The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-04-01 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL 80HOOL8.

The question of National Schools v. &Athol Boards
=to be rapidly drawing to an isms The
I:s have entered on • very critical year, and it
would be well for all who wish to retath the preeent
system to add their names to the list of subscribers.
The 'aerial meeting was held on Tuesday evening
last, when the Mayor occupied the chair, an
there were also preset—Rev. H. Everett. Rev. A. A
Leonard, Rev. 01. L. Banothary, WWI win Burarett(hoa.
as..), Mr. J. P. Hodge' (hon. treasurer), Mr. Alder-
man Gregory, Mr. O. Hansford, Mr. A. Lock, Mr.
& D. Allen, Mr. T. S. Biggs. Mr. R. Sterner. Mr.
It Mills, Mr. Pansies, Mr. Hoary Ling, Mr. B. A.
Hogg, and Mr. J. Pearce.
The Risco'', alluding to the report which heed been
Issued to the suite:Ahem and which was published in
this paper last week, said he thought they might take
It on the whole to be very satisfactory. Although the
number of patella seemed to have somewhat diminished
the average attendance had slightly increased, and he
was not at all sure that this was entirely to be
attributed, se the report said, to the ptizes that had
been given. But he thought, se a magistrate, torhafee
be might claim some small share of the thanks, for be
found that the number of summonses issued had been
something like 70. In Si instances fines bad bomb
imposed, to four school attendaoth orders bad
been made, and two only had been dismissed, So he
thought that had had some little tendency to Increase
the average number of attendances. 'Financially, as
they would observe, the belanos they had in their
favour last year was eossiderably diminished, but he
thought their treetops to • very groat intent
re thempored for for that decrease at their last meeting
Ms wicdd mention oa going over the list of subsoribers
he was surprised to find so many Inhabitant, of the
town absent, and such • great number of subscribers
for small amounts that might very well be increased.
They wanted a great number of additional sub-
scribers, for he found on referring to the list
thin were something like 100 inhabitants in the
town who .11J not ....atribote at all towards the
National Schools He would throw out the hict,
CIPPsIf the clew in the different within had •
ripared of those who did not subscribe, they
might be lestrisasotal in getting more subscribers.
They oertaialy wanted, not only • great addition to
the number of subscribers, bet to the amount sub-
scribed. (Haar, hear.)
Mr. S. . Atte" moved the adoption of the report.
Re did so with • greet deal of pleasure, but at the
woo time he thought it most be • matter of greet
regret to all that the boys' school should be only
entitled to the merit mark of "fair." It was
• great pity it had n 4 either obtained the mark 4.f
or "excellent," like the girls' and Infante'
school.
of the town. It was also a matter of regret to
lad that the balance this year wee so small in pro.
portico to that of last year, bet he supposed that was
aidoeutted for to • very great extent by the amount
expended in repaid and citholair. He presumed
during the ooming year there would not be so much
required for that purpose. Re was glad to see that
dude; the pest year there had been • certain amount
of progress made In the religious instruction
In the serious schools. As their worthy Chair.
man had jute remarked with regard to the now.
bee of lakabitaate who did not come forward and
rapport these schools by subscriptions, either small
or large, as the cam might be, he thought some
Armitage efforts ought to be made to impress upon
them the desirability of supporting the schools, and
also the desirability of impressing au those who did
sulteoribe to do eo much more liberally then they had
hitherto dose If something were not done in this
direction the result would ultimately be the bri
• School Board lath the town. At any rate he trusted
&slag the coming year they would get • great many
moth sew sabseribers. Daring the past mason they
had lost three or four large subscribers, and °oath-
gamely they would have a very moth larger sum to
make up dewier this year if they hoped to have a
largos balsam to carry over to next season than they
had this. (Hew, hear.)
Ks. 0. Ramtro•D seconded the adoption of the
"Vase. H. ETIIIBII said no doubt they would
melee the report which had been limed by the coos-
deem was as exceedingly brief on.; but he hoped and
WNW it would put before the public clearly and
fah', the exact candid positioa in which they stood
at the wisest moment with regard to the schools.
Passing on to refer to the report, the rector said the
very Important question of the finances he would not
trash spot at all but he would leave that entirely to
• geatliones perhaps more newly concerned by it than
be was, the worthy treasurer; and he did not doubt
presently when he bat an opportunity, be would deal
with it But the &Ist thing that eonaerned them in
legard to the side& during the past year had been
She operation of the new "Code Pot the fast time
they had been examined under that Odds They had
heard • great deal reboot the Mirada* Cole, and it
was citbictied for months sad months before ft come
out; but the gush= now was bow it had
aimed them. Behle, they had hoard so very
moth abed it, it was painted In Pooh very blact
*heart and it was stated its requirements IMO so
very mat, that when it came into operation they
were rather relieved than otherwise. But the
nallawee—Does it work? sod how doer it
b:d beard • pest deal, and be did not doubt
they uw greet deal in the papers about the over.
pressure of the children. There was no doubt the
aef• Clads did danaisd a great deal more frogs the
obildrew than did the old as.; but there was not the
slighted doubt about this, it wee whey, the attendance ,
was irregular, and notwithstanding all the means In I
their power, sad however well those means
had been carried out, still the atteadeoth of the child-
ren 01 the POO, =lt'd the kingdom was, and no
doubt must be, • . Of course they I
knew they could not shut =Mies to the fact that
the education of the children of the poor was • very
great berdee on the hard-working parents; it was and
must be a lordship whore thaws ware a great many
children in • family. They all bow perfectly well
that seeding the children regularly to school, and
denying themselves the use of those children at home
meet bimonthlies a bardenon the parents But it was
• burden which the west. ought to swept mach more
cheerfully than they did, end they ought really to try
toe the good of the children to send them regularly to
sohooL He believed himself, and he had heard others
who had had • Milli deal 010111 experience than he had
had, say that if the children would only attend the
'shoot regalarly every day when it wee °pea, there
would be no sort of fear of over.pressort The new
Code, as no doubt they bow, had Just now, within
the lad few weeks, been modified a great
deal, and • great deal of the extra work
demaeded of the upper standards had been cut
out. He was thankful also as to one thing, and •
very important meter, viz., the needlework, which,
he
believed, most of the oommitteeimeakiered to be very
et=t, and they had heap tried to make • phut
It dose well. Therefore they would be glad to
see the Goverment Inspector had reported the work
done in the gins' school had been szosedineir good. I
He was glad to say, however, the death& of the new I
Code in that direction had been somewhat
modified. They did certainly demand rather
too moot and he was pleased to see that
with other tithe in the higher standard had
been rather modified. As be had remarked, he ,
did not think, except for the Irregular adendesor,
anybody need be under any appreion ae to the
imig.creteess by the new Coda. The weak. panel of
wee the attendenoe. And theY WOWd °bairn,
We that the grinS was suede really in aceordance
with the at • ; if the suedes, Was ingletaSr,
bewereer well the children 'night p.m, and how.
„rm. well they might answer la their Mitered I
=
al it
sod do Naos work, yet still. lawibismi•••• was Inogslor,they found taw
poi woo imaiderably lamed. That was, musk

• very serious matter for all malaise's, •ed • very
seri us thing to ail voluntary cahoots where they had
net the ratepayers' pockets to fall book upon. It had
touched them up very considerably, arid more
especially, he wag sorry to say, in the boys' school.
That was their largest school, and they would observe
from the attendance, and also from other eau's', the
rrant had been very couch diaileishal. What the
Code certainly did wee thls—aed it was only right it
should do slt ct ,rtainly did put its firmer
very nemistakeably upon the week points in
all eel:tools. They would however as, and it was •
very encouraging fact, their infant schools had done re-
markably well. They had twolarge infant schools In the
town, on. in tin room In which they were met that
evening, one at Boot Foediogton, and one, • smell our,
at West'Fortilington ; he ouly wished the latter we.
larger. They were no doubt pleased to Dodos all three
of these schools eased the very highest merit mark
"excellent," and that they had clone as well es they
coull possibly expect. (Applause.) It was an
exceedluely Importect sod eccouraeleg thing.
Theo, with regard to the girl.' school, they
would notice there had been • considerable falling
off In the attendance, and he really mint take this
public opportunity of mylog why that was. Their
worthy Merle had mentleaed the matter of sum.
mooing the parents for eon-atteedanceol the children,
and he was very pleased to bear him say what he had.
He (the Rector) koew pa trolly well that lately the
magistrates had rather birdseed their heart, in we
than they used to do—ilacuthter)—and had carried out
whet they bad all admitted, and what he had always
confessed, was an exceedingly unpleasant duty indeed
for anybody to perform, viz., to fine the parents. I
some of them very poor people Wised, f r the
Irregular attendonos of their children. Of
mune they all knew Um law of the land
moot be administered, however dleagreeable it might
be. That. wog not the allebteet doubt whet the
Mayor had said was perfectly true, and that the
migistrates had rather harked their hearts. They
used to have • very susceptible place is their Marta,
and apparently could not screw up e urage enough to
punish the offender.; but there was no doubt they
were now carry log out the lows. well se they could.
But in spite of that the attendance at the stria school
had really increased. Th.re wag close to their school
• dame, school, which we. doing a con-
siderable amount of harm. What the effect
of the enforcement of the compulsory clause,
which the Mayor had spoken of, was this—the very
moment a parent was 1111031D01)04 tor not sending •
child to school he sold, "I won't have any more of
this • I will send my child to the dame's school." Un-
fortunately titers woe • blot In the law which did not
mead the competition of these schools. He cm-
oldered they ought not to be allowed to exist, and to
come In competition with the National schools. Unfor-
tunately that, did not appear to be any authority that
could quite tooth them. Heappeoled to the Depsirtmest
directly be found not what was going on. He wrote
to the Deportment, and said "Her. is a school that
I. doing us a great injury, and evidently by
the law of the land ought not to do so • it is nadir no
supervision, you do not know how the children as.
taught, at what they are taught, nor what premises
they have. You compel us to have so many Gobi
feet, and everything proper sad in decent order, and
yet the children are able to leave us and go off to this
dame's school." The Dmethinent replied. ' We have
no power whatever ' • we sent down oas of our
Inspectors to the dame's school, and the mis-
tress shut the door In Ms tam, and said he
had no right there." And she appeared to be
right. The only authority apparently that could
dad with it was the magistrates in the district, and
they °add only Interfere on the of these grounds—
either that the premised wee bad, sad that the
children were overcrowded (sod they did that by
means of their sanitary inspectoe), or when the
education given wee not efficient. The difloulty we.
Ibis: be did not say the teething wee bed—he was not
prepared to say so for he did not know that
It wee—hut what ;sally was the case we. the
children did not go to the school. They mode
all sorts of excuse In order not to go to school,
and all the time and during the greater part of
the week they were running about the streets and
having no education whatever. This was reel:y very
hard upon the national schools., end that, was no
doubt It amounted to • very groat extent for the
mead stilt* of the girl.' school, and for the terrible
deficiency in the ettendance. The more the worthy
Mayor and the magistrates did their duty the harder
It Dime upon their schools, because the parents became
vexed at being fined In this way, and took their child-
ren away and sent them to this dame's school, There-
fore what they wanted was that in some way or other
this dame's school should be dealt with. It we. •
very difficult thing to do, for the law we. framed in
that particular way that it ma le it very difficult to
touch than. He really did think, a. the new Code
bad come into operation for the first tiros, they had
had great difficulties to meet, and therefore the grants
had not been so barge ; still he took a hopeful view of
things, and he hoped and believed next year they
would give • better amount of themselvm. There
was ono other thing against them last year which he
might also comtioa via., the death of their old
Inspector, Mr. Treglrthen, who nad examined them
schools for so many years. He died, be wee sorry to
say, just before the examination, unluckily, and they
were banded over to • perfect stranger, to • man
who had no knowledge whatevee of thw part of the
country. He (the rector) bad no doubt he tried to do
his work rightly and as well as be possible could, but
no
doubt It made • great deal of difference to the
schools. Tbie year another inspector would be ap-
pointed, who had • great deal of koowlaige of this
part of Bueland, having been under their old Inspector
for some time, and he did hope and believe when be
come he would be able to give • very favourable re-
port again of most of their schools. Of course they
had week point., d the new Code found them out
very clearly. ThViir weak Int the boys' school
undoubtedly was the lowarTtandLds, and had been
so for many year,. As they could see, It was • barge
school mid a very expensive ; they had a very
large staff—la fact, he eh 'old think one of the best
staffs of any school in the whole neighbourhood; but
the earnings of that school, as compared with the
others, were exosedingly email. Still he hoped in
time they would ses that rectified. In moolmiloo, the
Rector said they ought in every way to sink their
&forepaw in this matter. No doubt there were
very great differeeces of opinion existing in the town,
but they ought to do all they could to sink those
dillerames, and stand together, and do everything
they possibly could to carry out the letentioes of the
Government, and promote to the very best of their
power • good' sound, useful education for the children
of the poorerelesees. (Applause.)
The Rev. C. LI. Bannenear said the condition of
the boys' school celled for their attention In • very
forcible manner and he did not think they ought to
separate that night without taking some kind of &olio&
in reference to the report, In reference to which be
would propose • resolution before he sat down. He
wanted to ask those present to look at the report, and
notice these facts. Me numbers of the children upon
the books of the boys' school were about double the
number upon the books of the girls' school.
Now let them look at the grants at the two
schools respectively. The grant at the girls' milord wee
large, in proportion, than the grant at the boys': the
numbers were about doubt*, and the grant was
exactly equal to that of the girls'. Again, look at the
decrease of the grant in the boys' school—amounting
to no less than 846. Os the other hoed it they
looked at the numbers in the school they would dad
they bad increased since last year. The numbers on
the books had incemeed, the average attendance was
Most the some, and yet the greet had diminished
IraNso, These were two facts they mud not be
to look in the face. Then, again, it we. •
general menpialat that AO boys ie Dorchester were
seen about the streets between elm and
instead of going to school. Add that to
fast that the average Milldams woe y
MO out of 476, a very small avenge attendance, °My
amounting to between 50 and 00 per cent., mid
into MDMIIESUOO DU other fact, he bed gees
II made it very evident there must be gomething mom
with the boys' school. He did not wish to
any drastic resolution that eight, but he did &lel
was the busters of the subsodben to call special
attention of the committee to this part of the report,
asking them to apply themselves to consider par-
titularly the condition of the boys' lobo 1. and bow it
might be improved, and the defects, as he believed
there were In its management and Machias,
remedied. It could not be said that it was
entirely from the attendance that the grant was
deficient; that might account for • certain proportion
of it, but it would not amount for the whole. They
knew this became of the Inspector', report, for he
only gays the entailed merit mark which would earn
• grant at all, and the small great wee certainly partly
due to that. When they spoke about the subscrip-
tions and the small balance they had in band, it wee
really a deficiency in the grant to the boys' school
• seoonnt.tl for the smellamp of the hem,.,', a.
compared with former years. The subscriptions, as
for as he knew, had not been very much less
than in former years ' • but the Molt In J4'
boys' school had rilminithed needy £5O. V
they had that sum they woul I be In an exceedingly
good position finctocially. He pointed out there we.
DO preetrat of Its fretting better—it rather grew worm
than o merles, year after year—and In °occlusion he
peopmed "That the committee be requested to ex-
amine into the condition of the boys' cahoot, to consider
how It can be improved." As regarded the subscrip-
tions, as these were Church schools, for his own part
he should be very happy to CYO any influence in his
own parish to Induce people to eubscribe to them;
but that was not the only thing that required sttend-
lag to. (Hear, hear.)

Some discussion ensued on the question whether the
resolution of Mr. Sanctuery should be put alter tbe
report was adopted, and the rev. gentlemen, ceosenting
to take the ruling of the Mayor on the matter, it wan
decided to first dispose of the report.
Mr. J. F. Horan, in speaking of bis financial
statement, coiled attention to the fact that their main
morass of Income were their suburipti.na, the
Government grant, and the school pence. They would
ase the Governmeat great had suffered very much
Ibis year, but they must also bear in mind the grant
tsi previous year was the largest amount ever
received In Dorchester—no lose than £7Bl,
and this year there was • falling off in
the aggregate of £32. This was, unfortu-
oiata but it bad boar folly szplained, he thought,
by Mr. Everett. With regard to the school peace,
unfortunately there was also • falling off there—not to
any coasiderable "mount—only £lO, but, of cm's",
they would rather see it inoreuing than decreasing.
Then at to the aulworiptions, is alluded to by Mr.
Sanctuary as net an lostoottant matter, but which,
from hie point of view, was a vary Important feature
of the income, he should like to see a larger and more
numerous lid than they now had. There was a falling
off this year of only 8.. 81, It wan not very much,
but he must remind the committee and the gentlemen
present that the subscriptions bad been falling off to •
small degree for several years past. This, he thought,
'bowed • want of prow feeling on the part of the
fat.hitant. of Dorchester awl the ratePaYers with
regard to these schools. They not °sly saw a
attendance, but the number of sobsoribers was yea=
year decreasing ; but he supposed that was ouly •
natural result. Voluntary movements, as • rale, did
ant prosper unites there was • wrest deal or pass
taken by enthusiastic poop's who wished to keep up
their partkaler object. Of mama as they were aa
swam tb• &hod Board bad sgg,M &banters oves

the voluntary schools, basun the former knew they
had the rates at, th ir back. to fall back upon in any
emergency, whereat the latter had no such source of
income to fall beck upon ; therefore it was a matter of
importance their Bat of subecribrre should be very
much larger and the amounts increasing rather than
decreasing. Then with regard to their expenditure, be
thought tin public would give them credit, a' leas,
he hoped they would, for bin, very economical.
Their reports had generally shown the schools were
well conducted, and their report, were this year
favour .ble, with the single sampan of the boys'
school, which, as had been ehowo by Mr. Everett and
Mr. Sanctuary, wee not as wort as It should be. Stall.
a• • whole, the reports had been rood, allowing the
eohoole had been properly and well o roduotod, and
even If they had a School 11,021 in the town he
doubted if they would be better conducted. They
had the good fortune to start loot year with a very
eutstintial balance of £l9 in hand. This year it was
found necessary to clean and paint the school., and
the result w.• that, owing to the falling , If of the
Creel, they had only • small balance t 03•101•000
the year with. It was rather a critical year
they were entering upon, became they had • very
small balance, sod although they did not ant cipate a
very large amount of expense, still they would have to
be very careful. He quoted an extract from • London
paper showing the expenditure per scholar in average
attendance to be El 16.. 110., taking all the schools
of the county together. The different schools were aa fol.
lows : —Roman Catholic, Sch.. 1., El 10.93.' Wesleyan,
£1 14.. 111 I. ; Chu, cli School,. Cl 15a. Of I. ; Linde-
nominetiooal. 16. ; Boc;rd &Jowls, 22 Sid.
He was sorry In say there wee an omission in their re-
port showing the coot per child at their schools, but be
might mention it was only El 11.. Id, which he was
sure they would corm was . veer economical rate,
b-inr something like 3.. 51. lees par child than the
average rate of the church echools of the kingdom,
whereas there was • very large difference between
their expenditure, El 11s, 7d., and the Board School
ripen Store of ES le. 31. (Hear, hear). Bo he did
not think they could be accused of extravagance,
whatever their other faults might be. Toni being
he only hoped and t oiled, as had been already
mentions I there, the list of subscriptions might be
very I,rgely incluse& He would not advance
hia own opinione on the comparative qualities of their
own system and that of a Soboil B all there was
no one present to answer him ; but be must say, if
they were to have • Board, in which the members
might play feet and lonee with the money of the rate.
payers, before it had been in mistimes • year he
believed the ratepayers would be r,
as to go beck to
the voluntary system. (Applause. He w glad to
hear that echo; be bad looked at matter in many
ways, and he was wain sure it would be • evil day
for Dorchester if the School Board were adopted
here. He most remind them as he had 1101211
before, it must never be forgotten that the
volontary schools were sever luteadel to be
snuffed out by the Education An of lin, or the
Amended An of MA It was alarm@ intended
voluntary schools and Board Schools should
work together. It had beat very prominently
brought forward (and he alluded particularly to
certain oorrespondeoce that had passed between Sir
Randolph Churchill and Mr. Joss Collings), and •
practical suggestion made that the Voluntary school,
should receive some maistmos from the rates. It
would be much more reasonable in this borough, for
instance, if • certain amount of the rates should be
voted towards the support of the voluntary schools,
as would be the Cala with the Board Schools. There
appeared to him to be • certain amount of on.
fairness in the matter. Why should any persons,
working as • Voluntary Cmmittere. have all the
trouble and the outs of the schools on their hands,
with • precarious income to trust to, while the Board
Schools had • certain source of income to be derived
from the rates They hail only I' say the rate shall
be so much Is the C and the m Joey was paid. They
should
taxation would fall very heavily indeed upon • class
of people wh oonlcl ill afford to pay any more than
they did at the present time. He apologised for
speaking somewhat strongly. hut be thought the time
had some when the matter should be planed pro-
minently basso the ratepayers of the Borostalt,
whether them 'echoole should orations, or whether
they should fall back upon the Board School,.
(Hear, bear.)
Mr. ARMOR boot remarked, as he understood Mr.
Everett, he said one of the principal mamas of the
falling off in the Government grant waa the small
attendance in the girls' school. He should like to ask
whether the attendance had anything to do with
whether the merit mark gained wee " excellent" or
" fair."
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fti-ie; Rev. H. Rennin replied the girls echool did u
well IN it could, having gained the hivhest merit mark
" exesillent." but why they did n t gut.. much money
as they hoped It would be wee because they had po
very few children la the school.
Mr. AaTRUI LOCK: But was It not • greater roman
foe the falling off is the grant that the boys' school
only received the mark "fair 'eel not " excellent ?"
The Rev. H. liveawrr : Quite so. We should have
owned much more money If the mark had been
"suellent" in the hoes' school. If w• had al many
children to ',resent in the grLs school, you can
Imagine what • large grant we should have had.
Mr. ARTHUR Loci: Theo the attendance has
nothiag t do with the merit mar.?
The Re.. H. Eyearrr No.
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Mr. Aiiiiui EOtisc—TilbOtliiit I mn,t have teirread
the cods if it bed. _

Mr. Alderman GitOOIT proposed the following
gentlemen ea committee :—"The Rev. H. P. Refits.,
Me. T. S. Biggs, Mr. William Due leo, Mr. James
Mlles., Mr. Arthur Lock, Mr. 8. D. knelt, Mr. Robert
HUI, Mr. B. H wig, Mr. How, Mr. F. Mills, Mr. F.
Seward, sod Mr. F. B. Fisher." Mr. Ursgory mug-
rested the committee should divide the town Intl
and make a thorourh canvass for subscriptains.
There were, he knew, • great many who refused to
give because they were In fevour of having Board
sch tole, but he hoped they would be induced to alter
their minds. Unless the subscriptions were increased
they would have to reeort to Board 'cholla, which, be
wits sure, every one would regret.
Mr. R. fir secuoded the proposition, which
woe carried unanimously.
The Rev. C. LI. Besmear then peaponed hie
resolution es to the it tie of the boy. school.
Kr. ARTHUR Loci stioonded. He thought the falling
off is the grant was quite sufficient mann for the pro-
position. He bed no report. for peat years by him,
but, Ii be recollected them aright, be believed year
after year this name thing had bees pointed out to
them by Mr. Tregerthen, end he told them what
would be the result it so Improvement was not made.
What was the result? Mr. Trerarthen was suddenly
taken from them, en independent iniipeotor caute down
and *remitted the schools, sod fixed upon the very
point Mr. Tregerthen bed been a oatentiv point's'
out to them. Thie was quite sufficient of Itself that
the committee should be Induced to take more decided
steps In the metier. (Hear, hear.)
The motion we, carried. _

The Rev. H. Drawl propoesd • vote of thanks to
the Mayor for rowan* Rethought they also ought
to thaak him for the zealous manner in which he hid
performed his duty during the past two yowls, and
sometimes a wry unthenkful duty. He oould only
say he was glad he had not the duty of fining people
foe not 'loading their children to school. (App/aues.)
Mr. F. Mitts esconded the motion. H. took occa-
sion to allude eepecially to the reports on the religions
instrootion so kindly given by the local clergy, and
expressed the hope they would make even greater
progress during the oomlog y•er. Referring to ths
proposal to establish a school board, ho could say he
never was Si advocate for such a system, and he oer-
Leidy did not want to see It adopted in Dorchester.
He would reamer put his hand deeper into
hie pocket to keep up the present system.
Although be was connected for many years with the
British School Committee, he never wished for a
school board, and would never "auction it. Let them
retain the voluntary principle, and he suggessted they
should canvass the town for mono support. He had
been looking down the repirt, and observed so many
hall-crowns sad so many five shillings, and many of
Wm, be ksew, could give 10s. (Hear, hear.)
The Marna, in reply said he ociasidared it one of
Um most Important duties devolving upon him, se the
Mayor of the town, to pay attention to the schools as
they were assembled to do that night. He was sore
II was only necesetry for it to be pointed out that half
the people in the town did not suboooribe at all. He
had just jotted down • few, and he calc then
woo something like 101 who did n t c.nlrlbulu.
Ther•fore, oonsidering lb. falling off in their II ann..,
it behaved them to call upon them to zontribute. Not
to individuallee farther, be might mention there were
33 In Holy Trinity parish who did not runtrihnho ; 82
In 8/. Petit'.; illn All Sainte; 5 In E.st Fording.
ton ; and 15 in West Fordin,rton. They o ight to put
their shoulders to the wheel, and each no of them
endeavour to get new sub-cribers. (Applause.)
Due meeting then termloated.