The principle upon which the Education Act had been passed was that whatever was given by the Government should SJS^ 1 ™ * wpplementary wty to that which SttS/T* by feM or lookl effort » in dißtric ts. ea behalf of managers of schools in outlying dis te£V3l K?A "t tOWn> * The Government had £e.n only enabled to give so much inthewayof ■jpplementmg those fee* as tl. ,ounoil, 0 unoil had been pleased to vote from year to year. That wag in ioorda.nce with th/ Education^Aot, 1857 "a*

in (lie Aor, that the Board was allowed no discnmi- Eating pu-vrer. If a teacher came to the Board and. ' •tated that a school tra» revived, and that he held a I certificate of m«rit, the Board believed they ought to give aid to that teachar under the Act. The Aofc did not permit ihe Board to dismiss a teacher unless for inability or immoral conduct. From January, ] 86 6, up to the present date, not a single new school had been received in connection with the.Board ; and from October, 1865, only" two new sqhoola had" been received in connection with the Board. When the- Council was in session in January last, he wrote a letter to Mr. Whitaker, stating that the £3,000 to be voted, would be wholly insufficient for the purpose of pay ing the salaries of teachers. The only alternative the, Board had w«b to issue an order to the effect that, whererer connection existed between a school ■an f d the Board, the Board was not in circum* stances to renew the connection in consequence of want of funds. The Board was in no way cen surable in the matter. His Honor said the Executive had not had it in their power to contribute more money than had been voted by the Council He was aware that a neces sity had arisen for provision to be made for free scholars in many of the schools. Some effort must be made by the community to provide for the education of children whose parents could not provide it ; that must be done by some means that had not yet been devised. 