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for such a school is not

a matter of fact,

but as

only,

ad

most needed,

a matter of reasonableness,

most deserving of commendation. The fact that both General Cameron, whan Administering the Government of

The Colony,

and the present. Governor, Sir C. H. Des Voeux, gave private personal contributions to the Building Fund, in aid of which the present Grant is asked for, are evidences of the public and charitable character of this School. The Diocesan School

7.

has been under the operation of the Grant-in-Aid Scheme, and therefore subject to periodical

inspection and annual examination

by

the

Government, without interruption, since 1877. It has, like St Joseph's College, annually received

grant, based on the results

ascertained

by

the examination of

each

each individual scholar, but such

grant

AVAA A

very

amanally but a small fraction of the expenditure

incurred by the School. For uistance in 1883, the expenditure. of the School amounted to $5,50%, the Grant to $170. In 1890 the

the School were $13,254,

expenses of

orie

wy

Annual

I

the Grant & 661. Fr Reports for several years past of have had occasion to refer specially to the Diocesan School as of the most effective Schools in the Colony, and there ise

is every reason to believe that the School will, in the future also, macitaci its high standard of efficiency.

If the plans, estimates

8.

and specifications nows anchored are referred to the Public Works Department and recommended by the Aonourable the Surveyor

General for the approval.

the

of Government,