The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1885-08-18 00:00:00

DORCHESTER NATIONAL SCHOOLS.

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Tle• annual meeting of the subscribers WIL.I held at
the Holy Trinity Infant Schoolroom in Monday last
for the purpore of receiving the annual report and to
elect a committee for the ensuing year. The Mayor
(Alderman Gregory) presiiil.i there being alvo
prurient Rev. H. Everett (Chairman of Committee).
Rev. T. W. Knipe. Rev. .t. A. Leonard, Rev. 11. P.
Raikeit, Mr. Edwin Burnett (hon. sec.). Mr. John r.
Hodges (hon. treasurer), Mr. F. B. Fivher, Mr. 11. A.
Hogg, Mr. Henry Bascomlre, ,Mr. S. I). Allen, Mr.
IL R. Stayner, and Mr. Seward.
The Mayon expressed regret at not finding a larger
meeting. He only wished !birch...ter !mot would
take more interevt in thew achnels. He had only
recently been &Arid to take the chair. and therefore
he had only had just time to scan through the report
but it appeared to him very satisfactory, although
there appeared to be a falling off in the attendance,
especially in the boys. Glancing down the reports of
Ifer Majesty's Inspectors, they appeared to hint
faviotrable to all the ',devils, especially the Holy
Trinity infant School, which was described as
"excellent in all respects," and Fordinvon was
reported to be "an admirable *devil.- With regard
to the subscripti.ms, they were abont the mine .1.4 the
Pr.,l,Ota year church collections had increased. I
though only by LI. By the economy of the committee ,
there had been a saving of £122. still there W 3• a
balance against the schools f £19.. This wan rather I
a large item, and he tnisted none efforts would
inade to wipe thin debt ...it. If. found the repairs '
which were nect.gary to be carried ivit during the
eiirrent year mould IN, rather heavy, hut he trusted
: ~.y would be able to mill together and meet the..
ditticoaltie,.. (Hear. hear.).
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The reisat, which was h.r the ttttt nth., ending
April 30th last, wa4 then ',resented, and was as
("now. :--

" The committee of the !birch...ter National
5vh.3,13 I.lr to lay before their 3ialoscribers and friends
their report of the financial raatement, with li3t of
.ralmcriliers, for the 16 uumth3 ending April 30th,
1,045. A word 4if explanatism must first lie given for
the rwtponement of the annual meeting and for pre.
molting a mtatement of account for 16 month,. instead
.1 for .ras. year. Ths. Education Department in Iffifd
announced their intention of holding theeratininationa
during the month of April itystead of May a 3 hereto.
fore, and conssequently of awarding the grant for II
months only in3tesul of the full year. The committee,
therefore, decided to make their financial year
coincide with the (;.oernment 4d, .01 year, and this..
the 30th of April 13 now tia.3l 411.11 of the 31.4 of
December for the .tatement .if see° ttttt ant annual
report. It will be oliviong that a de.litet of one.
twelfth 4.f the grant earned in the year ha 3 had is very
pn.judicial effect tiros the incotne of llse 3c133.13, the
grant being about £l3 le.l in 1)(44 than it waa in
Ilnder the new arrangement ouch an alteration cannot
happen again. The number of children on the Imok3
during the past year ha 3 !men 1,0. whilst the aver
age daily attendance hag been tgli, a,. follow 3
I 663. 1443-1.
Average Average
l)11 Attend. 5 )11 Attend •
114.k0, ante. book*. ann.
476 . 26f1 305
sun.. 242 . 192 253 pr 4
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11:1 y tnnit y
I . . 305 191:
Eat Fordingt...n
Infanta 10;1 I s . 173
Vest Fordiugton
Infanta... _ 82 . 41 .. ,

1396 914 1230
The above figures show that there is an apparent
dear...see .of 166 children on the lseoks, and this
decn.aote is almost entirely is the lloys School. The
fact is, however, that in hornier years the utimher
given as, .on the book* in the By,. School was, in
reality, the number if boys who had [awed through
the school during the year. Now (as is the caw with
the other schools) the numbers gated are tilos. of the
flainiol on the book, on one particular day—vix., the
last day of the school year. In fact, the real decrease
since last year is hut eight. The average attendance
in all the echoole taken toyether has been somewhat
lower than last year ; this can, in a ineasur.. he
accounted for by the serious outbreak ..1 measles that
'occurred in the town in November last. The follow-
ing are the reports of 41.SL Inspector on the examina-
tion held in .tpril last :—Boys. School.—" The . osier
is well kept, and the general results owl% on the
whole, very fair. heading is decid.slly good, and
arithmetic creditable but writing and spelling are
rather weak. The class ombjecte have been .lone
with fair results, but in one or two standards the
answering it not general enough, the whole class
depending on a few boys. In justice to Mr. Coper,
it should be mentioned that for several weeks he was
without his tension sasistant-tescher." Girls' School.
—"The "rganieation and general tone of the echool
are eetremely pleasing. The results in the eleinen.
taxi, subjects are uniformly good throughout. English
and grammar are good, and geography and needle.
work fair. The upper standards need a little
more practice in map-drawing. On the whole
it is quite a good ech.sol. Holy Trinity
Infant School.—" 'Excellent in all respects.'
East Fordington School.— "It is an admirable
echool, carefully and aucceedully taught in every
way." West Fordington School.—" The order con-
tome. to be very good, and the instruction is given
with great care and marked stleCess. The singing
from notes has been particularly well. dull'. Taking
all things into consideration, I think the school
deserves the highest merit mark this year.... As
Is. the financed of the schools, csonpanng the pen.od of
twelve months ending 31st December, 1684. with the
corre.ponding period ending 31st December, NM,
the amount of ombecriptions is more by 12s. 6d., the
grant (eleven months only) less by 043 el. ed., but
that of the year }ass ended ',hews an increase of
£9l 12a. The collection in churches amountet to
an increase of £2, while the pence remained about the
same. In expenditure there W 3. • total saving on
the five schools of £122, for which economy the
Committee plead the necessity keeping within
their meant. They believe that the efficiency of the
sieficiols has not been impaired by this retrenchment,
but they now asked for the widitional money required
Is carry out the repairs of the echo.' building.,
which have been delayed, and must be effected during
Wm earned year.
188.1.

OVIIMMVVIT GIANT.
1883. 1884.
(11 Months.)
EB. 2 i. cl. E s.
Boys' School... 190 5 0 197 1 3 207 15 4
Girls' School... 194 5 9 186 3 1 165 0 6
Holy Trinity
Infants'
School ... 175 19 0 162 13 10 162 15 0
East Fording
ton School... 143 18 0 132 710 151 7 I
West Fording-
ton School... 44 11 0 37 4 4 50 3 9