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pose; and the Governor, or his delegate, shall
be empowered to do all things and exercise
all the powers which pertain to visitors gene-
rally.

5. If any governor shall for six months fail
   to give his attendance, without leave of absence;
   or shall become a bankrupt or an insolvent
   debtor within the meaning of any law which
   may hereafter be in force within the colony
   of New Zealand relating to bankrupts; or shall
   become a public defaulter; or be attainted of
   treason; or convicted of felony or any infamous
   crime; or become of unsound mind; he shall
   ipso facto cease to hold the office of a governor
   of the College.

6. The appointment and control of the
   tutorial body, and management of the institu-
   tion generally, shall be in the hands of the
   Council of the College, who shall also deter-
   mine from time to time the curriculum of study,
   and fix the amount of remuneration to be paid
   by the pupils or students.

7. The course of instruction shall always in-
   clude the English language and literature, one
   or more modern languages, geography, mathe-
   matics, classics, history, drawing, music, and
   such branches of art or science as the Council
   shall at any time determine. Further, upon
   all school-days not being half-holidays, so soon
   as the necessary funds can be procured to
   defray the extra expenses consequent upon
   such an arrangement, classes shall be kept
   open for the purposes of instruction for such,
   two hours in the evening, between the hours
   of six o'clock p.m., and ten o'clock p.m.,
   as the Governors for the time being may
   direct.

8. No pupil shall be admitted under the age
   of nine years, nor unless he be able to read
   fluently, to write with tolerable accuracy from
   dictation, and be familiar with the first four
   rules of arithmetic.

9. It shall be lawful for the Governors to
   set apart the sum of at least three hundred
   pounds per annum, out of the annual proceeds
   of the Trust Estate, for the foundation of
   exhibitions or scholarships, or both, in such
   proportions, and for such annual value, and
   tenable for such periods respectively, as the
   Council shall determine. The object of the
   exhibitions shall be to extend the benefits of
   the Institution to those residing at a distance.
   They will accordingly be tenable only by lads
   whose parents and guardians reside more than
   four miles from the College, and will be dis-
   tributed as equally and equitably over the
   province as possible. The scholarships shall
   be awarded for merit, under such regulations
   as the Governors may from time to time
   appoint.

10. The Council of Governors shall meet
    at least once quarterly, any four of them being
    a quorum, and shall hold such further meetings
    as may seem to them necessary for the proper
    management of the affairs of the College; and
    for every meeting each Governor present shall
    be entitled to receive a fee of one pound. Pro-
    vided, however, that the total sum to be distri-
    buted among them as a remuneration for at-
    tending such meetings, shall not exceed one
    hundred pounds for any one year.

11. The Council of Governors shall pre-
    pare annually a Report, setting forth the con-
    dition of the College generally, exhibiting its
    financial state, detailing the number of pupils
    who have been educated in it during the past
    year, and the branches of learning taught, and
    communicating generally all such information
    as may be of interest to the public: and the
    Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of
    the College shall be submitted every year, in
    the month of January, to two auditors, to be
    appointed by the Visitor, who, if they find the
    same to be correct, shall certify to its accuracy,
    or otherwise as the case may be. And the
    Report of the Council of Governors, and the
    Balance Sheet of the Institution, shall be published
    in the month of February, in each year, in
    some newspaper generally circulated in the
    province.

12. The Council of Governors shall not
    expend upon the necessary buildings of the
    College, a sum exceeding eight thousand
    pounds out of the principal sum to be handed
    over to them. Any further amount to be ap-
    propriated to this object as circumstances may
    require must be borne upon the annual in-
    come.

13. It shall be lawful for the Governors of
    the College, whenever the funds of the Institu-
    tion shall, in their opinion, be sufficient for
    such purpose, with the assent of the Visitor, to
    establish one or more Grammar Schools within
    the Province of Nelson, as branch schools
    from which the more deserving pupils may be
    removed to enjoy the advantages of a higher
    and more advanced education. But the
    Governors shall, upon each occasion of their
    exercising this power, give at least six months'
    public notice by advertisement, in at least one
    newspaper generally circulated in the province,
    of their intention to do so.

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