Num. 97.

2685

SUPPLEMENT

TO THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

OF

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1903.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1903.

"The Secondary Schools Act, 1903": Regulations.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of December, 1903.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Secondary Schools Act, 1903," His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony, doth hereby make the regulations hereto annexed regarding scholarships and free places in secondary schools, and grants payable therefor, under "The Secondary Schools Act, 1903"; and with the like advice and consent doth declare that this Order shall come into force on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and four.

REGULATIONS.

1. "Act" means "The Secondary Schools Act, 1903."

2. A secondary school shall be held to provide free places within the meaning of the Act if it admits to such free places all qualified pupils of good character who wish to attend the secondary school, and if it conforms to the requirements of the Act and of these regulations:

Provided that, if any pupil be resident outside the education district in which the secondary school is situated, it shall be at the option of the governing body of such secondary school to admit or to refuse to admit such pupil to a free place: Provided further that the governing body shall have the same option in respect of any pupil who could reasonably be expected to attend as a day pupil at a district high school or at a secondary school in a town or place other than that in which the first-named secondary school is situated.

3. A pupil shall be qualified to be the holder of a free place if—

(a.) He is the holder of an Education Board scholarship, a National Scholarship, a Queen's Scholarship, or any other scholarship that the Minister shall approve for this purpose; provided that the value of any such scholarship is not greater than £40 in the case of any pupil who is obliged to live away from home in order to attend the secondary school, or than £10 in any other case; or if

(b.) Being not over fourteen years of age on the 31st of December preceding the date of his admission to a secondary school, he has, before entering the secondary school, obtained a certificate of proficiency as defined by regulations under "The Education Act, 1877," or has qualified for a free place in the examination for Junior National Scholarships or in any special examination for free places held by the Education Department or by an Education Board and approved by the Minister; or if

(c.) Having been a holder for not less than two years of any of the scholarships named in subclause (a) hereof, or of a free place under the Act, or under regulations heretofore in force, he has satisfied the requirements named in clause 7 hereof; or

(d.) Has satisfied conditions laid down by the governing body of the secondary school and approved by the Minister of Education; provided that the number of free places under this subclause shall not exceed one for every £50 of the school's net income from endowments.

4. Every candidate for admission to a free place may be required to furnish to the governing body of the secondary school reasonable evidence that he is of good character.

5. Notwithstanding the foregoing regulations, no secondary school shall be required to admit pupils to free places at any