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(2.) The yearly average attendance for the Native schools grouped for
the Dominion shall be the mean of the quarterly average attendances for
the four quarters ending 31st December.

3. In the case of a new school the mean of the quarterly average
   attendances for the year in which the school has been open continuously
   for not less than one quarter immediately preceding the end of such year
   shall be deemed to be the yearly average attendance for such year; but
   the average attendance for any period before the quarter during the whole
   of which the school is open shall not be taken into account in calculating
   the quarterly or yearly average attendance. A school that is reopened
   shall be deemed to be a new school if it has been closed for more than six
   months immediately preceding such reopening.

4. In the case of the opening of a new school, or in the case of the
   closing of a school, if such school is open for less than half the number of
   school days in the first or last quarter (as the case may be) in which the
   school is open, then in computing the quarterly average attendance for
   the Native schools grouped for the Dominion for such quarter the average
   attendance at the said school shall not be taken into account.

XI. GOOD-ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATES.

Certificates of good attendance may be issued to children attending
Native schools in accordance with regulations under the Education Act,
1914.

XII. COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE.

1. All provisions of the Education Act, 1914, that relate to the attend-
   ance of children at school shall apply to Maori children.

2. All the powers and functions possessed by an Education Board,
   or by the Chairman, or Secretary, or Truant Officer thereof, under sec-
   tions 59 to 67 of the said Act may, with the necessary modifications, be
   exercised in the case of Native schools by the Director of Education.

XIII. GRADING OF SCHOOLS, STAFFS, SALARIES, AND
ALLOWANCES IN NATIVE SCHOOLS.

1. The salaries and allowances of head teachers of Native schools shall
   be the same as are prescribed in the case of public schools by the Education
   Act, 1914, as set forth in the First and Second Schedules hereto.

2. The salaries of assistant teachers shall be in accordance with the
   First Schedule hereto.

3. In regard to the salaries and allowances of head teachers and assist-
   ants, the provisions of section 79 of the Education Act, 1914, shall, mutatis
   mutandis, be applied.

4. (1.) On the 1st January in each year the schools shall be classified
   in the grades and subgrades named in the First Schedule hereto, according
   to the yearly average attendance for each school for the year immediately
   preceding.

(2.) The grade of a school, however, shall not be reduced unless such
attendance, or the mean of the attendance for the two years or for the
three years immediately preceding the said 1st January, is as low as is
indicated in Table A hereto.

TABLE A.

Showing Decreased Yearly Average Attendance necessary for Reductions in
the Grades of Schools.

5. (1.) On the 1st January of each year the number of teachers in any
   school shall be determined by the yearly average attendance for the year
   immediately preceding: Provided that if at the beginning of any subse-
   quent quarter it appears that the attendance in any such school has in-