1304
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

166. Every boarded-out child must be treated by the foster-parent with all the care and kindness suited to the child’s tender age.

167. Children are to be trained by foster-parents to habits of diligence and usefulness, but on no account shall foster-parents make children under twelve years of age do any but very light work, and no such child shall do work for more than one hour a day. Children over twelve years of age may, if physically capable, work for not more than one hour before and one hour after school-hours, provided the work be light. No work shall be done by children during the interval between morning and afternoon school. No work, except that which is absolutely unavoidable, shall be done on Sundays, and on Saturdays and holidays no child over twelve years of age shall be made to work for more than four hours a day.

168. Foster-parents may not allow relatives or friends of boarded-out inmates to have access to such inmates, unless the manager of the school to which such inmates belong has given his consent to such relatives or friends having access to them.

169. Every inmate boarded out from the school shall be supplied with a good outfit. As soon as the foster-parent is satisfied that the articles forming the outfit are according to the schedule supplied by the manager, and that such articles are in good order and condition, and that they fit properly, he shall, in the form provided, acknowledge the receipt of the outfit. As the articles so supplied become worn out, they shall be replaced by others of good quality, so that the outfit shall be constantly equal in quantity and quality to that originally supplied.

170. When a boarded-out child is transferred from one foster-home to another, the manager shall see that the outfit of such inmate is in good order and condition, and shall obtain an acknowledgment of the receipt of the outfit as provided in the last preceding regulation.

171. If when an inmate is removed from a foster-parent the outfit of such inmate is not sufficient, and in accordance with the agreement entered into by the foster-parent when such inmate was boarded out, a deduction may be made from any payment due to such foster-parent, in order that the deficiency may be made good; and in the event of any inmate boarded out with a foster-parent having been improperly treated, the whole amount of the payment may be forfeited.

172. In case of illness or accident happening to a boarded-out child, or in case of the death or absconding of the child, the foster-parent must at once report the matter to the local visitor who regularly visits the child, and the local visitor shall without delay notify the manager or official correspondent.

173. Foster-parents may at any time return any child to the school on giving a fortnight’s notice to the manager or official correspondent, but may not, while they keep the child, change their place of residence without giving a week’s notice to the manager or official correspondent, nor remove out of one visiting district into another without the sanction of the Minister, obtained through the manager or official correspondent.

174. The payment to be made for each child boarded out shall be stated in the Third Schedule indorsed on the license. The payment shall be made monthly through the local Postmaster, who will take the foster-parents’ receipts on forms provided for the purpose.

175. Foster-parents must always allow reasonable facilities to the local visitors for ascertaining the condition of boarded-out children, or to any person appointed for the purpose by the Minister.

176. In case of sudden serious illness or accident happening to a boarded-out child, the foster-parent shall at once obtain the services of a duly qualified medical man, and shall, as soon as may be, report the facts to the local visitor, who shall without delay notify the manager or official correspondent. In ordinary cases of illness the foster-parent shall consult the local visitor, who, if it is considered necessary, may authorise the foster-parent to obtain proper medical attendance.

177. Whenever it is practicable, the services of the medical officer appointed to attend boarded-out inmates shall be obtained.

178. No inmate over six years of age shall occupy a bedroom occupied by any person of the opposite sex who is over six years of age.

179. Unless the circumstances are exceptional, when any boarded-out inmate is returned to the school before the license expires, the travelling-expenses shall be paid by the foster-parent.

180. When a boarded-out child is admitted to a hospital, payment of the allowance for maintenance may be made to the foster-parent for one week after such admission.

181. Copies of these regulations, so far as they relate to the boarding-out of children, shall be supplied to foster-parents by managers.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.