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tion of the Board. The intention of the
local committee to dismiss any teacher must
be communicated to the Board, as well as to
the teacher himself, at least twenty-one days
before the dismissal actually takes effect,
though in extreme cases the local committee
may suspend him during this period.

(b.) To regulate the rate of fees payable by the
children within certain limits.

(c.) To apportion the fees between the head
teacher and assistant teacher, and to determine what portion shall be devoted to other
objects.

(d.) To keep full and correct accounts of the
school, and to produce them when called for
by the Inspector.

(e.) To visit the schools at short intervals,
and report the results.

(f.) To hold periodical examinations of the
schools.

(g.) To grant certificates to parents unable to pay
the fees.

(h.) To pay the teachers according to the terms
of their agreement, out of moneys received
from the Board.

Teachers.

The appointment and dismissal of teachers is to
be the act of the Local Committee, though no person can be appointed who has not obtained a certificate of competency from the Board, nor can
any teacher be dismissed without the sanction of
that body.

Examinations of candidates for the office are to be
held periodically at Melbourne, or some other central
place, and those may be examined for a certificate
of competency who can produce satisfactory testimonials of moral character either from a clergyman
or from the chairman of some local committee, or
from a Justice of the Peace.

All teachers (except sewing mistresses) will be
required to bind themselves by a written agreement
to conform to all regulations issued either by the
Central or Local Board, and not to resign without
giving one month’s notice.

There are to be two classes of persons in training
for teachers, designated respectively—teachers in
training, and pupil teachers.

Teachers in Training.

Schools in Melbourne or its vicinity where the
Local Committees have made sufficient provision for
the lodging, boarding, and moral discipline of
teachers in training, may, on application, be declared
training schools, and licensed to receive a specified
number of male or female, or both male and female
teachers in training.

A school so licensed is entitled to special grants
from the Board, as follows:—

(a.) £200 per annum, in aid of the salary of the
Superintendent of male teachers in training.

(b.) £100 per annum in aid of the salary of the
Superintendent of female teachers in training.

(c.) £45 per annum for each male teacher in
training, passing the prescribed examination.

(d.) £10 for each teacher in training, obtaining a
teacher’s certificate.

Every male teacher in training is required to contribute towards his own maintenance, a sum to be
fixed by the Local Committee, not exceeding £25
per annum. In order to be admitted, he must be
18 years of age, must produce to the Board a certificate of moral conduct, must be of sound health,
and must obtain, on examination, a certificate
of proficiency.

The terms on which a female teacher in training
may be admitted are similar to those on which a
male teacher is admitted, except that her contribution is limited to £20 instead of £25, and that the
age of admission is 17 instead of 18.

Pupil teachers of five years’ standing have the
advantage over ordinary candidates, that their contributions are paid by the Board, and their admission
may take place one year earlier.

An examination of all teachers in training is to be
held half yearly, and those who are not found to
have made sufficient progress, or who fail to present
themselves for four successive examinations forfeit
all claim to further support.

A teacher in training may obtain at any of these
examinations a teacher’s certificate.

Pupil Teachers.

Pupil teachers may be appointed by local committees in any schools, and will become entitled to
salaries from the Board as specified below, if the
following regulations have been complied with:—

(a.) The inspector must report that the teacher
of the school to which it is proposed to appoint a pupil teacher is competent, or may
fairly be expected to qualify himself to pass
an examination every year on such subjects
as the pupil teachers under his charge may
be expected to master in the year next ensuing.

(b.) The inspector must report that there is proper
discipline, efficiency, and arrangement in the
school.

(c.) There must be an average attendance of at
least thirty-five.

(d.) The pupil teachers appointed must be of a
sound and healthy constitution, and free from
any physical defect likely to impair their efficiency as teachers.

(e.) They must on admission be at least sufficiently
advanced to be placed in the lowest of the
four classes into which pupil teachers are
classified.

The teachers in charge of pupil teachers are bound
to give six hours instruction a week to their pupil
teachers out of school hours.

Pupil teachers are to be divided into four classes
according to the results of a general examination to
be held at the end of every year, and at which all
must attend on pain of forfeiting their salaries.