FEB. 16. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 631

VI.--Grants in Aid of Material.

73. Applications for grants in aid of the purchase of material for the sole use of recognized classes other than school classes must in general satisfy the conditions laid down in the case of grants for buildings, and must be made in the following form :—

(1.) In connection with what technical school, or town, or district are the classes or proposed classes to be held ?
(2.) What is the controlling authority?
(3.) State whether the classes are “special,” “associated,” or “college.”
(4.) For what subjects of instruction is the material required?
(5.) State the period of instruction, with dates for which the material is required.
(6.) Give the actual or probable number of pupils in each class.
(7.) Give on an attached schedule a detailed list, under the head of subjects, of the material in respect of which application is made, and of the cost thereof.
(8.) What is the total cost of the material required?
(9.) What part of this will the managers or controlling authority contribute?
(10.) What was the amount and the date of payment of the grant, if any, of material last paid in respect of the classes to which this application relates?
(11.) What balance, if any, of such grant was unexpended at the date of this application?
(12.) State the amount received on account of sales in respect of the material supplied in (7).
(13.) For what sum is application now made?
(14.) At what bank is the account of the controlling authority kept?

I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief the foregoing statements are correct.

, Secretary or Chairman of [Controlling Authority].

VIII.--Free Places.

77. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any regulations as to scholarships made under the Education Act, 1908, the Education Board of any district may, if it thinks fit, allow scholarships granted under the said Act to be held at any day technical school approved by the Education Board and by the Minister; provided that any scholarships so held shall be subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of section 67 of the Act.

78. (a.) A free place under these regulations is tenable at (1) a day technical school as defined in clause 81 of these regulations; (2) special, associated, or college classes other than classes at a day technical school.
    Such a free place shall be regarded as alternative with, not in addition to, a free place held on a corresponding qualification under the regulations for free places in secondary schools and district high schools.

Junior Free Places.

77. (b.) Subject to these regulations a pupil shall be qualified to be a junior free pupil or the holder of a junior free place at a day technical school approved by the Minister under the Act if—

(i.) He is the holder of an Education Board Scholarship, a Junior National Scholarship, or any other scholarship that the Minister shall approve for this purpose, provided that the value of any such scholarship is not greater than £40 per annum in the case of any pupil who is obliged to live away from home in order to attend the day technical school, or than £10 per annum in any other case; or if—
(ii.) He has qualified for an Education Board Scholarship or a Junior National Scholarship, or has qualified for a junior free place in the special examination for junior free places held by the Education Department; or if—
(iii.) Being not over fifteen years of age on the 1st December preceding the date of his admission to a free place, he has obtained a certificate of proficiency as defined by regulations under the Act.

A pupil shall be qualified to be a junior free pupil or to hold a junior free place at special, associated, or college classes other than classes at a day technical school if he satisfies condition (ii), or if he has obtained a certificate of proficiency as defined by regulations under the Act.

77. (c.) A junior free place is tenable for two continuous years from the 1st January preceding the actual date of admission as a free pupil. In the case of a day technical school, if special merit is shown, or if the holder was under thirteen years of age on the 1st December preceding the date of admission as aforesaid, the Minister may, on receipt of a recommendation from the controlling authority or the managers, as the case may be, and from the Inspector-General of Schools, extend the tenure of the free place for a third year. In no case, however, shall a junior free place at a day technical school be tenable after the holder has passed his seventeenth birthday.