APRIL 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 1149

3. It is not intended that the duties of the teacher shall be confined merely to school instruction of the Maori children. On the contrary, it is expected that the teachers will by their diligence, their kindness, and their probity exercise a beneficial influence on the Natives living near them, and that they will endeavour to give the Maoris of the district such culture as may fit them to become good citizens. No teacher who neglects this most important feature of his work will be regarded by the Department as satisfactorily fulfilling his duty. A Native-school teacher must, above all things, be known as a man of strict sobriety.

4. A teacher shall not accept any salary, fee, or emolument, nor shall he be permitted to hold any office or appointment, whether honorary or paid, without the consent in writing, previously obtained, of the Department.

5. As an officer of the Public Service, a teacher is forbidden to make any communication, directly or indirectly, to the Press upon any matter affecting the Department in which he serves, or the business of the officers thereof, or relating to the Public Service, or his own official position or acts, or upon any political subject or question connected with New Zealand, without the express permission or authority of the Department, and is further required to refrain from all actions calculated to give offence to any section of the community or to impair his usefulness as a teacher.

6. A teacher appointed to any school shall notify the Department of the date of his arrival and of his commencing duty. No teacher appointed under these regulations, or under regulations previously in force, shall be at liberty to relinquish his engagement without giving the Department at least one month’s notice in writing of his intention to do so. Such notice should, as far as possible, be made to take effect on the last day of the month succeeding that in which the notice is given.

7. Before leaving a school a teacher shall hand over to a person duly authorized all school property belonging to the Department, and make out in duplicate an inventory thereof certified by such person, and shall forward one copy to the Department and shall place the other in the school portfolio. He shall also make up all books and records to the date of his ceasing duty; he shall leave them, together with the time-table and schemes of work, available for his successor, and shall forward to the Department the attendance returns duly completed in like manner. The last instalment of salary due to such teacher shall not be paid until the requirements of this clause have been fulfilled.

8. No teacher shall trade with the Natives or endeavour in any way to gain pecuniary advantage from them.

9. In every case a teacher shall live in the house provided by the Department, unless his residence elsewhere shall have previously been sanctioned.

IV. CONDUCT OF THE SCHOOL.

1. The time-table shall be displayed in a conspicuous position in the schoolroom, and the work of the school shall be carried on as far as possible in accordance therewith. For this purpose the school clock shall be kept going as correctly as possible. Any substantial departure from the provisions of the time-table shall be entered in the log-book.

2. Visitors admitted to a school during the hours of instruction shall not, without the permission of the Minister or of the teacher, speak or take part in the business, or interrupt the work of the school.

3. The school hours shall be from 9.30 a.m. to 12, and from 1 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. An interval of ten minutes shall be observed during the course of the morning school, and of five minutes during the course of the afternoon school.

4. The head teacher shall make adequate provision for the supervision of the playground.

5. If the teacher is also Postmaster he shall make up before school time any mails that have to be despatched during school time, and if the post-office is also a telephone-station he shall make arrangements whereby some member of the family will attend to the telephone during school time.

V. SCHOOL PREMISES.

1. The schoolroom shall be used as a schoolroom only, and the teacher shall not allow it to be put to any other purpose whatsoever, except as hereinafter provided. Under no circumstances shall the use of the schoolroom for dancing be permitted.

2. If the people in the district wish religious services to be held in the schoolroom they shall make an application to the Minister and obtain his sanction. In cases in which this has been obtained and service has been held in the school, the room shall be properly cleaned and set in order for the school work of the following day at the cost of the persons that have had the use of the school.