The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-03-09 00:00:00

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811•41110 CORN. -M the County Hall, on Satur-
day, before Colonel Bingham and Major Yindersley,
Pdsr Godwin and John T. Godwin, father and son, of
Stapleton, were charged with stealing five joecks of
mixed corn, value Ss., the property of Miss Lambert,
of the same place. —P.C. Taylor proved the case. —The
former was acquitted, and the other defendant fined
10a, or seven days' in default.—Allowed 14 days to

Pliz•An Su .—A varied collection of articles of
vertu and work WU exhibited at the School, Holy
Trinity, on Saturday afternoon last. Mrs. Everett
wen the presiding genius, and on the tables were dis-
played old engravings, babies' clothing, toys, cards,
Line pottery, Japanese and English paintings, stuffed
birds, in fact • inciewe of what was carious, elaborate,
or esl.abie, some needlework in the style of the South
Kensington School being noteworthy for its art-work-
manship. A number of ladies visited the bazaar,
Including Mrs. Sutton, Mrs. Hankie, Misses Mansel,
Miss Coombe, Mrs. Wilkinson, Is. The bazaar will,
we understand, be repeated every month.
Fonsurriv.—The financial statement of Court 'Pro.," for the half-year ended December 31st, has just
beee published. The amount of sick pay has been
unusually heavy, £lO9 14s. 4d. having been paid to
35 members, who had been ill, a total of 1,629 days.
£2B was paid on account of three deaths. The total
worth of the Court funds at the end of the year was
£1,119 Ils. 14d., against £1,051 18s, at the end of the
previous half-year, showing an increase of
£67 13e. 10}d, on the half-year, and of £l6l Be. 30. on
She year. The total number of members on the books
1. 316. The capital of the Court is thus invested :-
2460 12s, t3d. in Consols; kW lls, 31 in Dorchester
Savings' Bank; and £l4 Bs. lid. in Treasurer's hands.
The TOWN Sciroor.a.—The annual report et the
committee of the Nationsl Schools, together with the
financial statement of the treasurer, has been partially
circulated amongst the inhabitants. The report Mates
that during the lad year the number of children on the
books has been 1,474, whilst the average attendance has
been 921. The number of names on the books 1. 25 in
moms of last year, and the average attendance is also
somewhat higher—namely 77. The report of H. M.
Inspector, the Rev. W. F. Tregarthen, speak in high
terms of the efficiency of the several schools. The
committee refer to the financial statement with satis-
faction as regards the continued increase of amounts
reosived from the Government and the school
pence, which are E. 56 le. 93. and £2l le. ld.
respectively more than last year. Amongst these
favourable items there is again • decrease in the
amount of subscriptions, which I. lees than that of
last year by Ell Os. 6d.,* and the collections in the
churches have fallen off to the extent of El 165. 101.
During the last year there has been an increase in the
malarial of the teachers in the schools to the aggregate
amount of £l6l, as compared with last year, and an
increase also in the outlay upon the building of a new
daes-room at the boy. school, and furniture and
Mk"generally of £9O, and in books and stationery
All the schml buildings are now in excellent
eigesseeler ; but there is yet lobe paid out of the income of
flyear the sum of about £45 for work done last year,
a bill of £23 for coal. After providing for the
working of the schools during the year at a consider-
able Ingram of expense, as just mentioned, there is a
balance in favour of the account of 27 2s. 24, but
i=ed tt ... on •
caltitilie tate, amounting to toink6B Ile.
bets to
lbw bats, which are obtainer; from the last
publkeed report fantod by _ the Education Depart-
ment s—Tbel the cost per child on average attendance
I. the beard schools throughout the kingdom amounts
swirena a£3 Is. PA. while, voluntary schools it 1. 2114',
14. 0811. 'llw per child in the Dorset board
Usk 16."1111 to ... R 3, while the cost psr child
the Dorchester el Schools only amounts to
... OW. The grant earned per child in bawd schools
vird amounts toils. Id., while the grant earaed
In the Dorchester National Schools amounts
-The committee are of opinion that the opera.
the Revised Code wi3 have the effect of red
amount of the Government vent in the future
- i this be the are it wifi be buperatiel '
Skit the wription list rece v g
ive a la
' names. isammittes cannot close their
gm* regret at the great lose
' lila deaths of Mr. 3. p.
_........;1i0a1e, and Mr. Henry Lock,
-.eri of the committim have always shown
interest in the w&ase et the e„,,ai

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