Enclosure No 2.
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Notes by the Education Committee upon their Report, and upon
two letters written by the Right Reverend Bishop of Victoria
in which he sets forth the reasons for his resignation.
1. The Committee first met about the end of September,
and after discussing a Memorandum drawn up by his Lordship
to which reference is made in Section IX below, proceeded
to hear the evidence of the principal authorities on education
in the Colony. Dr. Wright, Head Master of Queen's College, Mr. J. Kay, Second Master of Queen's College, Mr. Sykes, Acting Head
Master of Diocesan School and Orphanage, Brother Peter of St.
Joseph's College, Miss Johnstone of the Church of England Mission,
and Miss Davies of the London Mission were called; among others;
and their evidence was taken down in shorthand; having been given
in confidence, it is not published with the Report.
II. Owing to the absence of their Chairman from the Colony
and to the Autumn Examinations with which the Inspector of Schools
was occupied, the Committee were then obliged to adjourn until
the beginning of January.
III. Their next proceeding was to endeavour to arrive at
certain fundamental conclusions which should form the basis of
an improved system of education: to this end a number of resolutions
were, after the most thorough discussion, drawn up, and are embodied
in Part II of the Report. As his Lordship admits in his first letter,
("while I hold that the principles laid down in Part II of the Draft
Report are in the abstract sound") these ruling principles were
unanimously agreed to.
IV.