Feb. 16
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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secondary departments of the “ main school ” is much less than 450,
the staff may, at the discretion of the Minister, be reduced propor-
tionately.
7. Every training college shall be open at all times to—
(a.) Any member of the Board or of the Committee of Advice ;
(b.) Any Inspector of Schools employed by an Education Board in
the university district ;
(c.) The Inspector-General of Schools or any other Inspector of
the Education Department.

ENTRANCE TO TRAINING COLLEGES AND ALLOWANCES TO STUDENTS.
8. In regard to admission to any training college, no distinction
shall be made between applicants residing within the education district
in which such training college is situated and applicants residing out-
side such district.
9. Subject to these regulations, students may be admitted as
holders of studentships in Division A, or in Division B, or in Division C
or D.

Studentships.—Division A.
10. Except as hereinafter provided, to be admitted in Division A
a student must satisfy all of the following conditions—namely, he
must—
(a.) Have within the two years and six months immediately pre-
ceding completed his course as a pupil-teacher or a pro-
bationer in some education district in accordance with
regulations and to the satisfaction of the Education Board
of that district :
(b.) Have passed the Matriculation Examination of the Uni-
versity of New Zealand, or have gained a Lower Leaving
Certificate, or have passed the first section of the Class D
Certificate Examination, including therein Groups I and II
and two optional subjects as prescribed for that examina-
tion, or are qualified under the regulations previously in
force :*
(c.) Give satisfactory evidence of his ability to teach, as by a
certificate to that effect signed by an Inspector of Schools :
(d.) Give satisfactory evidence as to moral character, and pro-
duce a satisfactory certificate of health from a medical
officer approved by the Board :
(e.) Make a declaration of his intention .to become a teacher,
and enter into a bond as prescribed in clause 15 hereof.
The allowances payable to a student in Division A shall be at
the rate of £30 a year, together with the fees of the university college
classes attended by the student with the approval of the principal,
with the further addition at the rate of £30 a year in the case of any
student who is obliged to live away from home to attend a training
college, or of the actual costs of travelling (not exceeding £10 per
annum) in the case of a student who lives at home but is obliged to
travel more than four miles daily each way to attend the training
college.

Studentships.—Division B.
11. To be admitted in Division B a student must satisfy all of the
following conditions—namely, he must,—
(a.) Being not less than seventeen years of age, have passed the
Matriculation Examination of the University of New Zea-
land, or obtained a Higher Leaving Certificate :
(b.) Comply within six months of the date of admission with such
conditions as to probation in teaching as the principal
of the training college with the approval of the Board may
require :
(c.) Satisfy conditions (d) and (e) as for students in Division A.
The allowances payable to a student in Division B shall be at the
rate of £10 a year, together with the fees of the university college
classes attended by the student with the approval of the principal,
with the further addition at the rate of £30 a year in the case of any
student who is obliged to live away from home to attend the training
college, or of the actual cost of travelling (not exceeding £10 per

• Amendment of 1911.