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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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being given of such special meeting, in accordance with the rules of the
institution. The chairman of the meeting at which the election is
held shall, within fourteen days after the election, forward to the
Minister a notification of the names of the managers, and the managers
shall forward to the Minister the names of one or more persons autho-
ried to pay and to receive moneys on their behalf.

For all other associated classes the Minister may make regulations for
the appointment of managers in accordance with “The Manual and Tech-
nical Instruction Act, 1900,” which shall provide that the number of
managers shall be not less than five or more than nine, as may seem fit
to the Minister; that the powers of appointment possessed by the con-
trolling authority and the public associations shall be in proportion to the
cost of maintenance borne by them severally, the estimate of such cost of
maintenance to include all rents and benefits derived from buildings or
endowments, or otherwise, and used for the maintenance or accommoda-
tion of such classes; that the managers shall be elected at specially
convened meetings of the several bodies concerned during the month
of January or February in each year; that the controlling authority
shall within fourteen days after the completion of the election forward
to the Minister a notification of the names of the managers, with the
names of one or more persons authorised to pay and to receive moneys on
their behalf.

VI.—Grants in Aid of Buildings.

In cases where no suitable buildings are available in the district in
which the classes are held, and there is reasonable probability that the
classes for which the buildings are required will be regularly attended by
a sufficient number of pupils, being in no case less than twelve for any one
class, the Minister may make grants in aid of the cost of such buildings as
may be needed for practical work in physics, chemistry, or metallurgy, or
in woodwork or work in iron, cookery, laundry-work, dairy-work, or in
any other of the subjects specified in Division D of Section III. of these
regulations, or in aid of such buildings as may be needed in the case of
special, associated, or college classes for the accommodation and proper
instruction thereof.

Under the head of “Buildings” may be included necessary furniture
and fittings, and apparatus of a permanent character—i.e., not requiring
to be replaced from year to year; but no grants under this head will be
made for breakages of apparatus.

No grants will be made unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the
Minister that the conditions are complied with. The plans must be ap-
proved and the buildings must be begun or a contract for their erection be
signed before a payment is made. Grants in aid of buildings (including
furniture, fittings, and permanent apparatus) must not be applied to any
other purpose; a separate account must be kept by the controlling
authority of all moneys granted in aid of buildings, which account shall be
open for the inspection and audit of any Inspector of the department, or of
any officer of the Audit Department.

The maximum grants which may be made in aid of buildings are:
(1) For school and special classes established by a Board of Education,
the full cost; (2) for associated classes in which a Board of Education is
the controlling authority, £2 for each £1 contributed; (3) for all other
classes, £1 for each £1 contributed.

All grants for buildings will be paid out of the moneys voted by the
General Assembly for that purpose, and the Minister may, if he deem fit,
pay the whole or part of the amount for which application is made, or he
may decline to make any grant whatever. Grants in aid of buildings
for manual or technical classes will be paid to the controlling authority
thereof.

No grant shall be made in respect of any contribution upon which
subsidy is payable under section 17 of the Act.

Applications for building-grants must be made in the following form,
copies of which will be supplied by the Department :—

(1.) In what town or district are the classes or proposed classes to be held ?
(2.) What is the controlling authority?
(3.) In the case of associated classes, what are the public associations joining
in the establishment of the classes ?
(4.) For what classes are the buildings (or furniture, fittings, and apparatus)
required ? Give the number or probable number of pupils in each
class.
(5.) Are there any buildings, public or private in the district, suitable and
available ?
(6.) Are the buildings to be used solely for manual or technical instruction ?
If not, for what other purpose are they to be used ?
(7.) Give details of the buildings and their character, accompanied, if pos-
sible, by plans. (State if of wood, brick, iron, &c.)
(8.) What is the estimated cost of the buildings ?
(9.) What is the total amount of the contributions upon which the applica-
tion is made in respect of such buildings ?
(10.) Give details of the furniture, fittings, and apparatus in respect of which
application is made, and of the cost thereof. (This may be given
on a schedule attached.)
(11.) What is the total cost of the furniture, fittings, and apparatus re-
quired ?
(12.) What is the total amount of the contributions upon which the applica-
tion is made in respect of such furniture, fittings, and apparatus ?