1824
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
make the following regulations for Junior and Senior National Scholar-
ships, 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.

1. QUALIFYING examinations for candidates for Junior and Senior
   National Scholarships respectively shall be held annually in the month
   of November or December at such centres as the Director of Educa-
   tion may appoint. The scholarships shall be awarded on the results
   of these examinations to those candidates in each case who reach the
   required standard and otherwise comply with the conditions of the said
   Act and these Regulations.

2. Every application for a scholarship must be on the form pro-
   vided, and must be accompanied by a certificate in the form contained
   in the schedule hereto from the principal of the school attended by
   the candidate for the six months immediately preceding.

Forms of application may be obtained at the office of the Educa-
tion Board of each district on and after the 1st day of August in each
year.

3. Applications for scholarships must be forwarded to the Secretary
   of the Education Board of the district in which the school attended
   by the candidate is situated, so as to be delivered at the office of the
   Board not later than the 8th day of September of the year in which
   the qualifying examination is held:

Provided that applications, accompanied by a bank-receipt for a
fee of 10s. paid to the Public Account at some branch of the Bank
of New Zealand, may be received after the 8th day of September and
on or before the 22nd day of September.

STANDARDS OF QUALIFICATION FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

4. In determining the standards of qualification for the award of
   Junior National Scholarships under section 102 of the said Act special
   provision shall be made in the case of candidates who have not, during
   the two years immediately preceding the 1st day of December of the
   year in which the examination is held, been in attendance for at least
   three months in the whole at a school or schools having more than
   one teacher:

Provided that the variation of the standard made in favour of
such candidates shall in no case exceed 5 per cent. of the total number
of marks assignable in the examination.

5. The standards of qualification for Junior and Senior Scholarships
   open to award in any year shall be relatively so fixed as to provide as
   nearly as possible, having regard to the provisions of the said Act, for
   a proportion of five Senior Scholarships to every nine Junior Scholar-
   ships for all the education districts taken together.

RESULTS OF EXAMINATIONS.—AWARD OF SCHOLARSHIP, AND CON-
DITIONS OF TENURE.

6. As soon as may be after the qualifying examination the De-
   partment shall forward to each Education Board the results of the
   examination for the candidates from its district. The Board shall
   thereupon, at as early a date as circumstances permit, being in no
   case later than the last day of February following, but only after
   satisfying itself that all the necessary conditions in each case have
   been complied with, proceed to award scholarships to all those candi-
   dates within its district who are found on the results of the examina-
   tion to be entitled thereto, and shall notify successful candidates
   accordingly.

7. Before awarding any scholarship the Board shall require a
   candidate to produce a certificate of birth, or a certificate of the date
   of birth, or, where this cannot be obtained, other sufficient evidence
   of age—e.g., a duly attested certificate of baptism, a duly attested
   entry of the date of birth in some family record, or a declaration
   of the date of birth made by the parent or guardian before a Justice
   of the Peace.

8. The principal of the secondary school or its equivalent at which
   a scholarship-holder is required to attend, pursuant to section 103 of
   the said Act, shall report to the Board periodically, on the form pro-
   vided, as to the scholarship-holder’s course of instruction, and his
   diligence, progress, conduct, and regularity of attendance. Should
   the report on a scholarship-holder be unsatisfactory the scholarship