Allocation of grant : Grants to higher class schools : £ Paisley Grammar School (on condition of 100 free places) - 700 100 700 For free places in higher class schools in Glasgow or else- For free places in Beith Spier's School, not exceeding else-} 120 120 1,640 The free places are allocated amongst various localities, and will be competed for by ex-VI. Standard scholars. Roman Catholic children gaining free places may attend at Roman Catholic schools in Glasgow, and will receive travelling expenses. Grants to secondary departments : £ £ 750 Paisley, John Neilson Institution (on condition of 20250 free places for pupils from outside the burgh) Greenock, Holmscroft Public School (no fees to be charged) 250 Cathcart, Queen's Park Public School (no fees to be charged) 250. To secondary departments which may be established in Roman Catholic' schools in Paisley or Greenock : (a.) A capitation grant of 4l., in respect of two years only, for each (b.) Travelling expenses of certain scholars attending such depart ment. For higher education in State-aided schools at the following additional centres, at which no fees are to be charged, and pupils from other districts will be entitled to attend, viz. :— ROSS AND CROMARTY COUNTY. Grant for year ended 31st March 1896 = 1,162l. 38. 5d. 2. Bursaries. (a.) Twenty school bursaries of 5l., tenable with free scholarships at the central schools mentioned below, by children living three or more miles from a central school who have obtained the merit certificate or passed an equivalent examination (b.) One University bursary of 251., tenable for three years 3. Direct subsidies to central schools for additions to staff, equipment, school bursaries, &c. :— Tain Royal Academy (conditional on ten free Invergordon Public School = · = 100%. 251. 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 150 550 ROXBURGH COUNTY. Grant for year ended 31st March 1896 = 850l. Os. 5d. Allocation of grant : 1. For building and equipment (from balance of grant in hand) :— 3. Travelling expenses of scholars attending the higher class schools, 601. 4. To higher class schools at Hawick and Kelso : (b.) Capitation grant of Il. on average attendance of all scholars in these schools, who have passed Standard VI. or are 13 years of age. (c.) Free scholarships of 31. entitling the holder to free education in these schools, viz.: 6. Grants for leaving certificates (except lower arithmetic) : 3. for each honours grade certificate. 7. The surplus, if any, to be divided between Kelso High School, Hawick Higher Class School, and Jedburgh Public School, in proportion to the direct subsidies they receive. SELKIRK COUNTY. == Grant for year ended 31st March 1896 5381. 10s. 9d. Scheme approved on 20th December 1895. Allocation of grant :- Payments to rural school boards for the furtherance of secondary education, in their districts, viz.: to Of the residue, after payment of the Committee's expenses, two thirds is go to the Burgh School Board of Galashiels, to be applied towards the maintenance of their higher class school, and the remaining one-third to the governors of the Scott and Oliver Trust, towards the establishment of a higher class school in Selkirk. SHETLAND COUNTY. == Grant for year ended 31st March 1896 = 5507. 178. 11d. Scheme approved on 25th October 1895. I. For four bursaries of 51. and twelve of 157. tenable, with free education, at Lerwick Secondary School = 2001. (The 151. bursaries are not open to children living within three miles of Lerwick.) II. Capitation grants to State-aided schools :— For each scholar passing in Standard VI, and three stages of a secondary specific subject, or obtaining a merit certificate, 31. For each scholar who, after passing as above, remains one year at school, and receives satisfactory instruction in secondary subjects, 31. III. The residue, after meeting the expenses of the Committee, to go to the School Board of Lerwick on condition that a secondary school be established and free education be provided therein for all bursars, and all children over 13 who have passed Standard VI. in the county. STIRLING COUNTY. Grant for year ended 31st March 1896 = 1,6361. 88. 2d. Scheme approved on 10th February 1896. 2. Grant to secondary department at Kilsyth Academy, 301. 3. Capitation grants of 11. on the average attendance of scholars who having passed an examination equivalent to Standard VI. have received satisfactory instruction in secondary subjects in higher class or State-aided schools. 4. Grants for leaving certificates: 21. for each scholar gaining one or more lower grade certificate (except arithmetic). 41. for each scholar gaining one or more higher grade certificate (except arithmetic). 51. for each scholar gaining one or more honours grade certificate. If the amount available proves insufficient, the grants, with the exception of those under head 3, will be proportionately reduced. SUTHERLAND COUNTY. Grant for year ended 31st March 1896 = 4671. 128. 1d. Scheme approved on 5th November 1895. Allocation of grant : To each of nine selected schools providing efficient secondary instruction:- (1.) A direct subsidy of 251. (2.) Capitation grants of 11. on the number of ex-VI. Standard scholars in average attendance. (3.) Grants under one of the following heads : (a.) 11. for each scholar passing the 3rd stage of a secondary subject. (c.) 21. for each scholar who obtains a higher grade leaving certifi- (d.) 41. for each scholar who obtains one or more higher grade leaving certificates in subjects other than arithmetic. Grant for year ended 31st March 1896 = 6381. 10s. 3d. Scheme approved on 15th November 1895. Allocation of grant : (a.) To higher class schools :— £ To Stranraer High School, 1681.; and 80l. on condition 248 To Ewart and Douglas High Schools, Newton Stewart, 401.; 100 348 (b.) To secondary departments at— £ £ 78 78 } =156 Wigtown Burgh and Parish Public School (c.) For capitation grants of 41. (or less) on account of scholars in Stateaided schools, other than those getting grants under head (b.), who pass in Standard VI., and the 2nd or 3rd stages of one or more secondary specific subjects, or who remain one year at school after so passing. The school boards of Kirkmaiden and Mochrum are to receive an additional grant, not exceeding 15l., at the rate of 51. per scholar on account of whom they claim grants under this head. The total grant under this head is not to exceed 1147. (d.) Expenses of Committee, 201. 10s. 3d. O 89399. TABLE NO. 9. SUMMARY OF CERTIFIED STATEMENTS of ACCOUNTS of COMMITTEES ON SECONDARY EDUCATION, for the Period ended 31st March 1894. GENERAL ACCOUNT showing the sums actually received and actually expended during the period ended 31st March 1894. INCOME. £ 8. d. 1. Balance in hand 2. Amount received from the Scotch Education Department under section 2 (1) (b) of the Education and Local Taxation Account (Scotland) Act, 1892 3. Bank and other interest 4. Other sources of income (chiefly from sale of copies of schemes) 98,152 4 1 136 8 9 4 60 *The payment of these subsidies is often conditional upon the provision of certain free places. |