Picturesque Dunedin: or Dunedin and its neighbourhood in 1890
First Education Report
First Education Report.
The late Mr John M'Glashan, who ever took a warm interest in the welfare of the schools, added to his duties of Provincial Solicitor and Provincial Treasurer those of Secretary and Treasurer to the Education Board, until the repeal of the Ordinance in 1861. When the Board submitted its first annual report (1856-57), there were five public schools in operation. The following summary of information is compiled from the report:—
Schools. | Teachers. | Salaries, including School Fees. | Average Attendance |
Dunedin | A. Livingston | £250 0 0 | 101 |
A. R. Livingston | 100 0 0 | 101 | |
Miss Dodds | 124 0 0 | 14 | |
Port Chalmers | C. Allan | 135 0 0 | 31 |
Green Island | A. Wright | 132 0 0 | 20 |
East Taieri | J. Hislop | 140 108 | 36 |
Tokomairiro | A. Ayson | 120 17 5 | 34 |
236 |
The school fees for the Dunedin school, which amounted to £189 16s, are not included in the table, the teachers having been, paid fixed salaries. Miss Dodds received £24 as rent allowance. The exact amount of fees collected in Port Chalmers schools is not given, but the sum mentioned is believed to be about the amount.