Oct. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2521

B.—SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

I.—Industrial Scholarships or Apprenticeships.

1. A Senior Scholarship may be awarded by the Department to any Maori boy who—
   (a.) Has obtained a certificate of proficiency in any public school or in a Native school under the control of the Department or in any other school for the education of Natives; and
   (b.) Has received not less than one year’s training in some branch of technical work; and, further,
   (c.) Notifies the Department of his desire to be apprenticed to learn some mechanical trade, to be approved by the Department.

2. The Department may in any such case arrange to devote a sum not exceeding £15 for the first year, £13 for the second year, and £12 for the third year, to assist the apprentice in obtaining clothes and paying for his board.

This allowance may be paid to the master to whom the boy is apprenticed.

3. A weekly wage shall be paid by the master to the apprentice at the rate and on the conditions determined by the Arbitration Court, and in conformity with the provisions of the Factories Act.

(The Department does not undertake to find situations for candidates. This must be done either by the friends of the candidates or by their teachers.)

II.—Agricultural Scholarships.

1. An Agricultural Scholarship may be awarded by the Department to any Maori boy who—
   (a.) Has obtained a certificate of proficiency in any public school or in a Native school under the control of the Department or in any other school for the education of Natives; and
   (b.) Has received not less than one year’s training in some branch of technical work; and, further,
   (c.) Notifies the Department of his desire to learn some branch of farming, to be approved of by the Department.

2. Agricultural Scholarships shall be tenable for two or for three years, either in the service of a farmer or at a farm under the control of the Agricultural Department, as may be arranged.

3. The total payments to or on behalf of the holder shall not exceed £20 in any one year, or £40 in all.

4. In the case in which the scholarship is held in the service of a farmer the employer shall pay to the holder a weekly wage at such rate and on such conditions as may be agreed upon between the farmer and the Department. The Minister may direct that a part of such wage shall be retained on behalf of the cadet for the purpose of his further training.

The Minister may make similar arrangements in the case of any scholarship the funds for which are contributed by the Maoris of any district, or by any local authority, or by any other person.

(The Department does not undertake to find situations for candidates. This must be done either by the friends of the candidates or by their teachers.)

III.—Nursing Scholarships.

1. For the purpose of training Maori girls in European methods of nursing and caring for the sick, in order that they may thereby assist people of their own race in remote districts mostly inhabited by Maoris, Nursing Scholarships have been established.

2. A Candidate for a Nursing Scholarship must satisfy the following conditions:—
   (a.) She must be of predominantly Maori race;
   (b.) She must come from a Maori district;
   (c.) She must have obtained a certificate of proficiency;
   (d.) She must be at least seventeen years of age;
   (e.) She must be of good character and sound constitution.

3. The number of Nursing Scholarships offered will be limited to the number of places available at the various hospitals that have agreed to accept Maori girls for training. Nursing scholars will be required to attend the hospital daily for instruction, and return to the boarding-school in the evening, except when otherwise required.