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(b.) Until the end of the first quarter during the whole of which the school has been open as aforesaid, the staff salaries and allowances 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 the 31st December next ensuing. A school opened on the first school day of a quarter shall be regarded as having been open the whole of that quarter.

(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 the 1st January next ensuing the school shall be graded according thereto for the purpose of the Second Schedule of the Education Amendment Act, 1908.

7. Should a side school be separated from a main school during any year and be opened as a mixed school in terms of Part I of the Second Schedule of the Education Amendment Act, 1908, it shall be treated for salary purposes as a new school under clause 6 hereof. On the 1st January of the following year the two schools shall be graded in accordance with the provisions of clause 2 hereof: Provided that in computing the average attendance of the main school for any period before the date of the separation of the schools the side school shall, in accordance with paragraph (d) of Part III of the Second Schedule of the said Amendment Act, be deemed to have been part of the main school.

8. In the case of a side school being attached to a main school during any year the grade of the main school shall remain the same for that year, and the staff shall be increased in accordance with Table B of clause 3 hereof and Part III (e) of the Second Schedule of the Education Amendment Act, 1908.

9. Should two full-time schools be grouped together during any year as part-time schools, such group shall be treated for salary purposes in the same manner as a new school under clause 6 hereof.

10. If during any year a part-time school is opened as a full-time school, such school shall, in the case in which it remains under the charge of the same teacher, be treated for salary purposes as if up to the date of such opening it had an attendance equal to the total attendance of the group of part-time schools; but in any other case, and for any other purpose, such school shall be treated as a new school under clause 6 hereof.

11. 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.

12. 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 to comply with section 61 of the principal Act; but on no account will payment be made to the Board for the salary of any teacher for a longer period than four months after the end of the quarter in which the school ceases to be entitled to the services of such teacher; nor, in the case of the closing of a school, for a longer period than four months after the closing.

13. The sums payable to Boards under section 6 of the principal Act for the salaries and allowances of teachers, pupil-teachers, and probationers, as determined by the Acts and these regulations, shall be paid to the Boards in monthly instalments.

14. A certificate of proficiency shall be the qualification for admission to the secondary department of a district high school:

Provided that if the number of pupils in the secondary department of a district high school would otherwise be less than 20, the Board may, at its discretion, also admit to such secondary department any pupil who has gained a certificate of competency in Standard VI; but in no case shall the attendance of any pupil be included in the yearly average attendance for the secondary department unless he has obtained at least a certificate of competency in Standard VI.

15. On the 1st January in each year the secondary department of any district high school shall be staffed, as provided in Part V of the Second Schedule to the Education Amendment Act, 1908, according to the yearly average attendance for such secondary department for the year immediately preceding.

16. (a.) Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding clause, if at the beginning of any quarter it appears that the attendance in such secondary department has increased so that the mean of the quarterly average attendance for the three quarters, or for the two quarters, or the attendance for the quarter immediately preceding, is as high as that

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