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Council, and published in the ‘Government Gazette,’
are to be deemed part of the Act, subject, however,
to the following limitation:—

1st. The Board may not make any such rules or
by-laws inconsistent with the spirit of the New
South Wales system of education.

2nd. No aid may be granted towards the building
or repair of any school building, unless vested in the
Board in fee simple.

3rd. No rule of the Board may extend to authorise
the inspector to interfere with the religious instruction given in any school during the hours set apart
for that purpose.

4th. The Board may make grants for exhibitions
at some grammar school in the colony, but these
grants must not exceed five per cent. of the whole
amount at their disposal. Further, the board may
devote a portion of the funds at their disposal to the
establishment of normal training schools, or indus-
trial schools, either in connection with primary
schools or otherwise. The rules issued by the Board
are for the most part identical with those issued by
the Board of New South Wales, already adverted to,
and it will consequently only be necessary to notice
the points in which they differ substantially.

In the first place, while the aid granted by the
Board in New South Wales towards the erection of
school buildings is one-half of the estimated cost, in
Queensland it is only one-third.

Secondly, the scale of salaries of teachers is higher
in Queensland than in New South Wales, as will be
seen by the following tables:—

SALARIES.

Thirdly, there is no provision in Queensland, as
there is in New South Wales, for a separate apart-
ment for special religious instruction, which, in the
former, may not be given during ordinary school
hours, while in the latter it forms part of the regular
course of instruction.

V.—TASMANIA.

Legislative Enactment.

The only Act of the Legislature of Tasmania re-
lating to education which the Commission have been
enabled to obtain is one not dealing in any way
with elementary schools, but making provision for
the endowment of scholarships from the general
revenue, to be applied to the support of successful
candidates at some university in the United King-
dom, having power by law to confer degrees in arts,
law, and medicine.

By this Act a Council of Education is constituted,
consisting of fifteen members, appointed in the first
instance by the Governor in Council, vacancies being
supplied by a majority of the votes of the members
themselves. Eight scholarships are founded of the

value of £200 per annum, tenable for four years,
two of which are open each year.

The duty of the Council is to supervise the details
necessary for carrying out the plan; to administer
the funds; to satisfy themselves that the conditions
of the Act have been complied with, and to appoint
examiners.

Regulations.

The regulations for the conduct of schools are
with some difference of detail identical with those
already mentioned as applicable to New South
Wales.

It appears, however, that an entire change of
system is in contemplation, as, owing to the falling
off in the revenue of the colony, the present scale
of expenditure cannot be maintained; and, with a
view of meeting this difficulty, it is proposed to
throw a much larger share of the cost of schools
upon the districts, at the same time entrusting to
local management a proportion of that authority
which is now vested in the Central Board.

PROVINCES OF NEW ZEALAND.

I.—AUCKLAND.

Legislative Enactment.

The Act now in operation in the province of Auck-
land was passed in the year 1857, and lays down in
detail the system upon which the funds voted from
time to time by the Provincial Council shall be ad-
ministered.

The general regulation of all matters connected
with schools is entrusted to a Board of Commis-
sioners, consisting of not less than five nor more
than nine persons, appointed by the Superintendent.

Conditions on which Aid is Granted.

The provisions of the Act relate almost exclusively
to the mode in which funds are to be applied, and
the conditions upon which aid may be granted,
leaving the regulation of all matters of detail to the
local managers.

Grants made by the Board may moreover be made
only in aid of teachers’ salaries; all other expenses,
such as the first establishment of a school, the ac-
quisition of a site, the erection of buildings, the pur-
chase of books and apparatus, and incidental ex-
penses, must be defrayed out of the fees or local
contributions.

The conditions on which aid may be granted are:
(a.) That a sum not less than the amount granted
by the Board shall be raised by children’s
payments or otherwise.
(b.) That school fees shall not exceed one shilling
per week.
(c.) A sufficiently large and well-ventilated school-
house, supplied with the necessary furniture,
requisite outbuildings, and an open space at-
tached for a play-ground, must be provided.
(d.) The Board must be satisfied with the teachers’
moral character and fitness to conduct a
school.

Amount of Aid.

The amount of aid given by the Board in ordinary
cases is determined by the number of scholars in