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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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regulations governing free places at such school. Except in the case of such removal, the holder of a free place at a technical school shall not be entitled, without the consent of the Minister previously obtained, to transfer his free place to a secondary school or to a district high school.

(iii.) If any free pupil fails on account of illness to fulfil the conditions of his free place, or if any junior free pupil fails on account of illness to pass the examination or otherwise qualify for a senior free place, his free place may, with the approval of the Minister, be continued for another year. The fact of illness must be proved by evidence satisfactory to the Inspector-General of Schools.

77. (p.) Free places under these regulations shall be open to boys and girls alike, and are not tenable with any other scholarship or free place except as provided in clause 77 (b) or in clause 77 (g) hereof.

78. (q.) As soon as possible after the commencement of the instruction in each year the controlling authority shall forward on forms supplied by the Department a return of all free pupils admitted to classes under the control of such authority. No capitation under clauses 77 (f), 77 (l), or 83 hereof shall be paid on account of the attendances of any free pupils not included in such return.

79. (r.) Free railway tickets will be granted where necessary to holders of junior or senior free places.

80. (s.) Nothing in these regulations shall affect the rights of any holders of free places that have been entered upon prior to the 1st January, 1911.

XI.—Day Technical Schools.

81. A technical school in which are held, before 6 o’clock in the afternoon on five days in each week, for at least twenty hours in each week and for at least thirty weeks in each year, special, associated, or college classes recognized under the Act and these regulations may be recognized by the Minister as a day technical school.

The classes at such school shall conform to the regulations for special, associated, and college classes where such regulations apply.

82. A day technical school, to be recognized as such, must provide one or more organized courses of instruction in accordance with clauses 43, 46 (e), 77 (d), and 77 (j) hereof.

All the subjects of an approved course must as a rule be taken by all the pupils admitted to such course.

83. Payment may be made on account of each free pupil who receives not less than eight hundred hours’ instruction during the year in an approved course at a day technical school at the following rates :—

For the first year’s course .. .. .. £ 12 10 0
,, second year’s course .. .. .. 13 15 0
,, third and succeeding years’ courses .. 15 0 0

In the case of pupils other than free pupils taking a full course in each year payments may be made as follows :—

For the first year .. .. .. £ 8 5 0
,, second year .. .. .. 9 2 6
,, third and succeeding years .. 10 0 0

84. If a student receives less than eight hundred but not less than six hundred hours’ instruction in the year at an approved course, payment may be made at three-fourths of the rate mentioned in clause 83 hereof.

If a student attends an approved course for a certain period, but is precluded from completing six hundred hours’ attendance a year owing to a change of residence or some other cause deemed, in the opinion of the Minister, to be sufficient, payment may be made at one-half the rate mentioned in clause 83 hereof, if he receives not less than four hundred hours’ instruction a year, or at one-quarter of the rate mentioned in the said clause if he receives less than four hundred but not less than two hundred hours’ instruction a year.

85. Except as provided in clause 84 hereof, no payment shall be made on account of any student at a day technical school making less than six hundred hour-attendances a year.

86. Claims for payment under clause 83 hereof shall be made on the forms provided by the Department for the purpose.

Proportionate payments on account may be made during the year if, in the opinion of the Minister, the circumstances warrant such payments. Where such payments are made, a full claim as for the whole year shall be rendered at the end of the year.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.