OS1/11/95/36
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIRCUS PLACE SCHOOL | Circus Place School Circus Place School Circus Place School |
Francis Kemp Inscrip [Inscription] on Door Rep [Report ?] of the School |
002 | [Situation] In North East Circus Place. This school occupies a lar [large] house 4 Stories [Storeys] in height in North East Circus Place. This School was established (By the public - or by private Subscription?) in 182 [--] and managed by a board (Is it attached to the National Board?) [of ?] directors. The internal management is Conducted by a Re [Rector & ?] Seven masters, (Who appointed the masters - Government - a Church) and a matron [&] Janitor. The average (It cannot be taken with any degree of accuracy who [--] [--] is a public or private and [--]) numb [number] of pupils attending it is abo [about] 200. It has a library and [--] attached for the use of the pup [pupils] The rate of fees varies from £1 - 2 per quarter. The school was established by a number of gentlemen who founded a Joi [Joint] Stock Company for the purpose of founding a school on the same principles as the Normal School & to serve as an academy for the children of the more opulent class. Each share consisted of £10. It is not connected with any church or religious Community. It is managed by a board of Directors chosen from among the shareholders. The school fees are paid to a treasurer & [--] or deposited in a bank from which the Professors are paid From the surplus funds th [there] accumulated a dividend or profits has been divided two or three times among the Shareholders which shows that it is more than self supporting. The teachers are chosen by the Directors. |
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Transcriber's notes
There are a number of annotations/questions in another hand arrowed to items in the Description. These remarks are transcribed in brackets () for clarity. The final set of these remarks, in pencil, overlaps part of the rest of the Description and cannot all be satisfactorily transcribed.Several words of Description are wholly or partly lost in the tight binding of right margin.
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