CO129-202 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1882 [7-9] — Page 23

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in-Aid Schools originally given was very meagre, I requested D. Eitel to give fuller detail's and it was not completed till 6th ultims and has now been printed. In its present shape his report will be found to contain interesting information.

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I beg to solicit Your

Lordship's instructions

on a

point,

raised by Dr Eitel in January last,

whether the sums paid by

viz.,

Enclosure n.2.

Government as Grants-in-Aid should be allowed in cases to exceed the

any actual expenditure. Dr Eitel recommends! that the grant should be limited to

two thirds of the actual expenditure of 13/

the

the School, a recommendation in which Dr Stewart concurs. I see

in the rules to prevent the local Government making this

nothing

additional

regulation, which seems

not only fair, but

necessary

in

presence of the large annual increase in Expenditure under this head. But Governor Hennessy has issued, it will be seen, positive instructions

was to be made without previous reference to Your Lordship

that no

3.

change

Dr. Eitel expresses the

opinion, based on the results

on the results of the

last Census, that there are in the

:: Colony about 8000 children of an age

to