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are received by the Returning Officer in due course
of post before the close of the sixth day after the
day of the election.
(11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the follow-
ing cases, that is to say:-
(a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent; or
(b.) If the candidates whose names are left un-
cancelled exceed in number the total number of
candidates for whom the person is entitled to vote, or
if in any other way the paper fails to indicate clearly
for whom the vote is intended to be given ; or
(c.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer,
the sealed envelope containing the voting-paper is
not delivered at his office before the close of the
poll; or
(d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the sealed
envelope containing the voting-paper is not received
at the office of the Returning Officer before the
close of the sixth day after the day of election, or
if, from the post-mark on the envelope or otherwise,
the Returning Officer is satisfied that it was not
posted until after the day of the election.
(12.) On the seventh day after the day of election the
Returning Officer shall open and examine all voting-
papers duly delivered to him or received by him
through the post as aforesaid, and, after rejecting
all informal voting-papers shall ascertain the candi-
dates (not exceeding the total number to be elected)
who have received the greatest number of votes,
and shall declare such candidates to be elected.
(13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two
or more candidates, the election is not complete,
the Returning Officer shall decide by lot, in the
presence of two members of the Board, which
candidate or candidates shall be elected. and
thereby complete the election.
(14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the
Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and
to the Minister the names of the persons elected.
(15.) If any dispute or question arises touching the regu-
larity of any election, such dispute or question
shall be determined by a Stipendiary Magistrate
in manner provided by sections 45 to 54 of the
Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, all the pro-
visions of which shall, mutatis mutandis, apply.
5. The members appointed or elected in the year 1915
shall take office on the 1st day of August, 1915, or as soon
thereafter as circumstances permit.
6. (1.) One member out of each of the groups (a), (b),
and (c) of subclause (1) of clause 2 hereof shall retire on
the 31st July in each year, beginning with the year 1916.
(2.) The Board shall at its first meeting determine by
lot the order in which the members first appointed or
elected under paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) shall retire, and
thereafter the member so to retire shall be the one who
has been longest in office since his last appointment or
election
(3.) On the 31st July in the year 1917, and in every
second year thereafter, the member appointed under para-
graph (d) of the said clause shall retire.
7. Retiring members shall be eligible for reappointment
or re-election.
8. (1.) A casual vacancy shall be created in the same way
and for the same causes as are set out in section 20 of
the Education Act in the case of members of an Education
Board.
(2.) Every casual vacancy shall be filled in the same
manner and by the same appointing or electing authority
as in the case of the vacating member; provided that the
member appointed or elected shall hold office only for the
residue of the term of the vacating member.
(3.) Whenever a vacancy occurs it shall be the duty
of the Board forthwith to report the fact to the Minister if
the vacancy is to be filled by the Governor, or to the Secre-
tary of the Education Board if the vacancy is to be filled by
that Board, or to the appointing body in the case of a member
to be appointed under paragraph (d) of subclause (1) of
clause 2 hereof.
9. (1.) The appointment or election of a member to fill
a vacancy caused by the expiry of the ordinary term of office
shall be made in the first week of the month of July at the
end whereof such expiry takes place, or as soon thereafter
as may be convenient, but shall not take effect until such
expiry.
2.) The appointment or election of a member to fill a
casual vacancy shall be made not later than fifty days after
the vacancy occurs.
10. From time to time, as may be necessary, the Board
shall appoint a Secretary, and shall appoint him or some other
person with authority to receive and to pay moneys on its
account. The Board shall in each case forthwith inform
the Minister of such appointment.
11. (1.) The school shall provide a course of general
secondary education and one or more vocational courses.
(2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by
the headmaster of the school after consultation with the
parents or guardian of the pupil; but no pupil shall be
compelled to take Latin or to take more than one language
besides English.
(3.) The fees to be charged to those who are not holders
of scholarships or free places shall be £12 per annum, subject
to a rebate of £1 on each proportional one-third part of such
fees on payment within one month from the date of com-
mencement of each term.
(4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about
thirteen weeks each.
(5.) The headmaster shall cause the school to be examined
during each term; provided that it shall not be necessary
for the school to be so examined in any term in which it is
examined by some other person appointed by the Minister
or the Board; and provided further that it shall not be
necessary to include in such examination pupils sitting for
public examinations during the term.
12. Subject to the general direction of the Board, the
headmaster shall have the following powers:-
(1.) He shall have control of the school buildings and
premises, and of the apparatus and furniture
thereof.
(2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint-
ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other
officers of the school, and to allot their several
duties; and no assistant teacher or other officer
of the school shall be appointed until the head-
master has been consulted.
(3.) He shall have the power in case of grave neglect of
duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any
assistant teacher or other officer, but shall forth-
with report his action to the Chairman, who shall
thereupon confirm or overrule his action until the
next meeting of the Board, when the matter may
be determined; but the action of the headmaster
shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board
has determined the matter.
(4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may
suspend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board
at their next meeting, and the action of the head-
master shall hold good until the Board has come to
some determination in regard to the matter. He
shall not expel any pupil without the sanction of
the Board.
(5.) He shall regulate all text-books, methods, and or-
ganization in accordance with clause 11 hereof,
and, subject to the same clause and to the regu-
lations under the Education Act, shall determine
the course of study for each pupil.
13. The Board may license hostels or boardinghouses for
the accommodation of pupils, and may place such hostels
or boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of the school
or other suitable persons, and shall provide for the inspection
of such hostels or boardinghouses.
14. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by
section 96 of the Education Act.

Dated at Wellington this 7th day of July, 1915.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Education.

Scheme for the Control of the Napier High Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 10th July, 1915.

IN accordance with the provisions of the Education Act,
1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), and
with the powers thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell,
acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the
advice of the General Council of Education, approve of the
following scheme for the Napier High Schools (hereinafter
included in the term "the school"), which are established
under the provisions of the Napier High School Act, 1882.

1. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors
   (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") constituted by the
   Napier High School Act, 1882, as amended by the Education
   Act, 1914.

2. With regard to the election of members of the Board
   by the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall
   apply:-

(1.) The first election shall be held on a date to be appointed
by the Minister before the thirty-first day of August in the
year 1915, and every subsequent election shall be held on a.