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nated to be duly elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon
as the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each
elector at his address as appearing on the roll a printed
voting-paper containing in alphabetical order of surnames a
list of all the duly nominated candidates for whom such
parent is entitled to vote, and such voting-paper shall be in
the form or to the effect following:—

VOTING-PAPER FOR USE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE
DAY OF , 19, OF MEMBER OF THE
BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE RANGIORA HIGH SCHOOL.

CANDIDATES.

[Set out in alphabetical order of surnames the full name of
every ly nominated candidate.]

DIRECTIONS.

The number of candidates to be elected is [Specify the
number].
The voter is required to mark a cross in the square set
opposite the name or names of the candidate or candidates
for whom he desires to vote.
The number of candidates whose names are thus marked
must not exceed the total number of candidates to be elected.
This voting-paper must be signed by the voter and enclosed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the outside thereof
the words “Voting-paper,” and, if posted to the Returning
Officer, must be posted on or before the day of election, or,
if delivered to him, shall be delivered at his office,
Street, , before the day of election, or not later than
five o'clock in the afternoon of that day.
(10.) The poll shall close at five o'clock on the afternoon
of the day of election; but all voting-papers shall be included
and counted which are not informal and 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 following cases, that is to say:
(a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent; or
(b.) If the candidates against whose names a mark is
placed 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 candidates (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.) Retiring members shall be eligible for re-election.
(16.) If any dispute or question arises touching the regularity of any election, such dispute or question shall be determined by the Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by
sections 45 to 54 of the Local Elections and Polls Act,
1908, all the provisions of which shall, mutatis mutandis,
apply.

3. (1.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs among the
   members so elected as aforesaid the election of a member
   to fill that casual vacancy shall, within fifty days after the
   vacancy occurs, be held in a similar manner to that hereinbefore provided for an ordinary vacancy.
   (2.) The member so elected shall hold office only for the
   residue of the term of the vacating member.

4. (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 12s. per annum,
   subject to a rebate of £1 1s. on each proportional one-third
   part of such fees on payment within one month from the
   date of the commencement 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.

5. Subject to the general direction and control 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 appointment 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 headmaster has been consulted.
   (3.) He shall have the power in cases of grave neglect of
   duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant
   teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action
   to the Chairman of the Board, 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 its next
   meeting, and the action of the headmaster 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 organization, and, subject to clause 4 hereof and to the regulations
   under the Education Act, he shall determine the course of
   study for each pupil.

6. 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.

7. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by
   section 96 of the Education Act.

Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July, 1915.

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

Scheme for the Control of the Southland Boys’ and Girls’ High
Schools.

Education Department,
Wellington, 10th July, 1915.

[No. 86

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 Southland Boys’ and Girls’ High
Schools (hereinafter included in the term “the school”),
which are established under the provisions of the Southland
Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools Act, 1877.

1. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors
   (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) constituted by the
   Southland Boys’ and Girls’ High Schools Act, 1877, 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 31st day of August in the year
1915, and every subsequent election shall be held on a date
to be fixed by the Board in the month of July in every
second year thereafter.
(2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning
Officer.
(3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer
shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occupation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled
as a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed
at 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on