Anna! Meet the Thomas H.
Home held on Friday last in the Muni 1 Council soard Room, 23, Kiange Road, Mr. FS.
Bourne (President) being in the chair.
The Chairman expressed regret at- the unavoidable absence of the Chairman of the Municipal Council, who was accustomed to be present at their annual meeting. But ho thought they wOuld excuse this absence, as they were always ready to assist in any they could the Council, who permed their many clu in such an admirable manner. "They would have seen the Report for the past year, and there was not much for him to say on it, but there were one or two points to whi public attention should be directed. iwost int portant question they had to deal with was that of finance. Their finances were not by any means as bad as. they might have been expected to turn out to be. The honorary treasurer, Mr. Fleet, Jad prepared a" very good statement, which showed that they bad a small credit But it would be noticed (06 had been brought down, so that t r about: $750 more tha yx ha a. To the Endowment Fund there was awin, $13,829. They had investments whicl were of a book value of $13,164, so that in current accounts $764 had been spent which really belonged to the Endowment Fund. Putting these two facts together, the fact that they had spent $600 from the Endowment Fund, and that they bad a less balance of $600 than before, placed them in this position, that they required a thousand odd dollars to put them i thoroughly satisfactory financial position. He was very glad to be able to inform them that Mrs. Probst had received a letter from Sir Thomas Hanbury. who wa now a K.C.V.0., promising a subscrip of $500 towards the funds. He thou mittee for th to the education pro was an important part of th government, and the Municip in their pacify. over to them Tls. 1,500 to tion, It was therefore their duty to show the Council, and the subscribers: that the caneed to them was well expend-that thoroughly good work children nown fact With rers, he apd from different sources, that what they took to do—give boys instruction in the elementary points of ordinary English education—was as well done in that school, without making invidious comparisons, was possible to do under existing conditions and circumstances. For this great credit was due to Mr. Price, the headmaster, who was, he believed, a thoroughly satisfactory teacher. Their object, as he had just nientioned, was to teach the boys in the school the elements of ordinary English knowledge, and so give them a chance of becoming creditable members of ths community to which they belonged. In the Girls' Department, Miss Neatby had done her duties thoroughly well, and the Committee were able to report that Miss Usher had turned out: to be a very Satisfactory teacher. There were not so girls as boys in the school. The Department was _alnost self-<up-porting, the expenses being about $11,000 Bnd the fees over $9,000, the funds of the i thus being drawn upon to only $2,000. He would like to mention, in reference to the Girls' Department, that there was an impression these girls received too much of the ornamental part of education. The fact ras that musie and such things did not form part of ordinary education of the girl who attended the school. That educafion. was intended to provide her with a knowledge of household matters which would make her useful to the community in discharging household duties. He thought that was all he needed to about the report and Accounts, but ould have much pleasure in answering jons.
3 ons being asked, the Report and Accounts were adopted on the motion of Mr. H. E. Hobson, seconded by Mr. A.
Hodges referred to the Joss the Committee had sustained by: the departure of Mrs. Probst and Mrs. Quackenbush.
The following Committee was approved for the ensuing year:
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