976
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 37

(c.) The rates at which payments on account of instruction in handwork in classes S. III. and S. IV. shall be computed are: For the first year of recognition, 1s. 6d. per annum, and for each year following, 1s. per annum for each unit of the average attendance at the classes (see clauses 15 (b) and (c), above).

21. (a.) Classes doing work in other subjects not lower than that of Standard V.:

(1.) Perspective.
(2.) Elementary practical surveying and elementary practical mensuration.
(3.) Machine construction and drawing.
(4.) Building construction and drawing.
(5.) Free-arm and blackboard drawing, and drawing from memory.
(6.) Drawing in light and shade from flat examples of rigid forms, from models or casts, or from objects of still life.
(7.) Elementary design and colour-work.
(8.) Painting from flat examples, or from nature, of flowers, or of still life.
(9.) Painting ornament in monochrome from flat examples or from casts.
(10.) Modelling in clay, or plasticine, or plaster.
(11.) Modelling in cardboard.
(12.) Chip carving from pupils’ own designs.
(13.) Wood-carving.

(b.) To earn the grant, the time given to instruction in elementary handwork in each class must not be less than one hour a week regularly throughout the school year. More than one branch of handwork may be taken by a class, but in no case shall the duration of a lesson in a branch of handwork be less than forty minutes.

(c.) The rates at which payments on account of instruction in elementary handwork in classes S. V. and upwards shall be computed are: For the first year of recognition, 2s. 6d. per annum, and for each year following, 1s. 3d. per annum for each unit of the average attendance at the classes (see clauses 15 (b) and (c), above).

22. School classes in the subjects specified in clauses 23 (a), 24 (a), 25 (a), 26 (a), and 27 (a) hereunder must, to earn the grant, be also doing work in other subjects not lower than than of Standard V. In public schools of less than 200 in average daily attendance Standard IV. pupils may be included.

23. (a.) (1.) Elementary physiology, including instruction in “health” and in “first aid.”

To earn the grant a class must receive regular instruction for not less than forty hours during the school year, provided that at least half the total time given to the instruction is given to individual practical work by the pupils themselves, and, further, that the duration of any one lesson is not less than half an hour.

(2.) Swimming and life-saving.

To earn the grant not less than twenty lessons of not less than half an hour each must be given to the class during the school year.

(b.) For subject (1) 5s. per annum, and for subject (2) 2s. 6d. per annum, will be paid for each unit of the average attendance at the classes (see clause 15 (c), above).

Clause 24 (e) is hereby revoked, and the following clause substituted in lieu thereof:—

24. (e.) The number of pupils on the roll of a class receiving instruction from one teacher in either of these subjects shall not exceed twenty-six. The attendances of any pupil who has been present at less than one-fifth of the total number of lessons given to the class during the period for which claim is made shall not be included in the computation of the average attendance.

Clause 25 (d) is hereby revoked, and the following clause substituted in lieu thereof:—

25. (d.) The number of pupils on the roll of a class receiving instruction from one teacher in either of these subjects shall not exceed twenty-four. The attendances of any pupil who has been present at less than one-fifth of the total number of lessons given to the class during the period for which claim is made shall not be included in the computation of the average attendance.

Clause 26 (d) is hereby revoked, and the following clause substituted in lieu thereof:—

26. (d.) The number of pupils on the roll of a class receiving instruction in either of these subjects from one instructor shall not exceed thirty-five. The attendances of any pupil who has been present at less than one-fifth of the total number of lessons given to the class during the period for which claim is made shall not be included in the computation of the average attendance.

Clause 26 (e) is hereby revoked, and the following clause substituted in lieu thereof:—

26. (e.) A payment of 10s. per annum will be made for each unit of the average attendance of the girls on the roll of a public school having not more than forty pupils in average daily attendance, and having no female teacher, who receive instruction in needlework, as defined in the Standard Regulations, for not less than two hours a week regularly throughout the school year (see clause 15 (c), above).

Clauses 27 (a) to 27 (d), inclusive, are hereby revoked, and the following clauses substituted in lieu thereof:—

27. (a.) Division I.:

(1.) Elementary chemistry.
(2.) Elementary physics.
(3.) Elementary botany.
(4.) Elementary geology.

Division II.:

(1.) Elementary agriculture.
(2.) Elementary physical measurements.

(b.) Where special and appropriate provision has been made for teaching the above subjects, the following payments will be made if the conditions are observed: For any subject in Division I., 2s. 6d. will be paid for each unit of the average attendance at the class, provided that instruction is given to the class for not less than one hour a week regularly throughout the school year; for subjects (1) and (2), 5s. will be paid if instruction is given regularly for two hours a week throughout the school year. For each subject in Division II. an initial payment of 10s. per head up to £7 10s. will be made on the first recognition of the class, and in addition 2s. 6d. per annum for each unit of the average attendance at the class, provided that instruction is given regularly for not less than one hour a week throughout the school year.

(c.) No payments other than those specified in the preceding clause in respect of classes for subjects in Division II. shall be made.

(d.) A course in elementary agriculture, to be approved should include practical instruction in connection with school gardens, and should also include experimental work of the kind indicated in the sixth and following paragraphs of clause 56 of the Standard Regulations. A course in elementary physical measurements, to be approved, should be on such lines as are set forth generally in clause 55 of the Standard Regulations.

(e.) Each pupil in a class for any of the subjects in Division I. or II. must give to individual practice at least half the total time devoted to instruction. Such individual practice must not occupy less than thirty minutes in any one lesson.

(f.) The number of pupils on the roll of a class receiving instruction from one teacher in any subject in Division I. must not exceed twenty-five, and in either of the subjects in Division II. must not exceed forty-five. The attendances of any pupil who has made less than one-fifth of the possible number of hour-attendances at the class during the period for which claim is made shall not be included in the computation of the average attendance.

II. SPECIAL AND ASSOCIATED CLASSES.

Clause 31 is hereby amended by the insertion of the words, “No attendances shall be recorded in respect of any person under the age of thirteen years,” after the words “dated signature.”

Clause 39 (a) is hereby amended by the deletion of the words “in detail,” before the words “of receipts and expenditure,” and by the substitution of the words “on the form supplied by the Department” in lieu thereof; and, further, by the deletion of the word “one” after the words “by the controlling authority within,” and by the substitution of the word “three” in lieu thereof.

Clause 42 is amended by the deletion of the words “nor in respect of any pupil under the age of thirteen years” after the words “The Education Act, 1877.”

IV. REGULATIONS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF MANAGERS OF ASSOCIATED CLASSES.

Clause 50 is amended by the deletion of the words “not less than five or more than nine, as the Minister may determine, in respect of each class. The actual number shall in each case be,” after the words “For all other associated classes the number of managers shall be.”

New clause, 50 (a):—

If a manager dies, or, by letter to the controlling authority, tenders his resignation, or becomes bankrupt or of unsound mind, or for a period of three