First report of the Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the endowed schools and hospitals (Scotland) : with evidence and appendix / [chairman, Sir Edward Colebrooke].

  • Scotland. Endowed Schools Commission.
Date:
1873
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Credit: First report of the Royal Commissioners appointed to inquire into the endowed schools and hospitals (Scotland) : with evidence and appendix / [chairman, Sir Edward Colebrooke]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    burgh of Aberdeen, commonly called the Town's four Ministers of the Old and New Churches.' 5. No. 6. The President and Governors hold their appointments ex officiis, as magistrates,, town councillors, and ministers, as aforesaid. 7. The Governors have full control over the financial affairs of the Hospital, the appointment and dismissal of all the officials connected with it, the discipline and arrangements of the house, and the diet and clothing and course of instruction given to the inmates. 8. It is. See answer to question 2. 9. Boys, 176. Of whom 70 are fatherless; of whom 106, though not fatherless, are children of decayed or necessitous families. The full complement is fixed at 180. Of the 176 boys in the Hospital, 40 are elected by the Collyhill Trustees. 10. None. 11. At last election, on 3d October 1872, there were 12 vacancies. These were filled up, and at same time 12 additional boys were elected, in terms of resolution of date 27th August 1872, making 24 in all elected on 3d October. The applications were 34 in number. 12. (1) Sons or grandsons of burgesses of guild; (2) sons or grand- sons of burgesses of trade; (3) sons of residenters within the municipal burgh of Aberdeen admitted in terms of resolution of 24th July 1872. See answer to question 2. In the last class one of the name of Gordon was admitted. 13. Foundationers enter between the ages of 9 and 11, and leave at 15, none remaining in the Hospital more than five years except boys going to College. 14. See answer to question 2. Applicants are examined in reading and writing by the Head Master before admission. 15. Yes; in the Governors. 16. The Governors have been in the practice of granting allowances, amounting to £10 in all, to each boy after he leaves the Hospital, but it has been resolved to abolish these in future, except in certain cases. The resolution of date 19th August 1872 is as follows : 'That all payments to boys, either as apprentice fees or as allowances at the end of their apprenticeship, shall be discontinued, except to boys who have been elected to the Hospital previous to this date, to whom the Governors are to be empowered to pay a sum not exceeding £5 each. That in the case of boys elected after this date the Governors reserve power to grant to such as are necessitous, or whose fathers are dead, a sum not exceeding £5 to each, if required, for the purchase of tools, or otherwise in fitting them out on their entering as apprentices.' Each boy on leaving gets a new suit of clothes. 17. None. 18. None. 20. State of Debt of Robert Gordon's Hospital, for the Year ending 81st October 1872. Due by the Hospital— On Loan £5,550 0 0 Bequest 200 0 0 £5,750 0 0 Carryforward, . . • • £6,760 0 0