APRIL 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1157

his name shall appear. The class-lists shall contain—(a) the names and ages of all the pupils on the school roll; (b) the number of half-days on which each pupil has attended the school since the last annual visit; (c) the number of half-days each pupil has attended the class in which he is placed for English, where that number is different from the number in (b); (d) the class in which each pupil has been placed for arithmetic during the preceding three months, where that is different from the class in which he is placed for English; (e) the number of half-days each pupil has attended such class, where that class is different from the class in which he is placed for English; (f) the number of marks on a scale 0 to 20 gained by each pupil of the Junior and Senior Division in (1) reading, (2) spelling and writing, (3) composition, (4) arithmetic, and a note of any special excellence or special weakness shown by him in other subjects; (g) the class in which it is proposed to place each pupil in consequence of the results of the annual examination, taken in conjunction with those of the other periodical examinations and with the general character of his work during the year.

For pupils of S6 the class-list, if so required, shall be on the form provided in the case of applicants for certificates of proficiency and competency in this standard, and the provisions of this clause in any such case shall with regard to these pupils be taken to be modified accordingly.

8. (1.) The Inspector may require the head teacher to note in the column for remarks the reason for more or less rapid promotion in the case of any pupil, or to give an explanation in the case of any pupil whose age is much above the average age of the pupils in that class; and the Inspector may approve or not of the sufficiency of the reason or explanation given.

(2.) The class-registers and the records of examination, together with copies of the Inspector’s reports, shall be kept in the school for not less than ten years, and in the case of the closing of a school shall be delivered up to the Department to be kept for a similar period as the Department shall direct. The class-lists, signed by the Inspector, shall be kept in the Department’s office.

(3.) The class-registers, records, and reports shall be open at any reasonable time, except the ordinary school hours, to the inspection of the School Committee; but in general they shall in other respects be treated as confidential.

9. In order to satisfy himself of the general efficiency of the instruction given in the school the Inspector shall at one or more of his visits devote a portion of his time to an investigation of the character of the teaching and of the degree to which the intelligence of the pupils has been developed, and to this end may examine any of the pupils in any of the classes P to S7 in such subjects as he shall choose.

10. With a view to ascertain the individual progress of the pupils the Inspector, where he considers it desirable, may hold an examination of any class in the school on the work done in the class during the current year or during the preceding twelve months. Such examination will be held by the Inspector after consultation, if circumstances permit, with the head teacher, and after consideration of any examinations which have been held during the preceding twelve months by the head teacher or the teacher of the class. As the result of such examination, the Inspector may, but only if the circumstances seem to call for such exceptional action, modify the classification of the head teacher by directing that any pupil or pupils shall be placed in any class or classes that he may name. Such modified classification shall thereupon for six months, or such shorter period as the Inspector may prescribe, be substituted for the classification of the head teacher. In such cases the effect of clauses 4 and 5 will be modified accordingly.

11. Every pupil examined in any subject by the Inspector shall be examined in the class in which he has been taught during the preceding three months; but the Inspector or the teacher may exclude from the examination of a class any pupil who has made less than half the possible number of half-day attendances at the school since the commencement of the current year.

CERTIFICATES OF TRANSFER.

12. When a child leaves one school for another the head teacher shall furnish him with a “certificate of transfer,” showing (1) his name and date of birth as given in the school Register of Admission; (2) the class or classes in which he is placed for English and arithmetic; (3) the number of half-day attendances he has made since the last annual visit; (4) the number of half-day attendances he has made since the date of his last promotion in English where that is different from (3): Provided always that any such transfer of attendance is in order under the Act and regulations.

In cases where a child previously attending a school presents himself for enrolment at another school, but is not provided with a certificate of