301
47 2 3
7 10 0
0
\'
5 12 19 1 0' 10 10 0 1 40 0 0
233 15 0 68 2 0
8 5 0 254 12 6 268 6 7
27 5 0 5 8 0
123 13 10 362 14 6
19 15 0 3,600 8 0
10 0 10 13 10 0 500
34 10 0 58 17 6 130 :) 3 0 8 15 0
243 13 6 5 0 0
86 3 0 15 2 6 19 I 2
161 10 0 829
14 10 3 500
16 5 0 22 7 0
380 0 0 152 1 0 650
1010 '0 440 500
43 3 0 22 6 6
2 10 0 44 16 1 89 2 0 2 19 0 2 4 9 5 0 0 2 10 0
40 5 5 91 16 4
9 15 6 8 6 0
30 16 0 162 4 0
74 7 0 242 8 :) 43 10 7
2 13 6 224 5 9
19 8 0 153 0 7
67 10 6 312 2 0 500 929 4 15 0
15 2 0 31 2 3 15 19 6
119 0 0 29 18 0 22 3 9 12 16 6
228 17 5 26 15 0
5 10 0 19 0 0
1,142 6 0 ,*73 15 4
;£ s. d. '10 0 0
30 5 0 376
10 0 0
7 10 0 107 5 0 550
10 0 0 16 15 5
252 11 8 3 12 6
10 0 0 17 2 6
322 5 9 5 4 0
1,085 4 8 437 18 (}
3 0 0
804 20 0 0
2 10 0 114 0 0
4 15 0 1 15 0
19 19 9 500
312 0 0
7 15 0 4 0 0
180 18 0
11 10 0
6 10 0
o 15 0 o 15 0
85 12 0
800 32 0 0 89 10 ·0
14 0 0
101 12 0 28 0 0
209 0 0
18 0 0
4 10 6 15 0 0 23 2 8
2 10 0
13,4
STATEMENT of Amounts Expended" &c.-«.ontinue{l. __ --;-___________ -;-~,(\~'c • • '-.
Roll No. • S,obOQ!.
1429 Sallor-Bill's Creek Furniture 1430 WharIiiLriila ..• Tank and furniture 1;1.31 Echuc~ VineYr-rd .•. Furniture
Particulars.
1432' Mo0t:0opna . ' Furniture' 1433 Yea and King Parrot Creek I Furniture ... ... 1434 Derrimut... ... School· house and residence 1435 Balian:. ... Furniture .:. 1436 Mount Pleas~qt, Ballarat School-house and furniture 1437 Wilson's Reef Out-offices and furniture 1438, Rothesay:.. Furniture 1440 Bungailail. Furniture 1441 Tatum. Furuiture 1442 Moree:' ... Furniture'
',t' •
1443 Castle:Rcef Furniture 1444 Timmerihg Jfurniture H45 North Scoresby 'Furniture 1446 Worman gel . , 'Survey and furniture 144 7 Diggei'{~ nest Out-office and furniture .•• 1448 Mocambofo 'Sun-ey and furniture 1449 Acheron :.. Purchase of site 1450 Emberton School and teacher's house 1451 Ringwood ... 'School-house" 1452 Kilmofe L)iggmgs ••• School-house and'furniture 1453 IDalla East ••. 'Furniture 1454 Musk Creek' Furniture 1455 Toola~lbi' ' 'Survey and furniture 1456 Pearsontown, Furniture'.... .. 1457 Woolshed ReM 'Out-offices and furniture 1458 Girgarre EaSt' Furniture 1459 Amherst .... School-house and furniture 1461 Ellerslie:.. Survey 1462 Hermi~age , School-housc and furniture 1463 Osborne'a,Flat Fencing 146·1 Frankston' School-house and furniture 1465 Donald School-house • . , 14661' Keysbdrough ' School-house aud tank ;.: 14tli Prahran:.. \ School-house ned 'furniture 1468 Dobie's Bridgc ' Furniture 1469 Sheppl1rton; School and residence 1470 Tarneit ... ': School-house and furniture 147 I A voca.Cieek School-house .. ," ... 1472 Kiewa' :.. School-house and furnitUre 1473 KamarpoK;a:: Furniture 1475 Tantaraboo' Furniture' 1476 Beveridge School-house' ::: ':, " 1477 Epping ... 'School-house and' survey .. 1478 ReedxLIl:}<:e ~nd Noorilim Desks and forms' ... " 1479 St. IDlda:.. ...' School-house and furrlitute' .1480 Charlton Enst 'Repairs .. '... .:;' 1481 Luke M odewarre Schoo I building and cost of site i483 Durhum Ox Survey arid futiliturc ... ' ' 1484 Cape Clear , School-hb\ise ... ' , 1486 Moonlight Flat School-house and'furniture' 1487 Newchum ' School-house ... ' '" 148B Tallar,ook:, ... School-house an'd furnifnre'" \, 1489 Barnawaitha School-house and 'furniturc' 1490 Fitzroy Nort)1 School-house and furniture 1491 Gnarwarre ,:' School-house and 'furniture' 1492 Aahby, Nortq,: 'School-housc and'furniture 1493 ,BaJJar/it, S:-ol,den Point ' School-house and 'furniture 1494 Preston...... School-house alld furnitllre 1495 G~vnn;D,\ffJ:"Town Sehool-house and'furniture' 1496 Elldon,:..... School-house ... 'w'''':.:' 1497 Lovely; Bunks, ' l'urchase 'of land' and filh\Jture 1498 ' Wam;nbayne"' l~epuirs .:: ' , ,:.; '" 1499 ;Cornella: .. ·,,' School-house an,d J;'epuirs " ,.: 1500 Carpendeit School-house, cost of title, and furniture 1501 Yarraville School-house and 'furniture 1502 N aroghid... School-house and, furniture 1503 Tooradin School and residence 1504 Waterloo... School-house "" t, ... 1505 Middle Creek... School-house and furniture 1507 Cheny-tree Creek Furniture and out-office 1508 Hawth'orne Furniturc and otit;:.offices " 1509 Lang Lang School-house ""'." 1510 ,Sebastian, ,School-house .... r ,,'" 1511 Carraihballac Furniture 1512 Devenish ... Sehool and residen,ce,... ... 1513 Spring Hill, ~kipton Costs of transfer,'school, and dwelling 1514 I' Maindamplc, ," n. School-house ... ' "::.. ... lIllS Runnymcde',... 'Furniture and out-offiees" ',' 1516 Buffalo Hiver',... Survcy, school-hoti~e, and fence .... 1517 Tangil,.. School-house ... .:. 1518 Thornton Upper School-house , , 1519' Drung Drune( School-house ... 1520 Heathcote South ... ' Survey, school-house, and furniture 1521 Mitiamo Out-offices and furniturc 1522 Murray Road 'School-house and furniture 1523 ,Coghill's Crc'ek "School-house ,;:"",,,,,. 1524, Muddt Cree~,Bridge School-house and,fuini~~~, ' '.'a
Amounts Amounts -=:"peD~ to be ll1"p?,nded.
£ 's. ii. 870 7 15 '6 7 '5 '0
726 220 14 5,
15 7 '6 861 ll" 2 '30 1 10
16 123 13 0 6
9 15 0 5 10 0
31 0 '1 6 19 ,0 9 Hi (;
12 11 0 13 8 '3 112 6 40 0' () 53 17 '0
353 12 3 15 0 .0 12 5 0 11 0 6 10 18 ,0 19 '5 0' 55 13 0 16 4 '9
'433 0 9 3 3 d
202 18 0
385"11 '9 248 I "0 566 0 2'
5,811 Ii 'P' 9 0 0'
318 'S 9 258 17 () 237 ,7 9 276 lli 6
18 17 b 14 13 '0
534,410 624 7 0
7 2 6' 4398"~ ',~',
376 '4 l' 2 13 0
311 3 0 357 '6 9 445 12 (; 388 16 4 567 18 2
3576 1'8 8 ,394 0 0
3,752 17 '5' 2,810 13 2
911 ,0 3 328 10 0-246 15 6 25' 1 i:i
5 0 0, 81 d 0
197 17 8 1,235 II 6
404 14 0 243 0 0, 555 1'2 5' 231 '0 ij,' 749
58 '3 :3 240 2 6: 318 13 .{
6 n 3" 253 12 ~ 258 10 6 293 0 0
37 16 0' 286' 5 "6 377 0 0; 257 'H5 ot. 470"0 0','
1,189 8 61 '
2~i: ~, g';:l: 548 9 O. 272 Iii 0 .
I" '.~ I~
£ 8. d.
" 5 1.2 6
;28 'J? 0
15 .R 0 ,I .... ,
'2,4 ,8 0
6 10 0 4 17 () 2 15 0
3' 0 0 o 15 0 5 10 0
700 700
264 '3 0
25 5 0
28 0 6 37 10 0 10 10 0
,20,14 0 I 19 4
90 0 4
,35 11 3 i5, 0 0
9 'rO
219 0
3 15 0 54 10 6 420
950 10 0 0
20 O' 0 :1 5 0 15 1 0
183 15 8
263 0 0 33 0 0
19' 'I, () t5 ,0 0
23 0 0 '5 15 0 i8 1,0 0
, 25 15 0 17 10 0 is 15 0 it 0 0 20 3 0 !5 0 0 ;6 0 0 13 0 0 16 16 0 I .. :
"I I 6 : 5 0 0 io 0 0 '3 13 6 30 19 0 250 0 16 .0 (I
45 1.0 0
I": ' ,21 16 0
22 6 0 , 83 1'1 9
135
STATEllIENT of Amounts Expended, &c.-continued.
Roll School. Partlcu lars. Amounts Amounts No. EXp<nded. to b. Expended.
----- -----------£ s. O. £ 8. d.
1525 Bocca Flat SCllOOl-house and furniture 322 0 0 25 0 0 1526 Youang ... Furniture .' 8 2 0 ... ... .... '" 1527 Dookie South School-llOuse and furniture 287 3 0 9 2 0 1528 Yarrawalla Furniture 9 5 0 1529 Torrumberry Furniture 9 6 0 1530 Ballyrogan School and dwelling, 258 10 0 5 0 0 1531 Nerring ... School-house and furniture 626 710 16 2 0 1532 Merton ... School, dwelling, and furniture ... 307 0 0 25 10 0 1534 Stony Creek, Flinders School-house and furniture 500 II 0 26 2 0 1535 Rathscar West Furniture 9 16 6 1536 Kellalac .,. Furniture Ib I 0 1537 Torrumherry East... ::: I Furniture 9 6 0 1538 Strang ways School-house 2 .. 7 16 6 148 14 0 15:39 Green Gully, Sandon School-house and fumiture 322 14 6 18 12 6 1540 Baringhup East Survey, school-house, and furniture 251 19 i 17 17 6 1541 Campbell's Forest ... School-house and furniture 188 10 9 1542 Brighton ... School-house and furniture 3,921 3 11 59 13 4 1543 Connewarricoo Survey 3 8 0 1544 Spring Vale, Skipton Survey and school-house 452 11 0 1545 Bootahpool School-house ... 272 16 0 1546 Ravenswood ... I l!'urni ture 6 10 0 1547 Gometra ... School and residence 270 4 6 5 0 0 1548 Natimuk .... ... 'School-house and furniture 461 0 0 58 12 6 1550 Croxton East ·Survey, land, and out-offices 102 ·2 0 14 10 0 1551 Big Hill, ~andhurst Compensation for buihling 30 0 0 1552 Clunes North School-house and furniture 3,956 17 3 943 0 0 1553 Swan water South .,. Purchase of building and furniture 28 13 3 1554 Marnoo Furniture 5 5 0 1556 Wurdi Boluc' Furniture 10 2 0 1557. Lake Modemere Purchase of site and erection of school-house 263 15 0 II 5 0 l1i59. r.urlewis ... Land, and erection of school and dwelling ... 260 0 0 25 0 0 1560 Beechworth School· house, fencing, and furniture 5,327 2 4- 2,248 1 10 ISHI . Mortchup Survey and school-bouse 387 4 0 10 0 0 1564 Millewa ... Survey, school, and residence 282 4 0 16 7 6 1565 Pine Grove Land and furniture 1610 0 1566 Sandhurst, Gravel Hill Compensation for land and erection of school buildings 6,177 5 9 61'4 11 3 1567 Richmond Furniture 209 9 10 1568 Kilmore Sehool-house and furniture 3,008 3 9 219 0 0 1569 Lexton School-house and residence 304 6 0 34014 0 1570 Murghebolue School-house ... 560 18 0 1571 Macarthur School-house and furniture 448 8 0 126 18 6 1573 Kurraca .• : School-house and furniture 322 0 0 25 10 0 1.';74 Barwon Heads Land and erection of ,school-house 366 12 2 34 0 0 1576 Gower Greek Bridge School-honse 293 10 0 ... 1577 Barwidgee Creel\: ... School and residence 292 2 0 il 13 0 1578 Keilor School-house ... ... 586 5 0 10 0 0 1579 Homebush School-house ... 442 13 11 20 0 0 l.!i80 Wangaratta South Survey and school-house 558 17 0 iu 0 0 1581 Gerangamete East Furniture 9 16 3 1582 Dunolly School·house and furniture 1,428 9 6 77 12 1 1583 Springhurst Furniture 8 0 0 1584 Hanson South Survey and building 268 7 0 10 0 0 1585 Dixou's Creek Survey, land, and erection of building 297. 5 0 9 0 0 1586 Bahgallah Survey and erection of building ... 427 0 0 97 0 0 1587 Yulecnrt ... School-house ... . .. 233 15 0 166 5 0 1588 Trentham' School-house 316 6 0 12 14 0 1589 Invermichie Survey and school-house 279 12 0 8 10 0 1590 Bamganie Survey, school-house, and d,vcllillg 104 5 0 169 7 6 1591 .Warrenheip Land and erection of school-house 508 0 0 10 0 0 1592 Myers' Creek Land and school building 418 19 6 10 0 0 1593 Staghorn'Flat School and dwelling 275 7 0 10 3 ()
1594 Whitehead's Creek School-house 250 0 0 21 0 0 1597 Native Creek School-house ... 130 7 6 147 12 6 1598 Goornong School-honse ... 286 5 6 85 14 6 1599 Woodstock on Loddon School-house 540 16 0 181 6 6 1601 Oakleigh ... cchool-house and furniture 660 0 0 H;6 211 1602 Barnl,bool Land and erection of building 340 0 0 137 u 0 1603 Charlotte Plains School-honse ... 341 0 0 33 0 0 1604 Malvern .:. School-house 1,000 0 0 72 0 0 1605 Yalloak ... Survey and erection of building ... 155 10 0 144 0 0 1606 Rhymney School and residence 423 0 0 19 0 0 1607 Barker's Crook School·honse and furniture 255 16 0 187 i8 6 1608 Main Colao Road Survey and school-house 238 16 0 440 17 0 1610 Burrumboot East ... Furniture and teacher's dwelling ... 229 4 0 80 6 ()
1613 Codrington School-bouse 243 5 0 46 0 0 1614 Mount Doran Survey and erection of school-house 154 10 0 102 7 6 1616 Doherty's Corne.f ... School and residence 158 10 0 140 10 0 1616 I"ower- Boggy Creek School-house ... 211 3 6 5 0 0 1617 Heart Run School-house 200 0 0 96 3 8 1622 Wa-de-Iock l:$urvey and school-house 173 0 0 120 0 0 1626 Moglonemhy School-house 161 2 8 86 17 4 1628 Mandurang South ... School and residence 203 4 9 175 15 3 1629 Reid's Creek School-house and furniture 90 10 0 190 10 4 1657 Sutberland's Plains Survey and school-house 2 12 0 319 12 0 1659 Three-mile Plains '" Purchase of site alld erection of building ... 5 0 0 295 0 0
Amphitheatre ... School-house amI furniture 189 0 0 144 17 0 Anakies; Staughton Vale Land and erection of school-house. 130 2 0 157 0 0 Ararat School-house 2,190 15 9 3,318 4 3 Archdale ... Survey 314 0 Arnold's Bridge Survey , .. 3 8 0
136
STATEMEN'I' of Amounts Expended, &c.-continued;
Roll School. Particulars. No. -- -------------------Arthur's Creek ... ... I,and and erection of school.house . .. ... Avoca Forest ... ... Survey ... ... '" . .. ... Axedale ... ... Land .•. . .. ... ... ... .. . Ballarat, La Trobe street ... Compensation .for land ... ... ... .. . Bald Hills ... . " I.and ... ... ... ... . .. Bullengarook ... ... Survey ... .., ... ... .. . Baringhup ... ... Survey .. . ... ... ... .. . Batesford ... ... Survey ... ... . .. ... . .. Baynton West ... ... School and residence .. . .. . ... . .. BelJarine East ... .. , Land ... ... .. . ... . .. Barkstead .. , ... Survey ... ... ... ... ... Beechworth ... ... Purchase of land ... ... ... . .. Ballarat };'ree Church ... Purchase ... ... . .. ... . .. Black Creek ... ... Survey ... ... ... - . .. . .. Black Hill, Haddon ... Survey ... ... ... .. . . .. BlaCk-dog Creek ... ... Survey ... ... ... .. . . .. Boneo '" ... ... Purchase of land ... ... ... .. . Boorharnan ... ... Purchase of land ... ... .. . .. . Branxhohlle ... ... ' Survey ... ..... ... .. , . .. Bremen ... ... Survey ... ... '" ... , .. Bridge End ... ... Purchase of land ... ... . ..
::: i Brighton East '" ... Purchase of land ... ... ... Bulban ... ... ... Survey ... ... ... .. . . .. Bullengarook ... '" Purchase of.land ... '" . .. ... Benyeo ... ... Survey ... ... ... ... ... Burke ~'!at ... ... Survey and erection of building ... '" ... Burke ... ... ... Survey and erection of building ... . .. .. . Burramine .. , ... Survey ... . " ... ... .. . Campaspe '" ... Survey ... . .. ... .. . . .. Caralulup ...
I ... Survey .. . .. .. . ... .. .
Carapooe ... ... ... Survey and erection of building ... ... . .. Caulfield ... ... ... Purchase of Illnd .. . ... ... . .. Chewton ... ... ... Survey ... ... '" ... . .. Chilwell ... ... Costs of transfer and purchase ... . .. I . ... Collingwood, Lithgow and Purchase of land ... ... ... .,.
Albert streets Coonor ... ... ... Survey ... . .. ... ... ... Cope Cope ... .. , Survey and erection of huildings ... . .. Coringhap ... . .. Survey ... ... . .. ... . .. Cornishtown ... ... Compensation for removing oft' site ... . .. Corop '" ... ... School-house . .. ... ... ... ... Darriwell. .. ... ... Purchase ofland ... ... ... .. . Dergholme '" ... School-house ... ... . .. .. . ... Daniel's Creek ... ... Survey ... . .. ... ... ... Devil's Creek ... ... School-honse ... ... ... .. . Djerriwarrh Creek ... Purchase of land and erection of building ... Doroq ... ... ... Purchase of land and erection of dwelling .. . Durham Lead ... ... Survey ... ... . .. ... . .. Drysdale ... ... . .. School-house ... ... . .. .. . Duck Ponds ... ... Purchase of land ... ... ... '" Duneed ... ... .. . Purchase of land ... '" . .. . .. Ellis, Flinders .. , ... School-house ... ... ... .. . Elmore ... ... ... Purchase of land ... ... . .. . .. Elmore South ... ... School-house ... ... ." .., . .. Bltham ... . ~ ... ... School-house ... . .. ... ." Emerald Hill, Clarendon street Commission on estimated cost ... ... ... Emerald Hill, Moray street Filling up site '" ... ... ... ... Epping ... ... .. . Purchase of land ... ... ... .. . Eumemmering ... ... Purchase of land '" ... ... . .. Fontain bleau ... ... Survey ... ... ... ... ... Fyansford ... . .. School-house and dwelling ... '" Geelong, Aberdeen street ... Survey and purchase of land .
'" ... ... Glenalbyn ... ... Re·survey ... ... ... ... ... Gienorchy ... ... Survey ... ... .. . . .. ... Grassdalc .•• ... ... Survey ... ... '" ... .. . Grassmere ... ... Purchase of land ... ... . .. .. . Greensboro ... ... Purchase of land . .. ... ... . .. Green Valley ... ... Survey ... . .. ... '" ... Gruyere ... ... ... Purchase of land ... ... . .. ... Highton ... ... Purehase of land ... ... ... ... Italian Gully ... ... Survey ... ... ... ... .. . Junction ... ... ... Purchase of land ... ... .. . . .. Kamarooka ... ... Survey ... ... . .. ... . .. Kangaroo Ground ... ... Purchase of land ... .. . ... . .. Kamarooka Road ... School!llOUSe ... ... ... ... . .. Kangdaraar Creek ... ... School-house . .. ... .. . ... .., Karup Rarup ... ... Survey ... . .. ... . .. .. . Keating's Cross ... ." Survey and school-house ... ... . .. IUllarney ... ... Purchase of land . .. ... ... .. . :Main Road, IGlmore and Purchase of land ... ... ... ...
Heathcot.e Laceby South ... ... Survey ... ... ... .. . ... 1
Lancefield ... ... Survey and school-pouse ... . .. .. . I,ake Mundy ... ... Survey ... ... .. . ... . .. Langley ... ... ... Survey ... .. . ... .. . ... Limestone Creek ... . .. Survey ... ... '" ... . .. Little Hampton ... ... School-house ... . .. ... ... .. . I,ower Castle Creek ... School-hollse ... .. . ... ... .. . Lower Leigh Road ... '" Purchase of land ... .., ... .. , Lower Itoss Creek .. , '" Purch~se of land ... ... ... ..,
Amounts Expended.
£ 8. d. 10 0 0
6 0 0 30 0 0
353 3 0 20 0 0
3 0 6 3 10 0
, 6 17 0 200 0 0
40 0 0 . .. ... .. . 3 18 0 2 18 0 2 5 0
24 0 0 20 0 0
4 4 0 2 5 0 . .. ... 3 12 0
40 0 0 7 7 0 4 0 0 3 3 0 3 7 0 3 12 0 3 6 0 3 2 0
195 0 0 .. . 476 5 6 .. .
3 12 0 3 4 0 4 0 0
15 6 0 . ..
21 3 0 . .. , 8 3 0 . ..
143 13 0 14 0 0 5 4 0
491 0 0 20 0 0 25 '13 0
183 3 . 0 12 0 0 .. . ...
162 10 0 832 I 8 ..,
30 0 0 3 4 6
.534 0 0 352 2 0
2 16 0 2 0 0 4 4 0
60 0 0 51 1 6
2 10 0 10 0 0 .. . 2 10 0 . .. 3 8 0
55 0 0
'" ... 2 2 0 4 14 0 .. .
22 13 2
3 0 0 3. 5 0 2 2 0 3 6 0 2 13 0 .. .
167 15 10 ... ...
Amounts to be Expended.
£ s .. 265 10 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 160 0
... 5 5
173 0 50 0 .. . ... .. . ... ... . .. ...
100 0 80 0 ... ... '"
252 I 363 0 .. . ... ... 306 6
.. . 2 1 ...
575 0
.. . 398 0
. .. .. . 294 0 .. . 117 0 .. . 274 0 190 0 289 0 .. . 653 0
.. . . .. 9 0 . ..
362 0 553 0 ... . ..
5 0 ... .. . 267 4 700 0 . .. ... ... .. . .. . . .. .. . 40 0 . .. 30 0 . .. ...
304 15 314 10 ... 265 0 120 0 ... . ..
1,142 13 .. , .. . .. .
873 10 73 4 10 0 5 0
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137
STATElIlENT of Amounts Expended, &c.-continued.
Particular •.
-------------------1--------McIntyre's .. . McLean's Swamp .. . Magpie Gully .. . Major's Line ... Melbourne West .. .
• .. Survey... ••• ... ... .., ... Survey... ... ... ... ... ... Survey... ... ... ... . .. • .. Survey... ... ... ... .. . ... School-house ••• ... ... ... .. .
Mitchell's Hill .. . Mokefilly Creek ...
. .. Survey... .•• ... '" ... ... Survey... ... ... ... • ••
. Moutajup... .., Moolap... • •• Moonambel ...
•.. Survey and school-house ... ... .,. '" Survey... ... ••• ... ." ... Survey, compensation for removing and erection of
school-house Moorabool Creek ... .., Purchase of land ... ... .•. • .. Moorabool West... • .. School-house and fencing ••. ... .. . Mornington ... ... Purchase of land ... ... ... .. . Mount Eliza ... . .. Carriage of furniture ... ... ... . ..
Survey... ... ... ... .. . School and residence ... ... ... .. .
Mount Pyramid n. • ..
Mount Richmond :.. • .. Survey... ... ... ... .., Purchase of land and house ... ... .. .
Mount Strnan... .. . Murndal... ... .. . N arree Warren Road .. . Costs of transfer ." ... ... .. . Nereman .•• ... .. . Purchase of land and erection of school-house •.. Old Pleasant Creek ... School-house .•. ••• ... ••• ..,
Survey... ... ... ..• • •• Purchase of land ... ... ... .. .
Orford... ... " .. . Ormond ..... . Prahran, Hornby street .. . Purchase of land ... ... ..' .. . Pyalong ... ... • .. Survey... ... ... ... .. .
Survey... .•. •••. ... .. . School-house .......... ..
Redborough ... ... Redcastle... ... . ..
Purchase of laud, furniture ... ... . .. Purchase of land and erection of school-house ...
Redesdale ...' ... .Rochford, South... • •.
Survey and school-house ... ... • •. School-house... ... ... ... ... School-house... ... ... ... . ..
Roseneath ... • •• Rye ... ... .. . St. Arnaud ... .. .
Survey... ... ... ••• . .. Compensation for encroachment ... ... .. . Costs of title ... '" . .. ... .. .
St. Helen's ... .. . St. Kilda, Inkermann street Salisbury, West... ... Sandford... ... • .. School-house... ... ... '" .. .
Survey... ... ... ... '" Purchase ofland .. . ... ••• c ... Survey and school-house • .•. • .. Survey... '... ... ". .., Survey .. , ... ... '" ... Purchase of land ... ... ... • •.
Sheep wash ... . .. Shepherd's Valley .. . Shepparton, East ... .. . Slaty Creek ... .., Smoke Creek ... . .. Spring Hill, Kingston ... Spring Vale ... .. . Purchase of laud and erection of school ... ... Stawell... ... .. . Compensation for removal from site, and erection of
school-house ..• Survey and school-house ... .. . Stony Creek, Yarram
Taggarty ... Tarrayoukyan ... Teesdale '" .. . Tinamba... .. . Toolamba, West .. . Trenthanl .. . Tylden, East ... Tyrendarra .. . Upper Axe Creek .. . Upper Castle Creek U ppcr Maffra ... Upper Sunday Creek Vaughan... ... Victoria Point ... Walhalla... . .. Wangandary ." Warrnambool .. . Warring ... .. . Winton... . .. Woodmnir ... Woodstock, near Epping W ooragee, North ... Wurdi You Yangs Wychitella Yea
Miscellaneous
No. 69.
... Survey and school-house '" .. .
... Teacher's residence ... ..• .. .
.. . Purchase of land .. , ... .. .
... School and residence ... ... . .. ••• School and residence ••. •.• .. . ... School-house ........ . ... Survey and purchase of improvements .. . '" School-house and clearing site... .. . ... Purchase of Jand ... .•• .. . ... Survey and school-house ... . .. n. Purchase of land ... ... ... ... Survey aud school-house ... '"
Survey... ... ... • .• ... Survey, &c., school, and residence .. . ... School-house and fencing ... .. . ... Survey... ... ... . .• ... Value of improvements... ... . .. ... Survey... ... ... ... ... Purchase of land ... ... . .• ... Fees for title ........ . ... l'urchase of land and erection of school ... ... I:lurvey and school-house ... . •• ... Survey... ... ... .. . ... Survey... ... ... .. . ... Survey... ... ... .. .
(
I 1 ... ~
'I
l
Gymnasium painting ... ... .. . Lithograph plans ... ... .. . Government valuator... ... .. . Sample book-press ... ... .. . Furniture for clerks of works' office, Ballarat Costs of deeds ... ... ... . .. Sample inscription boards .•. • •• Furniture for architect's office, Melbourne Sample desks, easel, and press... . .. papyrograph... ... ... ... Pans for earth-closets... ... . .. P. Oakden-Reports on buildings ... Sands and McDougall-Stationery ... Advertisements ... ... ... Architect's staff and inspectors of buildings Clerks of works and travelling expenses ...
I Amounts
Expended.
£ 8. d. 380 220 500 280
168 14 6 500 2 0 ()
172 2 0 330
17 16 0
60 0 0 4 4 0
211 10 0 o 15 0 530
170 0 0 220 500
, II 15 6 II O· 0
330 30, 0 0
1,300 0 0 100 340
289 9 0 186 14 0 25 -0 0 220 320
it6 12 0 220
15 17 4
400 0 0 4 16 0
2 18 0 340 2 16 0
20 0 0 65 0 0
172 10 0 300
32 19 1 50 0 0
13 12 6 176 Ii 0
400 25 0 0 4 10 0 200 220
425 8 0 200
350 0 0 330
20 0 0 282
57 19 6 2 5 0
3 18 0 300
21 17 2 21 0 0
137 1 0
10 18 0 700 1 0 0 130
]0 17 0
27 8 6 17 11 7
696 13 8 2,757 19 10 4,763 17 11
Amounts to be Expended.
£ 8. d.
6,749 0 0
130 0 0
375 0 0
285 0 0
372 0 ri
25 0 0
375 0 0 298 15 10
335 I 0
370 0 0 189 0 0 2iO 0 0
2,342 18 0
330 465 10 0
20 0 0 325 0 0
586 13 0 3,087 I 0
109 0 0 299 4 6 320 0 0
239 0 0 307 16 6 400 0 0
125 0 0 20' 0 0
li5 15 0
276 5 0
285 0 6 1,811 0 0
314 9 6 392 10 0 420
2 10 0
31 II 0
18 0 0 7 2 6
181,439 13 9 78,573 16 1
138
APPENDIX G.
PLAN~; ~TC., prepared for the following Works authorized by Minister's Order, but no liabilityiiieul'red before the ~Oth June 1875. ' , " .
Roll
No. ''" Name of School.
1224 .,Aberfeloy ... • •• ARsley... ••• .. .
60 Beaufort ... ••• .. . '!3!=Q.ayeo, ... ... . .. Black Hill, Haddon ••• Boroite... .•. ...
1237 'Boram Boram .•. . .. Bochara ... ... . ••
35 Brown Hill ... . .. ii6 Bright... ... .. .
1125 'Broadford ... .. . Buigana ... ... .. .
112 Carlton ... • •• 1151Cargerie ... ' ... ...
9arl'apook .•. . .• Carraragarmungee ... Chetwynd Junction ... Clonleigh... ... . ••
136 Clunes "" ... . .. Cowarr . .... .•• • .. ,collingwood;Fife street ...
117 Colac . .•• ••• • •• 777 Darlington ... • ..
Deep Creek ... ... Dromana... ... • .• East Charlton .•• • •• Elaine ••• ... • .. Emerald Hill, Eastern Road
217 'Euroa... ... • .. 1326 Fernshaw ••• • •• 1243 Gerangamete ... . ..
Gruyere,... ... ... Grassmere ... • .. Hamilton ... '"
1076 1-1&ddon ..... . Hawthorn ... • ..
1108 Heyfield ... • .. 814 Jamieson:.. ••• '"
Karabumet ... . •• 1075 Kew ... •.. ...
Roroit... ... . •• Lake Mundy... .. . Leichardt ... .. . Longford... ... '" Maffra... ... ... MeLean's Swamp ••. • .. McIntyre's ... .. .
1379 Merrijig ... .. . 1'l'Iiner's Right... . .. Mooroolbark ... ...
488 Morang ••• ... • •• 1425 Mosquito Flat ... ... 1126 Murchison ... • ..
i\tuskerry Weston... . .. 134~ Natte Yalloak... • .•
Nelson... ... • .. 1313 Newingt~)ll ... .. . 806 Newtown ... .. .
Old Inglewood ... '" Orford... ... '"
1042 Percy dale ... .. . Porcupine Flat... .. .
850 Red Lion '" .•. .. . 893 Samaria ... . •. 877 Sand hurst German ...
Serpentine, Bear's Lagoon .•• Smyth's Gully... .. .
887 Snowy Creek ... .. . Steiglitz ... .•. '"
I St. Helen's ... . .. 596 Stratford ... .. .
Teesdale .. , , ... .. . Upper Castle Creek .. . Warrnambool ... .. . Warrayure ... .. . Wangandary ... .. . Warrong... ... . .. Wagra Bendoc ... .,.
643 'Vangal'atta ... ... Western Ma:ffra .,. . .. Winton... ... . ..
1259 'Worri Yalloak... , ..
•
DascrlptlOIl of Work.
Repairs, &c.... '" School and ,quarters ... Additions ... • .• S,chool and quarters, ... School and quarters .. . School and quarters .. . Teacher's house , '! ' .. .. School and 9,uarters" ... New school... .. . Teacher's house .. .. . Extension ••• .. . School and quarters ... New school... .. . Teacher's house .. . School and quarters .. . School and quarters" '" New school... • .. , School and quarters , .. Extension ... • •• School and .quarters ... New schoQI... • •• Extensions... ... Additions··... • .. School and quarters" ... Stone schoQl and quarters School and quarters" ... New school... . .. New school... .,. New school" '... ... Teacher's quarters '" Teacher's quarters ... School and quarters" ... School and !luarters ... New school" '" Extension' ... New school ... Teacher's house New schoot', .• , School and quo,rters" ... Extensions .. , New school, .. School and quarters S(lhool and quarters School and quarters" ... See Western Ma:ffra ••. School and quarters School and quarters School and quarters School and quarters" ... School and quarters Class room: and repairs ... Extension" ' •. Teacher's house .. School and quarters" ,., School and quarters, '" School and quarters School and quarters" ... Extension ... New school ... School and quarters Additions .. , New school" Teacher's quarters .. Teacher's house .. Additions .•. School and quarters' ... School and quarters ,. New school .. , New school ... School and quarters >I' ...
Extensions .. . New school .. . New school .. . New school" .. . School and quarter~" ... School and quarters" ... School and quarters School a]ld quarters New school ... School and quarters School and quarters" ... Schoo~ and quarters
....
....
....
* Tender accepted since 30th June.
....
, ....
Lowest Tender:
£ s. d.
277 0 0
237' 0 0'
326'10 0
.1
315 0 0
405 0 0 352 2 6
490 0 0 ,98 0 0
294 10 0
4,153 1 0 j
... .'; I
230 0 .0'
247 2 8
286 17 0
315 0 0
92 0 0 211 0 0 386 0 0
279 10 0
,
Estimated }!;I.Cost.
£, s, d. ,,150 0 0 ,330 0 0 ,575 0 0 330 0 0 270 0 0
.no 0 0 ,100 0 0
-~ .... 3,500 0 0
'1 •••
150 0 0 ,280 0 0
7,500 0 0 210 0 0 400, 0 0 ~ ' .... 200 0 0
',300 0 0 3;500 0 0 .,280 0 0 7,000 0 0 1,640' 0 0
140 0 0
.500 0 0
3,500 0 0
,r ••• 100 0 0
.380 0 0 . ..... 250 0 0
2,250 0 0
975 0 0
1,750 0 0 1,400: 0 0 .27.4: 0 0 340 0 0
290' 0 0 37.0 0 0 28,0 0 0 . , ... 200 0 0 2~0 0 0
280 0 0 300' 0 0
220 0 0 480 0 0 400 0 0 210 0 0
239 12 189 16 169 10
o I ...
6 "';' 0,' ....
374 9 6
31.5 0 0
5,773 0 0 287 0 0 268 14 0
258 15 8
3,300 0 0 290 0 0
330 0 0 420 0 0
400 0 0 450 0 0 200 0 0
300 0 0 450 0 0
2,800 0 0 900 0 0
280 0 0
£i6,871 10 10 52,244 0 0
!Jo39
APPENDIX G 1. --.~. ----.-~
LIST of Works authorized by Minister's Order. Pl!lns'.:not yet prepared. No Liability yet incurred. 31st August 1875.
Roll :No. Name of School. Description of Proposed Work. Estimated Cost.
£ s. d. Anakie New school 190 0 0
1169 Ardonachie New school 150 0 0 Archdale New school and quarters 290 0 0 Avoca Forest New school and quarters 270 0 0 Axe Creek New school and quarters 370 0 0 Bald Hills ... ~ ew school and qUIl.rters 280 0 0
56 Ballarat New school 3,500 0 0 1415 B ellarine East New school and quarters 370 0 0
BlaCk-dog Creek New school and quarters 230 0 0 1213 Brunswick New school 5,600 0 0
Bunnin . New school 150 0 0 123 California Gully Extension 2,600 0 0 120 Campbell's Creek Extension 900 0 0
Campaspe New school and quarters 270 0 0 , Castlemaine North New school 2,500 o' 0 Chiltern Road •.. New school and quarters 2;0 0 0 Chewton New school 1,100 0 0
1274 Crusoe Gully New school 430 0 0 1354 Dartmoor New sehool 250 0 0
Dederang New school and quarters 260 0 0 817 Edenhope New school 250 0 0 216 Epping New school 230 0 0
Freeburgh Extension of teach'er's house 100 0 0 Gisborne New school 1,100 0 0 Glenmaggie (Garvey's) New school 200 0 ()
275 Growler's Creek '~ew school 1,100 0 0 Homerton Teacher's quarters 120 0 0 Jones's Creek ••• New school 250 0 0 Karrup Karrup New school and quarters 290 0 0
1302 Karabeal Teacher's quarters 100 0 0 1353 Keilambete East ... New school and quarters 270 0 0 1366 IDalia New school 200 0 0
343 Kyneton Extensions 1,750 0 0 1411 Laang New school 230 0 0
Mount Struan ... New school and quarters 310 0 0 Mocambro Bluff New school and 'quarters 310 0 0
1432 Mooroopna New scbool and quarters 290 0 0 1071 Mount Duneed New school 480 0 0 791 Moranding West Teacher's quarfers 100 0 0
Moyreisk New school and,quarters 290 0 0 396 Modewarre 'reacber's quarters 100 0 0 834 Mount Cole ... New school and teacher's quarters· 230 0 0
13lI Murphy's Creek Removal of school and additions for teacher's 100 0 0 residence
1205 Musk Vale New school 340 0 0 955 Myrtleford Extension 240 0 0
Narre Warren ... New school and quarters 270 0 0 Newtown and Chilwell ... New school 2,800 0 0 Nullawarre New school and qum:ters 290 0 0 Queenscliff . New school 1,200 0 0 Race-course, Howqua, and Jamieson New school and quarters 170 0 0
761 Raywood New school 600 0 0 South Laceby ... New'school and qn:wters 280 0 0 Spring Plains .. - New school and quarters 280 0 0 Spring Hill (Kingston) ... New school ' 575 0 0
550 Stanley Extension 900 0 0 Tarraville New school 575 0 0 Terriek Terrick New school anil qUHrters 290 0 0
1371 Thornton Teacher's quarter~ 120 0 0 837 Twist's Creek New school anrl qmLrters 290 0 0
West Tooborac New school and <]lulrters. 2iO 0 0 Worman gel New school and qll"rter8 '280 0 0 Wurdi You Yangs New school and qU"l'lerS 360 0 0
1268 Yea (Cotton's Pinch) New.school and quarters 280 0 0 ------
Total 38,790 0 0
APPENDIX H.
ABSTRACT of Receipts and Disbursements on account of Education between 1st July 1874 and 30th June 1875.
, 1874. £ s. d. £ 8. d. " July 1. By Office staff ... ... .. . . ... ... ...
To Balance at the Bank of Victoria ... ... ... ... ... 4,768 810 Inspection ... ... ... ... ... . .. , Inspectors' travelling expenses ... ... . .. . .. Treasurer, Vote 1874-5 ... ... ... .. . ... 559,583 11 8 Teachcrs' salaries ... ... ... ... . ..
Results . " ... ... ... ... . .. Local contributions towards buildings 115 6 0 Bonuses ... ... ... ... ... .. . ... ... ... Training ... ... . .. ... . .. . .. Extra subjects ...
I Singing ... . .. '" ... ... .. . ... . .. ... , ' .... ' .... o 14 "I I Drawing ... ... ... .. . .. . Temporary clerical assistance ... ... ... .. .
Interest on Bank of Victoria deposits ... ... . .. 78 10 0 Exhibitions ... ... . .. ... ... Boards of Advice ... . .. ... ... ...
Miscellaneous receipts ••• ... . .. . " ... 278 18 3 Liabilities of latc local committees ... ... ... Books and school requisites ... ... ... Incidental expenses for schools -
Deposits on contracts ... ... ... . .. ... 4,790 2 0 '" ... ... ... 'Departmental contingencies ... ... '"
Treasurer, out of Trust Fund . 33 11 3 Buildings, sites, fencing, furniture, &c. .... ... . ... ... ... ... .. . Architect, inspectors of buildings, draughtsmen, and clerical
assistance ... ... ... .. . . .. Trust fund ... . .. . .. ... . .. ... 41 1 I> Rents of 'schools ... ... . ... .. . ...
Local contributions-Expended on buildings ... . .. Sales of school property ... . .. ... 1,107 0 3 "
Refunded ... ... ... . .. ... I Deposits returned ... . .. ... ... ... 1--- 566,028 14 11 'l'reasurer-Miscellaneous receipts, &c. ... ... ... "
Repayments out of vote ... ... ... "
To trust fund ... ... . .. ... Trust fund ... ... '" ... ... ...
I 1875.
I June 30.-Balance at the Bank of Victoria ... ... ...
-------£570,797 3 9
£ s. d. . 7,620 0 0 7,037 4 6 2,436 411
250,653 7 5 60,139 10 8 3,515 4 1 3,560 9 6 3,623 10 7
567 10 0 2,028 511
853 7 0 198 10 10 902 6 2
2,846 12 1 20,539 17 10
1,376 6 11 "173,917 16 0
7,521 17 9 9,999 19 11
31 13 6 41 5 0
4,702 16 4 1,477 18 6
245 9 7 56 14 8 17 18 0
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£ .!. d.
,
-565,911 17 8
4,885 6 1
£570,797 3 9
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APPENDIX 1.
INSPECTORS' REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1873.
REPORT FROM JOHN SIRCOM" ESQUIRE, METROPOLITA.N DISTRICT No.2.
SIR, East St. Kilda, October 1874. I have the honor to present my annual report for the year 1873. The time occupied, in examining and reporting UpOll sites for State schools, and in procuring Causes that pre
additional accommodation where needed, pl'evented me from completing the inspection of each school in my ;f.,~i~~ ~~et~~mdistrict during the year. The number'of schools, however, left unvisited was but small. i'!"p<:ctionofthe
The leasing of buildings for schools 669, Wellington street, and for 112, Carltnn, with the extra s~~~~ct. . accommodation procured by the teachers of 312, Ho(Mle street, and 481, Otter street, added to the opening accommodation. of a school in the old Stockade, and the enlargement of 1073, Carlton, enabled the department to provide for the influx of children consequent on the passing of the Education Act of 1872, though in many of the other schools of the district the capacity of the buildings was stretched to the utmost.
The rendering education free can sed at the outset It very great inerease of attendance at our Increase or h I b 't bid hi' . . t' d t th t' f attendance. SC 00 S; lit 1 cannot e concea e t Itt t liS mcrease was, III a grea measnre, ue 0 e emp ymg 0 T t
private sehools; and, although the iuflux of children of the poorer class has not been inconsiderable, the 0 wha due.
fuct must not be overlooked that this influx contains an undne proportion of infants fitted rather for their mothers' arms than for school. Another fact that claims the attention is the irregularity of the attendance. lrregula.r!ty of While the numbers on the daily rolls are great, the general average compares unfavorably with that of attendance. preceding years, and testifies either to the carelessness of the parents, and the little value they set on that Canses thereof. which costs them nothing, or to theil' greed or poverty which renders the services of even young children of moment; nor must the short time fOI' which attendance during each half-year is exacted be altogether omitted from the causes of this irregularity. Pfuents keep their children at home for thc most trivial matters, thinking it easy enough tn make up the required number of days, until the half-year slips by; while impunity :i.dds tn their negligence. It remains also to be ,seen how far the establishment of night schools will increase the irregularity of attendance, and what effect they will have in defeating the com-pulsory clauses of the Act. At present they are too few and to,O fitful in their character to exercise much influence.
The organization of the town schools has necessal'ily suffered; for, although the increase of numbers Organization. has tended to improve the classification, the want of suitable accommodation has prevented a proper arrangement of the furniture, and rendered the manipulation of the classes more difficult. In the country schools the ehief defect lies in the supervision, which is either left· to inexperienced monitors or but cursorily performed by the teachers.
The sudden inerease of chiJdI'en nnequally instructed, added to the difficulty of classifying at once Instruct.lon. correctly those of exceptional ages, told eonsiderably in reducing the percentage of passes, more especially in the town schools. This was only to be expected; and I have but little doubt that, when the attend-ance has become more regular, and suitable buildings have been put up, the results will be Buperior to what have been heretofore obtained, unless, indeed, unfit teachers, of whom we have tno many, be appointed to our State schools.
With regard to the individual subjects of the programme, I have observed that the reading in the upper classes is deficient in tone amI expression, and in the lower· in correctness, a common error being the omission of the final s where it should be used, and the using it where it should be omitted. The dietatiol1 is often imperfectly corrected, and sufficient care is not taken to imprint upon the mind the correct spelling of the mistakes made. Writing is seldom either systematically taught or properly supervised, while class instruction in arithmetic is much neglected.
Immediately the Education Act eame into operation, the once popular subjects, singing and drawing, Extra subjects. were, tn a considerable extent, discontinued. Drawing, indeed, by far the more useful of the two, became almost a dead letter, for only in a few of the larger schools could the teachers obtain a elass-so soon were the means which the State put into the hands of the people, for the improvement of their children, miserably withheld. In very few sehools are any other extra subjects taught; and even where they are the classes are so small that there is little hope of their continuance.
The order, attention, and good behaviour of the boys and girls have certainly not improved; nor is Discipllne. there everywhere manifest a sufficient regard for personal cleanliness. Larrikinism is already too prevalent, and no pains should be omitted tn prevent its appearanee in our State schools.
Complaints have been made to me of the difficulty of getting together, on the day of examination, all Abolltlon of the ehildren who are liable to be examined, and of the loss whieh teachers consequently suffer by the noticeiof
ti d·· . f I h ld . eum na on ImmutlOn 0 the results. would, therefore, sug"est that the examination for results s ou be Without for results.
notice, and that the children present at the Inspector's visit should form the test number, or, if this be objected to on the ground that teachers would send away the children less likely to pass, the number recorded on the roll for the preceding day might be taken. This would have the further advantage of testing, to some extent, the accuracy of the daily roll.
J have the honor to be, Sil', , ,.' X our most obedient servant,
~he Secretary, Education Department. 'JOHN SIRCOM, Inspector.
Night schools.
::S-ew bulld\~g8 , in ]i[elbourne,
Itinerant teachers.
Tmnsfer.
Time spent in ofilcial work.
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REPORT FROM HARRY AUGUST'uS SASSE, ESQUIRE, B,A., :NIETROPOLITAN DISTRICT No.1.
SIR. 7th November 1874. , I have the honor to forwal'd you my genel'a) report for the year 1873. .
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The. Secretary, Education Department. H, A. SASSE.
t.!~ :.~\~ .. !-.: ,:" . '(~:", .<>1 ') ~-i~}',:' ~rrr:,\"~: '.' . GENERAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1873~' ..
The large am.ount of business transacted in bringing i~to operation the Education Act of 1872 has taken up much of the time usually devoted to' the examination of schools. The great success which the new system has obtained has created many circumstances which bave combined to weaken the organization of th~ pupilsi!ltocl,a~se~; tp.l?' large influx' of .cl1i)dre:!l whet !la.<l.:l'.eceived 'little or no education has been most felt by lessening the general amount.of proficiency; and increasing the average ages it has reduced the re!,ults atexamin1l,.ti<jlns ;,:but, this is only temporary, and as the compulsory clause comes more and more into operation, the e{lucational statu~'iIIlust :rise etf .neces~ity, and the larger percentages obt~ined by the .inspectors will' g~ve satisfaction,.to .t.he public a!1d raise the incomes of the teachers: . 'I.' , .'
Night, schools are frequented by young men whose primary instruction. has been, wholly 01' alm.ost wholly neglected, and, by youths ,wh() in th~day are e~gaged in earning something to contribute towards the family expenditur~ ;. the ,latt~r. are, <!ften l)nruly, they injure the furniture, throw stones and other missiles which leave permanent marks on the. windows, d09rs, and buildings; recalcitrant ,boys should be made .to feel eady.that misconduet will m,e~t its reward; tl;tey should be invited and encouraged to perfeet their education, but must submit to diseipli~e so necessary to obtain the objeets for whieh night schools are est~blished. .
The programmes ,of instructioI1,and examination and the classification are the same as in the day school, t.he pupils however will only learn reading, writing, and arithmetic; few have the inclination' or the, time to give attention.to ,grammar and, geography;' the lIllmber of classes (six) is too great fora teacher to work in the six hours during which the school is open i)1 .. the week and whieh cannot be increased with any ,pra~tical adva,ntage ; the.IJ,lode of paym!3l1t is based entirely on results; and, as it is impossible to work up the 'Yhole 8choo1.to ,the required ~t<'l,nd,ard on account of bad attendancfl through the course and on the day of examin~t~on, Ithe teac!;l!'lr's l'~muneration is ultimately so small that he is unwillingly compelled to close the school. " , '
When the comprilsory claus.e. has. prqdueedsuch u. healthy influence as to. become obsolete the necessity for night schools will no longer exist, but at present they are mnch required; and I consider them of su~h importance that in order .to encourage, their establishment and SACUl'e their continuance I would make tl,le follow.ing sqggestions :-. ,,1st •. -!i minipmm remu.nera:tion. , . ". .'.
" ,,2nd. J:o)~mit ~):H~,p.rogramme·.of cX!lomina~ion to r~ding, writing, and arit,h!llct~c, other sJ.lbjects .., , bejng, reta,in.eq 011 the"prqgr3:mme 9f instrpction and made .option!!;! forthe pupils. '
3rd. The number of classes to be reduced to four. '. 1
" ,Stationed if!.. the l\f,etrppoli~an districq:,nm frequentlyt9ld, when I visi~ the cou!1try".that Melbourne obtains ~oo .la,rge~a share of.,p!e.~Huilding ;vote:;,.Il'1Ust p,oint.out, :tIl1lt,during the ten,,;y.eapi from 1862,tp. 1872 the, expenditun'L<?p b.uilg.ings iwas ,!l:lmos~. eptirely c(>n!1ned to the ~01;mtry, ,.'lq t!uit, ",hen t):1e late,Ac!, <;ftme into qpe:ration.i~ Vl'1;l:~ ab~olutely nep~ssa!y. ~o.,proyid~ a~conp;npda~,on for t4eth<!~sands .of (MI(1J;en: ill the capital. " " '. I , ',,'" :
. Some y~ars ago, w1;ten :r visited ~~.f9, mo,u~t.c'1inoll~ di~tric1 of',;North.,Gippsland, .the necessity for the empl,oyment of it~ne~!lJtt ~e~ch.er:s ;s~r!lck me, for~~bly ; the natural featmes of the ~ountry appeared to m.e insurmou.l1table qbsta9Ie~, to •. t:h~ c9ptral.ization of children for school pm'pos(Js, The recommendations I !pade on the subjee,t. eould,nqt be, c0f!.s,i~ert;.d, :,1,8, th~re were: ,?-O funds available; now, however, the. matter cQllld be entertained;l}<13 th!, reso.~Il'ce!\ of. the,depar,tme~t·.are to be employed in carrying instruction everywhere to some degree; however small or rudimentary; itinerant teachers are employed in Europe where 'an ungrateful, soil PI', n'.'.~Hrall<!psta!?!esJ~g3;tt-9rsIWl:l,l ,populations oyer a large e:xtent .of country .
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- REPORT F~O~~ ,ARl~fII;B4-Ln GILO~1fI,ST~ ESQU~E •.• )Y.f,A.,.~L.B .. , METRQPOLITAN . . . DISTRICT No.3.
Sm, . . " ,~ ,'.'" , " ", . 'Kew,27th Oct.ober 1874 . . "I ha\re'the honor to' 8uhinit the following''i-eport for the year ended 31~t Decerrilier 1873:' ":'
U ilm'the 14th April; I was' 'in' cliai·ge '6fthe Ballarat district. ' r-'was then' tiansferr'eU ~o No: 3~Metro-' politan district arid lre~aine~.lthere until ,the 20th May, 'wheil~I was sent' t.o· l'esume charge, ,terpporal'ily" ~f: my former district'; "and tliifi'T'retainedidu'l'ill{fthe"remainder of the' yea I'.' :',,". .'1",,, \~"" :
, During 1873, I spl,'lnt 2,531 hour~'bilomcial brtsiness: ',of tli~s ,tiJne,there'were spent,"::": ',' • 'U·. 586 hours iirti-avelling,:!'P h" :" ',: ," . ,;':. >'/l :,'; ',) ,,> .
. : ...... ; . 763')',:'" lin inspeb'ti'on 'work.· ; ";" .... " 1 •
. 240 " upon special'references:',' . /., '" ,'" 241 ,~. "irlB6atd Of Examiner·s';work.l . ,:". .
,j. . -701" . ,,';- in otherwoik., :'Ofthistime; a great part was spent in obtaini,ng school sites. Tmv.llIug, I~travelled 4,508 'mil~s irilthEi ,pel%rmance' of my auties. ,. , '. '.. , School Thc"provisfon of necessary 'sd~0.61· accommodation for the great influx .of schblilJ.:s. which' oecui'~~d accommodation, wlien the schools' were 're~operied :after tli!'l'Christfuas: rece.ss ~nga.gedli:ny~attention imme!liately the January
examination of-teachers was over.' '" ,,!. "l "":. '.' ,', .. ', . • . :, . . I •. '.
. Early enquiry into all, cases of reported illsufficient; 'aceOirimbdation' made plain the 'fact· thU:i . the' deficiencies had been exagg!3rate'd, and :'althotigh • the schools were for a time over-crowded at the hottest season of the yeu.l',' I· tl:n:\"happy to'say that in no case have 1 h~m\ of a child suffering ill,-heruth in conseqllene'e ofh.is';tttelulauce at school, II ,.. • ... ':: ,:',;':.'" •. r·,:·
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Of thc large number of new scholars who obtained admission to the public schools at Ballarat in the New scho15rs.
beginning of the year, probably the greater portion had hitherto attended private schools, but that a con-siderable number had not attended such schools, and that in the smaller towns and ill' the eountry districts the increase was not due to the closing of private 'schools, I ascertained ou several occasions.
The following statement was furnished me by Mr. G. Pearse,teacher of No. 72, Buninyong :-At the commencement of 1873, there were in Buninyong three schools, viz.: Nos. 59 and 72, and a
private school: kept by the Reverend G; J. Russell. The average attendance at No. 72 during the three months ended 31st December. 1872 was 179; and
during the three months ended 31st March] 873 the average attendance was 272. The increased attendanee was riot due to the withdrawal of children from the private school, nor from No. 59, for the average attendance at the latter school had increased from 135 to 184.
Mr. Pearse found that more than one-third of the arrivals between Januaryaud March 1873 had never attended school, in consequence of the poverty of their parents.
Nearly one-half had previously attended school at some time or other, and several had reached the 4th cluss ; but their labor having become valuable in the market gardens and small farms, they had left school. Some had been absent for'more tlian .two years., When the new system came into operation these children returned to school when not reqnired at home. Their attendance is necessarily irregular, for their parents frequently require their, assistance for two or three days a week, and sometimes for a longer period. Under the old system they would not attend school at all, for their parents would not pay for a week's schooling when they knew their children would probably be kept away'half theil' tiIhe.
The remainder ·were young children who had just arrived at what their parents considered school age. The majority of them would probably have attended school. even though' the Common Schools Act had }'emained in force. ' ,
Complaints were frequently made to me of the irregular attendance of pupils; and this was urged as Irregularity of
a proof that since the parents ceased to pay for their children's schooling' they ceased to value it. It is attendance.
necessarily very annoying to teacher-s to have pupils who attend irregularly, but it is a source of general satisfaction that children who under the former system would not attend school at all, now attend, although irregularly. ' I ;
The question whether, dnring 1873, children of all classes of the commnnity attended schools, in the Ballarat district which received aid from the State is one of the greatest importance, and to it I am able to give a satisfactory answer, with the exception of the city and borough of Ballarat. J In the country districts wherever there was a sehool in a· satisfactory condition, almost all the children I of school age attended school, although not with the regularity one would desire. In the city of Ballarat and borough of Ballarat East, there were many children who did .not attend school, owing to the criminal negligence of their parents. With very few exceptions these children are the offspring of parent,s with whom the police are frequently called upon to interfere. , " '
The selection of suitable and available'school sites for ,the Ballarat distriCt o~cupied the greater part Schoolaiws.
of my time during the first four! months of the year. There are difficnlties in obtaining sites in Ba.lJarat which exist in very few other places. Althongh much land in the city and borough is still the property of the Crown, it is impossible to firid a vacant piece containing one or two acres in a good position, which is not occupied by several families. The occupiers have no title to the land, but by usage they have been permitted to reside on it so long as they choose, unless it is required for a railway, and then they usually get considerably more than the valne of their improvements as compensation'for being removed,. It often became necessary for me to negotiate with a dozen different' persons for' one school site; and, if it so happened that some could not be seen for a day or tw,d after I 1!ad p.egotia~ed with ~he others, a sum would be asked as compensation for removal, which would treble the a~tual value of the freehold.
Besides about twenty applications for aid to schools in Ballarat and Sebastopol, which had previouslY'New schools.
been conducted as private schools, I reported upon applications for the establisliment of State 8chools at the following places :- '
In Ballarat district.-Garibaldi, Mannibadar, Spring 'Vale near Skipton, Mortchup, Madden's' Flat, Old Lucky Woman's, Canico, Phfi~ld"Corindbap, Woodlands, Black Hill Haddon, Spring ,Hill Creswick, Slaty Creek, Black Creek, Bolwarra, West Clarendon, and Lower Ross's Creek.
In No.3 Metropolitan district.-Bulleen, HoddI'e's Creek, Wori '¥,aloak, Burl's Hill Ringwood, and North Scoresby. " ,
In Dunolly district.-North,CIJlnes. "-The removal of the condition, which exis,ted under the Board of Education, requiring one-half the
cost of erecting a school to be raised locally, led to many applications for the. establishment of schools. Although some of these were not justified by the requirements of the localities, and in the majority of cases I found that there was some school or other which the older children could att.end, there were one or two urgent cases. For example: I found that children trll;velled from Spring Vale Skipton, 10, 11, 12, and even 14 miles daily, in going to and returning from school, l't Skipton or Linton.
I forwarded, during 1873, the .following reports :-50 G, 56 H, and 63 H 2. Besides the visits to Inspection.
which these reports refer, there were many others paid, early in the year in accordance with special references, and npon which the only reports made were the minutes attached to the references.
Of the schools inspected the following were in No.:3 Metropolitan district :-Nos. 1026, 12, J034, 876,958,1033,682,922,584,565,213, Ill, and 267. The remainder were in the Ballarat district.
It waS the last week in May before I was able to begin the nsual inspection work in the Ballarat district, and as tbere were 105 schools on my list there wer~ considerable arrears in the work of inspection at the end of the year. ..
I attach a list of. 27 schools examined by me for results in 1872 and 1873, showing the attendance Percentages at each examination, and. the percentage gained. These are the only schools of which I have at hand the Ob~a.~~~~ in 1872
necessary particulars.· They are a fair specimen of schools examined by me during 1873, but among them an
there is not a. fair proportion of the best schools in the distr!dt, for the only large s'chool I examined was No.227." .
The total attendance at examination at these 27 schools during 1872 was 2174, and the average percentage 47. The total attendance during 1873 was 3,536, and the percentage 49.
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This result is not what one would ha\'e expectcd. It shows that the influx. of new scholars influenced but slightly the percentage gained in the country schools, for it was more than oUt'iveighed by the improvement made in the schools, and the more liberal method of dealing with children who were properly classified, and whose ages were in excess of the average ages of their classes.
The following schools shflw the greatest improvement in the percentage gained ;-1872, 1873,
Roll No, Presented, Percentage, Presented, l47 51 63'594 75
1038 71 32'622 64 944 39 27'262 76
The improvement made in these school~ is highly creditable to the teachers. The three following show the greatest falling off in their percentages ;-
1872, 18i:~, Roll No, Presented, Percentage, Presented,
674 77 7I '834 107 803 74 '55'470 103 882 34 48'851 55
Percentage, 8.4'722 70'603 57'172
Percentage, 36'612 30'499 31'65
In the case of No. 803 the illness of the teachers to some extent accounted the school.
for the diminished efficiency of
At No. 227, at the examination lleld in' 1872 there were presented 472,.and the percentage gained was 67'750; in 1873 there were presented 962, and the percentage gained was 64'332.
I believe that by the end of the present year the new arrivals of 1873 will be so prepared in their work that as high percentages wiJI be secured as in 1872. .
The only night schools examined by me were No. R.59, Bopeep, present 7, percentage 32'258, and No. Ill, Moorabbin, present 30, percentage' 55'458. My impression was that both schools were doing good work, but that they were not likely to be open more than a tew months yearly, and that the system of payment by results was scarcely applicable to schools of this class. '
Under the head discipline I cnn report. favorably. The prohibition of the use of the cane upon girls and upon boys during school hours, tested severely the authority of many of the teachers at the time when there was an unusual influx of new scholars who had been but .slightly under the influence of school discipline. Complaints were made to me by teachers that their power over their pupils was weakened, and that they found it more difficult than heretofore to secure discipline, Most of them, however, succeed in doing so, and I do not think that in any school in the district discipline degenerated to cruelty.
General Having ceased my connection with the Ballamt district, l may perhaps be permitted to say that the ~~~~:~\~n of tbe schools generally compare favorably with those I l1ave visited in other districts; and that I have a grateful
remembrance of the hearty co-operation I received during the seven years I had charge of the district, not only from the teachers but also from the members of Local Committees and Boards of Advice, and others who take an interest ill the welfare of the public schools.
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I have tIle the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant,
ARCHIBALD GILCHRIST.
COMPARISON OF THE RESULTS OBTAlNED \ AT TWENTY-SEVEN SCHOOLS EXAIIfINED IN BALLARA'r DISTRICT IN 1872 AND 1873.
Exumination beld In 1872, xnmllla on e III 8 E 't1 b ld' 1 73
Roll No.
No, present, I Percentage obtained. No. present, l'ercentage obtained.
, 531 32 21 '455 67 30'401 33S 53 41'558 82 51'592 751 69 27'372 78 23'758 227 472 67 '750 962 64'332
1091 104 38'351 192 53'476 204 26 19'515 46 24" 561 713 79 66'957 85 71'886 678 73 71'059 114 60'984 674 77 71'834 107 36'612 944 39 27'262 76 57'172
1038 71 32'622 64 70' 603 1037 37 42'326 98 55'777 755 98 58'864 168 49'338 409 138 73's1iI 300 56 '211 942 57 32'860 92 20'668
35 125 55'934 209 41 '408 730 21 16'016 56 32'277 882 34 48'851 55 31 '650 280 83 58;650 82 74'193 148 87 62'186 , 107 64'990 147 51 63'594 75 84'722 141 58 53'939 73 36'699 803 74 55'470 103 30'499 418 33 56'07.8 49 77'812 840 41 62'684 63 59'986 374 64 37'905 75 55'351 368 78 69'426 58 69'905
---------------------------Total .. , 2174 Average 1 47
percentage J 3536 A'I'crage } 49 percentage
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A. GILCHRIST,
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REPORT FRO:\'I JOHN MAIN, ESQUIRE, GEELONG BISTRICT. SIR, Ballarat, November 1874.
I have the honor to forward my report t'OI' the year 1873 on the condition of the Geelong district, of which I was in charge. .
The inspection of schools formed a small part of my .work, my time being chiefly occupied in obtaining information required by the department for estnblishing new school.~, for choosing sites for school building, &c. There was not, I think, a place in my distl'ict where a school ought to be establislied that I did not risit and report upon within the year. Though lIO changes of any importance were made, the requirements of (,he district could fairly be determined by the information supplied. .
When the present Act came into operation, there was, as is well known, a large increase to the numbers attending school, and I quote the first case with which I was directed to deal, as a fair sample of the kind of work pl'ineipally required throughout the yeal" The Queenscliff Common school had been carried on for years in a wooden building belollging to the Church of Englaud. Eady in January the inhabitants called the attention of the department to the state of matters in· the district; the building was said to be unsuitable, iuadequate to the numbel's attending, and unsafe; and I was despatched from Melbourne, where I was at that time engaged, to make the necessary enquiries. I found the numbers had largely increased, while several parents were keeping their children at home on account of the crowded state of the sehool, and because they considered the building unsafe. Having reported on the case and received further instructions, I engaged the only available hall in the borough, had propel' furniture made, a ~upply of apparatus, &c., sent from the office, and the school removed. Thereafter a site had to be chosen for a new building, alld a good deal of correspondence carried on in reference to it. This work occupied me nearly a week in all.
Much time was taken up in efforts to fairly settle conflicting interests in some districts. Thus I tl'avelled ov.el' the Portarlington district three or foul' times, and made myself acquainted with every house in it, and the number of children requiring school accommodation. :f mapped it, and showed exactly where the children lived, and pointed out what I believed to bc the best sites fOl'the schools. This case was not settled, however, when I left the district.
I occasionally experienced very great difficulty in selecting sites where Crown land was not available; some proprietors refused to sell at all, and others ask cd a most unreasonable price. Had the Act empowered
, the Ron. the Millister of InstTUction to take land at fail' valuation, wherever it was required, much valuable time would have been saved to the department.
The time at my disposal fOl' the inspection of schools was so curtailed, that though I visited them all during the year, I was able to examine only a portion of them for results. I found in all, or nearly all, the schools so examined, a decrease in the percentage gained, but 1I0t to any great extent. Instruction was carried Oil as vigorously as ever; and I found in one or two cases that special time and pains were given to bring the llew children up to the standard of the school. I entertain· no doubt that in a year or two the sehools will occupy their former position.
The organization of a good many of the schools was seriously interfered with by the large increase of numbers. Thus, in Germantown, (,he teacher had to take onc class into his own house, and a room in a neighbor'S house 'had to be hired for. the accommodation of another. This will be remedied as building progresses.
The discipline did not seem to be affected in any way by the newly admitted scholars. The tone of the schools was previously so good that the few unruly children who came in eould not injure it, while the obedience and order gcnerally prevailing had a most beneficial effect upon them.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant,
The Secretary, &c., &c. J. MAIN, Inspector.
REPORT OF JOHN SIMEON ELKINGTON, ESQUIRE, B.A., NORTH-EA:::lTERN DISTRICT.
SIR, Melbourne, 5th December 1874. I do myself the honor to offer the following few remarks by way of general report for 1873. During the year my chief duties were as under ;-
(1.) The determination of sHes for permanent schools in localities where no school had been established under the late Act No. 149.
(2.) Procuring additional accommodation where necessary in connection with established schools; and setting 011 foot new schools in temporary buildings in remote or thinly settled districts.
(3.) Ascertaining and reporting upon the ~ost suitable plan of combining in the lal'ger towns a number of small schools into single schools of large size.
(4.) The ordinary inspeetion and examination of sehools. This branch of duty, however, oceupied me less exclusively than in former years, the more pressing business first deseribed having of necessity a prior claim.
It need hardly be told that the year was one of disturbance; a year of organizing and re-organizing. Old schools had upon a sudden to be fitted to new wants; and the continuous demand for new schools in small and outlying centres of popUlation had to be met as it arose. In these latter cases appearances were often sacrificed to promptitude, and the school started in a rough bark hut pending the putting-up of a more comfortable building.
I venture, however, to doubt whether an account in detail of the action taken in my district ·during 1873 to replace the old scheme of public instruction with the new would possess enough of general interest
. to be worth narrat;ing. The real nature of the challge, and some of the praetical consequences resultingmore clearly discernible no\v than they were twelve months back-I propose to discuss in my forthcoming report for 1874.
I have the honor to be, Sir,
The Secretary, Department of Education. Your most obedient servant,
J. S. ELKINGTON.
No. 69. L
New schools.
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REPORT FROM l'HOMAS BOLAM, ESQUIRE, NORTH-WESTERN DISTRICT.
Sm, Dunolly, 17th October 1874. 'I have the honor' to submit my annual report. When the Edueation Act of 1872 came into operation, it found me in charge of a district the extent
of which prevented all regula!' and systematic inspection. Some schools were left for nearly twelve months 'without a visit, and important references were necessarily subjectcd to much delay. Two large sections of the district have since been transferred to other inspeetors, and I shall now be able to pay at least two visits in the year to each of the schools in my charge.
~ 'Within the limits of the present H DunoUy Dist,rict" new schools have recently been est!l.blished at 'I;eicuardt, Dei-by, Cockatoo, West Woodstock, Timor, Upper Joyce's Creek, Serpentine, Serpentine Creek, Rering, Lamplough, :Bradford Creek, Haveloek, Emu, Dnnnch, Powlett's Plains,Carmanuel Creek', and Rathscar.
Steps arebeingthken to provide scliools at N'eereman,-Boort, Wychitell:i., Old Inglewood, Avoca, ,Forest, Charlotte Plains, and East Charlton'. :' ' , '_ "With' otie or two 'exceptioils' all these schools and 'proposed school8are in' agriculturaJ. districts in r which "the residents h,ad previously foun.d it"impossible' to comply' with the requirements of the }ate Education Act ,in bearing a moiety of the cost ofbuiIding:
, '", , 'M,:iny 'of :the selio'ols in the district have recently been considerably enlarged, and in several.cases new buildiligs hi1ve been erected ill place of premises ,vhich were'inadequate for present requirements. ,I
, A few of the new State schools have taken the place of private establishments, the teachers of which nav~'offei'ed' their services to 'the depro-tinebt; and have l'Cceived'tempol'ai'Y recognition. '
Applicntiollsfor ' , Applications for 'employment have been sen't in' from this district in 'great numbers,"and the employment. pi'omising chara~te~ of many of the ca~didates indicntesthe :growing popularity of the service. ' '
" It is not ilIlcoinmon for most unsuitable persons to seek appointment ill: schools. An applicant came t9 m~ a few months since to urge his case, and secure a fiworable recommendation. He'was between forty
: and 'fift,y: years 'of' age; had llad'v'ery few 'literary advantages, spoke, very indifferent ,English, and had ne'yer "attempted t6 teach, but still was corYfident that if placed in charge of a 'school he could soon" pick up how to do it.'"
I think it very desirable that the rule requiring classification: before employment should be carried : out,~ti-i~tly; exc'eptingwhere We bi~didates ha.v·~ acted as'proneers, or ,have shown ~ndoubted ability.
l'upiI tenclms. " c;. '.''Amongst my most' efficient teiichel's are those ,who have be'en educared:ill'onr schoohi"and have'passed , thi'o'ughtheil' pnpil.tenchers' course, thus acqiiiring ,that'dexterir,y ,in the' art'of educating which can ,best .. be
SchOlars, ,
cultivated early in life. . ' 'I ,"Tliere'is ri0wA mucli Jargei'.field: than formerly ,for the 'selection of pupil teachers; ,and as,much depends upon the choice made, I think it desirable that no appointment should be c~nfirmed without, an inspe'ctor's recommendation." '
, I" A great riumber'of children whose education had previously been ,altogether 'n.c,glected have lately attended the State schools in ,this district'. I could instance many families which had previously no means of mental cnltivation within their reach. The establishment of schools nenr these families has,almost been
t J;1aUed'with, delight' by theiiJ, iwd'the opport.unities afforded have been generally improved. It is my opinfon jjhi\t when suitable scheiol' accommodatiOil has been provided fbI' ali, it will only 'be'in exceptional'cases that the eompulsory clause of the Act wiii' have to be brought'into operation.' , "" ' ,
There ar(3 some few families" so'widely scattered in the northern portion of the district that it will always be a most difficult matter to know how to provide them with school accommodation. '
, ' Six nia:ht'scho6Is are at present in operation, and this number I expect, to' see, greatly increased Night schools.. ~ during the next winter. At one of these night schools I found a miner, with his wife and three grown-up
Stamlllrd of educntlon.
children, all busily engaged in mastering the alphabet. Nearly 500 children in the district ,have passed the "Standard of Education" examination. The
certificates are eagerly sought for ana appear to beget a spirit of emulation amongst the children. Some children attend school with greater regularity than formerly through anxiety to obtain the certificate as soon tis pos~ible.'
Tbe'ittendance of successful' (:aJididates is undoubtedly more iiTegular after certificates' 'j1!,ve been ()b,tained, and this may induce the tenchers to wisll'that only a limited number of certificates should be
, 'issued j but as the services of many of these children are almost indispensable to, theil; parents,and as the . Plajority will ultimately follow,some manual employment, I fail to see the advantage of enforcing attendnnce
at schooi after the'requirements 6f the Act have been complied with. It is ,only a minority of the scholars '" for whom" a more extende'cUange of literary education is sought by the parents.
<Jolnpetltive In former reports. reference has been made to competitive examinations held in certain loe,alities. examinations. These have' been fonnd to stimulate both' teaclH:;r~nd pupils by a lJealthy rivalry.
The Avoca Boards of ,A.dvice have lately determined npon establis,hing coinpetitive examinations for the schools in their shire. As I believe it would be' of advantage if others followed their example, I subjoin a sketch of the scheme proposed.
SHmE OF AVOCA STATE SCHOOLS.
ANNUAL Cmll'ETITIVE EXA)UNATWN •
... ,..r ": '; ''1, ,The 'comp'ctitive examin'at;ion ,'shall be 'open to all scholarswho'sl13.11 have attended State schools within the shire or within two miles of the shire boundary for not less than sixty, d1tyS during the six mqnths preceding the examination,
II, The examination shaH be conducted by the District Inspector of Schools, whose award shall be final, and who, shall fix the day of the examination, " ,
III, The three Boards of Advice wil;hin the shire shall appoint a Joint Committee of Management consisting of two members'from each Board,' '
IV. The examination shall be held in some State school named by the Committee of ,Management. '
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V. Duplicate prizes of the following proportional values shall be offered for the separate competition of each sex:-
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lia.'<{imum Age. Clnss. Prizes, Prizes, Prizes, Total. 1st. 2nd. 3rd.
1-Years:. ]\!ontll •• £ s. d. £ s. d. .£ 8. d.
15 0 VI. 3 0 0 2 to 0 2 0 (I Amount for boys £21 13 0 V. 2 10 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 " "
girls 21 11 6 IV., 2 0 0 1 10 0 1 0 0 i --10 3 III, 1 10 0 1 0 0 o 10 0 I £42
1-' --9 0 0 7 0 0, 5 0 0 or £14 for each School
district.
VI. Certificates of Honorable Mention'shall be" issued to such of the unsuccessful competing scholars as the examining Inspector,may deem deserving.
VII. The standard of examination for each competing class shall be fixed by the examining Inspector, and such standarus shall be extended at the discretion of the Inspector in cases of equality, ,Due notice shall be given by the Committee of Management to head teachers of such starulards alld of the time and place of examination. Head teachers shall notify to the Committee of Management the number and class of competing scholars from their respective schools, and also the ages of competing scholars.
VIII. The prizes and certifieates shall be presented by the examining Inspector or other person appointed by the Committee of Management at a public presentation to be held after the examination.
I have the honor to be, Sil', Your most obedient servant,
T. BOLAM. The Secretary, Edncation Department.
REPORT FIWM THOMAS BRODRIBB, ESQUIRE, M.A., WESTERN DISTRICT.
SIR, Coleraine, 14th November 1874.
, Having lately received instructions from you to write a report on the condition of my district in 1873, I havc the honor to furnish thc following statement, confining it to the past year exclusively, as the present aspect of the district will become the subject of a future report.
THE WESTEn:~ DISTRICT IN 1873.
The Western district comprised last ycar a very wide range of eonntry, being in its greatest dimensions 180 miles from east to west, and about 100 miles from north to south. Its boundaries may be thus described ;-, North-By an irregular line a few miles beyond the Glenelg River and the towns of Ararat and
Beaufort. East-By another irregulm: line, indicated by, the position of Trewalla, Skipton, Lismore, Cressy,
and Birregurra. South-By the ocean; and West-By the South Australian boundary.
At the close of 1873, the number of State-aided schools within this area amounted to 157, while 'applications for 70 more were received, nearly all of which' have been recommended as neeessary, and many having, now matured into. existing' schools. This district" if still undivided, would therefore afford more than' enough work to occupy the full time of two inspectors.
At the beginning of 1873, a sudden, if not unexpected, increase took place in the school attendance; which must have risen about 50 per cent. generally. The result was occasional difficulty and crowding out; and, until April, my time was almost wholly occnpied in taking such steps as were necessary to provide new sehools or additional accommodation. On account of urgent business of this nature, I was unable to begin the ordinary inspection work until about the middle of April; and, in spite of considerable help from two Assistant Inspectors, some of my schools were for more than a twelvemonth uninspected.
With two exceptions, all the nOlI-vested schools of this district continued till the close of the year to receive aid under the 10th clause of t,he new Act. These exceptions were the Portland Church of England school, which, at the beginning of the y~r, declined the Parliamentary grant and beeame a private
. school ; and also the Homan Catholic school at'Warrnambool, which, shortly after, forfeited aid through its failure to adhere to the prescribed conditions.
The increase of seholars in my district at least has been in scarcely any degree owing to the closing of private schools. In I'm'al loealities, indeed, private schools are rarely to be found; hut in Portland, Warrnambool, Terang, Mortlake, and Hamilton, the institution of free schooling had not, to my knowledge, had the effect of closing any private school during 1873; while in Camperdown two private schools were successfully established; and, though the WaITnambool Grammar School came to an end at the close of last year, it was solely, as I understaud, bec:;ll1se on the retirement of the head master no successor appeared to continue it. "
One, therefore, has the satisfaction of believing that the largely increased attendance in the schools of this district is mainly owing to the fact that some families who formerly never went to school now attend; and that, in mllny cases, the inducement of free schooling has drawn to school more children from the same family. As a rule it was mre to see more than three pupils ii'om the same family, it is now common to have four or five.
The great and sudden demand for increased accommodation in the centres of populatiou, or for new schools in places wholly unprovided with the means of education, was temporarily met by utilizing existing
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buildings whel'ever available. At Ararat, the Church of Englmld Sunday school, in years past a Common "school, was fot' a small rental secured as an aclj Ullct to the State schooL At Portland I obtained the Auction ]\fart in Percy street, which, when well supplied with desks and forms, made a capita,l temporary substitute for a State school. In Belfast, where the want of accommodation was pressing, the upper room of the Church of England building, No. 62, provided space for 70 or 80 pupils, and did much to relieve the tempol'ary pl'essure. At Penshul'st, the old s~hool was sold as unsuitable and the Tempemnce HaIL rented in its place, pending the erection of a new building. The necessit.ies of Warrnambool were met, though somewhat imperfectly, by renting the Temperance Hall as an addition to the, old National School. At Hotspur, Mount Eccles, and Mailor's Flat, the temporary nBe of existing buildings was got, and in all other, places where pressurc of attendance was felt the diffieulty was tolerably solved by additional furniture,
To satisfy the immediate wants of my district I have recommended that any passably suitable buildings be utilized· wherevel' they arc obtainablc, in the belief that buildings should first be erected in those localities which had no schools at ali, although needing them; while the next in order of preference should be those places were the accommodation was insufficient; and, last of all, when these mOI'e pressing needs ,vere satisfied, but not till then, 1 considered that the department should entel'tain the claims of other neighborhoods, such as Coleraine, Meriuo, Narrawong, where virtually a State school is carried on, though not in 1t State building.
These proposals, I learn, have not always been ill harmony with those urged by the Boards of Ad vice, on account of the latter desiring thc local advantage which would result from the immediate erection of State school buildings in their district; but the departmcnt, being able to weigh the comparative need of simultaneol1s cluims, has evidently beeu willing to act on the principle suggested-:-the principle of attending first to those places whose need was greatest, nnd leaving less urgent wants for fnture opportunity.
It would be tedious to name the 70 applications for new school;; within this district, but it is instructive to note the large proportion which they bore to the existing schools (70 to 1.57). In fact, wherever a cluster of a few families was to be fouud, there :L school was projected, :Lnd that too where, under the old regime, schools would certainly not have arisen, judging from past experience. As the bush districts are now getting dotted with State schools, I know of' vcl'y few spots where families will be dwelling beyond the means of education; but unfortunately it is only too truc that there are many, very many cases where the children of this district, whether with in or beyond the djstance of two miles from school, are being shamefully 'neglected tlu'ough thcir parents' negligence.
BUILDINGS.
In recommending the establishment of lIew schools in eount.I'Y places, the qucstion of the permanellcy of the population al'ises, and sometimes creates difficulty; but, wherever there is a prospect of the population continl1ing for a very few years, I have felt it my duty to recommend a school, even though such recommendation involved the expense of et'ecting a building fol' an l\nsettled population. In fact, with whatever good intentions the various Land Acts have been framcd, few persons wilt acknowledge that thcy have in any great degree permanently sett.led a yeoman class upon the land, though they have largely benefited individuals. To get a title und then to sell to the capitalist seems the aim of the free selector; and lio legislation can 'cheek or modify the natural cOUl'se of' events. Bearing, however, this tendency in mind, it is questionab~e whether, in localities with only 11 small and migratory population, it would not be advisable to build schoolseithel' of a yery rough amI cheap type, 01' elso to, put up slIeh as would admit of easy removal to other places when rcquired.
ISSTRUCTIOK ASD DIsCIPLI:n:.
The inflnx of a host of Hew and backward pupils has considerably lowered t.he percentage of marks earnee] at examination, although in respect of t.he old scholars an improvt'ment is apparent. I oannot but think that the age test, which presses so hardly on some country schools, i:; quite unsound in principle, and will u~timately have to be abandoned.
If' a eheck on unduly low elassificntion be needed, probably another nnd a l~e,ttel' one can be devised -one that will be less complex and moro equitable, lind that will moreovel' offer lcss ~emptation to unsound classification.
'Without pretending t,o submit any mnturc scheme as a substit.ute for the present one, I should 'like to mention 1\ suggestion to this effect made to me by a teacher: that the test should. be regulftted by the attendanees fL child had oomplctell mther tbali by the age 'to which he had attained. This seem~ just and might be wOI'kable ; but I imagine that the simplost plan would be,tlJe following:-
1. To have at tlte outset the school ela5sifi~at,ioll approY(id 01' amended l)y an inspector, such classification being then recorded in the register as at present. "
2. To examine the pupils as now, according to their seyeral classes, bnt without deduction of marks on account of ages.
3. 1'0 require that a ct'rtain proportion of the pupils oyer seven years of age bc, yearly promoted to a higher class. '
I venture to think that thil'l scheme would be simple and workable. The proportion 'of promotions required might be (Slty) at the rate of 7 5 p~l' cent. for a twelvemonth, marks being deducted for any deficiency of promotioilS fillling- helow flint nnmbel'.
To carry out this proposal all that seems necessary ,,'onld be first fill alteration in the resnlt summary form, andsecolldly an ndditiolllLl colulIIlI in tile Inspeetor's Register, showing in whut class euch pupil was examined at the last rcsult ex,tlllination. It need not he poilll,ed ont that this plan would be wholly different from thc old system of examination under stHllllards, which, rather strangely, required each child to progress at the SlLme rate, whatever 'were his capacity and oppot'tunitie~. This scheme would require only a cCl'taiu proportion of thc pupils to ad\'ance yearly without regard to individuals, the penalty for failure in th,is're~pect being It diminution of the mad;:s earned nt. examination.
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Extra subjects arc taught in only a few cases; a taste for them, conjoined with a willingness to pay for them, has yet to be dcveloped; and, I am sorry to add, that singing and drawing are utter strangers to any district, though the former was fOl' a short time taught in one of the Warrnambool schools. Of night schools, there were only two last yent'-one at Ararat, 800; and the other at Kirkstall, 344. At the latter place I examined mora than a score of lads aud young men, from 14 to 23 years of age, all wholly or partly earning their living, and some of them standing only on the very threshold of edncation, but all anxious to learn, and apparently diligcnt.. I am of opinion that these night schools would be more common and more successfnl if they were not free. At the present scale the remuneration is insufficient to induce teachers to carry them on ; but if a small charge were made-say one shilling weekly-no burden to lads earning a living-I am persnaded they would become general, and thai they would fulfil a useful work.
Since corporal punishment has been partially abolished, many teachers have complained to me of their difficulties in keeping effective discipline. I cannot say that the discipline is visibly worse, but am sure that the task of maintaining it is heavier than hitherto; and I have heard of at least three cases of extreme difficulty and annoyance., Where eaning is not permissible and where expulsion is almost impossible, some other means of physical coercion seems badly wanted.
The drill is improving, becoming smarter and more military in its character. I would suggest the discontinuance of "dressing at intervals" and at "half-intervals," as of little use in school, and as being unneeded for our sets of extension exercises.
TEACHERS.
The changes in the new scale of salaries have raised the incomes of classified teachers in the very small bush schools, while in the larger schools the teachers have usnally suffered a reduction of income more or less considerable. Nevertheless, some .teachers who have been pecuniary loser:s through the change of system have expressed to me their satisfaction with the altCl'ed state of things, whereby they obtain an improved status, a future Rension, and a prospect of ad vancement, not through political interest or the favor of particular persolls, but by honest diligence. and skilful exertion. Of the changes introduced'by the Education Aet, this is one of the most valuable; perhaps therc is nothing that will so benefit the cause of public instruction, or that will so quicken the teachers' iuterest in their work and arouse them to wholesome emulation, as the consistent and rigorous carrying (lut of Napoleon's maxim-" La carriere ouverte au:!: talents."
GENERAL REMARKS.
The prediction of many-that free schooling would lower the status of our schools and cause the best class of pupils to be withdrawn to private schools-has not been realised; the effec~ has been rather t.he other way, and children belonging to different social strata, widely apart, are found together in the State school. From this we may prophesy mueh future advantage. Them can be no doubt that much of the clannishness or social good feeling which Scotchmen are reputed to bear towards one another is ill a great degree owing to the social fusion of vari01lS elements in the parish schools of Scotland, where the laird's son may for a time be a classfellow and competitor with the son of the labore!'. In like manner, perhaps, it will not be too sanguine to expect that some years henee the prejudice of the sectary or the assnmption of the parvenu will be softened down, and that a certain bitter heritagc of unkindness and exclusiveness towards those from whom we differ in religion, politics, or social circumstances, will be dissipated, a healthier and more generons moral tonc taking its place. At all evcnts, this country bas decided that it is not the true policy of a State to widen by separate and exclusive trainin~' the gulfs of creeds and circumstances.
As an encouragement to study, various l)rize schemes which deserve notice have been established during the last two years. Foremost in the work stands the Honorable William Bayles, who has been in the habit of presenting a set of handsome and well-chosen book prizes to each of the sehools (neai'ly 40 in all) within the electoral district of Villiers and Heytesbury. In addition to this, he has instituted money prizes for general competition, in the same district, amongst the most advanced pupils under 15 years of age. These competitions have been attended with such marked Sllccess in stimulating industry and arousing emulation that their spread in ot.her place.> is much to be desired. Happily, tlley are extending widely. Last year the Honorable Neil Black awarded similar prizes to the schoo~s in the neighborhood of Ilis estate; and for two years past competitive examinations have been carried on in VV Ilrrnnmbool, with most gratifying results. In 1873 the Portland Board of Advicc established a prize com·petition likewise, taking up the matter in a way that showed a creditable degree of ·public spirit. I am happy to add, that in Warrnambool, likewise, the Board of Advice have lIttely consented to undcrtake the same good work.
As the compulsory. clause of the Education Act was not put into force during 11:>73, I make now no comment on it; suffice to say, that to carry it out in rural places the want of, district rolls is not felt. It would. probably be enough to provide ench for all towns having a population of 2,000 inhabitants and upwards; thus, such towns as Portland ant! Belfast would not otherwise be able to enumerate the children of the neighborhood withiu the school ages ; while, in such places as Mortlnke and Camperdown, it could easily be dispensed with, as containillg information easily procurable in othel' ways.
In the year 1873, public education appears ill a tmnsition state. We see only the introduction and partial working of the new Act; and its opponents can no more call it a great failure than its advocates are justified in declaring it to be an ullqualified success, So marked and great an innovation requires for its dcvelopmenttime and 0PP0l'tunit!es. As yet it has not had the first, and only slightly the second; but as surely as the acorn grows into the oak, us certainly as the little rill swells at last to a river, so assuredly will this scheme broaden and deepen into a system of wide-spread culture, diffusing throughout the land a national feeling, conjoined with intelligence, thoughtfulness, and liberality of sentiment.
I haveJhe honor to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
T. BRODRIBB.
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REPORT FROM JOSEPH BALDWIN, ESQUIRE.
SIR; Geelong, 6th October 1874. r'have the honor to submit my general report for the year 1873. Soon after, my appoii:d,inent' on the 22nd of January I was ordered to accompo,ny lYIr. Sasse, the
Inspector 'of ~etropolitlin ~istrict No.1, ill all his business, so as to get a thorough insight into the working of the, system,' ,vith it view of engaging in similar work afterwards. This bnsiness, comprising t~~ selection of site~ for iVIelbourne and Williamstown, the amalgamation of' schools, and general inspection, was of' unnsual interest from its relation to the inauguration of the new Education Act; and the experience gained was cOlTespondingly valuablc. '
'" Various othel' employments, as' assisting in the selection of school sites for Sonth Yarra, 1'rahran, and Windsor, providing school accorrimocbtion for Emerald Hill, and assisting the Board of Examiners .with 'the papcrs' of pupil teachei's and candidates for ccrtificates, wen' also assigned me by the Inspector-General during' the first five mOllths of the year.
, The l:emaining portion of the year was occupied chiefly in making educational tours of ,inspection in 'four distinct di~tricts; as follows ;-
'. ('I:) Tn the Western uish'ict, from :a'I6'unt GeHibrand to ~iollnt Elephant. In this section of the district I inspected 15 schools, with regard to which it may be said that, as tt rule, the smaller ones are not conducted with the vigor and nbility observable in the larger; the stall(hrd of attainments in the'm is lower, and the work performed of an inferior .quality. The schools at Colac, Bil'regurra, l1nd Ondit; were conducted with great eJIiciency. At, Mount Gellibrand allew building was on the point of completion at the time of m'y visit, and has since replaced the former wretched structure. The settlers in the recesses of the Citpe OtvvayJorests, and near the'sources of the Barwon River, were found to be in 11 state' of destitution as regards tlie means of enucation fO!' their children. My visit resulted in a State school 'being erected at Gerimgamete;' whicll is 'already in successfnl operation. It has also been decided to esj,<tblish a school at Carpendeit. Piq'Oll Yalloak was founcl'to be wit.hout a school, but a site was ,clio sen, and ere long bnilt llpon.: This 'school also'is noW'eompleted: and in operation, while' the school at Larpent, being. unnecessary, has been"struck off the' roll. At' G.ampbell's Springs, at' the north-west of Lake Colae, a change of site was qeterinined upon, 15y which means provision will be made for the.children residing at the Warrions. North
, Cundare,' in the school' district of Weering, is an example of the shifting condition of the ,popUlation in many cOllnll'y districts, and the consequent embarrassment caused to the department in providing sehool accommodation. This place was visited in consequence of the inhabitants having in a petition urged their claims for a school. On a canvass being made their claims were found to be valid, and a site was accordingly selected, and subsequently surveyed, reserved and gazetted; building plans were prepared, and 'the contract let .. 'By'the ti!ne thesc' preparations wcre completed many of the farmers had migrated to Eehllca and t~1C Richardson River, and a mere handful of chilureil, remained in the locality. Only just in, time was :the contract cancelled. . "1\."," During this tour I also visited 'Derinallum (Mount Elephant),where I fqund a school was urgently r~quired. Although a suitable building is not' ereeted, a school has already been formed, and a teaeher provided. ' .. ,!' .' (2.) In mys'econd tour, in Metropolitan district No.1, from Keilor to Kynetonand its neighbor,
hood, 31 schools' were inspe'cted and examined for results, and 2 schools visited incidentally. The schools inspected had for the most part 'been long established, and with few exceptions their management reflected (jredit on the teachers. Woodend, 647, Ilnd Kyneton, 343,strnck.me as among the best, though many others are little inferior. New buildings are reqnired for Keilor, 357, Keilor Road Station,',1l99. Middle Gully, 43], and Newham, 465; amalganmtion of existing schools is advisable at Gisborne, Woodell(j, an~ Kyncton. At Aitken's Gap a new site was chosen, and applications for lIew schools at Diggers' Rest, ,Bullengarook, B6lin(hi, Saw Mills, Jew's Harp Creek, and the Baynton Road, investigated :md reported upon. On i!eaching, with the aid of Ii. gnide, the Bolinda Saw Mills, 011 the summit of Mount Macedon,. I fonnd that thtl'1vhole colony'of sawyers who' had petitioned for a school for their children had just removed to another neighbourhood, several,miles away. . " (3.) In' 'l\!et,i'opqlitan,district N n. 3, 22 schools were inspected and examined for t·esults. The list corilprised Emerald 'Hill, 1253; St. Sfel,]len's, and St.' James's, Richmond; Moorabhin, Mordialloc; and'aIr the schools in the 'i\lornington peninsula. At Frankston, Schnapper Point" ~ioorooduc, Osborne, 'BalnHlTing, and Rye, new school' sites ,,~ere selected; aud applications for, new schools investiga~ed at 'S'tony Creek, Flinders, and the'main Fl'unkston Road. Phillip Island was also visited and canV'J.ssed, and the"school census taken. There were 176 children Oll t,he .islaI!(1, 104 of whom were of school.age. The 'only school accommodation was an old and dilapidated shepherd's. hnt, built of wattle: and daub, situateJ on the Back beach, where an attendance of about 16 was maiutained. The towllship of Cowes has sibce boen provided with a school; and sites reserved at Newhaven, Rhyll, :lud Ventnor, for future possible ]·equiremellts. , . , 'I,' The st,ate of education fn this district is on the whole 'satisfactory, though a wide difference was observable between the metropolitan schools and the smaller class of country schools. ' At ,Emerald. Hill 1253, the're' were 1228 children present at the examination j the staff consisted of a head teacher, twelve qualified assistants, and teli pupil teacherE ; and an amollnt of efficiency was displayed which I have never seen exceeded in the b\i'st elementary ~chools ill El1gland.
(4.) In Gippsland only 4 schools were inspect,ed before the close of the YClll'; but on' the way sites ror Sprillgvale, Eumemmel'ing, Hatka'Yay, and Narre 'Warren, were seleeted; and applications ·for schools' at Pakenham and 'Loy Yang investigated. The Sale school, which presented 465 children for examination, ranks among' the best provincial schools of the colony, and it has been fonnd necessary to 'enlarge' the building; A visit was paid to the Heart Run, nenr Sale, with a view of providing school accommodation for the ehildren of .the··settlei's. ; At Stony Creek, in the pm'ish of Devqn,~S9uth Gippsland, all !l pplication for It sehool, was also favorably considered. .
Dnring the year '80 schools; presenting 8869 children, were inspected, and 314'1 miles travelled in the performance of duty.
It only remains to remark on a few, special points 'connected with State school education,' and the general working of the,Act.
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The system adopted by the department of requiring, in case of applicatio~s for new schools, rigidly exact statements of the school population for the district, and plans showing the residences of the childl'en and the sites of neighboring schools, has served to distinguish valid claims from up-tenable ones.
The necessity for. this exactness in procedure is apparent, when it is considered that general estimates {)f the number of children of school age in a given locality, even by gentlemen resident therein, are often ullI'eliable though h.onestly given. More than once in a house-to-honse canvass with members of the Boards of Advice we have' found, to their evident astonishment, that the actual numbers were by no means equal to their officially reported estimate. ,
The appointment of Boards of Advice has gl'~atly facilitated the work of providing fo!' the educational wants of the colony. The special knowledge they possess of the localities they represent, and their requirements, eminellt.ly fits them for advising respectillg the selection of sites. In all work connected with sites and application for schools I have availed myself of their services, which have been rendered freely, and often at a great sacrifice of time.
One special feature of the year as regards inspection is the lal'ge proportion 'of time devoted to other than purely inspectional work. The introductiou of the new Act has necessitated the attention of the department, and consequently of inspectors, being for the time directed mainly to providing ~he means of education rather than to scrutinizing and laying stress on the quality of the education given. It is to be hoped that, shortly, more ,time will be at the disposal of inspectors for organization, methods of teaching, and instruction, that a fresh impetus may be given to clementary education.
The excellence of tbe State schools of Victoria as regards instruction is due in a great measure to there being a well defined .standard of attainmlmts for each class; loose and desultory teaching is thus avoided; the teacher's efforts are necessarily concentrated on making each child thoroughly acquainted with ·the work of the programme for its class; and as this is carefully graduated for each class, the successive stages successfulLy: p';[ssed through leave;a perfectly sound basis of English education. Hence, many gentlemen of education, with good reason, prefer giving their children a preparatory course at State scli()ols before placing theril1a~ colleges and the',higher schools. ' : In visiting the'schools during the year, I have observed t4t in the most successful ones tbere was ~n -the"part'of the 'teachers u preparation of lessons and judicions planning'of definite work combined with methodical and zeallOu8 :instruction. The plan pursued by some teachers of apportioning a settled amount 'of work 'to eack class -tor 'the -month, the week, the day, and 'determining that snch work at least shall 'be accomplished, is worthy of general adoption.
In inferior schools the faults I have most frequently noticed are inaccuracy, slovenliness, and want ·or:tlioronghlless in -woi'k, em ployrnen t rather than instruction being given to the classes, and useless exercises taking the 'place of;active tea'ching .. As bearing on,the,futnl'e:career of the youth of the colony, I think it important that habits of neatness, accuracy" and thoroughness, should be formed at school, as well as a knowl~dge of reudi~g;writing, and arithmetic acquired.
, Of the subjects'taught in the State schools, the ones in which there is a pretty general weakness are i1Uinenition and not;ition, especially in the latter. "This weakness is the result of want of regular practice, or ·of the instruction being too ahstruse. Sometimes immediately after a .class recei:ving a lesson 011 the subject, mialihg ,vHh' humb~i:8"of' bine Of'ten figures, I have found, the children uriable: to write correctly' numbcrs ~f four or the figures; , ' :'. '., .. In few schools is' any attention paid to mental arithmetic, beyond the learning of tables. This has been introduced witli:'gl'eat success in elementary schools in England, and there constitutes oue of the essentials in the exa'mitfations for certificates, of students in training, and of 'pupil teachers. As a valuable -adjunct to the ordinary slate arithmetic, and an excellent mental discipline and preparation for the business ()f eVeI'y day life, its introduction in our schools isworthy'of consideration. Moffatt's little book, published by J;,ongmalls" is a capital text-book on the sul:(ject.
Auother subject calling fut comment is rhymes. As at present' taught in most schools they serve little purpose. To be-'of service, it is requisite-(l.) That the poetry selected ,iol" the class to learn should lie suited to the capacity of the children'; (2.) That the poetry itself be worth'the trouble of learning and .permanently retaining in the memory; and, (3.) That the children be made fully to comprehend its meaning. With these cbnditions observed, the practice of committing poetry to memory might advantage~usly be ,e~tended '~b 'all the classes in the school. A choice selection of snitable pieces might be drawn up foi' ea,~h ~lass, /;lay, a'd_ozen for each, and the book adopted as a companion to the reading book in all schools; Tpe pleasth{(of dl'~wing from these stores of the memory will not cease with advancing years.' ' . " I find :tharthesubject of 'home -lessons for the children is at present receiving much attention among teachers." The lessons usually take the form of written exercises bearing on f.he work of the class. When judicionsly'(selected.alld carefully examined, accuracy and neatness being insisted on in their production, they to sOlne' exfeD;t' supplement the' school instruction; but unless these conditions are fulfilled they are ine:ifective'for good.' The tendency in large schools is to exact too much home work from the children. After fi va hours' cf6se application in school, work, requiring for its due performance one or two hours, is generally given for home prodllction; this, fot· most children, is injurious to health; but I am Ii strong ,advocate for homo lessons being giveu, if they are of the right kind, and the practice is confined within propel' limits. Many teachers assure me that their introduction has been beneficial in promoting regularity {)f attendance, and'the interest of parents in their children's school work is doubtless increased.
The ne\v Act has had the effect of bringing iuto the schools great numbers of children whose \ previous education has been neglected j this has especially been ,the case in the connt,I'Y districts. Their introduction has considerably disturbed the classification, as they were necessarily placed in classes composed of younger children, their age has also seriously reduced the percentage of results obtained for the schools. The case has, however, been fairly met by the provisions of a circular dated 11 th September 1873, and instances of teachers suffering on account of classes being above the programme age will soon be of rare occurrence.
I observe tliat' many teachers are at gi'eat paills to obtain the correct-ltges of-their'scholars,so-that,the .scnool registel'maj'be'l)erfectly reliable. In some schools the children are required to bring written statements of' their age, and these slips nrc· filed, or gummed in a portfolio.
It has occurred to me that in the retm'ns furnished by inspectors to the department, as for example in Forms G, II, and- II 2, and in ,the weekly diaries, instead of the enumeration of nnmber of children
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over 7, and number of children under 7, a remnant of the obsolete system of examination under standards, the headings numbel' of children of school age, over school age, and under school age would, for statistical and general pnrposes, be now more serviceable.
Free education, as applied to night schools, has widely extended the usefnlness of the Act; but in some schools youths have requited the services rendered them by disorder, and conduct, npproaching insubordination.
In many country districts teachers experience great difficulty in obtaining suitable house accommodation. In some places decent abodes are not obtainable, while iu others teachers are obliged to reside at a great distance from their schools. After the more pressing demands on the department for school buildings have been met, this subj.ect deserves special attention. The expenditure incurred by the State in building, residences might be ultimately met by requiring teachers for whom they are provided to pIty a rental.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant,
JOSEPH BALDWIN. The Secretary, Edncation Department, Melbourne.
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REPORT FROM ROBERT CRAIG, ESQUIRE, l\LA., LL.B.
Sm, Sandhursti 16th October'1874.
I have the honor to forward to yon the following report upon the work doue by me during the year 1873.
During the former half of the ycar I was chiefly occupied in assisting the Board of Examiners, ill accompanying Mr. Inspector Sircom upon his visits to schools, and in examining ill the art of teaching some pupil teaehers in the snburban schools. In API'i!, I made a trip round the north and the east coast of Western POI·t as far as Griffith's Point, to enquire into several applications for new State schools. In June I inspected the schools upon and. nelLr the road that leads ii'om Melbourne thl'ongh ·Epping to Merriang. Durillg the latter half of the year I was in charge of that portion of the Beechworth district which lies east of the Broken River.
In t,he ycar I investigated 39 applications for new schools, besides selecting 13 sites for schools wanted in lien of cxisting oues ; and I inspected 58 sehools, of which I eXl1milled 52 for results.
N early all the applications for llew schools were fonnd worthy of recommend/,tion. In only one or two cases did it appear that the probability of a reasonable average attendauce was so low as to render it inexpedient to establish either full 01' half-time schools. In one case, it was recommended that an itinerant teacher should be appointed to teach the children at three tlifferent places, at none of which could sufficient scholars be gathered for a fnll-time school.
The applications dealt with came almost entirely from ncwly settled agricultural districts. In the majority of such localities the population is and. must remain sparse, sometimes from the nature of the country, but most generally from the extent of the >areas occupied by individuals. A selector generally takes up as IDnch land as be can get, the full liraa allowed by the 'Land Act, namely, half a square mile, and frequently large tracts held by one proprietor or by a, number of childles8 selectors intervene between the residences of children. .
Owing to the sparseness of the population the attendances at nearly all the schools of which I recommended the establishment would be slllall, Tlll1ging probably between fiCteen and thirty.
Owing to the same canse a large proportion of the children in the country can never be affected by the compulsory clause so long as the mdiris of its operation is limited to two miles from a school, and those two miles measured along the roads. For child.ren over eight years of age the radius of compulsory attendance might with advantage be extender! to three miles. , Adverting now to the general state of the schools I inspected, I will first remark that not a few of them bad suffered in their organization from their accommodation being inadequate to the increased attendances consequent upon the inauguration of the new Education Act; for, even where sufficient room had been provided by the renting of additional buildings, the distribution of a school among buildings sometimes a considerable distance a,pUl't, though the best course avail;\ble, was necessarily an obstaele to its effective supervisiull. All the circllmstullces considered, the conditioll of the schools I inspected was generally satisfactory, and in some cases excellent. Some of those I "isited in the Beechworth district would bear very favorable comparison with the best metropolitan schools. A few 'of them obtained at the result examinations highly creditable percentages. As a rule these were likewise the schools which I considered the most satisfactory as regarded organization and discipline. The following table gives paJ'ticnlal's respecting the schools most notably suecessful:-
Roll No. Name of School. Name of Teacher. Percentage. I AYernge Attendance,
321 Chiltern ... ... 11 r. lIbrshall ... . .. 86'25 250 689 Woolshed ... ... Mr. O'Donoghue ... . .. 84'412 10
1015 Lilliput ... ... ... Mr. Dixou ... . .. 84»36 30 99 B[11'1IMnutha ... ... }'Ir. O'Brien ... .. . 80098 40
537 Rutherglen ... ... Mr. Hallen ... .. . 75'643 140 n03 Yackandandah ... ... Mr, Besley . ~. ~ ... 75'338 180
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, There arc ~ome other schools with the management of which I was well pleased, but which were,> owing perhaps to untoward circumstances, not; quite so successful at examination as the above-mentioned. . The lowest percentage was awarded to a small school in a farming district, where the irregular attendance was among the callses that produced this result. The percentage it obtained was 15, nearly.
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The average of all the percentages awarded by me during the year wn,s 51. With regal'd ~o 4? of the schools that I examined, I possess statements of the percentages gained by Ithem at the cxammatIOns held next before the introduction of the new Act. The average of these percentages is 60. The average of the percentages awanied by me to the same 40 schools is 53. The falling off here manifested is to be attributed to the influx into the schools of untaught or ilI-tnught children llp~m the introduction of' the present free system. But while, upon the whole, the percentages obtained show a diminution in the proficiency, a fair proportion of' the schools examined succee(led in obtaining from me higher percentages than they hnd gained at the last examinations held under the old system. This result was achicved by 13 out of the 40 schools referred to. In none of' these, however, had the addition of fresh scholars been great, and their examinations happened in the later portion of' the year, when sufficient time had elapsed to re~ove the rawness of the new comers.
A consi(lerable number of the pupils in the schools I inspected passed tile examination prescribe(l for the standard of education. Those who gain the certificate of having passed this examination set great value upon it, not, I believe, solely 01' even chiefly on account of its exempting them from compulsory attendance, but because it testifies authoritatively to their having acquired an amount of education deemed sufficient for the ordiuary business of life. I would suggest that the form and material of the certificate should be made more ornamental. .
I found extra suhjects taught in few of the schools. Singing receivcd atteution in two schools, where the head teachers themselves had a taste for it. In one small school the teacher tanght two or three pupils the rudiments of Latin, algebra, and Enclid-more for the sake of improving himselfin those subjects than for the sake of the small remuneration obtained.
I hlrve the honor to be, Sir,
The Secretary, Education Department. Your most obedient servant,
ROBERT CRAIG.
REPORT FROM JA~:IES HOLLAND, ESQUIRE, M.A. SIR, Moonam:bel, 15th October 1874.
I have the honor to forward my report for the fil'st nine months of the present year. The greater part of January and February was spent in the examination of teachers at Ararat and
Melbourne, ill aiding the Board of Examiners, in office work; and. other employment of a miscellaneous character.
In the latter cnd of February I was appointed to the charge of the Ararat district, and commenced active inspection on the 25th of that month. By the. 1st ,July I had visited and inspected all the schools in the district, and had attended to most of the applications for new schools which I had received up to that time. This half year, however, I find that, owing to the number of these application!! for the establishment of schools, I shall have much difficulty in completing before Christmas the work that still remains to be -done.
Up to the present time I have held 132 inspections, 60 of these being in connection with result examinations.
Generally I have found, ill the results obtained at thcse examinations, a marked improvement on those of 1873. The great number of backward and neglected,children bronght into school-in many cases for the first time-by the present Act are gradually affecting the percentage of results less and less, the progress made by many of them being very rapid indeed.
In most of the schools the subjects prescribed iu the programme of instruction are well attended to, although, as may be expected, the best "methods" of instruction are not yet in the smaller schools thoroughly carried out or perfectly understood. For the pnrpose of illustrating the above remark, let me take for example the subject of reading, in which the approved methods are nominally observed.
This branch is now usually taught ou the" Model, Simultaneous, and Individual Methods," but the two former are often of little effect. Model reading, as practised in these schools, simply consists of this;At the be~inning of the lesson the teacher reads to the best of his ability a sho~·t passage as it should be read, but thereafter never thinks of having recourse to this useful means of instruction.
Simultaneous reading, so called, too frequently loses its good effect by the absence of simultaneity, if I may be allowed the expression. As I take it, the advantage of this work in 1+ small school is, that it is calculated to correct the faults of those children who read too slow or too fast, too low or too loud, by establishing a standard which each is to aim at. Unless, therefore, the children read together exactly in time, this method, it seems to me, is worse than of no effect. It causes a great noise in the school, disguises each child's mistakes from both pupil and teacher, and gives an opportunity to the idle to shirk their work altogether.
I regret to write that extra subjects are as yet receiving lmt little attention. On the wllOle the discipline of the schools is good, the children, as a general rule, being remarkably
orderly and well conducted. Class drill however, not receiving so much attention in the smaller schools as could be wished. Though perhaps not so important ill these as in larger schooTs, the great superiority in the Ol'der and discipline (I speak rather of the smartness and precision of' school movements than the behavionr of the children) of those schools, in which it is well prftctised, leads me to lay much stress on this point ;. and I have, not, with so much effect as I could desire, endeavored to have the circular relative thereto thorou[!hly curried out in every school in the district.
Whilst on the subject· of the condition and efficiency of the schools, I may mention a pleasing desire on the part of some of the Boards of Advice to cncomage competitive examinations among the children of the different schools in their respective districts. I believe these examinations will stimulate an active and healthy spirit of emulation in both children nnd teachers, and be productive of good results.
Many complaints have been made this year of the altered position of the teachers. On questioning many in this district, I find, with few exceptions, they are, and with good reasou, well satisfied with the change. Under the old state of things, in the poorer neighborhoods, the teachers had much difficulty in collecting fees, frequently were compelled to take as payment an eqnivalent in labor or otherwise, and not seldom received neither fee nor equivalent.
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:Number of schools in opel'lltion.
<Class of ,builuings.
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I now. come to a matter of much importance-namely, the best means of providing education for a large and increasing class of the population-the selectors.
:', In t.his district the extensive plaillsbetween the Wimmera and the Richardson Rivers and north of . Sf. :Arnaud are now being rapidly" taken up;" !lnd I anticipate that the depn,rtment wiil, during the next t,vo years, be called upou to establish a very great number of schools in this part of the colony. The great difii?ulty,!;hat presents itself in dealing with any application of this kind is to decide upon the permanency, or the reverse, of the settlement. In the southern part of the district experience is rather aiainst the permanence of settlement of this kind. Among the schools which have been, or are being, dElserted by the children of this class, I may instnnce-Gorrinn, 747; Kiora, 1,348 j Stl'eatham, 844; Strathmore; 1,106; Coivinsby, 1,261 j Tatyoon, 1,344 ; Victoria Valley, 1,209: and, in :t less degreeUuukeld, 183 ;, Glen Thompson, 947; Sailors' Gully, 859 j and many others. In the north too, doubtless, mitnyof the selectors have taken up the land merely as a speculation. These' will- sell as soon 'as they advantageously can. Still there cari be as little doubt that many-perhaps a grCltt majority-of them have' in'.good faith settled on the lant! to mltke homes for themselves.. Yet should these, during the next two or three years, encounter the severe droughts and bad seasons, which I am infol'med occasionally occur in this p3:rt of thO colony, even they will have to dispose of I,heir lands,and many of'the scliools' established foF them will be deserted. Meantime as all this country is or will be selected; ~nd the fh.milies are so evenly' spread over it, it will prohably be found.necessary, in ol:der to 'carry out the present Act in its entirety, to er'ect schools at distances of four or five,miles all over these plains. The cost of building so many schools, of erecting homes; for and maintaining so many teachm:s as will thus be required, will be something very, great indeed., ,
To avoid this, a plan suggests itself to me in the way of which, however, I see many difiiculties; and I merely offer it here ail a'very crude suggestion, in hope that it may lead to a thorough ventilation of the subject, and a mo'resatisfactory solution of the question. ' "
I n place of building so mallY schools, at which au attf!ndanee of from 15 to 30 only could be expected, it seems to me almost advisable to estahlish large central boarding schools at Horsham and St. Arnaud; or, if more central, at Dimboola and. Donald. In favor of tl,is scheme, as contrasted with the other, the following arguments may be advtmced :-
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l. The cost of buildings would he less. 2. A bett~r ,class .of. teachers, would be obj;aine~, and the instruction given wonld be of a higher
, and more efficient character. 'I ' • • •.
3. The numher of teachers required wO,uld be ,smal1er; ,and the cost of inspection considerably less. ,
;4., The regular attendan~e .of the cl)ildren could be strictly enforced-,-a most important matter. . 5. On the opening up .of a new locality, there would be no dell.!-Y in pl'oviding education t'Or the,
children; at:d the great number .of isolated families scattered .over the conntry, for whom, at present no pro\'isiol1 can be made, could ther\"by be educated., . ,
6. In conseqllence of 2 and 4, t~e pupils would at an earlier age obtai~ their certificates of being sufficieritly educated, and would sooner cease to be ri bUl'den to the State, and becom4' of nse to their parents at home. , ,
'With small separate schools inferior and imperfectly educnted teachers only can be 'expected, the regular attendance of t,he children, cannot be enfQrced; ,and I bcliflve in, thinly-peopled neighborhoods' scarcely more than two orthreQ ch}ldren)11 the hundred jVill attain the staI!-dal'd required by th~ Act before they reach their fifteentli yeal:.: ,
The great, if not insuperable, obstacle tQ the scheme above' proposed would be the difiiculty in compelling p~rents to send t~yir. child~'en t? ,these ,schools, and ,to make a ,fl,lir provision for their mai~tenance whilst there. " '., :," 1 • ;.,'.' , • '. ' '
I have the honor to he,. Sir, . Y.our most obedient servant, '
J AMES HOLLAND.' The Secret.ary, Educ..'ttion Department, Melbourne.
, SIR, Ararat, 21st November 1874.
: . Since '>:r~ting my ,general report (\vltich was c~lle~for' quite unexpectedly; and at vel'y short notice), I hav~ again had occasion to yisit the plains north of, S,~ .. Aplaud;in order to attend to applications for'schools in that part .of the djstl'ict: I find settlement has progressed s.o much that, my proposal to .meet th,~ ,educational requireIllents of this extensive tract of cquntry, by the erection .of central boarding schools, becomes now quite impracticable. '" ' . "
, , Whether that plan might 'be aaopted to provide for single families, and small settlements, where half-time schoQls eould not b,e worked, may, ,perhaps, be a question for future consideration.
, .... 1. have thehonol' to, be, Sir" ' Your obedient servant.
The Secretary, Education Department. JAMES HOLLAND.
REPORT FHOM CAPTAIN'L. HERBERT NOYES.
SIR,Castlemaine, 24th October 1874. I have the houor to forward my report upon the Catltlemaine district. . This district, 'of which l have been in charge since the month of ,March, embraces within its area
the towns of Castlemaine, Kynetoll, D!lylesfonl, a,nd Maldon. It contains ,87. school~ under the opel:a,tion of the Act,' exclusive .of 9 night schools which are worked in connection with them. , ,'. ,
. Of these ,schools, ,53 are conducted in buildings the property .<?i' ,the State, 9 ,ill'llQ:n~vested, buildings" under' the provisions of the tenth clause of the Education Act, and;the l:emaindel' 4n buildi l1gs r.ented forthe purpose, pending the completion of new State schools, which, with, very few exceptions, are' already in process of erection or about to be commenced.
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There remain, at present, but three applications for new schools in the di~trict not yet dealt with. Outatand~ng The district, with the exceptions ref~:llTed to, may therefore be considered as adequately supplied with ~~::::tions.
schools; indeed thet'e is some danger that in one or two cases in the agricultural portions of it, where the adeq~ately population are removing en masse to "seek fresh fields and pastures new," too much accommodation may not prov.dedI"r. have been provided. "
The general character of the newly erected buildings compares most farorably with that of older Charaet~f()f ones in design, material, workmanship, and appearance, and the advantages resu}ting from this seem to be bulldlngs. generally appreciated. ,.' , .! "
Whilst on this subject I mav state that, in some localities, a certain amount of jealousy exists on the Teachers' . f "d • h lb' 'd d . h th d t reBldences. questIOn 0 teachers resl ences, some sc 00 s emg provi e WIt em an some no .'
Although no doubt the necessity or otherwise for them is made the subjec~ of careful preliminary. Suggestion. enquiry in each case, yet the promulgation of definite conditions, on which only such applications would be entertained, would probably have a good effect. At present the erection of It teacher's residence at one school is looked upon as a' sufficient reason why similar accommodation should be provided at all the neighboring ones.
r 'fhe supply of school furniture I have generally found to be sufficient and suitable in the State Furniture.
buildings. On the other hand, in those that are rented, especially in the case of the smaller schools, it is often pf an inferior description, but this defect will disappear with the completion of the contemplated new schools.
The great majority of teachers in my district avail them.selves of the free stock system to the full Free !!toct. extent., others, however, encourage the children to provide themselves with books and copybooks.
. Wbilst appreciating the motives that induce them to further the economical working of the Act, I Copybooks. think that it would be as well that copybooks should invariably be supplied by the department, for this reason, that the choice of the system to be followed in writing would then be more fully under the teacher's ~~ I
,It has constantly occurred to me to be told that children have not followed the programme of , instruction in .this subject, on account of objections having been raised by their, parents to the use of some
particular copybook recommended. . . ~ "Veil-grounded complaints are made by many teachCl;s of the inconvenience caused by copybooks of
an unsuitable character being forwarded to them, and, in some localities where the means of conveyance are limited, the necessary delay incurred in'obtaining these books from Melbourne is 'injurious to the attainment of proficiency in writ,ing.
An arrangement permitting the teachers to be supplied with copybooks at an authorized agency in the chief town of each district would, if practicable, obviate these disadvantages ..
My remarks under this head will necessarily be brief, the short time in which I have been working Instruction. in the district having been insufficient to give me an opportunity of visiting all the schools therein, or _ to make a satisfactory comparison of the general results with those previously obtained.
I 'have pleasure, however, in stating my opinion that the'teachers, collectively and individually, are using their best endeavors to carry out the spirit of the Act with credit·to themselves and advantage to their scholars.
I may also here notice, as evidence of an incl'easing appreciatiou by parents of the benefits obtainable Vlew,taken of by compulsory education, the. fact that the obtaining of a certificate" of having passed the standard" by certificates,
their children is looked upon by many as an undesirable ticket of exemption for a child who ha.e not attained the highest class in the school.
In this subject I have found results vary considerably. This may be partly owing to a larger Readtn,.
influx of new scholars of advanced ages in some schools,such scholars finding a considerable difficulty in making up their lost ground. '
I should be glad to see the test for this s~bject at examinations for the fifth class made independent of the questions asked on the meaning of the passage read.
A common fault observable is to confine instruction in this subject to words contained in one par- Spelling. ticular class book; for instance, the fourth class will not unfrequently spell well out of the third book, but indifferently out of the second. The practice of written exercises on paper for the higher classes is too much neglected. . '
This, the most difficult subject of any to judge by ,fixed standaru, varies in quality very much, as Writing. might natmally be expected, when the instructor's style or method of teaching, the system of copybooks in use, the quality of the pens, the too often crowded state of the desks, and the natural inability of some children to perfect themselves in this subject, are taken into account.
My experience, however, is that better results would be often achieved if a systematic adherence were given to one particular style of copybooks in each school. In 80me instances I have known Parnell's, Phillips', the Victorian, Mullhauser's. aud other copybooks used in the same school. In large schools I find Mulllmuser's system, when well taught, giving excellent I'esults. In ~maller schools, where the
-supervision is more intermittent, Phillips' appears the best. An improved system of copies, adapted to the required programme of instlllction and examination of the different classes, is, I think, required.
Is as a rule well taught. Arithmetic. Is on the whole the least satisfactory subject in results. Grammar. The required proficiency is often attained. GeOi.Nlphy, The anticipated regulations are exciting considerable interest, and will, I hope, have the effect of Drill.
inducing a larger number of teachers to qualify themselves as instl'Uctors. In some instances, notably those of Castiemaine, 131, and Maldon, 1254, tho knowledge exhibited by the scholars leaves little to be desired. In numerous instances teachers appeal' nnaware of the niany alterations that have taken place, in the last few years, in the technical words and methods employed in performing various movements.
Instruction therein is generally very carefully given, and the result obtained satisfactory. I Needlework. have found the practice of , devoting to it two entire afternoons per week work better than when the instmction is spread over five days. A little addition:d encourllgement afforded to sewing mistresses would,
'1 believe, secure the services of the majority of them in carrying on the olher work of the school. Where such services are already given, the infant classes are usually mueh benefited.
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I cannot close my report without referring, in terms of acknowledgment, to the assistance freely rendered to me by the different Boards of Advice with whom I have come in contact, when investigating applications for new schools and other matters.
The following is II statistical summary of the work pet'formed by me in the district, from the date of my taking charge till now, a period of 33 weeks, exclusive of the time spent in selecting sites, holding special, examinatiollS and investigations, conferring with teachers, writing reports, and the many other matters that constitute the rOle of an inspector's duties :-
Number of miles travelled, 2,004. Number of schools inspeeted, 63. Number of children examined for results, 7,230. Number of hours spent in sehools, 503. N umber of official letters despatched, 571.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant,
The Secretary, Education Department, Melbourne. L. HERBERT NOYES.
REPORT FROM RICHARD PHILP"ESQUIRE, B.A.
SIR, Ballarat, 23rd November 18H. I have the honor to present my report on No.2 Ballarat distriet. I have bee~ so short a time in
charge of the district that I am unable to give anything like a full report upon it; and I merely subjoin some remarks upon those matters which have come most prominently under my notice.
The provisions of the Education Act as to the time to be devoted to secutar inst,ruction are fully carried out in all the schools. I know of 110 teacher who limits his work to the required four hours; as a general rule five hours a day are given. .
The instruction embraces all the subjects specified in the first schedule .of the Act, and the time devoted to each is generllilly suitable.
I have now inspected nearly all the schools in the district, and I think that, as a whole, they are in a satisfactory condition; indeed some of them may be said to be in a high state of efficiency.,
In examining the schools one finds in all some particular suqjects in which more or less deficiency exists. In the reading of the upper classes, no matter how good the school may be, there is almost sure to be a number of failures in' answering the qnestion on the meaning of the subject re..'td. I cannot but think that this is the result of inadequate study of the subject. While listening to the lessons in reading it will be noticed that the teacher confines his questioning very much to the meaning of isolated words, aud seldom enters into that of the wl'iter's statements. I suppose that to do so would require more time than is given by the time table. But it appears to me that, considcring the importance of the 8uqject, half an hour, a day is too short a time to give to it. I t,hink it would be better if not less than one hour a day were devoted to reading by evel'y class in the school. In the junior classes this time would be taken up principally in mastering the mechanical difficulti~ll in reading; but in the senior classes,' in addition to this,a considerable portion of it would be occupied in discussing the matters treated of in the book; allli this, in many instances, might even takc the chal'acter of an object lesson. .
Anot,her thing in which failures are very geneml is notation. I think this comes of bad teaching. The subject itself is remarkable 1'01' its simplicity and clelwne~s, especialfy if tho French method be adopted, and is capable of being brought home to the nnder,,!tanding of even the younger ehildren. In one school where I heard instruction in notation given in an able man ncr, there was not" I think. a single failure at my examination; and I have no doubt that similar results would follow in other schools, if the subject were equally w~ll taught.
I do not think that there is any part of the programme in which there are more failures than in grammar. It appears to me that the principal C!j-use is the manner of teaching it. The subject itself is rather abstruse, and involves an Itmonnt of thinking of which very young children are not capable. It seems as if teachers endeavour to bl'ilig the subject down to the level of their pupils; and in order to do so use rules and definitions, which, thougll they may be more easily understood than those given by standard grammarians, are unscientific and only partially true; and the consequence is that the children, when parsing, are const!tlltly misled by the mere form of the word, hy its term.ination, or by its position with reference to some other ,,,ord, and fall into the m05t absurd mist.akes-mistakes which, in all probability, they woulrl not commit if they were taught to think firot of the me!tning and of the fUllction of the word in the sentence before attempting to classify it. But in very young chiloren such thinking is almost an impossibility, not
. because they want intelligence, but becanse their minds :we not sufficiently matured to be able to reason on abstract ideas. I cannot but think that it is a mistake to teach grammar at all to the second class. Whatever be the cause of it, the knowledge of the subject is cPl·tainly very snperficial.
In writing, one sees little teaching of it as an art. The children in most schools copy what is put before (,hem, under the direction of a teacher.
So far as I have observed, the geography is confined altogether to a knowledge of the maps. I t,hink it is to be regretted that some attempt is not marle to make the older children acquainted with some of the' common facts of physical geography.
, In drill and gymnastics very little of a useful character is being done. Only one teacher of the district has been brought under my notice as a qualified instl'llctor, claiming l)ayment of special allowances by way of resu tts for instruction 'in military drill. I am afraid that it is scurcely practicable in the great majorit.y of schools to carry the teaching of this exercise much farther than the movements specified in the Cil'cul:tr of April 1872; but I think that these might, be and ought to be more frequently and better practised than they are. .
The operation of the' compulsory clause, it wOl~ld appear from the age of the children who obtain ce.rtificates, is not likely to be a very great inconvenience to the people. During the past six or eight weeks
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I have granted 68 certificates to the children attending 17 different schools, the average age of the recipients being 13 years 4 months. These schools were almost all country schools, in which, as a rule, children are not so advanced as in town schools. I see no reason whatever why every boy and girl in this country shonld not 'get their certificates beforc they are 13 years of age; and I should think that, up to that age, they must be of very little use to their parents.
The irregnlar attendance of the children in country schools is a matter of frequent complaint by the ten.chers. This irregularity is chiefly attdbutable to the bad st.ate of most of the roads, and the distanee of the parents' residences from the school-house. But I think it is also due to indifference and selfishess on the part of the pareuts. Such' cases are not uncommon; yet 'on account of the distance of the residence from the school house exceeding the two miles, the Boards of Ad vice are powerless to act.
I may be permitted to express an opinion that if the distance withiu which the compulsory clause can come into operation were extended from two miles to three miles, and at the same time the lowest limit of the age of the children were raised from six years to eight years, no great hardship wonld be inflicted, and much good would be done.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient'servant,
The Secretary, Education Department. RICHARD PI HLP, B.A., Trin. ColI. Dub.,
Inspectol', East Ballarat district.
APPENDIX I 1.
INSPECTORS' REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1874.
REPORT FRO~i JOHN SIRCOM, ESQUIRE, M"~TROPOLITAN DISTRICT No.5.
SIR, East St. Kilda, June 1875. I have the honor to lay before you my report for tIle year 1874. Dul"ing the year new buildings have been ereeted at Emerald Hill, Sandridge, Griffith's Point, New buildings
Corinella, Cowes, and Frankston; others have been commenced, some of which are near completion, at l~~c;~'!r~&:g Tooradin, Lang Lang, Stony Creek, Main Ridge, Daudenong, Keysborough, Mulgrave, Brighton, Oakleigh, and St. Kilda, while sites have been secured at Flinders, Boneo, Mornington, Springvale, St. Kilda North, and South Prahran. The application for a school at Kilcunda feU tln'Nigh, owing to the Kileundll; collapse of the coal mine; and that from Sherwood I have great hesitation in recommending feeling assured applicatIOn. that the establishment of a school in this locality wouI'd be attended with gl'eat difficulty, and would s~er;r:~~on. scarcely benefit, during a considerable portion of the year, more than one family. Indeed I fear that many PP
of the schools already in existence will continue but for II short period, in consequence of the unsettled state Unsettled state of the population. Many persons having taken up land and petitioned for a school, as though they intended ~:o~~e popul". permanent settlement, have after a few years sold tbeir holdings, while ,some of the older residents, their land exhausted, have sought for acres elsewhere. Had the departmcnt complied with the request of the then residents at Kilcundn. it would have had a schoolhouse without a scholar.
The attendance as shown by the daily rolls continues unsatisfactory. Sickness has undoubtedly Attendance still been one of the causes, but still far too many of that portion of the community for the education of whose ~=~s~c~~:i' children State schools were primarily designed show little appreciation of the ben,efit conferred, and were it not for the greater regularity of the children of wealthier parents the average attendance would be com-paratively small. The proximity of the town schools, by the facility which it affords children of attending almost anyone of them, aggravates this irregularity, and mnst render it extremely difficult, if not impossible, to ascertain the extent to which the attendances required by the law have been fulfilled. One remedy for this evil may be found in compelling the legal attendances to be completed at the school of Proposed the district in whieh the children reside. remedy.
I have examined but one "night school," and that but partially; the, stoue-throwiug of those Night Schools. without, and the disOl,der of those within, chiefly the boys and girls of the third clnss, rendering it ,no easy matter, and even personally dangerous, to conduct the examination. I can therefore bear testimony to the correctness of the reasons assigned by the teacher of Emerald Hill School 207 for the discontinuance of his night school.
The organization of the larger schools is certainly improved, the numerous staff of teachers employed Organization rendering it easy to keep the elasses constantly occupied. In the smaller schools the supervision continues improved. to be more or less defeetive.
The subjects of inst1"llction that need more attention paid to them are reading and writing: in Bmw of .
the formel' subject, it is true, there is in most classes but a small percentage of absolute failures, yet instruction. sufficient regard is seldom paid to emphasis and expression-in other words, to intelligent reading. The main cause of the indifferent writing is the absence of supervision. Children write on as they please, perpetuating the error first made, and wholly ignoring the proper height, slope, formation, and junction of the letters. I hope, however, to be able to report more favorably on this subject uext year, as I have observed in several schools a systematic course of instruction to be adopted. The failures in arithmetic are still numerous, it being not unusual to find a great part of the third class to break down in simple subtraetion, and in the fourth class in long division. Some of these failures evidently arise from inaccurate working, but the greater part is due to ignorance of the rules. On the whole, though more ehildren receive some instruction, the knowledge imparted seems to me less thorough than it wis formerly, and regularity of attendance, will be absolutely necessary to render our educational system satisfactory. I
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Greater attention., Greater attention has bllen paid to drill, and the Jiscipline shows improvement" though cleanliness b~~~i~~i~~Ul. ,.and, tidiness are very far from being universaL . improved. , .. The buildings, as a rule, are well ,kept, but the want of suitable out-offices, except in the' new State
BtIlldings tidily schools, is much felt. , '. . kept. ,,' I have the honor to be, Sir,
D!!scriplion of diSlI'ict.
.:. ' Your most obedient servant,
"I JOHN SIRCOM,' rThe Secreta~y, Education Department. " Inspector.
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.. REPQRT FROM HARRY AUGUSTUS SASSE, ESQUIRE, B.A., METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT No. 1.
SIR, I have the h~nor to forward you my general report for the year 1874.
Melbourne, 1st June 1875.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your obedient servant,
The Secretary, Education Department,. H. A. SASSE.
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT No. I.-GENERAL REPORT l!'OR THE YEAR 1874.
The school accommodation in my district outside the metropolis has been very much increased, and will soon meet all the requirements of the population; in Melbourne and the suburbs there is still much to do. The expedient J)f leasing buildings which, on account of the object for which they were erected, are not suited for our purposes, does not permit of th!3 best 'organization. This is most felt in the infant departments, whose 'training requires the earliest consideration.
The instruction 18 satisfactory on the whole. The staff of teachers is improving every year; they • hnve cheerfully endeavored to overcome all difficulties, and have succeeded, in maintaining a high standard
of instruction . . ,The increased, power given to inspectors to enable them to reduce the money loss arising from
absence of pupils on the day of examination for results, and the over-age of classcs, has operated very beneficially ih small schools ;, but the pIan adopted does not give any relief in thc large schools, where the inspector's percentage is still liable to be very much reduced by over-age. .," •
The instruction in the senior classes suffers from ,irregularity of attendance. Those children, 1~0'Yl'ever, )\'10 attend school regularly during the whole time required by t~e'programme 'of subjects,receive:a sound and practical English education, which fHs them for the desk or the counting:,h'ouse; and we find thlJ:t they:pro\'e' efficient when removed as pl'obatio,ners to banks, and merchant and other offices: This result cnnonly be obtained by the few. who stay with us long enough, awl-it may be fairly inferred that our, sixth classes are,really schools of application, where the pupils acquire the special trnining ~hich' £fs theill fC!1' an officc of clerk.' A yery large majority of children c:mnot be kept at school to finish tj'le ,programme ;, 'they have to commence' apprenticeship on thc farm or at a trade at an early age. Would it 'ri'Ot" be advisable' to 'afford them the advantage of a short time of special 'instruction in the career they are to follow, and extend to them t.he beneficial supervision of the State, to say, the age of fifteen? The country is greatly interested 'in"the subject. It is reasonable "1:0 expect that Statesupervis'ion at the commencement of apprenticeship would become the means of bettering the qnality of labor and increasing the skill of artisans.
The suhject of exhibitions has been brought nnder my notice in country districts, 'where it is not possible to give a candidate that 'instruction which would enable him to compete for 'a prize. There is no doubt that the ambitiOli of poor boys to reach the University cannot be encouraged in much the greater part. of the colony; it' is only in die 'lnrger schools, 'yhere the ,emoluments attract, teachers 'of sufficient attailiments, thn1;" boys can be prepared to aspire t.o the bounty of the State; brilliant totals of marks I'night'be obtaineJ by ,many a healthy, intelligent lad if we could i-each all hamlets and corners of the coloily:, I cannot suggest any'menlls of assisting parents 'who 'have complained to llle'; the present plan works ns widely as can be expected. ' , , "
The new system of training teachers has been in operation for a few months; it is a success. The thcoretical and praetical inslruction given to students in the associated schools warrants the anticipation that the recruiting for the head,training school will give that institution the fairest opportunity of achieving .:\i,stinction. I mnst mention that it has been' suggest,ed to me that it, would be advisable to require from students sOllle proof of teaching power before t.hey enter an associated school. I think the suggestion a. valuable one. '
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" ~~EPORT FROM ARCH,IBALD G~LCHRIST, ESQUIRE, M.A., LL.B." METROPOLITAN
DISTRICT No.3. ,I
Sm, ' Kew,' 7th April 1875. ( ~. t ~
I have the honor to forward the following report for the,year ended3lst Decel'!1ber 1874. The district under my charge comprises portions of the counties of Bourke" Anglesey, Wonnangatta,
',l'm\i.il, and Evelyn., The Dividing Range forms, for the most part, its northern bpunda,ry, although the schools at Marysville ,ahd Wood's Point are contained within it.' In an easterly, diI~ecti';u it extends to the 'Aoerfeldy'River, and the sout,hern boundary' is so arranged that there is inCll1d~~l \v:ithin the dist.rict Reeftowu, on the south of the Upper Yarra, together with Warburton, Wandin.Yaloak, Lilydale, Kew, Collingwood, and Fitzroy. Brunswick, Northeote, and all schools northward to the'Di-:iding Range lie in the westo.fmy'district. . ., ' -' ,
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In examining and inspecting the schools in this district, and in performing my dnties as a member Time spent in
of the Board of Examiners, I.was, during 1874, engaged for 2,195 hours. Of this' time- official work.
483 hours were spent in travelling. 739 " inspecting and reporting upon schools. 104 " enquiring into and rcporting npon special re'ferences. 703 " Board of Examiners' work. 166 " other work.
From the summary given ,above it is seen that almost as much of my time was spent in performing Work done during
my duties as a member of the ,Board of Exawillers as in inspecting and reporting ;upon schools. NOLwith- theyero:.
standing this, all schools in my district, with thc exeept,ion of the capitation schools, were examined for results; all received. one complete inspection; and, with the exception of eighteen, all received not less than two visits for inspection during the year. .
My reports for the year compl'ise"":"'52 on Form G, 56 on Form H, 63 on Form H 2. I enquired into and reported npon applications for the establishment of 'schools in the following Applications for
localities :-Watson's Creek, Christmas Hills,: Dickson's Creek, Long Gully (between YaITa Flats and ~:n~s:::b:~ls. Healcsville), Buxton, Gruyere, Hoddle's Creek, "Varburton, and Tanck's and Heynolds' corner, near Morang.
Schools were established at Lower Plenty and Wori Yaloak, ltnd two half"time schools at Watson's Creek and Christmas Bills.
The following new schools have been erected during the year :-No. 1360, Gold skeet; No. 1401, New schools.
Northcote; No. 876,. Lilydale; No. 450, George street, Fitzroy; No. 1'395, Templestowe; No. 1273, Marysville; and, I believe, No. 1477, Epping. All, excepting the last named, I have seen, and they form a very 1)leasing contrast to the schools erected before the Edncation Act of 1872 became law.
rrhe establishment of No. 1360 was followed by the closing of .Kos. 663, St. M!Lrk's; 481, Otter strect; and 669, Wellington street; the establishmerit of No, 1401 by the closing of Nos. 460 and 470; and the establishment of No. 1395 by the closing of Nos. 624 and 627.
A new building is urgently required for Wood's Point, and a more substantial edifice should supply the place of the tent in which school is at present held at Wori Yaloak. The erection of a large building at South Fitzroy, to supply the places of sellOols Nos. 282, George street; 474, Oxford street; and 205, Derby street, will be a great gain to the locality; for althongh there is always in the three schools sufficient accommodation for all applicants for admission, one or othel' of the schools is always overcrowded, and the present buildings are but poorly adapted for school purposes.
It frequently happened dm'ing 1874 that there was some seh()ol in the disfrict overcrowded; but in School accommoev.ery instaJlc'e there was some other school within a reasonable distance, which the pupils might have dation.
attended, if thcir parents had been disposed to send them there, So long as schools exist in snch close proximity that children have the choice of two or more, there will almost necessarily be some school over-crowded, for It popular head teacher, or two or three popnlal: assistants, soon succeed in increasing the attendance at their school at the expense of ncighboring schools, whose teachers are Ilot so popnlar.
, Although I find the children of all classes of the community attend the State schools, yet there are, Attendance'at
in the' town pOl·tions of Illy district, many children who either do not attend atall or attend very inegularly. school.
SO'mal~y prosecution,s for 'non-attendance at schocH have proved futile, owing to the onns of pr09f of age being cast·npon the Boards 'of Advice, that it can afford no surprise that the compulsory chmse·of the Act remains almost a dead letter. Pending supplementary legislation to cast upon pm'ents the onus of proof that their child,'ell are not of school age, as was found necessai'y in England, I venture to repeat the suggestion which I made some years ago to the Board of Education, and which, if I mistake not, met with your approval. I suggest that teachers be provided with priJlted forms, upon which should be entered the names and birthdays of all cilildmn who seek admission to their schools. These entrics should be signed by the parents of the pupils. These forms would relieve Boards of Advice of one 9f the difficulties with which they are now met in their efforts to euforce the compulsory clause'. Most of the teaehers in the BalIal'at distriet, arid several of the teachers in my present district, have, at their own expense, got printed such forms as I suggest. ' . , . , ' In consequence of the prevalence of measles in the most populous parts of the district, the attendance
at school 'yas greatly diminished during ,the last quarter of the year. . All schools are now provided with such schooll'equisites as books, slates, &c. The permission given Free stock of.
to'teachm's to allow their pupils to take home books, &c., belonging to the free stock has becn exercised to sCho~l requISItes.
a. considcrable extent. Its use or abu!lc depends almost entirely upon the teachers. Some are careful to keep a record of all books lent, and to impress UpOI! their pupils the necessity of'taking due care of t4em. Others are quit~ negligent about the matter; and when called upon to produce their free stock, account for missing books by supposing that they have been lellt to somebody, Generally, however, the free stock is duly cared for.
With very few exceptions the copybooks in lise belong to the free stock. Some teachers express surprise when called upon to produce all copybooks issued free, and state that they are not aware that they are expectecl to preserve slIch books until permission is -given to de8troy them. Many copybooks-and, I suspect, the dirty and badly-written oncs especially-cannot be found on the day of examination.
In the large schools, the employment of suitable methods of instruction is the rule, the employment lIethOds of
of unsuitable ones the exception. In most of the schools taught by uncertificated teachers, and in many instruction.
school;; taugl!t by negligent certificated ones, the same defectivc metho(ls are pursued which have for years been exposed, and for which remedies have been suggested by the inspectors. Small sehools, for which certificated teachers cannot be obtained, and for which no other than inexperienced candidates are likcly to present thcmselves, are now being established in so many remote places, where the teachers have no oppor-tunity of meeting other teachers, and where they are not likely to have an inspector's visit for four or five months after their appointment, that I feel sure that Rome good might be done by issning to all uncertificated teachers s!1ggestions for teaching the programme snbjects and for drawing up a time-table.
'. . The cOpybook writing in this district I consider nnsatisfIwtory. Had I rigidly adhered to the Writing.
standard liy which, in 1872, I judged the writing of the Baliarat district, and which was reached by nearly at!' the schools there, I should ha.ve had to pluck many pupils whom I last year ::lillowed to pass. It would ha,:~ been somewhat hard to pluck all' children who could not furnish proof, by showing several clean written pages; ·that· they could keep their copybooks clean, as many pupils were' new arrivals; but the
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minimnm standard by which I have jndged the work of new scholars has evidently been considered by many teachers as the only one to which any of their pupils should be expected to attain. At result examinations, many pupils pmsent only a few lines of copybook writing. When I insist upon the production of eopybooks recently finished, their dirty condition, and the carelessness displayed in the writing, sufficicntly account foi' the teacher's reluctance to produce them.
In order to pass the examiuation for results in Ireland, second class pupils are required to exhibit in copybooks at least sixty pages"writt.en on sixty different days since the preceding annual inspection, and third class pupils !tnd those more advanced are required to exhibit at leas~ ninety pages written on ninety diffCl'ent days since the preceding annual inspection. In asking for less than one-fourth of the work which is demanded in Ireland, I do not think I have asker! for too much.
The general con· I eannot speak highly of the average condition of schools in this district. Although thefe are some :~i~~~fthe few good ones, the condition of the majority is not so good as that of the schools in the Ballarat district in
1872; and in the suburbs of :Melbourne, where we haye (1, right to expect that every school' should be a good one, there !tre some in a comlition by 110 means satisfactory. Although the head teachers of these last schools n.re not free ll'om blame, there were so many canses at" work during 1874 which tended to diminish the efficiency of the schools referred to, that Ido not feel justified on this occasion in particularising:
The principal canses which, during 1874, tended to diminish the efficiency of some schools were-1. Irregularity in the atte[ldance of pupils. 2. More thun ordinn.ry changes, both in the pupils attending the schools and also in the teaching
s~~ . 3. Expected changes.-Those who am teaching in buildings rented by the department and in
capitation schools have, in several instances, shown more anxiety to know to what schools they will be transferred t!Jn.n to increase the efficiency of the schools at present under their charge.
4. Unsuitable buildings.-Although the total area of some schools is sufficient for the average attendance aecording to the ordinary mode of measurement, yet the buildings afford very inadequate accommodation. Some of the rooms are larger than is required for one class, and not large enough for two; and hence one room is overcrowded while another is only three-parts full.
NigbtseMols, There were five night schools open in this district during some portion of 1874, but at the time of my visits to examine for results one only was due or presented for examination, viz., No. 128, Queenstown. In that school ten pupils were examined, of whom two belonged to class 2, three to chtss 4, and five to class 5. I am glad to hear that payments are to be made to night schools on a more liberal tlcale than formCl:ly, for I think it well to give them a fuir trial. Up to the present time they have done very little good. I have reason to believe that in some eases the opening of a night school has led to the too early withdrawal of boys from the day school.
Abbotsford IIl- "I examined the Abbotsford Industrial School, and found that the nuns conducted this school in a dUlltrlal School. very satisfactory manner. The amount of information possessed by their pupils was, however, very small.
School records.
The pupils are either orphans, children deserted by their parents, or girls who have committed some crime, and on their admission many did not know the alphabet, although they had already reached the age of ten years; some, indeed, who had already passed twelve years were equally ignorant. Under these circum· stances, the att:.inments of the pupils could not be expected to be otherwise than very slender. In the behaviour of the pUIlils in school to one another find to their tellchcrs, nothing was left to be desired.
In many schools the records are negligently kept. When Boards of Advice prosecute for nonattendance at school, probably one of the" earliest objections taken on behalf of the delinquents will be that the school rolls are not tru6tworthy. Some teachers in my district cannot swear to the accuracy of their roll entries, for their inaccuracy has been made plain by testing them at unexpected visits.
I have been surprised to find that men who consider themselves competent to occupy the responsible position of teacher of a large school, and who wonder that the department has not more fully recognised their merits, are not ashamed to confess that they are unable to seem'e an accurate record of the attendance at their present schools. The fact that this confession involved the acknowledgment of a very serious deficiency of organizing ability seemed not to occur to them.
The position 01 That the position of a teacher or assistant in a State school in Victoria is considered a desirable one ;~:~~:~~~'n by many persons, the great numbers that attend the annual examinations for licenses to teach sufficiently ~l~a::'n~~fr~~t:,0t testify.
I bve the honor to be, Sir, one.
Bui1(lIllgs,
Your most obedient servant, The Secretary, Education Department. ARCHIBALD GILCHRIST.
REPORT OF JOHN MAIN, ESQUIRE, BALLARAT DISTRICT No. 1.
SIR, Ballamt West, January 1875. I have the honor to forward my annual report on the state of pnblic instruction in this district for
the past year. I was transferred from the Geelong district, of which 1 had charge for five years, and entered on
duty here in the month of Februnry. The number of schools to be inspected is less t.han in my former distl'ict, but the indi viduaJ schools are larger. Thus I found in the small boronghs' of Creswick, Smythes. dale, and Scarsdale schools quite as lfil'ge as any I had to deal with in Geelong; and in Ballarat two of the schools, viz., Soldiers' Hill and Emrd street, were twice ItS large.
I regret that I canuot report very favorably of the state of the school buildings. In Ballarat West, especially, the buildings are siinply disgraceful, und show that great apathy must have obtained in former years amongst its citizens in regnrd to public school requirements. There was only one fair public building devoted expressly to school business-the other schoolTooms belonged either to church committees or were the private property of the teachers. I found exeellent bIlildings at Lintons. Scarsdale, Smythesdale, and Springs; elsewhere they are only fair, and in a few places they are bad. A good deal was done dnring the
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year to improve matters. Proper buildings were erected at Creswick, Redan, Sebas'topol, Lucky Woman's, Cape Clear, and Golden Point. I may remark that, notwithstanding the adverse criticism which has occasionally been passed in consequence of delay in providing suitable accommodation, yet every individual with whom my duty brought me into contact on this matter expressed hearty sympathy with thc department in the onerous ·work it had in hand, and a desire not to press their own claims until they could ,be properly attended to. I found, however, that the determination to obtll.in new or improved buildings, and to have ncw schools established, is now of an altqgether more pronounced character than it was n few years ago, when each locality had to fim] half of the cost of building or 'repairs, In country districts it was not considered a hnrdship to send children three or even fonr miles to school; now, if there be a small cluster of families living abont two miles from the school, and t.hey can muster among them twenty children of school age, nothing less than the erection of a Hew school for their special benefit is eonsidered satisfaetory, The idea of free education requiees to be taken with a limitation, which I have endeavored to point out in these cases, but in vain.
The furniture, as a rule, corresponds to the buildings-if anything, it is better; in a very few Furniture and
schools only is it very bad. The apparatus is good throughout. There is a plentiful supply of maps, appnratus,
blackbollrds, and those matcrials which are required for carrying on school work. In some of the schools I find the children purchase theil' own books, slates, copybooks, &c., whilst in others the whole of these articles are supplied by the department. It was with the view, I believe, of lending books to children who had not got them, to learn their lessons, that the system of granting a free stock of books to the schools was introduced; but I doubt whether it was ever intended that in any school all the reading-books, copybooks, slates, and so forth should be supplied by the department, and yet in many schools such is actually the fact. There are only three schools in the district where. the books are lent for preparing horne lessons; some teachers who adopted that practice gave it up, as the books were not properly taken care of, and now there is a general complaint, where this free stock system prevails, that the home work is not nearly so well done as it used to be. Teachers have made it matter of complaiut to me that parents, who are well able to purchase the necessary books, refuse to do so; and some cases have occurred where parents, though possessed of the class-books, have prevented their children taking them to school. I may say of the mattc!· that I find those schools generally stand best, in point of instruction, where the pupils purchase their own school materials.
I am happy to say that, on the point of organization, the bulk of the schools deserve all praise. Organization,
Here and there exception was taken to the construction and working of a time-table, or to the classification of some of the children, but beyond that I had no fault to find. Many of the teachers, indeed, showed good sense and ingenuity in the methods adopted to carryon the wOl'k of their schools under difficult circumstances. In Ballarat and elsewhere sehools were conducted in two, three, or more buildings, situated some considerable distances apart; in other places, as at Mount Rowan, the building, was overerowded, and yet eareful supervision was exercised and good work done. Referring to the c\l-ses of l1liselassiftcation whicli I have occasionally reported, I feel that, owing to the nature of the examination for results aud the limited time at my disposal for inspection proper, I have not been able to give a full report on this point in any case. In fact, to fully and fairly criticise the classincation of a school, an inspector ought to make a special examination for that purpose. At present, the examination is conn ned to the work of the class below t11at in which a child is placed; hence one cannot say more than that a child is equal or unequal to his class-seldom or never that he ought to be in a higher class,
As regards the instruction, I regret that I cannot speak of it as highly as I have just done of the Instructlon,
organization. In two or three of the schools the results ohtained were equ'll to all I could wish, but the majorir.y stood lower than they should have done. I here use the term results in its widest signification. I expected to find the district beneath my former one, and my expectation was unfortunately realised. The difference is not very great it is true, still it is quite appreciable. The head teachers appear to be, as a body, equal to those of the Geelong district; the schools have been under close inspection as long; the children are as clever, and yet the outcome of the school work is 110t as satisfactory. The defect cannot be aecountcd for l)y any fluctuation in the population or ehanges of scholars, for in Creswick and Scarsdale, centres of mining industry, the schools turned out excellently. The difference may be accollnted for in this way, and I think in this way only, that the teachers of the district, as a body, lack that appl'eciation of the value of their work and t.hat thorough earnestness in it which has been so long characteristie of the Geelong men. I need not say that there are exceptions to this, and that there are men here equal to any in the colony; but my remark holds good generally.
In my visit.s to the schools I pointed out to the teachers whatever errors I observed in their methods of work. I may here refel' to those which more frequently 8how themselves in the teaching of the varions programme subjects:- .
Rh,ymes.-These are usually tanght in the smaller schools by a pupil-teacher or monitor, who stauds before a class of ten, twenty, or thirty infants and reads or repeats one or two lines of poetry, whieh is takeu up by the class; then one or two lines more, which the class repeats, and so on to the end. The ehildrcn seldom give the words conectly (but that appears to be of little importance to the teacher), and there is sCal'ely any attempt to make them understand what they are saying. In the seeond class they are more carefully taught; but too much time is occupied in this class in teaching entirely in school a subject that might very well form a part of every evening's home lessons.
Reading.-I Heed scurcely say that what is required here is correct pronunciation, fluency, and expression, In the better class schools all these points are attended to, and proper methods employed to attain them; but it is otherwise in a good many schools. Too much help is given by the t.eacher in the pronunciation of difficult words, the blackboard is not used, and the children are not encouraged to make ont. the w?rd for themselves. Simultaneous reading and explanation of words or passages in the lesson and of Its subJeet are not sufficiently attended to,
Spelling.-In this subject the schools He generally well taught-more especially where the children have books to prepare it as a home lesson. The defects ure-the blackboard is not sufficiently used; there is not sufficient simultaneous work; and, when errOl'S are mal'ked in dictation exercises, the pupil is- not required to fix in his mind the correct spelling.
Writing.-Cleanly, well-written copybooks are the rule. The defect is that the blackboard is seldom 1lsed; oecasionally a lesson may be given from it, but, even in the best schools, this is rarely done.
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I may remark that the best writing id the district was shown in a small country school,' where Mulhauser:s system is carried out in its integrity. ! ' ,
r, , , A~itltmetic.-The higher classliis in nearly all theschools are well taught,but the lower cIa,sses hav.e I;lot the same amount of intelligent care bestowed on them. I have seen the addition and srib'traction tables' goile over in a regular sing-song, aftel: the f .. shioll of two and one are three, two and' two are forir, two and three are five, and so on, while a ball. frame, supplied for intellig:ent ~ork, ~vas starlding at the teacI1er'8' ~~ ,
drammar.-There is not a ~J'ft!c'iellt explanation of principles, and too m~lch mere memory work is required. . ' '" .
Geograp"!I.-He,re as elsewhere the teaching is not made sufficiently interesting. The usual style of ,vork is for the teacher to stand in front of the map, pointer in hand; he calls out the name of Ii pl~e and points to it; the class repeats the name after him; perhaps a scholar is called ont to the map to point out the plaee again, and so the lesson goes on for half-an-hour. There are variations in this methoc1,'but it' is the type of a large portion of the work done in the teaehing of thrs subjcct.
1n the ext,ra subjects there is not much work done, and what' thel:e is is of a very elementary character. If these suhjects are to, re<;leive any ellconragement in the State schools, I think it would be: well to appoint 8 fully qilalified teacpel'to each lar:.re school, whose sole dItty it should be to illstruct in these subjects. A sufficient number of' pnpils could be obtained in most large sehools to compensate such Ii teacher for his labor. ' , , ' " The discipline, so far as I have seen it, is good in all the schools. ,Of, course, during the visit of au' ii1spector tlte,childrel( are 011 their best behaviour; hut I hay~'no reason to ~llPpOSC that the discipline is less' strict than flS I see it. J.'he teacher~, however" comphtin t.hat· the effect of the l'Cgulat,ion as t~ corporal punishment is fflr, from salutary. Men 'v:ho scar,cely ever'inflicted chastisement on a girl,andcertainly did not abuse their power of doing so~ say that the girls no~v laugh at'the kinds of prinishment w hich ca~ be inflicted; and tl1l1t many girls, whom the nlere threat of the rod kept ill proper order, now transgress with cool audaeily. I should be glad to see the regulation altered so that the same sort of discipline should be applicable to every ellild in a school; but 'to meet any ideal objection that might tie raise~, I should require that corporal puni.shment should not be inflicted on girls, except in presellce ofa female teacher or work:' mistress when these are employed. I have no fear that the power would be abused-the legal and moral restraints are sufficient to prevent this in nine hundred and ninety-nine eases out of ,a thousand.
. In conclusion,,): have to say that the Boards of Adyice in t)1is district hav!) gelferally been fttithful to - t:Jle .tr~l~t,s con~mitted to t.hem. Sqm,e of theIl1 might visit t,he schools; ,under their charge ,more frequentlj,
tllld, encourage. pupils, and teilch~rs by sho\ying t,he intel'e~;t t,hl'lY pr.?fe~~ .to ~eel ~l~ 'thgir ,work.[, ,/" ,:,,'~ ,( . I have the honor to be,Sir, 'J
YonI' most obcdieiIt servant, ' .. ,
the Secret:ary; &e., &e. J. MAIN: .~ ,
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REPORT OF ,JOHN SIMEON ELKINGTON, ESQUIRE, ,M.A., MET~OPOLITAN ',' DISTRICT No.4.
~I~, " ,r do myself the honor to.offer the following as' my report for the past year on the st~te"of pUblic.
instruction 'within the district known" as Metropolitan" No. 4,:-,- .. , " l .. 1, ,
The district. comprehends the eastern portiou of t.he city, Richmond, Hawthorn, ,and c.,:mt,iguous· suburbs;· it'extends thence'thl'oilgh part of ,Mornington ,into Gippsland.; " , ., .. , .
There 'are in actua1' operation within the district 72 schools, employing 118 teachers, 30, work •. mistresses, and 58 pupi'l-teache1's" 'Itlis,expected ',that; by the: end'of JJl1y 9, ,additi,OI~al seh09ls wiJIrhave, been opened'in Gippsland; and. th'ere' are applicat.ions, now ,under consideration for 4 ol,he,rs in the samE! province., . ', . , , r . •
I, The schools 'enjoying State support, pursuant to the capitation clause of th,e Education, .4c,t, ~\~v:e, heen, within my clistrict, reduced to 5; and I have little douht that the forthcoming three IDQuths will completely detel:mine the existence of the sorry makeshift. fol' public .instruction afforded by thi~ class of schools.
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, The le~tling want of 'the 'district' is a large schoqlhouse, to supplant the collection of 'hovels spread' aiong some two' h'ulldred'yards of st.r~et arid known as No. 303, Hoddle street. Next in point of urgencY' stands the Central Richmond school, now being conducted 'ivithin the local town-hall. A magnificent site, perhaps the most spae,ious of ariy in or Hettr the metropolis, has been set apart, and it is presumed that as soon as the requisite funds are placed,at the disposal of the Minister, this m'ueh needed building will be commenced. For a yem' or two to cO)Ile, it ,~iIl be suficient' to provide'llere fol' 750 ehiJdl'ell, making the design of B,ueh a character 'that the building may be enlargocl' to D,ccommodate 1,000 wheneyer the want is made apparent. A further expenditure is desirablc to' complete the school at Yarra Park, No. 1406, already overcrowded. The space, provided is for 750; but the avel'age attemfance has growll to 900, and might, I am persuaded, be considerably increased if the I'oom wel'e available. The plan of the school being particularly neat, and the sit;llation one of the most cOlllmanding' iii the city, its present unfinished appearance is the more objeetionable. "
, By enlarging Yarra Park school so as to contain a thousand,"and' by providing a footbridge across the railway liue whereby access to Brighton-street school may be more readily hnd from the south-western corner of Richmond, the existing State school No: 149, Cremorne street, will, I eoi1ceive. be~ome unnecessary, inasmoeh as the population now conti'ibuting to its attendanee, will ,then have t~o schools 'conyeniently situat.ed to receive tile children.
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To place the schoolR of Richmond upon a footing of thoroughgoing efficiehcy will consume at least £12,000. The objection that a single suburb of the metropolis ought not to absOI'b so large a proportion of the grant for buildings may, witII justice, be confronted with the fact that until 1873, when the Education ,Act came into operation, not one shilling of public mon~y was ever spent upon a Government schoolhouse in Richmond. Throughout the regime of the late Common Schools Act the buildings made use of were, without exception, the property either of religious bodies or of private individuals.
, III all other cases where new buildings are ,rt?quired within t,he district, the want is, to the best of my knowledge, in steady process of being met. At Walhalla, an excellent buil(Vng, capable of containing 400 pupils, is upon the point of completion; while the Sale sC!lOol, wisely set apart as a district training establishment for the benefit of teachers in Gippsland, has been liberally added to. and impl'o>,ed into a creditably-appointed instit.utiolI, where ample space is available for the instruction and recreation of some 500 children. ,
The happy innovation of pro,vidiug a morleratecs,ized dwelling in connectiqn with every new country school lessens the difficulty of inducing suitable persons to accept charge of remotely situated schools. There is ground for hoping that female teachers will grow less unwilling to undertake the mimagement of such schools now that convenient quartel;s are providcd.
Throughout the district the want of gymnastic apparatus is genem!. I have but one school passably well equipped in this particular. The importance of the subject, for its own sake, and the recognition it receives in the Education Act, will, it cannot be doubted, lead the department to furnish apparatus, as opportunity offers, to all schools in which the services of a competent i~structor may be had.
Two Boards of Advice in Gippsland have,' with commendahle zeal, taken in hand the planting of school reserves with neat and appropriate little belts of trees and shrubs. I should like to find this excellent example more generally followed, and the play-grounds brought more into harmony with rural nature. The cost of preparing the ground and making a suitable plantation, though not considerable, is somet.imes more than those 10caIiy interested can c~:H1Veiliently. obtain; the purpqse is, I submit, strictly in keeping with the department's functions, and it is not i1pprobable that, if' the department would agree to subsidise within reasonable limits the cost of planting, &c., the Boards of Advice would be better able to assist in this desirable improvement. .
A TTENDANCE AT SCHOOLS.
The proportion of the average attendance at schools to the nnmber borne upon the rolls probably does not exceed 65 per cent., taking the district as a whole. This ratio, undoubtedly small, is nevertheless not incompatible with a fairly substantial observance of the law, which specifies only sixty days' attendance in each half·year-about one-half the schoo~-time-as obligatory upon children of school age. The causes of the apparently slender attendance are vllrious. Among them may be noted those directly arising from the out-of-door tendencies of Victorian people generally, promoted as they are by the mildness of our elimate, the short hours of labor, and the comparative afHuence of the laboring classes. That" pleasure never is at home," may be taken almost as a rule of conduct of a large proportion of our population, old and young. It is needless to point out how great an inroad is made upon school time and how serious an injury is wrought upon school habits when this rule is too literally observed.
Again there are cases, and not a few, where the children's labor is indispensable to their parents at certain periods. In the market-garden districts, for example, Friday afternoon usually shows a thin school, the preparation for next dny's market engaging the elder pupils' time at home; while at such crises as cherry gat,hering, potato planting, &c., the deal'l1ess of outside labor makes the value of children's services too considerable to be foregone.
It is to be observed at the same time that a child's instruction is not necessarily impaired by an occasional absence from school. _
Truant-playing forms an appreciable element in reducing attendance. ,I remark, howevel', that where teachers ar., careful to have each and every absence explained in writing by the parent or guardian of the absentee, this source of loss to the attendance dwindles to insignificance.
Much would be gained were the department to adopt and issuc to schools, a printed form specifying that a child was absent during a certain period, aI!-d enquiring the cause. Teachers could be instructed to send a copy of this form to the paTent and to request an answer on the day following. This plan has been tried already in three or four of the largest schools, and has proved a salutary check upon irregularity in attendance.
While upon the subject of forms, I may I1S well mention another that woul'd be of general utility, an appropriate form of admission to school. It should,set forth, uuder the hand of the head of the family, the full name and the age of the child, its last place of education, the locality of residence, and the natlll'e of the occupation of the parent or guardian; and it would be well to have at the. same time the parent's estimate of the distance of his dwelling from the schoolhouse. It is believed that the information so obtained would be of material use (l1pal't from its value for record purposes) in meeting two sorts' of difficulty common with prosecutions for insufficient attendance, nnmely, evidence of the child's age, and evidence of its bein" within the penal distance from school. "
The compulsory provisions of the Act have been freely applied by several Boards of Advice in the country districts, but owing, it is ~lleged. to the inadequacy of accommodation for any considerable accession of pnpils, the Boards in town hltve remained inactive. For my own part I shonld think very little of this excuse even if it were grounded in fact. Nothing is ensier than to run np temporary buildings to meet an emergency, pend ing the completion of permanent rooms. Besides, the prompt enforeemeut of the attendance of, as nearly as can be, all the' Bchoolable children in a district would prove valuable in guiding the deplu·tmellt as to the aetnal s~ze needed ~or the permanent schools in the various c'entres of poplliatioll ; and the risk of building for more than there is any present necessity for, which the inaction of some of the Boards of Advice rather increases, would not be incurred at all.
"Without' doubt, in districts where the population is very dense, there I1re families still to be found neglecting to send the child~en to school, but I am persuaded the number is not large. I have enquired into the subject with some interest; the more so because, upon taking charge of the district, I was told of t'a""ed schools conducted by enterprising philanthropists who seek out the ever-popular gutter children (wh~se
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actual existence as an uuschooled class since January 1873 there are many solid reasons for doubting), and unthanked and unheeded, bring them iuto ways of piety and learning. Nothing of the sort exists anywhere in the district; and from much conversation witl.l all sorts of people, I cannot doubt that the new system of education h!ls pushed its roots effectually to the lowest sl-ratum of society.
In general, the task of enforcing the penal provisions of the Act is not popular with Boards of Advice; and herein it is qnite possible may be found the secret of unwillingness to prosecute. The goodwill of every individual ratepayer is, for divers reasons, very dear to some public men; and it is well recognised that'local popularity callnot be depended on by the zealous functionary who has the couragc to ma-ke things unpleasant for each and every parent indifferently who neglects to educate his child. It is due to the Sale Board of Advice to say that it has ,in this particular sought the rational observance of the law; the effect is that, 80 far as careful research cau ascertain, the education of every child of school age within thc Board's jnrisdiction can be accounted for.
I am of opinion it would be well to attempt, in one 01' two of the larger centres of population, the American experiment of a truant officer. An intelligent man, possessing sense enough not to make himself a social nuisance, would find plenty to occupy his attention; at the same time I am sanguine enough to believe that, in a community wherc the general respect for the law is so deep, and the sentiment in favor of education so widespread as in 'ourR, his peaceful interventions would leave small occasion for harsher proceedings. , It is not irrelevant to the subject of school attendance to mention that the correctness of the
roll-marking is now aud then open to serious question. A very little consideration will show the' , _ overwhelming necessity for accuracy in keeping this record, the most important by far of any in the school.
DRILL, GnINASTICS, AND DISCIPLINE,
Mindful of Emerson's remark, that the first requisite.of snccess in life is to be a good animal, I wonld express a hope that the means of affiH'ding an adequate degree of instruction in military drill and gymnastics will soon becomc more extended. The value of drill as 11 mere aid to school management is worth bearing in mind; while out of doors it is not incorrect to say that it commands 11 price in the labor market, the drilled laborer beiug worth more than the awkward hand untrained in the art of working in concert with his fellows. Besides which-and the recent issue of a "Manual of Drill ror School Use" by our local miHtary authorities prompts me to the observation-the personal duty of every male citizen to render himself competent to bear arms in national defence is yeal' by year becoming more apparent. In n19st European countries t,he levelling-up of the lower grades of societ,y, throngh diff'used education and It stronger commercial demand for all sorts of mannallabor, is rapidly increasing the difficulty of maintaining that costly defence of nations-a paid soldiery.
, Although the general discipline of a school gains mnch by a smart and well-ordered hl'\bit of military routine, several othel' ingredients have to be taken into account in pronouncing upon a school's character for good order. There is just one of these ingredients to which it may be useful 19 refer.
The schoolmaster's greatest trial in preserving order among his subjects is not unfrequently due to the nMmc of the home influcnces brought to beltr upon thell1. Be the cause what it may, the fact is growing plain enough that something approaching a greed for personal violcllce and general boorishness is rising into unpleasant prominence among a section of society in which. State education is directly interested. Resistance to constituted ant.hority in all shapes is a main featme in the charter of license that is working for social foothold in the community; accordingly one is not astonishetl 10 hear of It fathcr sitting with his son besidc him ill a tap-room late on Saturday night, and, blinking through the sodden trance wherein liquor has wrapped his wits, connsel that son to throw his slate at tile master's head if he at any time 01: from any cause attempt to punish him, This forll1s no exagg-erateu illustration of a class of cases becoming well known to teachers, and very embalTassing when one knows the source whence thc insubordination arises. An eminent disciplinarian once fonn(l the clue to It constitut.ional difficulty by recollect.ing that the Queen's government must be carried on; and, in its little way, I do hope the same is to hold true of school government, come the oI'Position whencc it may. The pity is that, where the incent.ive to rebellion can be traced directly to the family circle, the pal'ent cannot be compelled to pay in cutTent coin, by way of extra subject of instruction, for the bamboo alld caloric or other appropriat.e stimulus dissipated in the effort of exciting the son to "move upwal'd, working out the beast."
INSTRUCTION.
The programme of instl~uct.ion, i\dopted wit,h one or two unimportant clmn~es from the regnlations of the late Board of Edncation, should be, I think, constituted afresh. The leadll1g purpose should bc to sti.mulate curiosity upon as widc a range of snbjects as possible; one of the chief defects of the current scheme being tliat it does not tend to· foster It taste for independent reading, or for original research in any other useful form. I am aware that at best little c[tn be done beyond supplying a youth with the lools wherewithal he may work out treasures for himself; st.ill the tools ought to be handy 'ones, suited to the times and circumstances in which t.hey are to be uscd ; and as wc have now, it is hoped, outlived the "stone age" of the three R's the occasion appeHrs fitting for an expansion in the subject-matter of school teaching.
One dreat want in the upper class~s would ~e ,met by ~oUle good COll!'SeS of obj,ect ~essons, or bl'ief lectures with ample illustration, np?n subjects pertalllll1g t? sClenc~, m't, or h:sto~·y. I~dfel'lllg from a good many of the jejune essays calleu obJect lessons, the only, ev~dent 'obJect of whICh IS t.o hide a globule .of ~3Ct ill II hogshead of \tlll;:, t.hey must repre~ent a systematic llDe of work and be put before the pnplls III a manner thorough yet simple., '
A liberal bonus should be paid ,the teaeher who does work of this desCI'iption well, and so gradually builds up in youths' minds some mtional notion of the scope .and drift of scientific .enquiry., Perhaps it is in, this manner that history may be most serviceably t'lught ll~ the schools. Thc lllCOnVe~lCnc~ of a textbook ,,:ould be subst;mtially avoi(h)d and the path of euqUiry left to the unfettered dIscretIOn of the teacher.
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Reading. Success in this subject expresses the sum of many excellences; accordingly, it is but rarely achieved.
The advantage to a class of the teacher's reading for example's sake, the niceties of inflection, the graces of emphasis, of pathos, and the other components of " the sweet music of speech," are one and all apt to be left unnoticed. Reading is the one subject in which private schools confessedly outstrip the State establishments, and the fact is anything but creditable.
It would impart variety, and therefore interest, to the work of the upper classes were two or three authors to be specially named from time to time, portions of whose writings might be read and prepared in lieu of an equivalent quantity of the matter of the familiar class-book. Messrs. Chambers have published a low-priced series of English classics, so that the change would not be costly.
A school library for the use of scholars is a great rarity. Excepting an interesting little collection at Bairnsdale, I doubt whether there is one in the district. I do not think much difficulty would be found in collecting funds locally, say under the auspices of the Boards of Advice, towards forming a small library for evm'y school in the district, and thereby eBtablishing an additional link of union between school and home.
Before leaving the subject, I would point out that the standaru of proficiency in oral reading for a license to teach is much too low. No teacher should be licensed who cannot read poetry tolerably well.
Penmanship. This subject is much better taught than formerly. Mulhauser's system of teaching, adopted into a.
good nu~ber of schools, is already producing noticeable effect upon the neatness and precision of the handwriting.
Arithmetic. In the higher classes the examinations, without unfair stress upon the pupils, might be made to
include work of a more ,advanced character, as well as a test in certain of the theoretical principles, our examinatio'ns being restricted to sums. I am disposed to think this subject should in certain cases cover Elementary Algebra and Mensuration, now regarded as extras.
Grammar. The want here is the addition of composition, whcreby a. child may at school gain some facility in
putting his thoughts into written Janguage.
Geograplty. It would be better in every way to commence the study with local geography, and extend it
gradually to distant countries, notions of the globe, &~. Physical geography could be added with advantage to the course.
Some interest naturally attaches to the'question-" What becomes of the young people who leave the State schools to commence the business of life?" I have been able to ascertain, with the assistance of some head teachers who kindly interested themselves in the enquiry, the nature of the occupation of 196 pupils who have completed their school training in Richmond since 1873. The investigation shows a wide range of choice in the matter of employments, as well as a marked preference for those which are vulgarly called "gell teel " :- .
Bakers ... 5 Domestic service 10 Moulders 4 Basket-making 1 Ditto lat bome) 30 Otlice boys 9 Blacksmiths 1 Drapers 1 Painters 4 Bookbinding 3 Dyers ... 1 Photographers 1 Bootmaking 8 'Engineers 1 Piano-makers 2 Brickmaking 6 Envelope making 2 Picture-framers .. , 1 Butchers 4 Fellmongers ... 2 Plumbers 2 Carpenters 7 'Grocers 1 Potters ... 1 Chemists 3 Grooms 2 Ropemakers 4 Clerks ... 18 Ironmongers 2 Surveyors 1 Compositors 6 Jewellers 5 Tailors ... 5 Coopers 3 Masons 2 Tinsmiths 1 Dairy work 1 l'vfilliners :15 Tobacconists I
TRAINING.
Our Training Institution, with its numerous associated branches, will doubtless in time gravitate into its true place in the department's system. Briefly put, it ought to be in the highest sense' the teachers' university. A good technical library and a reading-room would be desirable adjuncts; and a great service to teachers, especially the teachers in and near town, would be rendered by the delivery upon Saturday mornings, and occasionally during winter evenings, of good practical lectures upon subjects of utility to the profession.
The extravagant length to which this report has already run forbids more than a passing reference to the skilfully managed school for the Aborigines at Ramahyuck ; and I trust I shall offend no one if, in concluding, I travel for a moment outside my legitimate province to point out that the histol'y of this school und its surroundings deserves careful study on the part of those who may be interested in the welfare of out· Industrial Schools: It would show, for one thing, how the wisely directed application of a. very inferior order of labor to an insignificallt proportion of the 1,900 acres of land reserved to the usc of Aborigines has in the course of III few years made the establishment self-supporting.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant,
The Secretary, Department of Education. J. S. ELKINGTON.
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REPORT FROM THOMAS BOLAM, ESQUIRE, DUNOLLY DISTRICT. < • '.
SIR, '. Dunony, 5th February 1875.-, J have the honor to'submit. my annual repol'~ for tIle yem: 1874. .,,': " .' ' ,,,, ,',
Since the.Du,nolly district, has 'been reduced withlll its present limits, I have boon able to pay at least two visits in the year to almost every school. Tbe advantages of this have been Rppn.rent. , , 'During the year I travolled, ill the performance of dut,y, 3,822 miles; examined 11,833 children, and devoted' 2;338 ]1O'U1'8 to official, business, including the necessary travelling: ' " , . ' ',' I h!H'e 'little to add, to my last report as to .Ih'e state of the schools. The attendance at nearly,all has bee~ more or less augmented'by the operation of th,e existing Act, and; as the great bnlk of the children newly introdnced showed'signs of neglected education, thcpercentage of passes at the first examination was natur~lIy ;lowered .. A-large amollut of hard work has, however, been· done during the yeal' to cope with this disadvantage .. Not only have I observed groater energy thrown by teachers and assistants into~the ordinary school dlltic~, but tllC hours of st,udy have been frequently extended for the purpose of bringing the backward children up to thf\ level of the others. This extra wOl'k I attribute partly to the monek'wY,stimulns conneeted IYith, the:result examination, and still more to a desire on' the part of 'the teachers to obtain a high percentage, and to stand well wit,h the officers of the department and with the parents of the children .
. In the organization of the scheols there is generally but little ground of complaint.' The teachers manifest anxiety t.o adopt the suggestions made to t.hem from time to time. Having less rf1porting and .~xamiIJa.tion,'_work: ,thaI! for)llel'ly, I find,more time to devote to whnt appears to ,be the most important part ,~f l1]y 'du,ty;, viz., ,the improv,ement of the SclIOOls, by the practical suggestions, made at inspectio!1' :Many teachers who have shown sufficient Iitemry skill to pass their examination are weak ill actual teaching and orgll:nizing. In these sll~jects the wider range of ,an inspector's experience enables him to point out defects and suggest the necessary alterations. ~, In, near~y all thy schools some impl'ovement is ohserved.from year to year in the ~~thods of'lnstruc·tion, and I am' pleased, to ,find the teachers are seeing the importance of training the intelligence of the c~hildren rather: than of cultivating .the memory alone. The programme requirements ~n'reltding for -the fifth and sixth classes have dOlle much t.o effect this. Occasional.variatious in the st.yleof COl1l~ucting the examination I have also found to be of adn1.ntage. Where the children appeared to be taught principally with a view to meet the expected stereotyped questions of the examiner, slight variations have been made which have convinced the teacher of the hollowness of his system. The qnestion, " What is the llame or the ocean lying to the west of Afriea?" has not been answered, w~ile the pupil has readily named the western boundary of Africa.
The principal defect of the result syste!l1 "appears to be the inducement offered to turn out the work ",that pays and nothing mom; and one of the most common faults obseryed is that of classifying and teacliing up 'f? exaII).ina~ion point only. Nothing but unexpected visits ,of, inspection 'rill bC!1.hle fo check this. In my reports I h:.we called attention to cases in which the' clas'sification of' i.he children and their s.ul~jeCts -of inst.ruction for months together have been in accOrdance with examination requirements instead of the highel' standard required by the programme. ,It is needless to'add that really good work is never shown where the programme is systematically departed from., , , . I can still report, favorably on the discipline. Orderly movements aud good behaviour are observed in almost all the schools in,t,he district . .In .s()me"notably in sehool ~o. 793" K{fdington;. the, discipline mid geneni.l tone .are excellent.Pal'ticnlar atteiltion has been paid by me to those cased where children previously _ueglected Itaye been introdnced to the schools by the compulsory clause of 1 he --i\.ct, an4 1 cannot see. tIlat their presenee hns exercised an injurious influence. On the other hand the bencfits nrisipg from ass,ociations with 1I10re civilized and orderly ohildren have been very apparent in the Hew comers.
Instances 0'[ gross carelessness in the keeping of the rolls have been bl'Ought to light during the year. In 'ono case 1,he incorrect ontries.had to be attrihuted to wilful falsification 'rather than to negligence.
Every te.c'lchel' should, I think, ~)e l·eq':l.ired, a't:thetime of roll--call, to see, .that th~ entries tally with the, !\ctn~lllttendance. This, wO,uld teud greatly to prevent, the inaccUl:acies which are now tobp IDet with.
, I have the honor to he, Sir, ' , Your ill()l',5t obed,ient servant,
The Secretary, Education Department.- -j ... ". T. BOLAM.
REPORT FROM THOMAS BRODRIB~, ESQUIRE, M.A., WESTERN DISTRICT.
SIR", ~,ha~e the honor to su't>mit my ger;el'ulI'CI)ort for tl~e year 1874.
,Belfast, 30th January 1875. . ..,
'l'UiiJ WESTER::l' DIS1'lUCT. For ::1. long t,ime the Western distriet hus beeu gro,\'ing in extent too great for efi'cetivemanagement
by one inspector,but at the beginning of 1874 it was remodelled, aud reduced to a workable size. Its eastern dim its are now indicated by Terallg :\nd ,Darlington, ,,,hile, the northern boundary lies alOlig the group of :schools around 'Coleraine and Castmton. ,But even 'with, these reduced limits; it, wilJ;'lit present Jully occupy, .(llle ,inspectol;'S t.ime; and in ,mother year the eontinued increase of new 'schools will, necessitatc 'further'moditications. ' , ,
The,extent, Q£ this,distl'ic,t is now ncarl;}" 130 ·miles from east to west, by alJoilt 50 'iniles -fi'om niirth 'to soulh i and 'wit.hin these limits are coinpl'ised 101 schools, four of ·whidCare half-time schools. 'S'8'yeral new sohools Imye been applied fot' '; but the nilmber. of places lying beyond tlie"merins: 6fl. education is not great, aod the Wllllts of ~\l.ch ,places a,1:j') •• ~eiug g~'IHlually suppliod. During the year which has just elapsed, six good stone .huil,dings'l].av~1 bf1en PtJt.(~lp at Mailor's Flat, Belfast, Wurrabkook, Macarthur, PenshUl'st. :'lIltl
Woodford, not before they were badly required; while wooden ones have been erected at Homel'ton" Hotsj?l1I', Drumborg, Brit Brit~ Weerangourt" and Boram Boram. The schools at Yarpturk aiar KirkstaU have also
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'been greatly enlarged, and a few more are in course of el·ection. The followipg, is a list of the actually new schools which the past year has added to my list, most of them being held in puildings temporarily hired:-
1354 Dairy (near Dartmoor), 1226 South Ba.m~ngeich, half-time, 1240 Drumborg, 1237 Boram Boram, 1238 Bessiebelle, 1332 Brit Brit~ , 1423 Weemugourt, 1411 Laang, 1418 North Byaduk, 1353 East Keilambete, 1246 Mount Eccles, 1250 Deep Creek, 1223 PUl'deet, half.time, 1448 Mocamboro. 1461 Ellel'slie,
Additional schools also are reqnil'ed and will probably be soon availa.ble at the undermentioned localities :-YuJecart, Mouut Richmond, Nelson, Carapook, Clollieigh, Bbot!tpool, Grassdale, Gometra; St. Helen'S, Tyrrendrwra, Bahgullah, and Codrington. ' ,
The increase of scholars since 1872 in previously established schools~ is also very great, being commonly as much as 50 per ~ent.; and it is satisfactory to think that sneh ipcrease is in the least possible degree owing to the abstraction of pupils from private schools. In the Western',district, there are but few pI'ivatc schools, .sueh being almost confined to the towns, In VValTnambool one boys' school, and in Belfast two gil'ls' schools have been closed, partly, us it would appear, through. the: inducement of free schooling combined'with sound teaching; but I am aware of scarcely any other changes in this respect.
In the Westen;! district there is not great scope for !trnulgamution, but 'it has b~en effected to a limited e:i'terit by the union of schools 489 and 499 at Porth1nd, by the uniting together .of schools 295 and 308 at Hamilton, and likewise at Uelfast, where the new State school has absorbed the' bulk of the pupils~hat used formerly to be scattered among the three denominat.ionalsehools, Nos. 62. ~83,'and 95. At Wal'rnambool autl Portland, three schools in eftch town have to be blended in one, the result. being in every case a saving of expense and an increase of efficiency. ' ,
Aid during the past year has bcen withdrawn from the non· vested sch'oQls'at Woodford and Yambuk, the State schools in those places being sufficient for local :"allts. '
Q INSTRUCTION.
The institution of free schooling in 1873 suddenly brought into our schools a host or backward or neglect-cd pupils, and accordingly r.he perccntage of mltrks earned at examinatiQn 'fell off considerably; but during tIle year which has recently closed it again rose, though, owillg'.to the.l·nuniber of comptu:atively ue\v, schools, the average percentage is not yet highet· thau .53'636. The impl'OVe(l1Cllt is steady and marked, if. not very rapid; time is needed to make a great advance, and there is little (\o.llbt. that a great advance will take place, since several agencies are at work to effect it. In the first place, ~to· quicken the race in matters educational, the spur of emulation has been applied by holding out to teacher~ an, implied promise of promotionaccording to.merit.; . next, in the tOWllS It somewhat better class of pupil-teachers .is coming forward, and there, is often :;t:fair clioice obtainable, so that, by a natural selection, fitting instrnments.of education may be found •. COllstant inspection" too, must gradually tell. in intt'Oducing improvements and in weeding out conspicuous, faults; and lastly, sometliing is being done tHrough the influence of local pri,~j:) competitions, of which more' will be said hereafter. Still, in spite of onr best efforts, the j'esult in ma.ny.!schools is disc0uraging : some teachers seem unwilling 01' unable to hallllle any other than the old l'Usty, c~umsy tools to which they have, been accustomed, and they fall in slowly and awkwardly with the, keener ~nd more effective implements which better methods of instruction supply, becanse the latter have the disadvantage of being new to them.
Extra subjects afe taught in only a few schools of this district, and mostly with but meag'l'e success. The sudden jump to free schooling made people disinclined to pay for anything, aud little enconl'Ugement for the teaching of extra ,?ubjeets has hitherto been offerel1. .' )
With regard to night s~hools, I mnst again express an opinion thl\t;·the institution of free night schools is inadvisable, and, that the experience afforded by the second yeall in which it has been tried has, proved it to be.a failure. In my disti'ict'no evening school has had more th!tll a spasmodic and temporary existence, the apparent reason bein'g-' that the result payments. offered canngt be made enough to induce teachers to carryon snch schools. Young me~ and Jads at work can afford t9 pay for evening tuition, and I am convinced that the proper way to encourage 'night schools would simp]y,b,e to allow teachel's to hold them ,in. the Sta'te buildings and to make their own arrangements with pupils-.,. " ." ' '-,' ltis,satisfactory. to note the steadY'improvement going on in militm'y,dl;ill; the children like.it, the,
teachers, both male and female, quickly pick it up, and without difficulty it could be so fm' extended as to have. the :bOY8 instructed in the manual exercise and in the general rOlltine .of light infantry drill. This niightbe part of the occupation reserved for boys while the girls were under instruction in needlework. For the mannal exercise wooden stocks would be needed, made about -the sil'ie and somewhat in the form of carbines. I renleinber in 1872, while in Geelong, being asked by the committee·of the Protestant Orplianage there to examine their school. I readily complied, ttud was highly pleased to/witness the proficiency arrived at by the pupils (m~st of them quite little fellows) iu military drill. These boys had wooden muskets of the character here suggested, with wooden 'swords fitting into them, and they weut through the manual exercise and company driH with a st~adiness and precision which I have pot always seen attainell to at volunteer reviews in Englaud or Victoria. If it is desirable, as I believe, to train the whole male population to the use of arm8, here is a valuable hint offered to llS by these little orphans: boys could evidently be made into very fair soldiers before ever leaving school.
THE RESULT SYSTElIC.
I am of opinion that a system of payments depending partly upon the results shown by examination has a. highly beneficial tendency, though, in a former l'eport addre~sed to the late Board of Education, I songht to 'point out the serious evils which would follow from a system which should have all its payments based upona. mere examination, inasmuch as some of the best results of school work-snch things as discipline, order, a!1d moral tone-are matters that canllot be tested in the same manner as arithmetic or geogl'aphy ; there are things, in'fact, that cannot be tested by any mere examinat.ion, But a modified result system I believe to be both easily workable and highly salutary. The dull and backward pupils lleed a larger
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bestowal of their teacher's time than the clever and forward children require; and a result system has this excellent feature: that it causes the teacher's attention to bc well distributcd and to bc turned cspecially to those pupils who stand mosi in need of it. Without douht, our result system has done good service, and, is wholly preferable to a former plan of examination undcr "standards," which, requiring every child above the infant class to advance an equal stage each year, was based on all unsound and objectionable principle, as it provid,ed for no recognitiou of the fact that individual progress must vnry with the differences of opportuuities and capabilities. The result system now in vogue has tbis great advantage over its predecessor: that it judges by classes rather than by individual scholRrs; it deals with the average proficiency of a class rather than with the particular advance of individu'al scholars. StilI, great as is the improvement, one must concede that our result system is far from perfect while it embodies so arbitral'Y a principle as the age test, whereby the marks gained at examination are partly regulated, not by a class's opportunities, bllt by the average age to which it has attained.
In my report upon, the state of the Western district ill 1873, I ventured to ~uggest a new plan for the result examination, in the belief that it wonld be simplel' aud better than the existing one. This plan was to start with an approved classification, and then to require a certain proportion of promotions to be annually made in all classes above the infants, say at the rate of 61 pel' cent. monthly, or 75 per cent. for a year. Thus, if a school, examined for results in August 1875, were again examined in April 1876 (eight months afterwards), the proportion of ,promotions required would be 6! X 8 = 50 pel' cent.'; but if the examination did not occnr until December 1876 (sixteen months after), the proportion of promotions then exacted under pain of partial forfeiture of marks would be 61 X 16 = 100 pel' cent.
In maturiug this scheme, difficultics would pl;obably arise regardh1g new pupils coming from other schools; but it is doubtful whether difficulties and inconsistencies of so grave a character would arise as
- those which have marked our present result system. The plan proposed would make the result payment depend primarily upon the efficiency of the classes as tested hy examination, and secondarily upon the advancement of pupils from class to class. At present" as long as a teacher's classes are under the programme ages, his interest lies to a certain degree in retarding pl'Omotiol1s ; and as a matter of fact it may be stated that few pupils in our schools reach an advanced stage-to find a sixth class in a country school is not a common occurrence. This plun wo'uld, however, accelerate promotion and hU1TY children on to a stage which the majority of them never reach.
C01.IPULSORY EDUCATION.
Compulsory education is now the law of the land, but for se\'eral reasons one cannot say that the compulsory clause is fully in force. 1;1 the tirst plaee, m!tuy instanccs are to be found where the accommodation is barely enough for the children attending school, and where it would be quite insufficient -for 'all that might go. Then again, a reluctance exists ou the part of some members of the Boards of Ad vice to put forth the penal clauses of the Act until time has been allowed for the growth of a healthy public opinion which shonld regard the neglect of a child's education as a social disgrace. Other members again perhaps look upon the matter as somewhat affecting their neighborly or business circumstances; as, for instance, where' a tradesman on a Board of Ad vice may be unwilling to use his influeuce to summon and possibly offend some cnstomer. I am quite of opinion that such cases do occur, though it is to be hoped that they are rare. Nevertheless this principle of the Education Act must already have had a beneficial result, though as yet it can have achieved only a slight part of the good expected by its advocates; and I venture to think that it will bring about no sweeping change until tlJe growth of new and healthier sentiments, which shall lead all classes to consider that to neglect a child's education is a disgraceful omission of duty, and that to starve a child's mind, as well as to stint hs stomach, is n.n evil and a moral crime.
The compuls:wy clause was, I uudel'Rtand, first put into operation in my district, when the Warrnambool Board of Advice summoned some parents for neglecting thc instruction of their chil(lren, but, it being the first ease of the kind, the offenders were let off with a caution. Shortly after, the l'enshurst Board followed snit, some parents being then fined for non-observance of the Act; and these cases were, I think, the first examples set in the eolony.
In my last report, it 'was remarked that the want of a "district roll" of children liable to attend school is uot felt in ruml places. In my own dist!'ict, such a want exists iu scarcely more than the four towns of Portland, Hamilton, Belfast, and Warrnambool. 'In localities with a much smaller population, every child is known of, and such a roll censes to be a necessity.
Sometime back there appeared in the newspapers a paragraph stating that the Education Department would entrust the carrying out of the compulsory principle to a paid officer in each distdct. Time will show whether the vital principle of the Act can safely be left to unpaid and irresponsible agency. My own feeling is that it will be wise to relieve the Boards of Advice of this fUllction, but t,hat it can be carried out without the creation of any uew office. The conrse which seems simplest would be for the teachers'to send half-yearly to the district 'inspector a list of cases in which the Act had been apparently broken. It might then be the inspector's duty to notify to the potice such cases as should be prosecuted, and the police could be authorized to prosccut.e upon his infor.\llflt,ion.
PRIZE COMPETITIONS.
I have before mentioned the institntion of prize eompetitive examinations, which are spreading and doing much good, stimulating study and protincillg a healthy emulation. Thc Portland and Warrnambool Boards of Advice deserve a propel' acknowledgment for the interest, and publie sph'it which they have displayed iIi this matter; and to the Hon. William Bayles, M.P., the fl'iends of education owe a grateful reeognition of the extreme liberalit,y he has shown ana of the educational benefits he Ims scattered broadcast. During the past three years Mr. Bayles hai" generously expended many hundreds of pounds in school prizes and awards. These mainly consist,s of- .
1. A prize of £5 in books, money, 01' plate to the teacher within the electoral district of Villiers and Heytesbury wllOse school gains the highest percentage of marks at the -result examination;
2. Money prizes of £6, £3, and £2 to those pupils under fifteen years of age who gain the highest places in an annual examination upon the sixth and upper sixth class subjects; and
3. Several handsome and well·chosen book prizes, presented to every oue of the schools (about 40 in number) within the electoral district mentioned.
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The prize competitions are d~ing good to an extent not to be measured by the number" of prizetakers, as the circle of good influence is ever widening outward, and example and reward are stirring up and calling forth the efforts of onr youth.
At Warrnambool, we are in hopes of establishing in time an exhibition' to the University of Melbourne, open to pupils in all State and private schools alike. If carried ont, this will be worth all the time and trouble if will cost, for by it a blank will be filled up, and our local teaching will become quickened and elevated.
When all this shall have been accomplished, we may then-I will not say rest satisfied-but at least work with heartier zest and greater success, believing that the tools of education have neen well sharpened and must do good service if only rightly used,
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant,
T. BRODRIBB. The Secretary, Education Department.
REPORT FROM JOSEPH BALDWIN, ESQUIRE, GEELONG DISTRICT.
SIR, Geelong, 30th January 1875. I have the honor to submit my general report for the year 1874. The months of January and February were spent in Gippsland. Only ten schools were inspected,
but fourteen applications for new schools-some of them in remote and almost, innccessible districts-were dealt with, and thus the tonI' involved over 700 miles of difficult and sometimes hazardous riding.
At Clydebank, near the shores of Lake Wellington, a new site for an existing school was obtained. At Wa-de-lock, near Boisdale, and Crooked River road, north of Stratford, schools were recommended, and sites chosen. The farming population ltl'ound Newry, 011 the left bank of the Macallister River, was found to be so widely scattered, that the one school at Upper Mnffi'a was unable to meet the requirements of the district. To meet the difficulty, two schools, about four miles apart, in the eastern and western parts of the parish respectively, will be snbstituted for the one on the Newry township. Higher up the Macallister River the numerous settlers on both sides of the river were wholly destitute of the meallS of educating their families. To snpply their wants three schools are to be established: one at Glenmaggie Bridge, a secoud further north, towards Ben Cruachan, and a third sont.h, near the old mining township of Seaton. The wants of the district north and west of Bairnsdale were equally pressing, but the scattered nature of the population presents almost insllperable difficulties in the way of effectively providing school accommodation. T.he same is the case in an even more marked degree in the districts around Omeo in North Gippsland, where at several points, snch as Swift's Creek, Tongio, Hinnomungie, Cobungra Creek, and Mount Parslow, little groups of miners or farmers are located, and naturally wish their children to participate in the benefits of State edueation. The school population a.t each of these plaees is too small to warrant the department in establishing a school, wbile their distance apart renders combination by means of half-time schools impracticable; the novel plan of employing a travelling teacher, who passes from one group of fnmilies to another, is, at this stnge of settlement, the only feasible scheme.
Ascending from the basin-like Omeo, on the Livingstone Creek, and Cl'ossing the snow-capped summits of the Dividing Range, the ruined township of Grant was reached after a two days' solitary ride; and t. visit was also paid to Talbotville and BlIlltown, mining townships near the W ongungarra River. Even in these remote places the schools were flonrishing, though the buildings were of a very inferior kind.
As the growing importance and vast resources of Gippsland are being recognised, its educational requirements will doubtless be more fully met, especially as it is now in charge of the metropolitan inspectors. The necessity of the Gippsland schools having more frequent and regular inspection was deeply impressed upon my mind. •
I cannot close my narrat.ive of the Gippsland tour without expressing my weighty obligation to the Boards of Advice of Avon (east, west, ami souI,h ridings), Bairnsdale, and Omeo. Each of these- rendered me invaluable aid, aceompanying me to the localities where schools were required, assisting in making complete canvasses of the school population, and advising as to sites. Frequently members of the Board have spent ten or twelve hours a day in this work, nnd in some cases for two or three days in succession.
Nor would I omit to mention the pleasure derived,from my visit to the schoolin connection with the Aboriginal station at Ramahyuek. Though but twenty, children were present at the examination, everything was done in the very best style, and not a mark was lost in any subject.
On taking charge of the Geelong district in the beginning of March, I found ninety-seven schools in operation; but by the end of the yeat' the number had diminished, by amalgamation and substituHon, to ninety. Consequent on the general readjustment of districts, the boundaries of the Geelollg district were considerably altered: the district now extends east to Little River, north to Maude and Lethbridge; west, beyond Camperdown and Cobden, to the 143rd meridian; and south to the ocean.
, . Except in the forests of Potwarth and Heytesbury, where settlement .is rapidly progressing, the dIstrIct is well provided with schools, many of which indeed are of long standing.
At Maude, Lethbridge, Pirron Yalloa.k, Gerangamete, Lake Modewarre, itnd St. Leonards, new schools have been built and opened during the year; buildings have been completed at Ashby, East Geelong, Gnarwarre, Murgheboluc, and Marida Yalloak; new ones are in course of construetion at Fyansford, Drysdale, lIfount ,Moria.c, and Carpendeit; and sites for new buildin'gs have been obtained at Curlewis, Newington (Wallington), Bellarine, Queenscliff, Dean's Marsh, Anakie, Staughton Vale, and Highton. A new school is in contemplation at Barrabool Hills. State schools in leased buildings have been commenced at Brucknell, Elingamite, arid East Bellarine. W e~t Geelong urgently requires better school accommodation, but diffieulties have arisen with regard to obtaining a site. At Drysdale the two schools have been amalgamated, while thj:)llchools at Gle~dar.ri1V.m and Larpent have b,eell struck off the roll.
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. In "both town and, conntry handsome and commodious' structures are, rapidly replacing, the mean and unsuitable primiti.ve school buildings.' ,In many places so great is the' contrast between the new and the old that the next generatiou of Victorians, should they Ilee any of the shabby tenementsiri which their ,predecessors were taught,' will find, it difficult to realise that schools were ever conducted in them at all.
With the exception of the Geelong Indllstrial Schools, which had been examined by Mr. Main, I have inspected all the schools of the district during the year; sixty have been twice inspected, and seventy examined for results. The number of children present at one inspection of the schools of the'district was -9,~79; or, deducting for those sc.hools which since inspection have been absorbed into others, 8,734 ; 'but this number is somew,hat in eXQess oftne'average attendance at the schools. ' ' "
Geelong, the Athens of Victoria, has long enjoyed a high reputation for its schools and teachers: the schools have been ,long established; an honorable rivalry has existed among the ,teachers; and the Exhibitions open to promising ·youths have stimulated both teachers and pupils to unwonted exertion. I fin<J the statements of previous inspectors fully substantiated by the high percentages gained at the result e~ainiriations, and by the general excellence of the schools. In the c,ouIJ.~rYr,schopls !?lore f!'lCently: esf,ab" liahed the young teachers are working with great energy and success: they' are intellig~nt, methodical in work, and anxious to improve their methods of teaching; they make school teaching a study, and labor hard to produce a good quality of school work. Nothing has pleased me more than to see the ignorant bush children rendered, under their training,-in Ii very shorrtiiiie, -orderly, intelligent, and well instructed scholars. On the other hand, a few of the older teachers in the country districts, who have been confined to their own small schools fOJ' many years, without seeing any methods of teaching but their own, or any IJetter system of organization !!,ud ,rpa~agement"remain stati<?nary, and are too easiIY,satisfied--with the work of their schools. J The' capitation- scliools of the distriet, except one or two in Geelong, hold a very low place as regards organization, lDeth.ods of teaching, and general efficiency. '
Whatever may be said of the shortcomings of the result system, it, is'-certain that the examination affords the best means of' jud'ging 9f the real state of education in the school. If the methods of teaching produce readiness, accuracy, :t.horoughness,-if neatness and style in work are insisted on, these excellencies are at once recognised; lif, on the, contrary, there is an ,absenee of any or all of these, the fact'is unmistakably brought to light l?y the examiUlLtion, and a correct estimate formed' of the quality of the instruction. But the pereentnge itself is by no means an infallible guide iu judging of the quality of the work produced in the school. Thus the percentage of two schools may' be the same; but in one school; though, the passes ar~ .ga,ined, the y;:ork may be donE) in an inferior manner, the writing bad, the spelling of the parts of speech and of geograppieal names erroneous, and the general style of the'papers untidy and careless; while in the other, gaining the same ref!ults; the .. writing, spelling, style, and neatness may be all that· can be desired. It is well, however, for teachers to, know ,that, while percentages only are published, the real quality of thQ wOl'k performed in the school is in,.each case estimated,in reporting to the department. ' , ,
Next in importance to supplying the,schools of the colony with intelligent, industrious, and capable teachers, is the introduction of more suitable school-books, especially reatling-books.,, Action'in this matter cannot" longer ,be delaye,d ''\Yithout: the,eduention of. the' Victorinn youth being seriously impeded.' The preparat.ion of a series expressly, designed for Victorians is perhaps too much to expect, and their use might beget narrowness ,of thought and exclusiveness. The ease would be best met by the, preparation of an intercolonial series of books, adapted fQr, use in the schools of the whole group of Australasian colonies, In a work of such national importance the co-operation of the sister colonies should' be sought. Original articles by able writeTs, jonrnalists,: leading, educationalists, physicians, travellers, statesmen, add men an(l women possessing t.horough knowledge of .special subjects, should be called for 'by t.he editing eommittee, which should eonsist of the heads of the Department: of Education in the several colonies. In this way the lne,k of Australasian. topics in school-books may be effectually snpplied, and milch that is desirable for OUl'
chpdren to" know, of ,tho history, climate, 'physical features, natural curiosities, 'productions,' fanna, mineral resources, manufactures, ,commerce, shipping, laws, and, foreign relations of the couhtries of ' the southem empire, may be presented in a graphic and entertaining style. Once put such 'books into the hands of the schoJars, and the reading lesson, which, is now so frequently insipid and disappointing, will become interesting, valuable, and, effective. !
I beg, in conelusion, to reiterate the foreible words from'an Argus leader on this sUbject:-"The t~aching imparted i~ Victorian State schools in the year of grace 1875 shonld be teaching Bearing a: direct
refer;ence to Victoria, to the mighty; empire: of. ,which it is a w,i;lalthy dependency, to the living world, and the:'lvondrous 'universe palpijating with, life all around.us. , An~ the ,school-books ,put into the hands of the children must be compiled expr~ssly with a vie:w: to'the,most e~ect~,al attainment 'or this object." ,
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Thei S~cretary, Education:Department, Melbonrne. ',I , JOSEPH BALDWIN. ....
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,REPORT FROM ROBERT/CRAIG, ESQUIRE, 'M.A., LL.B.,.SA1',TJ)HURST'DISTRICT. , • .: j I ';,. • • I •• f ~ f {' • .; , , • • lit. , • ~ .: ~ ,'I' t f •• ' •
Sm, • " " , ' ,." . '", '," Sandhtirst, 1st February 1875 . . I. have the hOllOI', to' sub~it 'the followb;tg ,report upou:the educational conditipn of tho Sandhurst
district during the year 187,4;;;, .. ", " . Ii.', '
, This distl:iet may. be, d,~scribed with a.pproximate correctness as comprising all tho territory between t.he L.o!1don a)l9 :t.he Goulburn, nOl:th of a line running east and ,west through Ravenswood and Heathcote. It ,has an area ,of about 5,000 squal'e miles. The southern portion of this district, say a fourth of, the whol,e,consists of hilly.land !unsuitable in the n;min fOl- agriculture, but more, or less auriferous. The l'ema,illder is a level country adaptea for,agriculture.
,The population of the former. portion is ehiefly engaged 'in mining, and: is clustered 'around certain sppts ,which have proved rich in gold; for example, Sebastian, MeIvol', and, most notably, Sandlllll'st itself; ,anu is only in a sl,lbordinate degree engaged in agriculture, whieh receives 'att.ention in'.:the strips O~,l ferWe Iflnd lining .t,he water-courses., ,":."; )..:' ~ "/ ,',r' '-' ~ . ,,' ", ':
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The population of tIiis portion of the district is either declining or at'best staiionary. The rcmaining portion, and that by far the larger of the two, comprising the country between the
Murray and, a: line' running east and west through Raywood and Rnshwol'th, being the portion adapted in the main for agriculture, has within the last two years received a great increase of population by the migration to it of people from the 'failing gold-fields, for'example, Ballarat and Creswick i and from the older farming districts, such as Collic, Kyneton, and Lancefield. These people, coming for the most part from localities where they enjoyed the benefits of, schools for their children, have not been slow t,o feel in their new abodes the disadvantages resulting from the want of those institutions. Hence has arisen a great demand fol' the establishment-of new schools, or increased school accommodation, among the selectors diffused over the country, and in the townships or towns which the increase' of this class on the lands surrounding them has either created or extended; for instance, Mooroopnaj Rochester, and Echuca.
During the year I have inquired into forty-two applications for State schools. Of these I found thirty-seven fit to be ;granted and' five refused. In two of the cases where the applications were thought wO,rthy to be~favora;bly regarded it was considered that only half-tim~ schoolE? 'Yere warranted. ,
Besides dealing with applications for new schools, I have reported on several sites for State schools intended to supersede schools at present held in leased buildings.
In travelling about the country for the purpose of inquiring into the applications for new schools I have been impressed with the difliculty in many cases of providing schools for the children on account of their dispersion; and isolation, cauSed not' only, as"remarked in my 'previous report, by the extent of individual selections, each ,frequently half a square mile, but still more by the agglomeration of a number of adjacent selections ih the hands of one family, where its head and each of his gl'ow;n-up children, themselves yet ehildleOls, have exercised)'to the full 'their right of selection upon cOll'tiguous allotments; and by the intervention of large freeholds belonging to squatters, oi· of tracts of land believed to be taken up in their interest, between the holdings 'of gen'uine selectors. .,
The district contains ninetY-two $chools in operation, of which sixteen have been opened in the course of the year. Owing to t~e amount of time required for' investigating applications for school accommodat.ion, I have not been abi'e to inspect even once all the schools in the district during the year. I have inspected only sixty~seven, of ,which I have also examined fifty-seven f9r results.
, The accommodation afforded'by the school-buildings throughout the district is in nearly all cases equal to the requirements as regards space, the need of increasing this al'ising' from the enormous increase in the attendance consequent upon the inauguration of feeless education having been satisfied provisionally by the leasing of available buildings. These buildings, however, though the feast unsuitable that could be obtained, are in most cases but poorly adapted for this purpose, either in their construction or the character of t.heir furniture, or in their distance from the parent-school to which they a~e used as adjuncts. Eit.her some OL' all of these inconveniences are noticeable in the buildings used as auxiliaries to Irollbark No. 323,
, 'I the German school No. 877, and the two schools at California Gully.
Some of the buildings used in the rural di~tricts as temporary schoql-rooms are made of bark; others of weather-boards unlined. ,Those pioneer, s,ects, the Wesleyans and the Bible Christians, manage S0011 to get up their chapels in many of the new settlements. These buildings are generally placed at the disposal of the department for State ;school purpo,!'es on reasonable terms.
It is gratifying to ,notice that jin the di~trict during the, year some expellent school buildings have been erected and others ,:lommenced. "Large brick schools have been built at North Eaglehawk and Golden Square. A fine brick school is in progress at Gravel Hill; Sandhurst. Extensive additions have been made to the Eaglehawk school and to the Heathcote school. Suitable buildings have been finished 01' nre in course of erection at Sebastian, Nerring, Tooll~n, ,RochesteL', Sou~h Heathcote, and Shepparton. A tolerably large brick school was recently opened at Echuca; but the rapid growth of this town lias falsified the estimate formed of the probable attendance, for the building was no sooner opened than it was found to be too small. . ,,'"' ", , " . " , ,
The 'proficiency attained by t,be'schools examined in this district during the past year is in a geneml view satisfactOry. The perce!ltages~f' r~sults obtained by them range between 85 and 16, and the average of them all i's 54. The lowest percentages' fell to the lot of small schools in farming localities. The percentages obtained by the schools in ~andhurst im'd tile other towns of the district nre in sonie cases very creditable and in all cases respectaole. To the Sandhul'st German school ,No. 877, Huntly No. 306, and Ironbark No. 323, percentages in e?,cess of 80 were awarded. These are I~l'ge 8chools, but so~e small 8chools showed aoout equally high results" namely, th~ 'two, Shelbourne schools and the ~chool at Coy's Diggings. These results show that it lIas now become pOl'lsible for the teachets to overcome the difficulties which the new system, by bringing into their classes a great number' of illiterate children, has hitherto Qpposed to their success. " '
All the sehpols which obtain tbe higher percentages arc, good, but Dot all the schools which obtain the"lower are bad ;inor are they necessarily inferior in the degree in which" their percei:J.tagas 'are'inferior. Special causes producing the absence of children on the day of examination q1ay condemn a good school to a moderate or even a low percentage. A like result follows when a school contains more than the average number of pupils whose ages are above the programme age of the class in which their want of proficiency obliges them to be placed. TQ ,give instances.of good schools suffer:ing a reduction of their percentnges from t,he causes above assigned I may mention Sandhurst No: 586 and the Gl~aytown and Rushworth Schools, in all,which the quality of the 'inst,ructh~n and the general fidelity of the teachers to the programme were highly satisfactory. ' '.' " , '
During the year I' have issued to children atten'ding the schools I visited a large number of tho certificates exempting the holders from compulsory attendance. I have issued'them as of course to all who in the ,Fifth Glass or the Sixth passed in the required subjects, whether they expressly applied for them or not. ' ' ,
Advertisements, iilviting children not attending State schools to come fQl'ward for examination in the subjects prescribed for the certificate at the Sandhurst school No. 586, on the 19th December, met with no response.' ' " , ' ,
Extra subjects are taught in the large State sch,ools in, Sandhurst and its immediate vicinity, notably at school No. 586; where the assistant, Mr. "Wilson, prepares with conspicuohs success caudidates for the State school exhibit.ions and for the University Matriculation. Drawing is taUght 'to most of the schools in
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and near Sandhnrst by Mr. Tayler, a visiting master. At the Huntly.school it is taught by Mr. Bennet, a member of the, school staff.
As a rule, the extra subjects do not attract the number' of scholars that might reasonably be expected. At Huntly, where the number of pupils attending the free course was nearly 400, there were only about 20 in the drawing class and one learning Latin and Algebra. At school No. 323 Irollbark, wllere over 900 children attend the free course, only 24 were found willing to pay for drawing, but doubtless the smallness of the attendance at this lesson may be ascribed in part to the inconvenient hour at which it was given, namely, II portion of the dinner recess.
Beyond the immediate neighborhood of Sandhurst the extra subjects are almost entirely neglected At Upper Emu Creek school three or four pupils were being taught French, Latin, Algcbra, and Euclid and at another cou!!try school one pupil was learning Latin.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your mOBt obedient servant,
The Secretary, Edueation Department. ROBERT CRAIG.,
REPORT FROM CAPTAIN L. HERBERT NOYES, CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT.
Sm, • Castlemaine, 5th June 1875 • I have the honor to forward my report on the Castlemaine district. During the seven months that have elapsed sinee the date of my last report I have completed my
tour of inspection of all the schools in the district, and visited the greater number of them a second time. Within the same period six schools have been erected by the department, which afford accommodation
to an average daily attendance of six hundred children. In a few weeks additional accommodation will be available for localities giving an average of thirteen
hundred more. The schools here referred to comprise the three largest in the district, viz. :-Castlemaine, 119,
Daylesford, amI :'.!faldon, 1054. In addition, several of the exist.ing schools have been enlarged and otherwise improved, and tanks,
fencing, &c., haye been supplied where considered necessary. . With but few exeeptions the schools that are still l8l¥ed by the department now afford sufficient
and fair accommodation. In the exeept.ional cases progress is being made towards supplying the necessary requirements .
. The supply of school fnrnitnre and 'Itpparatus throughout the dist.rict has been considerably augmented, and may be considered adequate.
Some little change has taken place in the number of the schools under the Act, owing to amalgamation and opening of new schools. They amount at present to 85; of these 8 are capitation schools, with an average attendance 6f 850: There are in addition 9 night schools.,
Exclusive of the latter the average daily attendance in the ,district amounts to 8,000 childl·en . .I have no doubt that a considerable increase in this average will result when the compulsory clauses
of the Act are put into general operation, and when the remainder of the proposed new buildings are erecten. '
No further appIicati'o~s for new schools have been made. Reviewing the work done in the schools by the test of the result system, there is satisfactory
evidence that the required standard is generally worked for and fairly attained. In reading and writing (in the latter especially) I notice a marked and general improvement. The majority of the teachers still~ and apparently with reason, complain of' irregularity and'
unpunctual attendance on the part of, many of the scholars; and although this has improved since the prom!llgation of the circular requiring" roll-call" to be " not later than one houl' previous to the closing of the school," it is not unusual to observe children timing themselves to arrive just before roll-call.
In the larger schools the difficulty experienced in enforcing application amongst the girls is the subject of general remark.' .
, The feeling of the teachers, which I believe to be generally endorsed by the parents, is that the liability of the tirls to an occasional rap on the band, the form corporal punishment assumes in State schools, would mend matters in this respect.
I have the honor to be, Sir, Your most obedient servant,
rhe Secretary, Education Department, Melbourne. L. HERBERT NOYES.
REPORT FROM CHARLES TYNAN, ESQUIRE, M.A., OVENS DISTRICT,
SIR, Wahgunyah, 29th January 1875. I have the honor to forward my report on the Ovens and Murray district for' the period 1st
September to 31st December. flaying been in charge only fOllr months, and not being able in that time to make even one circuit of the district, my general remarks on the state of instruction, &c" must be taken as of limited significance, and only extending to those schools I have actually visited amI inspected. The fact that I have not taken more than one round necessarily restricts my remarks to the absolute and not to the ,relative state of efficiency of the schools, there being no previous standard of my own wherewith to compare. ,
The district embraces the counties of Moira, Delatite, W onnangatta, Bogong, and Benambra, and extends .from the head of' the Murray to that part of the same river due north of Sheppal'ton; thence to Shepparton and along the Goulburn; then branching off at Longwood and reaching. Castle Reef, via Mansfield, Jamieson, and Lauraville.
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In the district there are ninety-eight schools and foul' half-time schools, and one night school, Numberof
Benalla. In addition to these, there have been seven applications fol' new schools during my period of schools.
office, all of which have been favorably reported on. . As a rule the buildings in the district are in good order; the chief defect is inadequacy of accommo- Buildings.
dation, and this defect is rapidly being remedied. New schools have been built at Wodonga, Barnawartha, Osborne's Flat, and Maindample. and one is in course of erection at Bright. These schools seem faithfully and substantially built, and, in addition to their utility, are of great ornament to the towns in which they are situated. The contraetors are making good progress with the magnificent building now in course of erection at Beechworth, and I believe it will be ready for school work in Mayor .J une.
Besides the buildings enumerated above, new wooden schools, with (in some cases) teachers' apartments additional, have been erected at Hermitage, Kiewa, Rothesay, Eurobin, Porepunkah, Whorouly, Blind Creek, Devenish, and South Dookie. The schools that are iJi urgent need of repairs or additions are Reid's Creek, Merrijig, Sailor Bill's, Jamieson, Snowy Creek, Granite Flat, Stanley, Three-mile Creek (but I believe tenders have been accepted for the necessary additions to this place), Growler's Creek, Tarrawingee East, Wangaratta, Laceby, Benalla, and Winton. .
Furniture and apparatus are, as a rule, sufficient and in good order. The old wall-desks have nearly FUl"nlture ami
disappeared, as have also the revolving stands on which blackboards were fixed. The principal want is in appnrl\tns.
galleries and notation frames for infant classes. The arrangement of the furniture, &c., throughout the district is generally on the latest and most Organization.
approved style. In places where the buildings will admit of it, the Privy Council system is followed, and in other places the dimensions and form of the building generally determine the arrangement.
The time-tables are generally satisfactory, both in providing for the subjects required by the Act Time·tables.
and for the accuracy with which they are followed. Their great defect is the limited time devoted to arithmetic, especially in the higher cla'Sses. In a school where five hours' instruction is given daily in the programme subjects, it seems to me that two hours at least should be devoted to arithmetic. and out of four hours, at least one and a half; whereas I find, in most schools, that one-fifth, or at the most one-fourth, of the whole time is given to this most important subject. In the case of the girls, this defect becomes more marked. As a rule, three-fourths of the time set apart for arithmetic is in the afternoon, at which period of the day, also, instruction is given in needlework; consequently, important as this latter subject is, it is generally taught at the expense of the most important subject of all. In one school I found that the whole time allowed by the time-table for arithmetic was one hour in the afternoon, and this one hour was the very time at which the girls were engaged at their needlework. Another defect one often meets in the time-tables is the length of time given to infant lessons, and also their want of variety. This defect, I must admit, occurs principally in the smaller country schools, presided over b::y teachers of inferior attainments.
The methods used are generally satisfactory, characterized of course by greater energy and Instruction.
activity on the part of the teachers in the town schools. With the .character of the instruction imparted I can find very little fault. The strong subject throughout the district is writing; and the neat style in which the copybooks are kept, and the evident marks of careful supervision, contrast favorably with what I have observed in many of the schools in the metropolis and suburbs. The .results of the examina-tions show that geography, reading, and needlework are well attended to; the weak subjects are arithmetic, grammar,and spelling. The cause of weakness in the first of these subjects may be found in my remarks on the time-tables. The two latter subjects are taught in a rather mechanical style, very little attempt being made to awaken the intelligence of the pupils or inducing them to think. .
Throughout the whole of this district very good discipline prevails. The order and behaviour of DiscIpline.
the children, both in the school and in the playground, are very satisfactory. This, in my opinion, is due as much to home training and example as to enforced obedience at school, and the credit is shared alike by parent and teacher. In the important town of Beechworth, where there are three good schools, with a combined average attendance of over 700, there has not been brought befol'e my notice one single instance of that odious pest, the terror of large cities (but whose peculiarly colonial character I deny), the larrikin. Wherever there has been a tendency to manifest insubordination, I invariably find that well-timed severity answers all purposes, and nips in the bud what would probably become an intolel'able nuisance.
I have lately observed perhaps a little more than usual inattention and listlessness; not, however, a natural state, but engendered by the crowding together a somewhat larger than usual number of children into a comparatively small room on a sultry day. Not sufficient attention is. paid to the department's· circular on "Class Drill and Exercises." This laxity is apparent in the smaller country schools only.
Very little attention is bestowed to extra subjects. Beechworth is the only place~ where any Extra subjects. instruction is given in classics or mathematics, though in two or three other schools singing, drawing, and military drill are taught: There are in the district a few teachers capable of giving instruction in gymnastics, but the want of apparatus proves a complete bar.
The records are generally faithfully kept, though I must take the opportunity here to notice a few Reeol'1ls.
cases of inaccuracy in marking the rolls, and where I regret to say that, in my opinion, the inaccuracy was more than the result of accident or carelessness. The principal laxity exhibited is in the register and in computing the weekly averages.
Before bringing my report to a close, I would like to notice one fact illustrative of the working of the present Act. At school 643, Wangaratta, in December 1872, the highest register number-i. e., the number of children who bad been on the rolls-was 597. In December 1874 that number had increased to 991, or nearly 400 in two years. Even admitting the growth of Wangaratta in this time, the figures are suggestive. This is one case; but I think I can justly say, " Ex 'UnQ disae omnes."
I ha.ve the honor to remain, Sir, Your obedient servant,
The SecretMy, Education Department. CHARLES TYNAN.
No. 69. lIy Authority: GlllORGE SXINNER, Acting Gov~rnmeDt Printer, Melbourne.
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