The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1869-05-18 00:00:00

DORLUIT 00IINTY SCHOOL.

l'h• sixth annual meeting of the storeholders of this
institution was held at tha Guildhall, Denham', as
Thursday alteisooe, nailer the presidency of the Ten.
Aristotelian Elanstuary. 'There were also present —Tb•
Rev. Prebendary Nioh, Mr. 0. W. Ferrer, Mr. L W.
Williams, Rev. T. W. Knipe. Mr. G. R. Orlokotay,
Mr. H. Duke, Mr. J. Look, the Bev. Prebendary Rookie,
Mr. W. Cliikott, Cepteln &actuary, Mr. Norris Roper,
the Rev. R. G. Watson, and Mr. F. Monday.
The school dates from 1864, and the swaps, was
formed. not with any desire for profit, bat to promote
enema, liberal, middle-darn eduttation in the county. It
has bean eminently seasessful in this rapid, although
labouring under some dirdvasteges, and when the new
building, now in coarse of evestioa at Channiaster, is
Walla& we antiaipate the school will roost,. a large
eacereion of wholes's.
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The al-1;M Or tie lad meeting having been reed by
EMerotary (Yr. lioadey), sad nialreied,
The Caddis" remarked that the balance sheet we.
printed with the report. (We may note that the profit
sad Mr amount for the past year Mows—payments,
hr solute.. £5151 le. 3d.; rent, Mee, aad num,
Aid Li& ; Merest on km, £l5; lionsekeepiag
sehool eimaditarr, Mending advertieleg, hooka,
priming, atstionary,staup=do=l,Bolls.. ed. •
total, 4728 lls. 7d. from 156/
mount, £75 5d.; doeationa, £4 lba. ; 01600111101ipta,
84.540 16.. 9d.; Mime from eep amount,
LIN Is& 51.; total, 4728 lls. 71.) Hi bmrd s peat
deal of the destination mad* into it—a very 111011111 and
learehleg am— etter it cam from the auditors. Part
of that lavestigation be saderdood, sad part armed to
belong to those aim leaned in melt ealedadone. Mr.
Farm erortmetioard Yr. Om, sham the dadttora
had provided to give say explanation required, sad if
anyone now wished to oak about any point be was me
Kr. Purer would give ea saner. its Direeters they
were hound to premed • balsam sheet, sod the 0r,....
of Moir Madam wee to report that the monk wen
cermet There me i good guarantee for owe his..
tibia is the mailer by Me mom of NOM. Good sad
Dada who were the mddare--reen who understood
Mei: work ead were heamstfie, and be believed do
soorsude hag bees thoroughly gone into. With regard
to the 1114111111 position el Um sompaey it woad he
area they had this year lees about £404 Us. 61. That
was madly who* some of them expected; with
the presort toms ibey fed it med be so. Ho believed
the pester dike* loss weaned in the fird half of
the Sas& Mir: llese—is esenegesem of

the high prime both of meat sod breed. In the latter
half of the yew it was found, be believed Br. Watson
reported, after • carifel examination by Mr. lionday,
that there was no logs at all. (Mr. Watson : That is
making no allowances for the wear an 'tear of furniture.)
Against this it must be remembered they were peril
very high house rent. He never expected the admen;
could Burred financially while that was the :see. They
bad been paying for four houses, but when they got
their new buileung the company would be on a very
different position. Further, the Council had resolved to
increase the terms up to such sums as front the coma.
deration of the charges at other empty schools of this
kind they felt to be the right thing, viz., ra for hey§
with a nomination, and £36 for those without. Those
terms would cover every expense; after • most careful
examination they had reason to say so. They had ob-
tained the terms charged from all over the reentry. He
believed that financially, baying lost that £ll.lO, they
were now in a position, if all went well, not to have such
• loss again, though this was entirely what they
Dad c•lculated upon. The report prociered—'• Mace
the last annual meeting ten acres of land, situated io
the perish of L.haraillater, have been purchased of the
Eitel of lichester for the purposes of the school. Plans
for the new buildings to be erected on this site have
been prepared by Mr. G. It Crickinay, architect, of
Weymouth ; and the contract for the completion of a
portion of toe buildings has been taken by Mr. G. J. G.
Gregory, builder, of DorcLester, who ha• already begun
the worts. A special building fund is being raised."
lhat was a great fast accomplished. It took them some
years to get • position and a piece of land. Oce was
almost tempted to wish Mr. Bright were able to carry
out his views, in order that for certain good purposes it
might be porible to get • piece of land—Osughtm).
Dorchester seemed to be unfortunate with it. great
men. But he was gad that at last they had got a site
without the introduction of any radical measure. Lord
labeeter was very good in allowing them to look over
his estate, and now they had a site equal to anything
which could be found anywhere—he thought it was M-
ineable to improve it. They were in poreasion of the
land, and the foundations of • considerable portion of
the building were in. With regard to toe plan, litho.
graphed pouts of which were banded mend (it has
already been described in our paper), he hoped it would
he cousidared satisfactory. lir. L.rickmay, of Wey-
mouth, we, the architect. At present it was only in-
tended to build the centre block and the right wing.
The list of contributors to the building fund (amounting
to upwards of .C.3,001U) pretty nearly represented the
amount of money promised. There were other persom
who had promised to help after • little time, and he
hoped they had nothing like finished their macre yet.
But atelle O&Mes pretty well represented the answer,
a. lit to private letters ; there Lad been no public appeal
made. One of the last Danes added was a very valuable
0110—that of Sir IA Main Erie, • Dorset man. By the
advice of Mr. Dam, of Gilliegbam, ho wrote to Sir
William Erie, asking him if he approved of the scheme,
and, if so, for his help. He replied, expressing his
thor ugh approval of the work, and enclosing £25; but
it seemed Sir William immediately repented of that, for
by the next poet be sent L'2s more. By the desire of
the Council. he ars irked to mom and lay the fottuda•
tion-stone for them as be had taken such interest in the
matter. The letter was unatiewered for some time, but
at length sir William wrote that he found it impossible
to Wine as they had hoped at the beginning of June.
The ligures on the balance-sheet respecting the new
building fond (4175 4s. ld.) represented toe money
which had been paid in to the bankers. In conclusion,
be said that if any question were asked about anything
he would endeavour to answer it.

OD the motion of the Hee. T. W. Klan, seconded by
the Be.. I'rebendat7 Hoods., the report Wag adopted.
The Caulaaa remarked that Ave members of the
Council retired swoordsig to the terms of their coast.
Tbey were eligible for resedeetion. ide bad no
reams to thank any of thew wishod to retire, but at cm
in the base of the meeting to est.
On tbe motion of the Rev. Prebendary NAM, seconded
by Mr. Canaorr, the retiiing members were re-sleeted,
via' the Rey. K. S. Henke', the Its,. C. W. Hinthare.
thoßev. H. Meals, Mr. J. C. Mensel., and Yr. Norris

CHAIZMAS said they had great TOIIIOII to be
thankful to the Auditors, who bad some trouble sad
great responsibility. They had been very kind, sad
were gentlemen to when they could go as any time to
ask for &deice or any information about the mounts.
Of muse it was of the first importanes to secure gonb.
dense in their fumaial position. home maltase came
up to him, rather laughing at him, to ask what dividend
they were gang to declare? Be could not say anythiog
about that, so turned the 'abject. Of mans UN in.
guiry was only made by way of joke. It wee • itine gad
non with him that they should not think of Boy such
thing, and, lilt had been attempted, those who bad
given them the best and truest help would not have
been with them, and they would bays been involved in
all sorts of questions with respect to it which would bare
been most unpleasant. Bat apart from any dividend, it
wee most essential that their reports and aecounte should
be *orison and tntetworthy—taied by men able to try
them. They had two men as Auditors in whom they
bad the postai, sonidenee for their ahareeter and
ability, and he waa me all felt vary thankful to them.
On the motion of Captain K. W. WILLIAMS, asoonded
by Mr. H. Duca, the auditors (slaws. C. Good and G.
11. Doris) were thanked for their soviets.
Mr. 0. W. Fseneri, in proposing • vote of thanks to
the used Master (the Rev. 8. G. Watson, M.A.) mid
he was quite sure that during the time the school had
bees in Metopes they bad thoroughly tested the value
at mr. Wateon's services, and those of the patient=
aotiog under him. Of come one could not see Tory
minutely the working of the school without being on
the spot, but what he had seen led him to have most
sincere confidence in the good way in which the school
15 rim au What he saw of the boys ocmionally
gave. him MINA hops indeed that a very good
and thoroughly sound work woe in operation. Under
these eirounstanoss be looked Leeward with very greet
satedeetioa to the inoreseing mom of tho school and to
Its essfstleass being mineatly abom in the °entity. He
thought the misting would amiclar the coma had
dime right respecting this terms. It was quite manifest
from the pries of proclaims of late years that unless
some very crest eia•• • "Moil with ma • latr
number of =s in emdiseted at a loss. At th..
peewit time they had to pay 11165 a year for reek "a.
being situated in the borough, the rates smoneted to
mom ad, making.e sum of Lip.). Who' tit" ""tad
in their sawb"didP in the eoustry that sum would
be saved. Of courts he was volume biters
They were a pebile company, owl their obll was
thing eoneseted with the sehool thoroughly
."41'16 was exactly this—theY
order to start well, se Cbaredester, on as good • site
as any Is England, with Mate. "G"misallorii made'
V
comfortably made, aed bodthily mad*, , They
saw their way very elearly to starting with such a sure.
ka prima in., o{ hi oomething like ha at It. Them
fore, pintas' the lt J hoe is the strongest my possible
soma anaao, tit., might possibly have to borrow
£4,ooo—thoy would think themselves justided in going
cia if Oho bad to borrow to that *Meet, for the interest
would jest represent the sum they were at present
for aosommodation in the tom of Dorehester.
al" a not regret anything they had dem. He 'domed
, they had dose absolutely right, sod that the instils-
, ties ereeld he esesedingly eneesesful Bet
I if they were not—they were perfeelly solvent, could sell
the plase, sod let the school drop. The mused felt from
the beginning that the the eshool sweld not be ow-
, thinod in the town of Dorelmber, that the work now
I projested was worth trying for, tad that ttbeisismithe got
into the 'pantry the school would be ait s sad
I flourishing eascent. He bed pet the OISS is the

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