JULY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 881

in classes P and S7. The terms used in this regulation shall be used in the examination report in the sense in which they are used in these regulations.

4. For the purposes of inspection and examination, but not necessarily for purposes of instruction, the pupils of every public school shall be divided into standard classes, as follows: The preparatory class shall include all pupils below Class I., and may be called class P. Class I. shall include all the children preparing for or presented for Standard I., and may be called S1; Class II. shall include all the children preparing for or presented for Standard II, and may be called S2; and so on to Class VI. Class VII. shall include all pupils that have passed the Sixth Standard, and may be called S7. If necessary, Class P may be divided, the lower part being called P1, and the next P2. Every pupil in the school must be considered to belong to one of the classes as here defined.

5. At every standard examination the head-teacher shall present all the pupils on the school-roll, by giving the Inspector a list for each standard class, containing the names of all the pupils belonging to the class, and a schedule showing that the sum of the numbers of names in all the lists is identical with the number of the pupils on the school roll. Against the name of every pupil who has already passed a standard the head-teacher shall enter in the class list the number of the highest standard which the pupil has passed.

6. Against the name of any pupil who, during the three quarters preceding the quarter in which the examination takes place, has been present at the school less than half the number of times of assembling of the school, the head-teacher may write the number of the attendances of such pupil during the three quarters; and, if such pupil do not pass for the standard for which he is presented, the pupil shall not be deemed to have failed, but shall be considered “excepted,” and shall be included by the Inspector in the number of “exceptions” reported.

7. In order to obtain a pass, a pupil must be present in class during the examination in the class-subjects for a standard which he has not already passed, and must satisfy the Inspector in all the pass-subjects for the same standard; except that failure in one subject (unless very serious) may be overlooked if in the judgment of the Inspector it is due to some individual peculiarity, and is not the result of the pupil’s negligence or of ineffective teaching.

8. As soon as possible after the examination of a school the head-teacher shall be furnished with the names of the pupils who have passed the several standards, and shall record the passes in the Admission Register, and issue to every pupil who has passed a standard a certificate of pass in that standard; and every pupil removing from one public school to another shall be required on entering to exhibit his latest certificate to the head-teacher, who shall make a record of the certificate in the Admission Register, and shall not present such pupil for examination for the standard to which such certificate relates.

9. The “percentage of passes” at every examination shall be ascertained by dividing the total number of passes by the number of pupils on the school roll, and multiplying by 100.

10. The “percentage of failures” at every examination shall be ascertained by dividing the number of failures by the number of passes and failures taken together and multiplying by 100.

11. The Inspector shall ascertain “the percentage on class-subjects” by assigning marks for each class-subject, according to a scale ranging from 0 to 100, to express his judgment upon the quality of work done in that subject, and then calculating for all the class-subjects the mean of the marks so assigned. For the purpose of this regulation, elementary science, together with object-lessons and lessons in natural history, manufactures, and common things, shall be counted as one subject; history as one subject; geography, so far as it is a class-subject, as one subject; and drawing, so far and so long as it is a class-subject, as one. In assigning marks for any class-subject, the Inspector shall consider whether the subject is attended to in all the classes for which it is prescribed, and also whether it is efficiently treated.

12. The “additional marks” shall be ascertained by the Inspector, by assigning marks on a scale ranging from 0 to 20, to express his judgment of the value of the work done by the school in each of the “additional subjects,” and in needlework and drill, and then adding together the marks so assigned. For the purposes of this regulation, repetition and recitation shall be reckoned as one subject, disciplinary exercises and drill as one, singing as one, needlework as one, knowledge of the subject-matter of reading-books as one, and extra drawing as one. In assigning marks for any “additional subject” the Inspector shall consider whether the subject is attended to in all the classes for which it is prescribed, and also whether it is efficiently treated.