June 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1397

doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

Junior Technical Scholarships.

77. (a.) Subject to these regulations, the following payments, in addition to the capitation payable under the Act, shall be made to the controlling authority of classes under the Act on account of each pupil admitted to such classes without payment of fees, namely:—

For each attendance at a special, associated, or college class in any recognised subject of manual or technical instruction, a payment of 3d. ;

For each attendance at a recognised continuation class in any of the subjects named in division (2), (3), (4), or (5) of clause 40 of these regulations, or in book-keeping or shorthand, a payment of 3d. :

Provided that no such payment shall be made on account of a pupil for any class in which he has made less than twenty attendances during the year: Provided, further, that under this clause not more than £5 shall be paid on account of any one pupil in each year.

77. (b.) To be entitled to hold one of the free places or scholarships granted under these regulations a pupil must, before entering the classes, have obtained a certificate of proficiency as defined by regulations under “The Education Act, 1877,” or have passed the Civil Service Junior Examination or the Matriculation Examination of the University of New Zealand.

78. (c.) Every holder of a free place or scholarship granted under these regulations must, unless he is attending a primary or secondary school, make not less than twenty attendances during the year at a recognised continuation class in English of a standard higher than that required for Standard VI. of the Public School syllabus or in one of the subjects named in division (3) of clause 40 of these regulations, the English to include English composition and a study of one or more of the works of some standard author or authors—not less than 800 lines of poetry or 200 pages of prose in a year, or an equivalent in poetry and prose—and must also make not less than twenty attendances at a class in one of the other subjects as set forth in clause 77 (a).

79. (d.) The payments under clause 77 (a) on account of any pupil shall cease after two years from the 31st December preceding the date of his admission to the classes, unless he is entitled to a free place or scholarship under clause 77 (e).

Secondary Technical Scholarships.

77. (e.) The payments on account of any holder of a free place or scholarship may be continued for two years longer, provided he satisfies such tests as may be required by the Inspector-General of Schools: Provided, further, that regular instruction is given to him of a more advanced character than that given to the holders of the free places referred to above.

78. (f.) The holder of a free place in a secondary school after two years thereat, or the holder of an Education Board scholarship at the expiration of the term of such scholarship, may become the holder of a secondary technical scholarship if he satisfies the tests referred to in the foregoing clause.

General.

77. (g.) Free railway tickets will be granted where necessary to holders of junior or secondary technical scholarships.

78. (h.) If on a report from the controlling authority or from the Inspector-General of Schools it shall appear to the Minister that the attendance, conduct, diligence, or progress of any pupil is not satisfactory, the payment on account of such pupil shall cease at the end of the quarter in which such report is received.

79. (i.) These free places are open to boys and girls alike.

80. (j.) These free places are not tenable with any other free places at secondary schools or district high schools, or with any other scholarships, except in cases approved by the Minister in which such scholarships are granted to enable the holders thereof to meet the cost of books or apparatus, or are necessary to enable the holders to meet the cost of travelling to the classes, or of boarding away from home in order to attend the classes.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.