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the teacher will be required to give to classes III to VI at least one lesson a week on the following topics, treated not as part of a course in physiology, but in such a way as to give the children such a knowledge of the laws of health as every Maori child ought to possess:—
The chief bones of the skeleton; the skin; the heart; the blood and circulation; digestion; the lungs; the liver; kidneys; nerves; brain; eye; outer ear; throat; nose; air; ventilation; respiration; water; washing; cleaning; exercise; avoidance of evil and unhealthy habits; infectious diseases; methods of dealing with common ailments; colds and accidents.

The teacher may give the instruction partly in nature-study lessons, partly in special oral lessons, or from lessons contained in reading books of the higher standards. He may take any suitable opportunity—e.g., a case of hakihaki, or an accident in the playground—for giving a lesson in this subject for which no special time will be necessary on the time-table, though the teacher should make entries of such lessons in the log-book for the information of the Inspector.

New teachers will find “Health for the Maori,” by Mr. J. H. Pope, a useful text-book on the laws of health as applied to Maoris.

20. Physical Exercises.—A course selected from the manual supplied by the Department.

XVI. SCHOLARSHIPS.

A. JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIPS (TENABLE AT SECONDARY SCHOOLS).

I.—Maori Children attending Native Village Schools.

1. The Government provides places at the various institutions which provide higher education for Maori boys and girls—viz., Te Aute College, Hawke’s Bay; St. Stephen’s Maori Boys’ School, Parnell, Auckland; Waerenga-a-hika Native Boys’ College, Gisborne; Queen Victoria Maori Girls’ School, Auckland; Hukarere Maori Girls’ School, Napier; St. Joseph’s Maori Girls’ School, Napier; Turakina Maori Girls’ School, Wanganui; and Te Waipounamu College for Maori Girls, Canterbury.

2. Maori boys or girls attending a Native village school will be qualified for admission as junior scholars to one of the above-named schools if—
   (a.) They have obtained certificates of proficiency, as defined by regulations under the Education Act; or if
   (b.) They have passed the examination prescribed in the Native Schools Code for Standard V or Standard VI, obtaining therein certificates of competency as defined by regulations under the Education Act; or if
   (c.) They have passed the examination prescribed by the Native Schools Code for Standard IV.

3. The claims of candidates who are qualified under (a) of the preceding clause will receive first consideration, then those of candidates qualified under (b), and, in the case of those qualified under (c), selection will be made according to the individual merits of the candidates.

II.—Scholarships for Maoris attending other than Native Village Schools.

1. A limited number of scholarships each of the annual value of £20, and tenable at a higher school approved of by the Minister, is offered to deserving Maori children, boys or girls, attending other than Native village schools.

2. Maori boys or girls in attendance at any school other than a Native village school shall be deemed to have qualified for such scholarships if—
   (1.) They are of predominantly Maori descent;
   (2.) They have obtained certificates of proficiency;
   (3.) There is no secondary school or district high school which, without living away from home, they can reasonably be expected to attend as holders of free places under the regulations respecting free places in secondary schools.

3. Scholarships held under these conditions are tenable for two years from the 1st January preceding the actual date of admission to a higher school, but in no case after the end of the year in which the holder reaches the age of seventeen.