APRIL 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1155

8. The teacher of a part-time school which has been established as a full-time school shall, if he was the head teacher of a group of part-time schools, be considered for the purposes of subsection (7) of section 79 of the Act as remaining in the same position.

9. As soon as, under the provisions of the Act and of these regulations, a reduction in the staff of a school is imminent, the Commissioner shall give notice to every teacher whom it may be deemed necessary to discharge in order to carry out such reduction.

10. In any school in which under the Act or these regulations a reduction in the staff is to be made, if at the beginning of any subsequent quarter it is found that the average attendance of the school for the quarter immediately preceding has increased so that the number in column (2) of Table B has been reached, then payment of the salary or salaries of the teacher or teachers prescribed in column (5) of that table may be continued for such period as the Commissioner may decide, being not more than four months after the beginning of the quarter first named; and so on from quarter to quarter until the 1st January next ensuing.

11. In schools that are not entitled to the services of an assistant, payment for instruction in sewing will be made in accordance with the Regulations for Manual Instruction in Public Schools.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Grades of Native Schools and Salaries of Teachers.

NOTE (i).—In addition to the salary payable above, there shall be paid by way of salary the sum of £35 per annum in the case of every assistant teacher who is obliged to live away from home.

NOTE (ii).—A deduction of 10 per centum from the salary payable in accordance with the foregoing provisions shall be made in the case of every uncertificated head or sole teacher and in the case of every uncertificated assistant, and a deduction of 5 per centum in the case of every assistant or head or sole teacher who is the holder of a temporary certificate or license to teach; but if in any such case the said deduction would reduce the salary below £110 per annum no greater deduction shall be made than is sufficient to reduce the salary to £110.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

House Allowances to Head or Sole Teachers.

For schools of Grades I and II .. .. .. £20 per annum.
For schools of Grade III .. .. .. £30 ,,
For schools of Grade IV .. .. .. £40 ,,

XIV. INSPECTION AND EXAMINATION.

1. Every Native school shall be visited at least once during the year. The annual visit will take place as nearly as possible in the same month every year, at least ten days’ notice being given to the head teacher by the Inspector.

2. Besides the annual visit, visits will be made for the purpose of inspection as opportunity offers, but for these no notice shall be required.

3. For purposes of instruction the pupils of every Native school shall be divided into three divisions—namely, the Preparatory Division, the Junior Division, and the Senior Division—and the syllabus of work for each division shall be as defined in clauses below.

The Preparatory Division will in general include those children who have been under instruction at school or elsewhere for not more than two years.

The Preparatory Division may be divided into two classes, the lower class being called P1 and the upper P2; if necessary, these classes may be further subdivided—e.g., into P1 lower and P1 upper, P2 lower and P2 upper. Generally speaking, P1 will not contain any children who have been for a year or more under instruction.

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