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Szammary of cases of Infectious Disease notified 'dur?,ng the thirteen weeks ended March 25th, 1916.
Fevers. Tuberculosis. P4
. Districts. ^ ^• '^ ^ 3a ° ° ^ °^ ^ 9 m q
P.4o m -- - ^
Urban ...... 741,801 - 367 545 27 4 17 285 F6 (2) (383) 1643) (37) (9) (24) (270) (76)-
Rural ...... 315,314 - 200 170 8 1 4 96 30 - (223) (270) (6) (2) (6) (75). (2t1)
Total ...... 1,057,115 - 567 715 35 5 21- - 381 116 (2) (606) (913) (43) (11),1(30) , 11 (345) (96) 1 1
The figures in brackets relate to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
Cases occurring among the military and naval units stationed in the county are not included im this return.
2.-Administration of Midwives Act, 1902.--(a) The following summary indicates the work carried out by the inspectors of midwives from January 1st to-March 31st, 1916
Midwives inspected. No. of District. Inspections TotalNumber of Registered. of Midwives. Visits. Trained.. Bona fide. Unregistered.
North and West .. 84 -106 29 52 1
South and East ...... 171 92 62 30
Z- Total ...:...... 255 198 91 82 173
One letter has been written to a midwife directing her attention to certain rules of the Central,.' Midwives Board which she had infringed.
(b) PuraPra,az FEvza. -Five notifications were received during the above period. In one instance a midwife attended at the confinement, and in four cases a doctor was in attendance.
(c) SIISPENSIdPFs:-The following midwives were -suspended until satisfactory disinfection h9d been carried out, after being in attendance on cases of puerperal fever:-
Midwife No. 37377.-Three days.
Midwife No. 27825•,-6-Two days.
Midwife No. 28356,-Four days.
The undermentioned tnidwives were also suspended until satisfactory disinfection had been carried out :-
Mid:wife No,. 364+28:-..Twenty-foar hours ; after having been in contact with, a case of influenza.
Midwife No. 37549.---Seven days ; after having been in contact with a case of measles.
The above circumstances have-already been reported to the Central Midwives Board as requii ►ed by the rules,
I)rPI^i ^^ ^ 6e1 that]Nfur^ i^' ain has reaigned• her appointment a dispensary nnr^ I beg to report i, - minate h ^tendent. . and - (^®nnoil, h^^ng' ^^ait^^a^d. _^ . ^ .as Assistant.. [^o^ n^'. nn the ^ent County duties on of Gloucestershire-^- She will ter Inspector^t^sr of ^ili^+c"nvu^s for the County
as her successor, at the same rate of salary, nameky 9100 per I have a^^appointed ' uas-e A. Foster 27th under the County Council- ^^^m with travelling expenses. She will commence work on. Xpril I received a communication from the Clerks of the Milton Regis Urban, the On March 24th suggesting tka.at, the arrangement for the Sittimgrbourre Ut°baan, and the Milton Rural, District Councils, of a nurse at a salary of L100 per annum in connection with tuberculosis work, join: appointment. paid by the Kent County f"orincn_@, P-9-5 by the Kent s,F-i'p^oI work And health ^^iting, (f-25 being should lapse, on account of the fact Edueat¶^^^^n Committee and ,^.:^0 by the joint District councils), Maternity and Child-We]lfa:re and the administration of the, that ad lLtioiiai work in relation to necessitating the appointment ^..IeaS,ie.RiegaFs.tionsD 1915, had fallen on the District Councils, therefore, said councils to discharge adequately their increased obligations. To of awhope-fime nurse by the necessary for the appointment of a whole-- and to meet the alteration it ha.,.^ been -this, Course Iagreeuln Tim^^ nurse under the Kent County, Council and the Kent Education Committee for the combined riaork of tu8 Fere:nFoss'ms and school ngarssing. I have bad this alteration in contemplation myself for some time, as Iom:So^er there is sufficient work nn this area to occupy the full time of a nurse for your Council, the matter forward, in and the Kent Education Commiittee, as above, but I did, not purpose bringing she ordinary coarse, until after the war-
As mcntionod below, Nurse I'"urat.ning-er has ceased her work under the Serbian Red Cross and has- returned to her civil duties, and I have appointed her to the post of whole-time school and ituberculosis_ r:b:rser as from April S",rd, at a, salary of 2100 per annum, with a bicycle allowance of L3 per annum., half To be payable by the Kent County Council and half by the Kent Education Committee. Nurse^ I3uirne, who temporarily carried out, the work under the original arrangement in Nurse Furminger's. absence, has been appointed by the district councils to the -c apac't
The Elementary Education Sub-Committee have approved the arrangement so far as school work is concerned, and I ask your approval of the appointment under the °1"uberculosis Scheme.
ii. CLKFRW.-Miss E. ^Iughes has resigned her appointment as temporary clerk at the Gillingham- V Martindale as her tuberculosis dispensary, as from February 19th. I have appointed Miss . successor at awa,ge of 22s. 6d. per week, to be increased to 25s. per week as from July lst, 1916, if satisfactory. She commenced duties on February 14th.
iii. CARX°rAkXns..-Xrs. Ostler, temporary cleaner of the Erith dispensary, discontinued duties ou- < January 15th, and I appointed I-[rs. McCartney- in the same capacity as from that date. The terms. in each case are is. 6d. per attendance ^^s. Od. per weeh). A permanent caretaker and cleaner will be appointed to this dispensary when a suitable candidate is forthcom.ing.
Mrs Rp ence has been appolnt e d cieaner to the Folkestone tuberculosis dispensary at a wage o tis. per week, as from January 24th, 1916. Previous to this date the work was carried on by temporary help, Mrs. Spence having acted temporarily for some time.
I he caretaker and cleaner of the Gravesend dispensary, 'Irs. Cole, who lives. on the dispensa^ remises rent free rn"nen of wages, has been involved in, extra work on aocaunt of ont alterations on be}ialforkmenof the I anbe dIor g n pthe premises• for a protracted period last autumn, ctaarying IItliink a sam of and _also on behalf- of the (;onn^ Gouncil, and ae^a far r^tnuneratiori accorciingl^'. and I ask7^ our G`ommittee's app rova^I' of bhepa^e>it thirty shillings will meet the circamstance^ A IN's°rlTmonAtr Taranrr^ ron ZNNlarsU-Rltn Pzssoars.-'The following is aIist of un4100red ►der,, tuberculous patients either admitted to, or discharged from, institutions during the quarter ut review:-
I}ate admitted. I- Date di®aharged. Intithation ^ Name. 24/11/15 20/2/16 West Kent, General Hospital ...... 15/11/15 10/1/16 Violet Venus ...... 16/2/16 laa oscenor Sanatorium ...... Ernest Mace ...... 8/12/15 8tin under tment John Overy ...... Gravesend Hospital.^l ...... -...... 7/2/16 25(2/16 Br^-mapton Hospital ...... 17/2/16 Iris Thompson ...... Hc+epatsl ...... 18/3/16 Violet Moore ...... Gravesend 15/2/16 still under treatmelit' Ethel Jupe ...... West Kent General ...... Hospital ...... 2/3/16 Ditto. ; GraveeendH.usPi^ 8/3/16 - Rose Murphy -.• ...... Died in H^: 8)8W" Gravesend General H t^or+tm^^ John T_ Wildish ...... ospital ...... 2,5^ ^16 still under Thomas Penfold...... West Kent .. ... Calrin mount ...... tara"send Hospital ...... stzffering frOi P. ^taedonald, a discharged soldier With regard to the case of Maurice attendant (Dr. Shelley), at the r®q$e^ ^'^t ^'^ medical Shelley'a tuberculosis, who was treated at home ^^ to meet Dr. Committtee is PrePared the Local Government Board, the Ins^^ ^t=tbe Goanty council paying the % far as their special arrangements fund will p a
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.(e} Lrx$^Dt IIx-You'r Chairman an^ I: visited this Institation $rohiteet, the Coutraetor, and the Clerk of Works, ol%'Frida March-24th, . '^°here we met the amount of work to be Qa,rriecl`; out, before the built^ings will be completeThsuchsw^orkere is considerable of the main drain and inany subsidiary drains, the making of roads and patlis the includesrmatides the terraces, the fixing of emergency staircases, the provision of machinery in the laundry, the iakin on certain walls and doors, painting, plumbing, etc. g ofof Labour difl'iculties.have been considerabl would appear that about three months still will elapse before the building is completed, e and it
4.- Office Administration.
STAFF VOLUNTEERING FOR MILITARY DUTY AND TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS.--During March,1916 the Second Army, Central Force, whose Sanitary Officer I. was, and the Headquarters of which were situated at Tunbridge Wells, ceased to exist as such, and the Southern Army (Home Defence) -was formed. I was appointed the Sanitary Officer to the Southern Army. Then there was a re-arrange- ment of troops, and the Headquarters of the Southern Army removed to Brentwood in Essex. This re-arrangement of the troops led to the severing of my connection with the Southern Army, and had I left Kent, the County Council would have been without medical supervision of the Public Health Administration of the County. Therefore I became demobilised as and from March 29th,1916, with the approval of the War Office. I have received written appreciation of my work from my late superior officer, Colonel Sloggett, who is now the Assistant Director of Medical Services to the Southern Army (Home Defence),
Doctors Grabham and Carrick have enrolled under the scheme arranged by the Central War Medical Committee and the War Office with the approval of the Local Government Board. Enroll- ment does not carry with it the indication that the enrolled person will necessarily be "called up,"'. and I understand that neither the Central War Medical Committee nor the War Office will allow the it calling up" of public health officials without the consent of the Local Government Board. Nurse Furminger (combined tuberculosis nurse, school nurse and health visitor for the Sitting-, : bourne and Milton area)" who volunteered for nursing work under the Serbian Red Cross aud,. temporarily relinquished her appointment under the Kent County Council, Kent Education Com- mittee and the three Milton & Sittingbourne District Councils, on May 11th last, returned to her vx1 d,uties on April 3rd, 1916, in the new capacity reported in paragraph 3 (c) (1). Bennett, the. county sanitary inspector, has volunteered for ,military duty, and temporarily
relinquished. his appointment. under. . the Kent County. Council as from March, 13th, . It is. not intended ...... J ^ >. : to-appoint a temporary successor in the present circumstances. Mr.. V. Bonny, temporary clerk, was called up for military duty, and relinquished his appoir3t- tnent on February 221id. To fill the-tQmporary' vacancy Z hame - appointed A ',eek. She commenced duty on March lZth. )-UQA V. MarWj&le_has- been appointed temporary ,clerk at the. Gillingham Dispensary, tn plaee of. ll^iser^^i; Hugb.es, as r^po3rted _aboae.
;^ ^erebro-Spinal £+'evax: .-It will, bie, seen from the infectious ci.iseases tabl_e. included in this repar*-that during the quarter under review twenty-one-' cases of cerebro-spinal fever., occurred .were in urbaai and four m smo" ^e civil"rPo ulation of the Count3^ of 1Rent Seventeen of the cases ^ t rural cl>^^ricta.. Eleven_of; the patients were,males and ten females, and thirteen of the cases were in ev^ander fifteen years of age. geographical distribution .of the cases. is as follows :-Gillingham, 3; Rochester, 3; i;'e, Chatham, 2; Milton Rural, 2; Erith, 2; Bexley, Dartford, Maidstone; Margate, Milton Regis, pen 'ord. Rural and West Ashford Rural, one each. Six of the cases hall a NJ= ^a^;connection. TheTfollawing: is: the^age and- sex distribution of these cases:-
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Tri additio^ to the °above I have recei^v ed znt,tion`of the occurreneeof seventy^three cases amon.g ^y and naval units sationed^xn :^E^ „t^e eoroIt^y bu^. s. inot cozu Iete. ---_-__..^-,:.^ . , probably .tli^is i^formastioin, i p - _ . ..,^ ,.. ^..._ - -_•-=-- -
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a^a^ inet^ fro^pt Vie Sent County Nursing &ssociaYtion ► that they p pose, ^vith -respect to ridge Rural Distrioty the requ.irQd work shonld be carried out by their' own nurses- ane working for this purpose, part time, in each of the following parishes or groups of parishes 1. Ashnrst and Groombridge. 2. Brenchley and part of Paddock Wood. 3. Capel, Tudeley and part of Paddock Wood. 4. IIadlow. 5. Hildenborough. 6. Horsmonden. . 7. Langton. 8. 1'datfield. Pembury. 10. speld.hurst and'6idborough. 11. Lamberhurst. The work which each of these eleven nurses would carry out would be as follows:-Having a notification of birth from the district medical officer of health, she would visit the mother ti received concerned, having regard to certain restrictions which I have suggested previo.usly, and offer advice as to infant feeding, clothing and welfare of the mother. Each of these infants would be visited monthly, and records would be kept.
It is therefore open to your Committee to decide:-
1. Whether or not they approve of the suggestions made by the Tonbridge rural and Herne Bay districts.
2. To press those districts which have tentative schemes to make complete and satisfactory arrangements without delay.
3. To appoint a whole-time health visitor for the Se4enoaks rural, Sevenoaks urban and Tonbridge urban districts, as these district councils apparently do not intend to make any arrangements. T o appoint a second whole-time health visitor for the Bridge rural, Elham rural, Hythe urban 4. and Cheriton urban districts, provided these districts have no objection to this course. . o was regret to report that Dr. Oliver, wh Boraacgh of Lydd.--I 7.--11Tedical 0.^ers3ci2^. that Dr. officer of health of Lydd on a part-time basis, died on Novembor 7th, 1915. I understand Feaver tivas appointed deputy medical officer of health, but I gather that he vacated thatmedical position 'officer ago and that there is, at the present time, no-one acting in the capacity of some time of health -Between November 22nd, 1915, and the date of writing this report, I have communicated ntmentwith the Town Clerk of Lydd, on no fewer than six occasions, asking for information as to. co^^ulications.
of & .successor to Dr. Oliver, but I have not received even an acknowledgment of my overnment I have also drawn the attention of the Town Clerk to the provisions i hthet be Lcal sappl^d with the Board's regulations concerning infectious diseases, an^ requested ^ iculara of all cases of tuber usual weekly returns respecting the cases reported December 18th.part cuiosis reported, but I have received no returns since 43, rities to nuisances in hydd in by the military an o,.. a re 5th m attention was directed . uested investigation- Qn March Y the matter an thls three s'ttuations, and I drew the Town Clerk's attention to ken `in r not know what, if any, action has been ta t^=application of remedial measures. I do matter. A T recommend that your Qom- an unsatisfactory state of affairs, ointment of a medical I,r.gard the above as a most to the Town Council of Lydd pressing, for the app in the meant^?e' re resentation daskthat, ff"J!nwtoe^ mak a a p undu delay.,, fficar of health, at an adequate remuneration, local health departments, shall receive " county and the e matters arising between te ^ ^ad^ainistrative..^> . attention. ^immediate trict- Alteration in the Public Health A.dministrationof the East AM, EastEast ]Kent g. --Suggested of ealth for I bog to report that Dr. M. K. "Robinson, Medical OfficekHe bad occupied this position since 1872 h 85th ear to ^ }ist^4t; died on March 31st, 1916, in is y • il 7th' 1916' a Medical Inspector of the Local Government Board camef these a ricts. On ^'`pr
Col. F. S. W. Cornwallis, Linton Park, Maidstone. The Right Hon. the Earl of Darnley, Cobham Hall, Gravesend. The Right Hon. Laurence Hardy, M.P., Sandling Park, Hythe. E. W. Hussey, Esq., Scotney Castle, Lamberhurst. C. Igglesden, Esq., Heathfield, Ashford, Kent. Capt. A. Rayner, R.N,, 39, Balmoral Road, Gillingham. Mrs. Somerset-Webb, " Hengherst," Woodchurch, Ashford, Kent. C. H. Watson, Esq., Leybourne Rectory, . W est M alling. F. A. Willcox, Esq., 10, Crescent Road, Sideup. (Vacancy). (Woman). (Vacancy) . (Vacancy) . (Men). (Vacancy).
REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS ORGANISATIONS.
Organisations. Representatives.
The Kent. Federation of J I W. R. Bolton, Eso., 10, Lower Denmark Road, Trades' Councils. Ashford, Kent.
W. J. Bourne; Esq., 183, Fuhvich Road, Dart- ford.
T. E. Smith, Esq., 183, Old Road West, Gravesend.
The National Union of Rail- F. G. Burgess, Esq., 82, Florence Road, Maid- waymen stone.
Organisations; inKent affiliated Mrs. R. Graham, Rose Villa, Prospect Avenue, to the Standing Joint Frindsbury, Rochester. Representing the Committee of Industrial Women's Co-operative Guild. Women's Organisations.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Families J. W. Adams, Esq., The Manor Cottage, Milstead, Association. Sittingbourne.
Miss Ethel Bromhead, Cossington House, Canter- bury.
Miss S. M. Hope, 32, Manor Road, Folkestone.
The Lady Henry Nevill, Eridge Castle, Tunbridge Wells.
F. G. Stenning, Esq., 50, Earl Street, Maidstone.
Soldiers' and Sailors' Help Major P. H. G. Powell Cotton, Quex Park, Society. Birchington.
V. Biscoe Tritton, Esq., Ewell Manor, West Farleigh.
NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT, 1911.
_Z "That Mr. Randall Mercer be appointed a repre- sentative of the Council to serve on the Kent Insurance Committee in the place of Mr. Sidney Shea resigned."
EDUCATION COMMITTEE. The Quarterly Report of the Education Committee was laid before the County Council.
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HIGHER. EDUCATION.- Expenditure.-The annual estimate of gross expenditure on _^Iaiiitenance Account in respect of Higher Education will be found in Appendix 4, pages 23 and 24. It amounts to £r28,376, as compared with an estimate of £I2SAr2 for the past year and an actual expenditure of :C12q,794 is. 4d. There is, therefore, a decrease of £36 as compared with last year's estimate. 5 The Committee estimate that they will require a sum of f2,zoo to meet Capital Expenditure out of Revenue for Higher Education purposes during the current year. In this amount some provision has been made towards the cost of equipment of the Dover County School for Boys, which it is anticipated will be completed about September next, though the Committee hope that, with the Council's sanction, it 10 may be possible to raise a loan for this purpose. RECEIPTs.-The estimated receipts on Maintenance Account in r^spect of Higher Education, excluding receipts from the County Rate and Customs and Excise Duties, amount to ^59,9o6 as compared with an estimate for the past year of ^59,315 and an actual receipt of £6-2,509 gs. 4d. 15
Endowments. With regard to the amounts payable to the County Council under Section 13 of the Education Act, 19o2, it has been found, upon the examination of the Accounts submitted, that in the cases of the Minster School, Clarke's Educational Foundation and the Wye, Lady Thornhill's Endowed School, the School Foundation, certain 20 amounts for which the Committee are responsible have been paid out of the income of the endowments for the maintenance of the schools in question. The Committee have therefore paid to the County Accountant the total of such amounts for transfer by him to the Overseers of the parishes concerned as provided by Section 13 (2) of the Education Act, zgo2, and have written to the Trustees of the Foundations asking 25 them to abstain in future from making such payments from their funds.
SOUTHBOROUGH, HOLMEFOUNDATION.-(Ap2)rox2911ate Yearly Income, X91).- The Committee have received a draft Scheme of the Board of Education, altering the Scheme of 28th November, 1889, which now regulates the above-named Foundation. Under Clause 2 it is directed that the School of the Foundation shall not henceforth 30 be carried on. Clause 3 directs that the net income of the Foundation shall be applied by the Governors in the first instance in discharging any outstanding liabilities incurred by them in the administration of the trusts of the Foundation, and, subject thereto shall be accumulated pending a further Scheme. The Committee have decided to take no objection to the proposal. 35
III.--HIGHER EDUCATION.
Local Sub- Thecommittees- Committee have appointed the following members to serve on Local Sub- committees for Higher Education :-
BEXLEY.--Representative of County Committee.- 40 Mr. G. Phillips vice Mr. A. Butcher (deceased).
DEAL AND WALMER.-Representative of County Committee.- Mr. Arthur W. Lambert vice Mr. S. H. Shorten (resigned).. of Sheerness Urban District Council-.-- SITTING BOURNE .-Rep9•esentative resigned). 46 Mr. William Read vice Mr. W. J. Penney ( 1/5/16
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NORTH PRESTON.-The Board of Education have not approved of the construc- tion of an overflow soakaway at the COUNCIL SCHOOL, and at their suggestion the Local Government Board have been consulted on the matter. The Committee are in consequence continuing the existing arrangements for the emptying of the cesspit until such time as they are able to deal with the matter by carrying out an effective scheme of re-drainage at this school. SEVENOAKS.-(a) The removal of the gallery at the Cookery Centre has been agreed to. (b) A claim of the contractDr for an allowance to meet the extra cost of materials, &c. (owing to the war) for the erection of the Teacher's Dwelling-house at 10 the WEALD COUNCIL SCHOOL has been met by an extra payment of £25, an equivalent to about 5 per cent. on the contract. SHEERNESS.-Owing to pressure of work, the Committee are informed that the Treasury Solicitors are unable to proceed at present with the preparation of a formal lease of the land for use as Playing Fields. Permission has, however, been given to 15 the Committee to take informal possession, without prejudice, of the land as from the 25th March, 1916, upon the terms already agreed between the parties. WHITSTABLE.-The Urban District Council have made good the damage done to the boundary walls of the WESTMEADS COUNCIL SCHOOL through subsidence of the new public sewer. 20
Repairs to Council Schools. The Committee have, as last year, decided that no work which is not absolutely necessary shall be done to COUNCIL SCHOOLS this year, and that all interior renovation shall be omitted. This policy is being adopted in order to restrict expenditure for the present to 25 the lowest possible limit, but the Committee recognise that ultimately a larger outlay - will be necessary in order to put the premises in a state of efficiency.
Teachers. At the date of this report the number of men absent from elementary schools on naval and military duties was 16o, being 26'9 per cent. of the permanent male staff. 30 In addition there were 5 women absent on Red Cross work, and 4 men and one. woman on civil employment. SCALE OF SALACtIES.-The Committee have amended the terms of the scale of salaries with regard to head teachers receiving salaries in Grade I. of the previous scale. The benefit of the new scale is now to be given to those who are adjudged 35 deserving of and suitable for appointment at a school having an average attendance of over Ioo. HANDICRAFT TEACHERS.-The Committee have considered the case of the Handicraft Teachers whose salary and fees have been affected adversely by the cessa- tionof much of their Higher Education. work owing to the war, and they have decided 40 that, as from the I st October, I915, and during the period of the war, all such teachers be guaranteed, in addition to the scale salary for ten teaching periods a week, a fixed payment at the rate of _f20 per annum, whether they are required to teach for addi- tional periods or not. SUPPLY STAFF.-The Committee have considered the case of Goldsmiths' and 45 other college teachers (42 women and 8 men), holding scholarships, who will be leaving college this year. They have decided to appoint on supply for one year such of the men teachers as are not liable to compulsory military service, and from 20 to 25 of the women teachers, subject to the conditions that the teachers serve for not less than six months from the date of their engagement in schools maintained by the 50 Committee, and that their obligation to serve in the County for not less than two 1/6/16 11 54th Report. years remain in force unless and until it is terminated by the Committee in any particular case. TEACHERS AND MILITARY SERVICE.-It is now understood that teachers of military age who have been attested but not certified as fit for " General Service" will not as a rule be called up for service with their groups. It is therefore proposed to 5 utilise, so far as possible, the services of these teachers in order to release men who t have been certified fit for " General Service." In cases where a teacher is employed elsewhere than in his own school, the salary will be that applicable for a Head or lit Assistant Teacher, as the case may be, if the teacher were appointed permanently to the vacancy, but it has been agreed that the Committee will consider any special 10 circumstances which put the teacher necessarily to any additional expense. The teacher's present post will of course be kept open during absence. Similar steps are also being taken in the case of teachers who have been rejected for military service or who are over militarv age, and who may be mobilised in the same way.
Correspondents. 15
FARNBOROUGH AND `IOTTINGHAM.-The engagements of the Correspondents of these schools expired at the end of February last. The Committee have, however, 4i agreed that in the circumstances now existing the appointments shall be allowed to continue for the present. { tj School Attendance. 20
LOCAL Coa1NtITTEFs.-The appointment of members of Local Comnlittees will terminate on the 3oth June next. In the circumstances prevailing the Committee have decided to extend their appointments for three years until the 3oth June, igig, or until the appointment of their successors. In view of the serious decrease in the numbers in average attendance, which is 25 referred to under Part II. of this Report, and which is due to a great extent to the absence of children on agricultural licence, the Committee are issuing a circular letter to Managers and others concerned, pointing out the necessity for ascertaining, before granting any licences, whether the conditions laid down in the Committee's regulations are fulfilled, and in particular whether all women's labour available for 30 that they should confer with the district has been utilised ; and, in this connexion, Committee, and asking Women's War Agricultural the local representatives of the the school attendance Local School Attendance Committees to exercise through officers a stricter supervision in all cases of employment of children, whether under 35 licence or otherwise.
School Attendance after the War.
Replies have been received in ig cases with regard to the resolution pa P teP^ to the last meeting of the Committee, respecting the desirability of t provide for the compulsory attendance at school after the war of lo{ ^hese cases has 40 from attendance for agricultural and other purposes. In only one No reply has been received it been decided to support the Committee's resolution. from the Board of Education. by the President An Inter-departmental Committee has, however, been of the Board of Education for the purpose of considering what steps should bee takensons 45 to make provision for the education and instruction of children and young P after the war, regard being had particularly to the interest of those (i.) who have been abnormally employed during the war ; (ii.) who cannot immediately find advantageous employment ; (iii.) who require special training for employment. 11^1is
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54th Report. 14- value of the allowance to Schools, and, further, that they have carefully prepared an Abridged Requisition Schedule containing items which will alone be supplied during the period of the war. Fresh tenders have been obtained for the items on this Schedule, and the Committee report that the prices indicate a verv considerable advance on pre-war 5 prices. The Committee have granted the Educational Supply Association an advance Of 120 per cent. on the present contract prices for paper ;oods, and 75 per cent. on catalogue prices for paper goods selected from their catalogue as from the :st of March, 1916. 10 The Committee also report that they have granted Messrs. E. J. Arnold & Son an advance of 331 per cent. on pre-war prices for Varied Occupations Material not included in the contract. Fuel, Lighting and Cleaning. CnAr. AND COKE SUPPLY.-The Committee report the termination on the 15 3oth June next of the contracts for the supply of coal and coke to the schools in the County, and that it is proposed, notwithstanding the difficulties in obtaining deliveries, to endeavour to arrange fresh contracts for the ensuing 12 months.
Special Classes.
CONTRACT FOR TIMBER.-The Committee report that they have examined 20 tenders received for the supply of timber for the year commencing rst May, and that the tender submitted b}^° Messrs. Wm. -Marshall & Son, Ltd., London, has been accepted. In view of the difficulties likely to be experienced in obtaining supplies the Committee have issued instructions to Teachers of Handicraft Classes that the very 25 strictest economy must be observed in all classes, and an effort made to supplement and help out present stock by inducing scholars to provide their own material wherever possible, and that this can be done by obtaining boxes, etc., from grocers and others. Printing. 30 CONTRACT.-The Committee report that in view of the difficulty in obtaining labour the Stanhope Free Press have been compelled to cancel their contract with the Committee for printing Pamphlets and Circulars, and that consequently competitive tenders have been obtained and a new contract entered into with .Messrs. Headley Bros., of Ashford. 35
Storage Accommodation. STATION ROAD.-The Committee have taken a tenancy for three years from the 25th December, 1915, at a rent of C36, of the old printing premises of the " Kent Messenger" in Station Road , Maidstone. Gas radiators have been installed at a cost 40 of about (5. The Committee's tenancy of the premises in Pudding Lane, Maidstone, has been terminated as from the 24th June, 1916-
Dated the ist day of May, z916. WALTER W. BERRY, Chairman. FRAS. W. CROOK, Secretary, Sessions House, Maidstone.
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APPENDIX 1.
Scholarships.
TRAINING SCHOLARSHIPS. (a) TENABLE AT GOLDSMITHS' COLLEGE, NEW CROSS.
MEN. Two Years' Course. Ireland, John Watson kOuelch, Clarence Charles Mercer, Henry Frederick George IStickels, Elvy George
WOMEN. One Year Course. Barrett, Elizabeth Sykes, Maud Marguerite Crosier, Nellie Inez Taylor, Jessie +Jordan, Norah Katharine
Two Years' Course. Baker, Hilda May Mayger, Phyllis Harriet Bartholomew, Lydia f Monger, Doris Mary Bourne, Sybil Noake, Dorothy Ethel Mabel Brown, Doris Mary Osborne, Dorothy Mabel -"Brown, Nora Caroline Owen, Winifred Eva Cooper, Jessie Parkhouse, Mabel +Crabb, Constance Elsie Pearce, Florence Jane Doggett, Florence May Pettitt, Marjorie Faith Edwards, Elizabeth Mabel tRoberts, Nora Elford, Gladys Saunders, Winifred Louise Fenner, Dorothy Smith, Dora May Fuller, Connie Alice tTremble, Gladys Rose Gibb, Edna Daisy fiVesey, Agnes Mary Goodger, Doris Mabel Webb, Hilda Frances Hicks, Nellie tWheeler, Minnie Vaughan t Hills, Lucy Isabel Willett, Hilda Edith May, Irene Bella Kate
(b) TENABLE AT OTHER RECOGNISED COLLEGES. One Year Com-se. Bartholomew, Elsie Home and Colonial College, Wood Green, N. Pike, Maude Mary - St. Katharine's College, Tottenham.
Two Years' Course. Baldwin, Edith Ivy - Derby Training College. Blair, Phoebe Jessie - St. Gabriel's College, Culham. Battersea. Broadley, Gladys Julia - Whitelands Training College, Clark, Evelyn Mabel - St. Gabriel's College, Culham. Donnelly, Elizabeth - Sacred Heart Training College, St. Charles' Square, Kensington.
; Culled up for Military Service-Scholarship held over until after the war. Subject to interview and medical examination proving satisfactory. fi SuUjcc6 to Qualifying Examination proving satisfactory.
(b) REPORT OF THE FARM COMMITTEE. The head of live stock on December 31st .as compared with that at the end of tthe previous quarter, is tabulated below No. in Kind last Present In- De- of Stock. Report. No. Bought. Born. Sold. Died. crease. crease. Cattle ... 97 92 4 3 II I - 5 Sheep ... 340 261 i - 78 2 - 79 Pigs ... 53 38 8 23 - - 15 Horses... 14 14 ------
The cattle purchased are young calves. One of these died. Fatting cattle are doing fairly well. The prices realised during the quarter have ranged from about 15/- per score for cows to 16/6 for younger beasts. At these rates fatting cattle is not very profitable when the extensive use of expensive concentrated foods is necessary, The young store stock are in good condition, and are making satisfactory progress. Milk has been sold during the Christmas vacation at 1/3 per gallon. . Eight of the dairy cows are due to calve February to early April, and all seem likely to calve after a normal gestation period. The home grown fodder supply is likely to prove sufficient for the stock. A good crop of mangolds was raised, and thcsc, although clamped after sharp frosts, are keeping well. Chaffed straw is being extensively used for the cattle, and hay economised. As a result of the saving thus effected the small store of hay should suffice for the winter. A very satisfactory report on the sheep is now made. The sales consisted of fat tegs, draft ewes and small lambs, which realised good prices. The Down ewes are due to commence lambing towards the end of January, and look promising. The Kent ewes are also in good condition. Sixty Southdown ewe lambs, i8 Kent ewe lambs, and i 1 ram lambs are the only sheep folded this winter, and all look very well. The sheep purchased is a Kent ram teg. The stock of pigs remains low. Four sows are due to farrow by the middle of February, and four more at a later date. Young pork pigs have sold at extremely high prices. Three mares are believed to be in foal. The breaking in of two three-year-olds will be taken in hand as early as possible, and these will take the place of mares with foals. A considerable amount of thrashing has been done during the quarter with fairly good results. Sixteen acres of Red Standard Wheat grown on Coldharbour Farm after potatoes (no further manuring) yielded 33 bushels per acre, and a similar sized field of oats on the same farm after seeds (no manure) yielded 55 bushels per acre. A field of Triumph Oats grown on Silks Farm after clover twice mown (no manure) yielded 48 bushels per acre, and a field of Leader on the same farm after roots (no manure) yielded 65 bushels per acre. Dreadnought spring wheat grown on thin chalk on Coldharbour Farm after peas and rape folded (no further manure) has produced 5 quarters of head corn per acre. This is good quality grain, and is being sold for seed at an average of 65/- per quarter. Forty-two acres of wheat were sown before the end of November. All the wheat looks well, a remark which applies to the small area of winter oats sown. A consider- The bulk of the maincrop potatoes are now cleared at £5 per ton. Ten tons of Perthshire seed has now able quantity of seed is in hand and for sale. arrived by rail. The varieties to be grown are :- Eclipse: Home seed once grown from Scotch. King George V: Scotch seed. 1/5/16
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APPENDIX 4.
Estimates, 1916-17, and Returns of Expenditure.
S U 11 11 ARY. -tatement of Gross Expenditure for the Year ended 31st March, 1916, and for the Quarter ended 31st March, 1916; also Estimate of Gross Expenditure for the Year ending 3ist March, 1917, and the Quarters ending 3oth June, 1916, and 3oth September, 1916,
Total of Revised Quarterly Expenditure Estimate Expenditure Estimate Estimate Estimates for Year for Year for Quarter for Quarter for Quarter ending for Year ended ending ended ending 30th June, ended 31st March, 31st March, 31st March, 30th Sept., 1916. 1916. 31st March, 1916. 1917. 1916.x 1916- (4) _ _ (5) (6) ^1^-- £ s. d. d. s. d. 2 s_ d. £ s. d. s. ::ary Educatima- :ientary Education Sub- 0 0 61,425 0 0 242,963 1 3 247,275 0 0 60,281 9 7! 61,785 ." iniittee ...... 247,625 0 0 0 0 6,940 0 0 29,429 19 7 31,800 0 0 6,031 11 8 7,665 lings Sub-committee ... 30,050 0 0 and Requisitions Sub- 0 0 4,850 0 0 27,382 12 2 28,600 0 01 8,439 17 6 8,250 mmittee ...... 27,290 0 0 nce and General Purposes 5,305 0 0 14,593 0 0 5 39,040 0 0 14,817 15 1 Sub-committee ...... 3S,620 0 0 37,935 7 89,570 1310I 83,005 0 0 87,808 0 0 343,585 0 0 337,711 0 5 346,715 0 0
Difference between Provisional 670 0 0 and Revised Estimates for 670 0 0 1 June Quarter, 1916 ...... 82,335 0 0 88,478 0 0 130 0 0 Works to be met out of 239 1 7 45 0 0 Capital ^ 083 0 0 1,236 18 11 2,200 0 0 Maintenance Account ...... 0 0 88,608 0 0 f 89,809 15 5 82,380 345.665 0 0 338,947 19 4 348,915 0 0 Deduct Balances in hands of Kent Education Committee 6,250 0 0 (excluding those in respect of 6,250 0 0 uncompleted works) ......
Amount required from Kent 0 0 82,380 0 0 82,358 County Council in respect of 342,665 0 0 Elementary Education ...
Higher Education— Higher Education Sub-com- 24,305 0 0 mittee 35,465 0 0 128,376 0 0 30,541 11 2 Stores and Requisitions 128,412 0 0, 124,794 1 4 Sub-committee .•• ••• Finance and General Pur- poses Sub-committee
between Provisional 470 0 0 Difference 470 0 0 and Revised Estimates for June Quarter, 1916 ...... 0 34,995 0 0 24,775 0 0 0 0 929 Works to be met out of 420 12 1 97 Capital 4 3 2,100 0 0 Maintenance Account ...... 2,339 0 0 3,708 25,704 0 0 3 3 35,09`l 0 0 130,476 0 0 30,962 130,751 0 0 128,502 5 7 Deduct Balances in hands of Kent Education Committee 3,876 0 0 (excluding those in respect of 3,876 0 0 uncompleted works) ......
Amount required from Kent 21,828 0 0 35,092 0 0 County Council in respect of 0 0 Higher Education ...... 126,600
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N. - Ashford, West Street 2 C. of E. Field Artillery Wintersgill, F. W. - Bexley Heath C, of E. - Gunner, Royal Private, 3rd Devonshire Regiment Bowden, H. E. Y. - Broadstairs C. of E. - London Regi- Miles, H. O. - Burham Cl. - - - Private, 3rd/I5th ment ^,Civil Service Rifles) Private, 3rd/15th London Regi- Duckett, W. K. - Chevening C. of E. - ment (Civil Service Rifles) Gunner, Royal Garrison Artil- Cooke, A. E. J. Chislehurst, Sidcup Hill lery Council Private, zist County of London Collins, E. S. Crayford, Slade Green Regiment C. of E. Sergeant, rst/5th Suffolk Regiment Dartford C. of E. - - *Heard, C. M. Private, 15th London Regiment Dartford, Heath St. C1. - Wells, F. A. - (Civil Service Rifles) Air Mechanic, Royal Flying Corps West Hill Cl. - Shaw, N. C. - - Dartford, Private, ioth Royal Sussex Regt. West Hill Cl. - Biggs, H. W. - Dartford, Private, Civil Service Rifles - Cockrem, W. J. C. - Halstead C. of E. - Rifleman, King's Royal Rifles - Scott, H. - - Hawkhurst C. Of E. znd Lieut., 13th West Yorkshire North Preston Cl. - - ''`Kemp, J. - - Regiment i5th Middlesex Regi- Chislehurst Private, Orpington, Searle, W. ment RadV Cl. Promotions received since last report • 1/6/16 / I MAY f 7 1916 29 54th Report. Widgery, T. W. - Petham C. of E. - 1VIechanic, Royal Flying Corps' Harton,:E. P. Sevenoaks Cl. - - Gunner, Royal Horse Artillery *«2hitmarsh; A. J. - Smarden Cl. - - - Captain, IATest African Regiment ClaxtonjS. H. - Snodland Hooks C. of E. Private, Hon. Artillery Company Lineham, W. R. - Swanscombe C. of E. - - Rifleman, 21St County of London (I_st Surrey Rifles) Regaiment Semple, R. - Wrotham Plaxtol C. of E. Trooper, North Irish :Horse Handicraft - - - i st Class Air Mechanic, Royal Sheard, G. W. % Naval Air Service SCHOOL MEDICAL SERVICE. Captain, R.A.M.C., since died. .*Holmes, Dr. R. - Inspector 4 See note at foot. SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS WHO HAVE ENLISTED. BURSARS. W. - Dover County School for Enlisted on the 3oth No'vember, Ford, Francis Boys. 1915- TRAINING SCHOLARS. Enlisted in the 5th Royal Sussex Wm. Goldsmiths' College - ][:^rice, Herbert Regiment at the. end of the Autumn Term, 1915- E nlisted in the ioth Sussex Regt. Wood, Thomas ^. - Goldsmiths' College Enlisted in the I oth Platoon' of Goldsmiths' College Still, James - - « E » Company, L.R.B. Enlisted. Goldsmiths' College Civil Finniss, James - Enlisted as a: private in Goldsmiths' College Jeffery, Frank S. - Service Riflles. Artists' Enlisted as a private in Goldsmiths' College Jones, Thomas P. - Rifles. Enlisted in the London Rifle Goldsmiths' College Kemp, Arthur James Brigade on the ,22nd November 1915. SPECIAL TRAINING EXHIBITIONS. 2nd Sportsmen's College, Enlisted in - St. Mark's Batt. on the z-7th August, 19'15- Prior, Harry L. Chelsea. HIGHER EXHIBITIONS. 1 ted in Spring term, Ig16. Elsey, John Wm- CIVIL EIVIPLOYMENT. Messrs. V ickers, Road Draughtsman, Northfleet, Dover Townsend, H. - Son & Maxim Council School do. since last report. ' Promotions received O. Hobbs, a Higher Lieut. Ala The committee regret to report that 2^a was kil ednin action on the Y5th ector, died at the Exhibitioner, attached to the Royal Flying CoSchool P^ Medical Insp December last, and also that Dr. Holmes, MilitarY Hospital, Malta, from typhoid fever contracted on active service. ^.►^ris 0 This has been applied for and if it is Obtained your C0tnmittee recommend the Council to s,ntitOa•ise the raisin- of the aniount. There is an unspent balank^e of ^.' 7.71 7 ltis. 91 of the loan raised with the Uni^^n of London and Smiths Bank, Limited, for the ena,rge^nent of Chartha,an -A-svlum which can now be repaid, and it, is probable that this stiin can to the extent required be reborrowed on the term-, oI the original loan. As the building will soon be completed it is dosit°al)ie that a loan should if possible, he raised for its e.11ui} ttient the cost of which is estimated at !-650.50^, and ^.ua• Committee recommend that applics- tnon. be inatle to the Local Government Board for their sanction to such a loan, ,and that iu such sanction is obtained this sum also be reb^.^rrcrwed it possible from the I:nion of London and Smiths Bazk, Lintitied. Your Committee recommend that the loan charges be recovered by special rate on the area served by the school- 5. R-k^rE,. Your Committee recommend the Council to order that the following Rates be made; to become payable on the lst day of Ang^t nexit :- AL General County Rate of 21d. in the S_ A County Police Rate of 2d. in the 1. A Special County Rate for the purposes of Elementary Education of 21-d. in the -L Your Committee also recommend the Council to order that Special Rates be levied under s. 18 (1) '(ez) (c) and (d) of the Education Act, 1.902, and s. 14 (2) of the Education (Adminis- trative Provisions) Act, 190e, upon certain parishes to recover a proportion of the amounts expended in respect of capital, rent, loans and conveyance of children. A schedule showing the names of the parishes and the amounts of the Special rates is open to inspection at the office of the Clerk of the Council. 6. RypoR'T' OF THE DISTRICT AUDITOR. Your Committee have considered the report of the District Auditor on the CounciFs accounts for the year 1914-15, of which prints have been circulated to the Council. The attention of all concerned has been called to the points mentioned in the report. 7. FINANcE (^,'^'Ew DttTizs) ACT, 1916. E-rBRTAaNxFN'rs DUTY. This Act provides for assistance being given by Local Authorities for enforcing the new Entertainments Duty. The immediate requirements are (1) that, all persons affected by the tax should be put in possession of the leaflet explanatory of the ,dnkr -which has been published by the Board of Custom and Excise, (2) that a, t;rustworthy list of all places of entertainment in the County affected by the tax should be prepared. For these two duties the Local Government Board suggest that the aervices of the police might conveniently be utilised, and, provided the Standing Joint Committee agree to that course, your Committee recommend the Council to enter into the necessary agreement with the Commissioners, which will provide in accordance with the Act that any expenses incurred will be re- paid out of moneys provided by Parliament. The County Council's Association has also been asked by the Commissioners to ascertain from County Councils what assist- ance, if any, can be given for the collection of the tax if that Your Committee recommend the Council to reply required, present staff, but that no such duty could be undertaken by the the Council will be prepared to appoint, if possible, a special Treasury will pay the staff for the purpose., provided that the whole cost thereof. 8. WAS Dnueazs. ^ committee has been formed under the presidency of the Lord Mayor of York, to urge upon the Government the abandon- rcra against b damage a s heme for ment of ihemnd thet in its place and bombardment, Resolutions compensating sufferers out of National Funds. have been adopted by a large asserting this principle nnffiber of local authorities,tUistrict Counc lsg n Kentny'1'^heTPrimae Corporations and 3, deutation on the fullest express ion of Minister is to be done it is desired that the but before this be obtained. Your public opinion foreh recumJmend the CouncilConnc'll Committee, there , MtiJ j , I J16 EDUCATION COMMITTEE'S ESTIMATES. "'I'hat the Estimate of Expenditure for the quarter ending the 30th September, 1916, in respect of Elemen- tary Education (as set out in Appendix 4 of the Fifty-fourth Report of the Education Committee) be approved, and that the sum of £82,358 (which includes a sum of 1130 for Capital Expenditure) be paid to the Treasurers of the Education Committee on the 1st day of July, 1916, or as soon thereafter, and in such amounts as circumstances permit." "That * three-fourths of the Capital Expenditure of 1130 mentioned on page 25 of the Fifty-fourth Report of the Education Committee be charged on the parishes served by the schools in the proportions specified." " That the Estimate of Expenditure for the quarter ending 30th September, 19 ! 6, in respect of Higher Education (as set out in Appendix 4 of the Fifty-fourth Report of the Education Committee) be approved, and that the sum of k22,028 (which includes a sum of 21,129 for Capital Expenditure), be paid to the Treasurers of the Education Committee on the lst day of July, 1916, or as soon thereafter and in such amounts as circumstances permit." DOVER COUNTY SCHOOL FOR Boys. "That application be made to the Local Government Board for their sanction to the raising by the Council of a further sum of £6,440, under the Board's consent of the 5th February, 1914, to a loan of. £,11,440 for the erection of a Secondary School for Boys at Dover. " "That the sanction of the Local Government Board be obtained to the raising of a loan for the under- mentioned purposes of Higher Education for an amount not exceeding the sum hereunder stated, viz.":- Name of School. to be recovered Object. Amount. by Special Rate on the locality served. Dover County School Equipment. £650 I Whole. for Boys RATES. `cThat the County Council be recommended to. resolve :- "That the following rates be levied on the parishes in the County liable to the same respectively, to be paid to the County Treasurers on or before the 1 st August, 1916, namely :- A General County Rate of 24d. in the £. A County Police Rate of 2d. in the £. A Special County Rate for the purposes of Elementary Education of 2'1d. in the #,. " That Special Rates be levied under Section 18 (1) (a) (c) and (d) of the Education Act, 1902, and Section 14 '(2) of the Education (Administrative Provisions) Act, 1907, upon the parishes mentioned in the schedule now submitted to the Council by the Clerk of the Council, to recover the amounts shown opposite the names of the respective parishes expended in respect of capital, rent, loans for the purposes of Higher and Elementary Education, and conveyance of children, less any balance in hand to the credit of such parishes." FINANCE (NEW DUTIES) ACT, 1916,-ENTER TAINMENTS 'PAX. "That, provided the Standing Joint Committee agree to such a course, an agreement, which will provide in accordance with the Finance (New Duties) Act, 1916, that any expenses incurred will be repaid out of moneys provided by Parliament, be entered into by this Council with the Commissioners of Custom and Excise for the services of the members of the Kent Co,unty Con- stabularly to be utilised in carrying out the following immediate requirements in regard to the enforcing of the new Entertainments Tax, viz.:- SOUTH EASTERN COUNTIES AUDIT DISTRICT. i F)1, I.^,USSELL ROAD, KENSINGTON, W., 13th April, 1916. o the County Council of the County of gent. ,XY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I have completed the Audit of your Accounts, and of those of your onicers, for the ear ended the 31st March, 1915. I am glad to observe that several recommendations made in my last report have een carried out. (1) I had to devote much careful consideration to'the question of the war tillowances .made to Officers of the Council, including the Education Committee, who had joined .M. Forces. 'T`he scale of allowances adopted was, as regards married Commissioned f, Qfficers, extremely generous and far in excess of the Civil Service scale, and t he po,si qn ^Pf married men of inferior ranks was in many cases financially better than that of the, &ivil Service. Unmarried men of all ranks were much less favourably situated. In f dealing with cases which my own judgment led me to regard as unduly generous and costly to the ratepayers I was actuated by a recognition of the difficult, trying and ressing circumstances in which the scale was originally adopted, and of the obligations which the County Council had, or felt that they had, incurred. If I refrained from iving legal effect to my own -views, it was owing to the entirely abnormal circumstances prevailing, and because the impending legislation would settle the matters in doubt. Moreover, the accounts before me only covered some months of the war. (2) I had some conversation and correspondence with your Clerk withith respect to the Refreshment K oom which is established at the Sessions House. for_ the use of The room has cert ain practical advantages and , u^ein b•e^.s and Officers of the Council. I offered no objection to the allocation of space for the purpose of a Canteen., and to its upon t11 e Counci1 for the equipment. I f ee1 h, wevero that, there should be no charge Having been equipped and having no rent to pay, I feel maintenance of the concern At present, there are charges in respect of fuel, light that it should be self-supporting. them. Your .and laundry. - They are not heavy ; but I have felt a d^.ffi.culty zn allowing Service and that he could 4-Le caretaker was away on Military Clerk explained that He doubted, moreover, whether the hardly deal with the matter in his absence. hi h T referred. I hope the question concern could stand the defrayal of the charges to w 11tivill not be lost sight of. consider the matter of relief to contractors in consequence of the war. (3) I had to The extra charges seemed reasonable so far as I could judge from the materials at my `disposal. require, The Small. Holdings rents'; accounts (4) somectl-sy top he Treasurer by the rents appear from the cash book to have been paid d d t the Land Agent. The Ledger Scheme In point of fact they are pal o tenants. e on an incom e a;ld Accounts are partly on a cash, and, as regards the second ^ ea 'The , , b cr . ytorthe sefiemes.. . egpenditure basis, the rents due at Lady- ay i aonsisteritly throughout the year. principle of income and expenditure should be app 1e c -__-^-^------,_ V 9. MAIN ROAD, NEAR DITTON. In June, 1913, Messrs. Chittenden & Simmons under- took to surface with Kent rag tar macadam, coated with bitumen, certain sections of the London Road near Ditton Corner, and to maintain the same for five years at a fixed price per yard. Owing to heavy traffic and bad weather portions of the work now require extensive repair, and the contractors ask that their term of maintenance may be extended for three years, and that during those years the Council will pay an extra is. 6d. per super yard to assist in meeting the extra cost occasioned. Your Committee recommend the Council to accede to this proposal. 10. HAULAGE OF MAIN ROAD MATERIAL. Material required for the surfacing of the Main Road from Strood to Gravesend has been hauled from Highaln Railway Station over two district roads in the Strood Rural District, which have suffered in consequence. Some compensation is asked for, and your Committee recommend that, without admitting liability, the sum of £50 be offered. HEAVY MOTOR CAR TRAFFIC. 11. EASTRY RIIRAi. DISTRICT. Your Committee have considered a request from the Eastry Rural District Council that the County Council will make application to the Local Government Board for a regulation prohibiting the driving of heavy motor cars (i.e., motors weighing over two tons unladen) over a large number of roads in the district of a total length of about fifty-five miles, upon the ground with regard to some of them that they do not exceed 16 ft. in width, and upon the ground with regard to others that such motor car traffic is especially of thevroads, the high banks, bad turns and excessive b In addition to the Main Roads in the district there are e district about thirty-five miles propoproposed to be closed SuThe Sub- all motor traffic, and are fnot Committee which inspectedwidth and o nve ne ne someoo be he roads found that in respect scheduled are in fact unsuitable for fast heavy traffic, and that for with regard to them there enquiry ^elic tedSeno insuperable provided that local e tion, to other thou objections. With regard such traffic, theysare m eans of mmmun'i be entirely suitable for and villages, and their cation between rail^^ a tionato traffic productive of gravecincon- their tomers venience both to traders a wa h^'eb^rd to ssu h roadsvunt l atnied mendation could be ma owners views of neighbouring in roadthe district, authoriies and andof allfothers concerned . users of heavy motors have been ascertained. Your tter ^now? be cause they oe s der not to go further - in to the moment oforn imposing, orf that the present is a most inopportunerestriction freedom o seeking to impose, -.y accordi reco locomotion in any part of this county. Theyand to resol ^l that the mend the Council to defer n hould be made with regard to until after the question whether any application it to the Local Government Board be postponed War. SgOREHAM BRIDGE. 12. Committee recommend that an agreement `'P1 oaches Your ann Sevenoc^ks Rural District bridgeo lfo^r the sum of £7h approachesm be to and roadway over this . escinded, and that in future all t rface repairs reementto such be made that a fresh r theroaTOad done by the County Surveyor, of tar pair an with the Rural DistricTesent ouncil in urgent for the need scaveet of re at the ^ounty only. The road is at present tee recommend rthe eatimated painting, and your Commit what is required, Surveyor be authorised to do cost being 180• • BRIM BRIDGE, NEAR COVPDEN• ast Sussex. 13. and your This bridge is partly in Kent and partlycostor in^lu T, ded he required repairs to it are estimated to auth isedArO half of The Committee recommend that the workagree be to bear the East Sussex: County Council wi ^- -_ the cost. MM- .1 n^ ^ 91 6 HALFWAY HOUSE ROAD, SHEERNESS. "That this Council agrees, upon the understanding that such agreement does not involve any admission of liability by 'them to do such work on any future occasion when it becomes necessary, to the compromise advised by the Board of Trade's Inspector that this Council should carry out the work of raising the track of the Sheppey Light Railway, on the Halfway House Road, Isle of Sheppey, while the Sheerness and District Electric Power and Traction Company, Limited, are to raise the rails and granite setts and their sub- structures." "That the Bridges and Roads Committee be authorised to expend a sum of £190 in raisin and making good the w^^,cad^lul between the rails ^nd in the margins of the Sheppey Light Railway track which is laid upon the Halfway House Road, Isle of Sheppey." 1. HOLLINGBOURNE. ""That a sum of £80 be spent on renewing with 9iii. drain near Ilolling- stoneware pipes a surface water bourne Railway Station and on laying iron pipes to connect with existing gulleys. SIDCUP MAIN ROAD. f,'L'bat the offer of Tarmac Limited to reconstruct with " tarmac," and to maintain for three years an section of the London to Folkestone experimental at Sidcup, which was similarly treated in 1911, Road it for a period of three years at a and to maintain charge of 2s. per yard super. be accepted." DITTON. "That the arrangement entered into in June, 1913, with Chittenden & Simmonds, Ltd., to surface with Kent rag tar macadam, coated with bitumen, certain sections of the London Road, near Ditton Corner, and to per yard, be maintain the sections at a and that eChittenden & extended for three years, Simmons, Ltd., during those years be paid at the rate of is. 6d. per super. yard per annum towards the cost." STROOD RURAL DISTRICT. payment of ^5^, or in lieu "That an ex gratia thereof 75 tons of gran^ards the cost of thethe repair of District Council to distr I^t,ural n that two district roads i the haulage have sustained damage in consequence of material for the surfacing of the Main Road from Strood to Gravesend. EASTRY RURAL DISTRICT: -gD' AVY MOTOR TRAFFIC. inopportune That inasmuch as the present is a most °c O58 pany fresh moment for imposing, or seeking totion impose, in any of of lOcOmO liaation restriction as to whether any app or a o t,hereuq e5onti this County, Local Government the, h e heavy Boardmotor cars should be made,t°.tin driving of Rural.. regulation prohibiting over a large -,lumber th of about fifty five miles,^ District of a total g „ postponed until after the war. 57. SHORESAM BRID(3E, N0. evenoaks ltural That the agreement with the S approaches to C• . of the District Council for this bridgerfor the sunot £7 per and roadway oel and that in future all surface annum be rescinded, an the County Sur`^eyor' repairs to such road be done by made with the Rural and that a fresh agreement be of the road only. District Council for the scavenging o Garry That the County Surveyor be authoris of ^he road cc out the necessary repairs and tarpainting over the bridge at an estimated cost of £t34• M AY 1 7 1916 ^Q F6 CHARTHAM ASYLUM. NEW BLOCKS, NEW BABERY, The Committee beg to report that the balance of £519 8s. 8d. and paid to the County on the above regard to the whole matter. the following is a statement NEW BUILDINGS ACCOUNT. CONTRACT NO. 1. EXPENDITURE. RECEIPTS. £ s. d. £ s. d. Paid to Contractor ... 7218 19 10 Received from County Architect, Commission ... 204 0 0 ... 10000 0 0 Treasurers ... „ Bills of Quanti- ties ...... 338 18 9 Travelling Ex- penses ... 25 17 0 Plans, &c. ... 129 3 0 Measuring up Works ... 144 7 5 Preparing plans for works not carried out. .. 922 2 4 Clerk of Works ...... 261 14 6 Printing, Advertising, &c. 35 5 6 Legal Expenses ...... 35 2 5 Transfer to Contract 11... 165 0 7 Repaid to County Treasur- ers ...... 519 8 8 £10000 0 0 £10000 0 0 CONTRACT No. 2. RECEIPTS. EXPENDITURE. £ s. d. £ s. d. Received from County Contractor 338 16 1 Treasurers 450 0 0 Architect, Bills of Quanti- Transfer from Contract 1 165 0 7 ties ...... 83 3 8 Travelling Ex- penses ... 9 15 6 Plans ...... 10 10 0 Works not car- ried out ... 108 10 11 „ Measuring up works ... 10 8 5 Legal Expenses .. .. 13 19 5 Printing, Advertising, 44 16 7 £615 0 7 £615 0 7 COLES CHILD, Chairman, 28th April, 1916. On the motion of Mr. Coles Child (Chairman of the Com- mittee), duly seconded, it was Resolved:- . "That the Report be received and adopted:" BARMING LUNATIC ASYLUM. GRATUITY ._TO DAUGHTER OF FREDERICK CLARY, DECEASED. " That, under section 4 (a) of the Asylum Officers' Superannuation Act, 1909, a gratuity of £52 be paid, - by weekly instalments, to Miss D. Clark, the daughtet of Frederick Clark, late plumber at the Barming Heath Asylum." LUNATIC ASYLUMS.-COMMITTEE OF VISITORS. It was moved by the Vice-Chairman of the County Council, duly seconded, and Resolved :- "That the undermentioned Members of the Kent County Council be, and they are hereby appointed the Committee of Visitors of the Kent County Lunatic Asylums for the ensuing year, viz.:- The Chairman of the County Council. The Vice-Chairman of the County Council. Ex-Qffieio. The Chairman of the Finance Committee. Barker, W. Cobbett Mercer, Randall Child, Coles McAlpine, K. Driver, Rev. W. D. Monckton, F. W. Hannon, Hon. H. A. Monins, J. H. Harrison, W. J. Palmer, V. T. Dampier Hewlett, J. C. l'enney, A. J. Hill, Col. R. H. T. Plumptre, H. Fitzwalter Igglesden, C. Rigden, H. Jaffray, Capt. E. W. Shone, H. E. V. Loney, A. C. Sladen, Col. E. Sidney, St. B. Lennard, Sir H. A. H. F., Bart. Smith, S. Lee Lewis, A. F. Leach Tonison, Martin J. R. Manwaring, P. Waring, A. T. 1 (1) FERTILISERS. (a) FOR?SAL SAMPLES. ^ o AN.U.SSIB. Z N^ ^p G M1 ' y ^ I y. ^ C-4 . + 4 ^ w p ^ w m c3 ^ . ,.: 3- _z ^ I. ' ^ F7 o m :-, p ^ m ^ c, = ^ o C ^ ♦ -.'^ o , ^ G . ^-. 0 • r N F+ r-^-^ FT^ CY1 ^i Q' V2 m O C^ P-i ti h ^ E-^ ti r=• Cr v? 199 Grey Shoddy ...... 3/1/16 T. Elliott, S. Bermond- OS Found 9'70 2•74 - f - - - - 3.33 sey 201 Bone Meal ...... 11/1/16 Acme Chemical Co., OS G Found eCl^ 10'15 ^' 4•17 46•31 ' - - - - 5•070.0 I Tonbridg e Guaranteed 4b•0 - - - - 4k-5 202 Pure Fish Guano ... 15/1/16 Freeland & Sons, Ton- OS Found 11•90 8'15 15•74 - - - - 9'89 bridge Guaranteedi - - 16•0 - - - - 1015 208 Hoof and Horn Meal 24/1/16 Pattullo Higgs, Orping- OS Found 10•03 1•f'35 - - - - 17'43 ton Guaranteedl ------15'0 209 Feather 'Waste ...... 27/1/16 Freeland, Tonbridge OS Found 1 9•20 8'49 - - - - - 1013 Guaranteed^ - 1'0 ------210 Rabbit Fur Waste ... 31/1/16 E. Dyke & Sons, Maid- OS Found 22•75) 9•05 - - - - - 10'98 stone Guaranteed ------13•0 213 Superphoaphate...... 1/2/16 W. Arnold & Sons, OS Found 15•O0I - - 27'3 4"20 - - - Paddock Wood Guaranteed - ^ - - 26•0 - -- - - 215 Superphosphate ...... 3/2/16 Sheppey Glue & Chemi- OS Found 15'05 - - 35 S 1 '82 -- - - cal Works, E.C. Guaranteed - - - 35•0 - 216 Special Potato 4/2/16 Strickland, Dartford... OS Found 4•23 4•72 - 21•11 3'97 4'03 513 Manure Guarantead -- - - 18•0 410 - 4'0 5'5 217 Meat Meal ...... 5/2/16 Pine & Sons, Maidstone OS Found 8•69 8•04 23-36 - - - -- 9•76 Guaranteed ------220 Fish Guano...... 12/2/16 Wilkinson, Canterbury OS Found 9'00 7'06 13•32 - -- - - 8'57 Guaranteed - - 13-15 - - - - 9-10 221 35 % Superphosphate 12/2/16 Ditto ...... OS Found 1 6 •20 - - 1 35-54 1•96 - - - Guaranteed - - - 35'0 - - - - 226 Poudrette Manure... 15/2/16 PattulloHiggs, Orping- OS Found 22•85 5'77 5'81 - - - 2•50 7'00 ton Guaranteed I - - 6•0 - - - 2'50 6'7 227 Hoof and Horn Meal 15/2/16 F. Keeley, Aylesford ... OS Found 5•81 15'15 - - -, - - 18•39 Guaranteed ------18'0 228 Fish Guano Compound 18/2/16 Acme Chemical Co., OS Found 15•87 5'40 11'37 - - - - 6'66 Tonbridge Guaranteed - - 1015 - 7•6 49 •G1 0'71 233 Sheppyite Bone Phos- 21/2/16 Strickland, Dartford ... OS Found 21-43 1•13 56'92 - - 3'37 - ^ 1 ' 0 1'0 phate Guaranteed - 0•82 54'0 - - 2 • 41 6'50 235 Peruvian Guano ...... 21/2/16 Anglo Continental OS Found 13•17 5•43 36'8 - - Works, E.C. Guaranteed -- 4•53 35'0 - - - ^•0 5•50 ^- 8'63 236 Fish Guano ...... 22/2/16 Pine & Sons, Maidstone OS Found 9'22 7'11 15•8 --- - Guaranteed - 7'5 13•0 ------10'52 237 Potash Material 25/2/16 IF. Keeley, Aylesford ... OS Found 11'62 - - - - Guaranteed - - - unit value - Manure - 8'88 238 Fish Guano ...... 23%2/16 Freeland & Sons, Ton- OS Found 9'20 7'32 13•50 - - - - 9 10 bridge Guaranteed - - 1310 - - - 30•0 2•15 10'l9 241 Peruvian Guano ...... 28/2/16 Pine W Sons, Maidstone OS Found 13'69 8•39 Guaranteed - -- 28'0 - 2•0 10'0 242 Nitrate of Soda ...... 28/2/16 Ditto OS Found 1'92 15'72 ------Guaranteed -- - - 95 % nit rate of soda - - 4'71 - 20 23 4 99 _ 4'27 6 71 243 Special Potato Manure 28/2/16 Strickland, Dartford ... OS Found 4•26 - 4 •52 18•0 410 40 6•6 Guaranteed - Found 13'25 4'53 39 12 ^ - 2•30 6-60 244 Raw Peruvian Guano 3/3/16 Anglo Continental OS 2'0 - 4 •53 3(i •0 6'60 Guano Works, E.C. Guaranteed - Found 18•29 0'91 60'1 ^ _ YI0 249 Steamed Bone Flour 6/3/16 Pine & Sons, Maidstone OS G uaranteed 1.0 60 • 0 10•76 - 10'60 A. Al, Wilkinson, OS Foun^l 7•17 8'66 - 250 Fish Manure...... 7/3/16 12'0 -- - - - 10'0 Canterbury Guaranteed - - Found 12•60 7•92 14'80 - - - - 9•01 251 Fish Guano ...... 7/3/16 F. Elgar, Faversham ... OS - 10.5 Guaranteed - 816 16 '0 - - - 5•47 - 17'90 6'04 - 1'47 6'65 252 9/3116 AngloContinentalGuano OS Found 9'01 Dissolved Soluble 5'76 - 18'0 410 1•6 7'0 Guano Works, E.G. Guaranteed - 9'73 6•34 24'85 -- - 2'1 7•70 253 Equalized Guaranteed 9/3/16 Ditto ...... OS Found 2'0 8•0 Guaranteed - 6•59 25'0 - - -- Guano _ - - _` 8,^8 2Kr; rislr-tx`uano ...... Pattullo Higgs, Orping- OS Found 6'37 6'82 11,45 13/3/16 14•0 Guaranteed - - 24 66 256 Sulphate of Ammonia 13/3/16 Lilli o& Sons, Croydon OS Found 3•88 20'22 - i _ Guaranteed - 19-20 - 0 - 26^29 3`20 258 Superphosphate ...... 14/3/16 - OS Found 18'15 - Guaranteed 6'47 - q 67 8'26 Found 6'03 5'15 - 19•13 259 Potato Manure, No. 8 14/3/16 Pattullo Higgs, Orping- OS 18'0 4,0 4'0 6'6 Guaranteed '53 28 7 •86 ton - 4 - 17•07 2 91 - 3• 260 Ditto ...... 0S Found • 6•66 6'48 - $ .0 8 '0 Early Potato Manure, 14/3/16 '59 - 14_0 - No. 7 Guaranteed - 6 35•42 - - 3'33 - 262 Basic Slag_ ...... 15/3/16 Storr & Co., Maidstone OS Found - 9-0 3410 - Guaranteed - 6'88 11'57 5e6 25.0 ,-- _ - 264 Bone and Meat Meal 15/3/16 Sheppyite Glue and OS Found - 6'g Chemical Works, Guaranteed - Mark Lane, E. C. Found 10'61 7'12 12,4 7 - 9'0 266 Fish Guano ...... 17/3/16 S. Freeland & Sons, OS 13'0 - - -- Ton bridge Guaranteed - - - - - 2'16 10•23 Found 1500 843 `L9l98 F - _ - - 269 Raw Peruvian Guano 21/3/16 Pine & Sons, Maidstone OS G uaranteed " OS Found 10•31 4•21 45*95 270 Bone Meal ...... 22/3/16 Acme Chemical Co., - - - - 4 6-6 Tonbridge G uaranteedJ - - 7'31 14,40 Lillico & Sons, Croydon OS Fd 7-48 271 Fish Guano ...... 21/3/16 Gua oantcedl - 13'0 - - - '^ 2018 8`02 2422-10 - - ^ ^0 10 Foreman & Sons, OS Found 2 273 Peruvian Guano ...... 24/3/16 C. uaranteed - 19'10^ Headcoru 1192 1413 - - _ ^ Higgs & Co., OS Found - 16'0 275 Hoof and Horn Meal 27/3/16 Pattullo 'Guaranteed 10'2E Orpington G Found 12•12 8'43 14•80 - - - - 10-11 1 El ar, Faversham ... OS 22•0 216 Fish Guano ...... 29/3/16 F., g Guaranteed - - - .i (2) FEEDING STUFFS. (a) FORMAL SAMPLES. ^ 3 r ^ ^ ° f ^o c I ^ 77 , x ^ C ^ ^ ^ _ ^ 'I- GC o p y c^..• ^ r . ^ ; C _ 7; :%' ~ z 3 ` ^: Qo ^Crn sO^ ! F Hr L Cc v^ I^ C ^ r% -C C_,C W. Gregory, OS Found 6204 37'94 0'06 - - 0 22 I - - 0.01 - - I ?p; OlSgo . 20/1/16 Wellington, Guaranteed - 29 87 0 '47 ------Somerset 24/1/16 A4r.Li11ico8 Sons, OS Found 10 - 44 'S7 7'25 3'14 ^75 4'&,-) , 61 ^ 56 - 20; Ground Nut Guaranteed - 7-0 7'0 - - Cake Croydon 1/2/16 F. Keeley, OS Found 12-92 '6G 6'19 1'63 -55 '04 '3d - -59 - - 2ll Carton's Guaranteed -- 5-0 0'0 - - - - - Gluten Aylesford Feed '82 ,88 3'70 -10 '25 -05 - '42 111hite Maize 1/2J16 Ditto 0S Found 0'75 212 Guaranteed ------Meal OS Found 13-S5 13-24 5'25 6-28 SO '58 '66 - 4'0 1 - - ^15 Distillely 7f2/16 W. Lillico &Sons, Croydon Guaranteed - 0-0 0 ' 0 ------^ Grains 10 76 19,62 3-02 -7`5 '97 '65 '14 - - Loder's 17/3/16 E. J. Walters & OS Found 12 88 265 - -0 0'0 - - - - - Cocoanut Sons, Tun- Guaranteed Cake bridge Wells 12 16 4'17 16'56 60 -49 , 50 12 '68 - G5 - - Garton's 21/3/16 W. J. Mackey, OS Found 368 3 0 1610 ------Gluten Cuxton Guaranteed - Feed (2) FEEDING STUFFS. (b) INFORMAL SdMFLES. ANALYSIS. y '^ N b y GU { ^ •ot I CA '` ^ d ^ o^ ^ y O ^ y G ^ F'/^ L-"^ F7 u A a 6'29 0'20 7'36 Found 113'19 1'98 46 •00 27'99 4•55 Homco Soya 20/1/16 27-30 Guaranteed 3'0 43-47 4'87 Meal 30'44 3797 7'95 12'17 5'11 Linseed Cake 25/2/16 Found 8'03 3'44 9'0 29•0 Guaranteed 1'80 5'42 5'42 33•88 36'06 8'45 6'58 Linseed Meal 22/3/16 Found 9'61 Guaranteed 4'0 32 •0 5'52 34•50 34'96 8'35 6'75 1'79 Linseed Meal 30/3/16 Found 10'09 5'35 - Guaranteed - 4'0 32'0 2'61 k* (extd.) 7-30 1'68 11'23 16•31 44'61 9'80 Condiment... 4/1/16 Found 10'75 14'0 16-0 42'0 Guaranteed - 5'33 1-59 7'67 10'38 8'45 47'94 23'30 4'60 Ground Nut 18/1/16 Found Cake Guaranteed - 5'65 6'19 1'01 3'31 10-86 10.51 20•69 46'10 Distillery 21/1/16 Found - Grains Guaranteed 4'00 7'06 0'83 7'34 10'75 8'83 45'88 23'48 Ground Nut 21/1/16 Found 2'56 Cake Guaranteed - 6'85 5'20 0'40 12'63 3'68 16'00 55'64 Plate Mid- 21/1/16 Found - 1.65 dlings Guaranteed 6'85 2'60 0'88 Found 12'58 4'58 9'69 63'70 Horse Feed 21/1/16 - - 1'90 No. 1 Guaranteed 12•75 9'74 2'29 15•90 4'84 11-88 44'89 21/1/16 Found Hoi se Feed 2'34 Guaranteed - 3'75 3'25 0'25 No. 2 12'82 4'66 14'63 60'89 25/1/16 Found - Fine Sharps - 7'06 34'l9 Guaranteed 2-30 918 035 12'43 1'49 44'13 30'47 Dried Yeast 28/1/16 Found Guaranteed -- - 5•61 0'05 7'17 ( Infected 2'38 144'81 29'54 5'00 Soya Meal... 9/2/16 PP ' Found 12'66 with 0'20 2'48 Guaranteed 56'36 7'55 5'18 bunt Pound 11'30 4'11 15'50 K Middlings ... 15/2/16 PP 3'03 Guaranteed 7'15 5'29 0'43 12'65 9'89 118'94 46'08 L Cocoanut 19/2/16 PP Found 0'S4 7'48 Cake Guaranteed 29'93 52 5'90 10•95 1-271 46'75 ` i I, Dirty Soya Meal... 8/3/16 PP Found At 293 2'13 - - I ee►uple, I Guaranteed 58'90 5'00 565 coal aud Found 13'01 4'13 13'31 N Pig Meal ... 16/3/16 PP 2'37 - - eindere Guaranteed 8•25 611 201 4'29 14'81 5236 - - I being 0 Toppings 24/3/16 PP Found - - , l preeen t. Guaranteed (Sharps) 7'60 15-85 P s. B. S. Com- 28/3116 PP Found pound Cak Guaranteed 7-06 PP Found ^ Calf Meal ... 28/3/16 0'58 3'42 Guaranteed 35'94 21'30 5'50 R Cotton Cake 31/3/16 PP Found 3'47 Guaranteed 5•82 0'75 No. I 34'95 21'75 Cotton Cake 31/3/16 PP Found No. 2 Guaranteed -- MAY1 7 1916 11. BILLS AND CLAIMS. The usual quarterly Bills and Claims have been examined and approved and forwarded to the Finance dommittee. J. E. QUESTED, Chairman. Sessions House, Maidstone, May, 1916. ,... . ,On the motion of Mr. Quested (Chairman of the Committee), duly secondbd, it was Resolved :- "That the Report be received and adopted:" REPORT OF INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL COMMITTEE. of the Industrial school Committee was laid ^ Report ► . before the Council. the Industiial School Committee to the Kent County Report of a Meeting held on Wednesday, the 17th day of Council at May, 1916. 1. BoYs. your Committee report school, as against 168 at the end oathe last 176 boys in the sc , a previous quarter. twent -five The Superintendent reports the adm^ree from Dover one boys , viz. -Eight from the county area, one from Bromley, fram Folkestone, seven from Chathac^l, . two from Ramsgate, one from Deal, one from Rochester and one from Tunbridge Wells. During the quarter seventeen boys have been disposed of as follows :--Five have enlise^o na^^a w bandck h^ e Reegimentaa the Light Infantry, three into the y work army tailors, one ^has commenced two asa printers tailorst one Club, Pall 11, one tcTJnited Services at cement works, one at mineral water works,Qrie in an iron w0kks' 6 is engaged in the fishing industry amounted to £107 6s. d., The sales during the quarter value of and produce was consumed resentedsfor paymente amount to The bills now p £ 175 2s. 9d. £1,231 14s. 10d. `Z. RATE OF MBII3TE T Ce of prOVisions, fuel, the The abnormal advance has greatly increased the ast Year and in view of clothing, &c , during the p weekly cost of maintenance i^^e the have boys felt at compelle the School,d to raise^ e the this fact your (.onmm Ss. a head as ro c^ge for maintenance by ay, 1916. COUNCIL- WITH 1VrIDDLESE% COUNTY 't cuncil to 3. A(}REEME2vT the ,ed^oinmen with the Nliddlesex County your « Committeemlan ee ggreement instead of 9s6d. a week resolve 6d. in. Council for ro^each actribution Middlesex of boy 12s11 who beis an thereafter inmate of admitte, the School in respect or who sha Council." an the 1st MaY, 4county sealed with the Common Seal oLD B O the 4. port ncernin Your Committee receive exges^hool noj^'s°noa t ve s^ vice You Of th large number of old boys o ,,tin that two of with H.11. Forces. ratification in I'ep War been granted especial g Theyboys havehave, since the outbreak of ^^e battlefield these cc for valourfeel andthat abilitythis fact bears eloquent testimony Commissions which these boys training your Committee to the value Of the discipat the School. received during their term 5. TsE STAFF- in obtaining experienced great difficulty to take the military service The Committee have The posts have been the services of men 1 ^ f lg^blltary ge^taln correspondenceout .h ut place of single men been but so far with advertised and the Chairman has Who look after discharge d soldiers, societies ,aPPlicant. findirig-^Y enitable G, t7LESDEi,N, • CH.&S• Z Chaixmaz4 SessionH Maidstone) may, 1916.