JUNE 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2393

make the following regulations for the Intermediate Examination, Competitive and Non-competitive, comprising the special examination for Education Board Senior Scholarships and for Senior Free Places, and for the First Examination of Pupil Teachers; and doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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REGULATIONS.

II. INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION, COMPETITIVE AND NON-COMPETITIVE.—SPECIAL EXAMINATION FOR EDUCATION BOARD SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND FOR SENIOR FREE PLACES RESPECTIVELY; FIRST EXAMINATION OF PUPIL TEACHERS.

1. An examination to be termed the Intermediate Examination shall be held annually in the month of November or December at such convenient centres as the Minister of Education shall appoint, and shall be open to candidates of either sex who (i) are eligible to compete for Education Board Senior Scholarships in accordance with the various Education Board regulations relating thereto, or who (ii) desire to obtain a qualification by examination for a Senior Free Place in a secondary school, district high school, or technical school, or a qualification equivalent thereto for some other recognized public purpose.

2. The examination shall in general be held at the same time and places as the Public Service Entrance Examination.

Candidates’ Notices.

3. Every candidate for the Intermediate Examination must give notice to sit for such examination. Such notice must be on the appropriate form provided for the class of candidate concerned, and must be sent so as to be delivered at the office of the Education Board of the district or at the office of the Education Department, Wellington, as the case may be, not later than the 15th day of September preceding the examination. All applications of Scholarship and of Pupil-teacher candidates must be addressed to the Secretary of the Education Board of the district in which the candidate resides; all other applications must be addressed directly to the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington. All such notices shall include the names of the optional subjects selected by the candidate.

These provisions notwithstanding, late applications received after the 15th day of September and on or before the 22nd day of September may be accepted by the Education Department, provided that the application is in each case accompanied by a receipt for a late fee of £1 paid to the Public Account at some branch of the Bank of New Zealand.

4. Every candidate at the time of application must elect definitely to be examined as a Scholarship candidate or as a candidate for some purely qualifying (non-competitive) purpose in the examination. No candidate may be at the same time both a competitive and a non-competitive candidate. A candidate for the Public Service Entrance Examination can, however, at the same time be a Scholarship candidate.

Selection of Subjects.

5. Subject to any limitation hereinafter made, every candidate in the Intermediate Examination shall be examined (a) in the two subjects named below as constituting Group I of the examination schedule, (b) in one subject to be chosen by the candidate from Group II, and (c) in any two or more subjects to be chosen by the candidate from Group II or from Group III, or from both, in accordance with such schedule, but so that the total possible maximum of marks assignable in all the subjects in which he is to be examined shall not exceed 2,200:

Provided that if the number of marks assignable to the subjects chosen by a candidate in accordance with these conditions falls short of the total marks permissible, he may be allowed to select another subject although the marks for this subject make the possible maximum aggregate of marks for the subjects taken greater than 2,200; but in any such case the candidate shall be assigned such total marks only in the examination as shall bear the same proportion to 2,200 as his actual marks do to the possible maximum aggregate of the subjects taken by him.