Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3191

Provided that, except in so far as the staffing of any school may be modified by the regulations referred to in subsection (2) of section 5 of that Act, any school (other than a school in Grade IV) the staff of which is in accordance with the provisions of the Fourth Schedule to the principal Act may, if the Board so determines, be deemed to be staffed in accordance with the Second Schedule to the Amendment Act.

(b.) Any assistant substituted for two pupil-teachers under note (d) to the Fourth Schedule to the principal Act shall be deemed to be entitled to a salary of Grade IA under the Amendment Act.

Table B.

Showing Increase in Quarterly Average Attendance upon which the Staff of a School may be increased.

(c.) This clause shall affect the staffing of a school only for the quarter therein prescribed.

(d.) Nothing in this clause shall be deemed to affect the grade in which a school is placed, or (except as prescribed herein) to affect the salary or house allowance of any teacher whose appointment has not been made by virtue thereof.

4. In any school placed on 1st January in Grade 0 the average attendance on which the amount payable for or on account of the salary for any quarter shall be paid shall be the average daily attendance for the quarter immediately preceding, or the yearly average attendance for the year ending 31st December preceding, or the mean of the average attendance for the four quarters immediately preceding, whichever is the highest.

5. (a.) In the case of the opening of a new school, or of the opening afresh of a school that has been closed for more than six months immediately preceding, the amount of the salaries payable to the teachers of the school from the date of opening thereof shall be paid to the Board after the first calendar month in which the school has been open continuously on and after the first Monday of the month.

(b.) Until the end of the first quarter during the whole of which the school has been open as aforesaid, the staff and the salaries of such school shall for any period be the same as for a school graded under clause 2 hereof as having an attendance equal to the average daily attendance of the said school from the day of opening until the end of such period; and thereafter as for the mean of the average attendance for the several quarters until 31st December next ensuing.

(c.) The mean of the quarterly average attendances for the year in which the school has been open continuously for not less than one quarter immediately preceding the end of such year shall be deemed to be the yearly average attendance for such year, and on 1st January next ensuing the school shall be graded according thereto for the purpose of the Second Schedule of the Amendment Act.

6. As soon as, under the provisions of the Acts and of these regulations, a reduction in the staff of a school is imminent, it shall be the duty of the Board to give notice to every teacher whom it may deem necessary to discharge in order to carry out such reduction.

7. In the case of a reduction in the staff of a school, or in the case of the closing of a school, such amount shall be paid to the Board in respect of the teachers whose services are dispensed with as will enable the Board