The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1884-03-25 00:00:00

DORCHEBTER NATIONAL BCHOOLB.

The following report has been Issued to subscribers
to these sebools :
The Committee of the Dorchester National Schools
beg to My before their subscribers and frisods their
report and Almada' statement, with list of subsoribers,
for the year 18&t lb. number of children on the books
during the past year has beers 1.396, whilst the aversge
daily steendanos has been 914. as follows :-
1931 1381
&Terns &wags
On book& Attend- Os books. Attend•
sue sacs.
Boys School-. ... 476 ... HO 471 ... 470
Oirle School .. 942 ... 191 H I .. 210
Holy Trintly Ideate' 335 .. 985 3.9)
Else Fords. lslmats HI ... 181 V) 170
Waft lords. Infante In ... 54 96 . . 63

1 396 914 1,534 960
Comparing the above figures, there is a diereses of
1.38 on the books, which, in • measure, Le accounted
for by the new and more itringeot regulatloce for de.
taking the name, of children on the registers, and •
corresponding decrease of 46 on the average attend.
amp ; but it is very satisfactory to fiod that the per.
restage on the average attendance of the numbers on
the books is 65. 68 sgainet 62 last year, showing dearly
that the induosment of piizas for regular attendance
Instead of mere passes ham bad some good idiot.
The following are the last reports of H.M. Inspector,
the Rev. Temple :

Tux Bars' licuooL —" The elementary subjects ere
fair, the intelligence of the higher standards Is well called
oat, but that of the lower steadardi is not so good. It is
• pay that the boys should lose the resprotl al manners
which they have learned in the Infant Scbool. On the
whole I recommend • merit mark of 'Felt. The reeding
ol tee drst clam deserves 'pedal probs."
Tsz Gists' &soot. —" The mune of the ex unination
of Ibis school justify me in sirloins that tee m.rts mark
be 'Excellent r' but I think it to • 9117 that the respect-
(ol manner of entering sod leaves school which is taught
to the infants should be discarded here The elder girls
repeat their poetry exceedingly v.O. The needlework is
VOff good."
Toe HOLT TAIRTIT InTAXIS' SCIOOL —" On Mi.. 01
the whole agsminstioe passed by this school. 1.4,1.. that
lb merit mark be ' Kreellent.'
Tux Mar Tearmorron SCITOOL —" 1 Chihli this school
is entitled to the num mark • Excellent' When the
*Widnes voters ere properly under control, the singing
I. very sweet sad pleasing. The needlework is very good.'
TES Were Eons turrrox Soloin..—" This school deserves
lee mans mark or' iireslient' The singing should
be isober and sweeter."

The schools were examined in June last nodes the
New (lode of 1883, and the committee refer with
greet satisfaction C.l the fact that four out of the five
schools obtained the merit mirk of "Excellent,"
while they exceedingly regret that mil, 'Fobr " wadi
awarded to the Boys' School.
With regard to the &mows of the schools, the Qom.
mitts, very much regret that they hove again to
report a felling off of £8 Bc. 61 in the amount of
subscriptions. This I. not conaiderable in Well, but
the death oleos the Issue of the last report of three
of the largest subscribers amuse them anxiety for
the future. An appeal must be mad* to the erg.
somber of ratepayers who do not apparently she say
Interest In the schools, maay, no doubt, from not
haring the matter plainly pot before them.
The Government Grant also fell ehort of the sum
sleeked la 1889 (whke latter, it may be remembered,
was the largest on record) by SW 154. 01, as followa ;
GOVERNMENT GRANT.
INA 1683.
Boys' Reboot 936 6 0 190 5 0
GlrW School 208 3 0 191 5 0
Holy Trinity Infants' School._ 105 0 0 175 19 0
Hoes ?ordinates School ... 125 0 0 143 18 0
West lardlagtai School ... 46 4 0 41110