The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-09-18

1t seems to me that that is a point in
the luna's favor.
Mr. Needham| will say this for
the boys at the Reform School: They
are better than the same class of white
boys at other institutions of the kind.
Mrs. Dillingham-Would the solu-
ton of the problem not be in furnishing
the boys with more work?
Mr.. Needham-That is just what 1
have been fighting for ever since
have been at the institution. A small
shed with tools for the manufacture
of shoes or other articles would ac-
complish vast amount of good,
Just here Minister Cooper said that
he thought it would be very short
time before work of some kind would
be furnished the boys
After this Mr. Needham retired, and
there was Immediately soliloquy on
the use of the rod, or more properly
speaking, the strap.
Action on the matter was deferred
until investigation had been made.
Minister Cooper will act with the In
spector and Deputy Inspector Generals.
Inspector General Townsend then
made the following report on proposed
increase of salaries:
THE average aggregate of monthly
salaries for the first eight months of
the current year has been 14,760.69.
But it is evident that this is smaller
than the average for the whole period
would have been without changing the
teaching force at all, since many truant
officers, janitors and night-school tea
cheers have drawn no salaries during
one-fourth of the time elapsed.
Il think it would be barely safe to
take $4,000 month as basis for cal
culation. Reducing this to an annual
aggregate, as nearly all salaries are
annual, we have $1S0,000 as the ap-
proximate annual expenditure with the
old force at the old salaries.
But changes and increases of sal
aries thus far made have Increased
the pay roll at the rate of $3.50, max
ing the total annual pay roll approx
mately s1S7,640 The unexpended bal
ance of the appropriation for this pur-
pose is $265, 1866, or $199, 1884 a year.
'Deducting the present pay roll, we
have $11, 1884. From this sum the fol-
lowing teachers must be paid: An as
sistant at Alae, one at Honaunau, one
at Kealahou, one at Waipio, one at
Hilo Select School, one teacher at Ke-
roooo fr,o o+ MaIyouaH trro of u a bull1
two in the practice school, and one as
sistant in the training school.
"a safe estimate of these salaries is
$3.50. Deducting this from the annual
balance of the appropriation above
present pay roll, we have $4,0S9 avail
able for the payment of any additional
teachers required, and for possible in
creases in salaries. AS this is only a
little over per cent of the annual pay
roll, it is evident that the utmost care
must be exercised in its expenditure.
AT present there are six teachers in
the employ of the Department whose
salaries do not equal the rate estab-
lished for beginners. These, it would
seem, ought to be dealt with first. Two
Of these are engaged in very small
schools.
The other desirable and possible in
creases of salaries are less easy to de-
termine. 1t is evident that only a few
of the most urgent cases can be acted
upon at present.
1T should be borne in mind that
other members of the force will prob
ably receive better certificates than
they now have, and should accordingly
receive advances in salaries. But on
the other hand, number of teachers
here provided for will not be on the pay
roll for some months yet, thus reduc-
ing the expenditure
This report was accepted by the
Board with the raises in salary Of each
of the individual cases mentioned
therein.
j. F. Scott reported that there had
been 1OS people who took the recent ex-
aminations. Of this number 81 passed
for primary grade certificates and 9 for
grammar school certificates. This is an
unusually large number.