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Regulations.—Manual and Technical Instruction.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this thirtieth day of July, 1917.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the
Education Act, 1914, His Excellency the Governor-General of the
Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend in
the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto the regulations in force on
the coming into operation of this Order relating to manual and technical
instruction (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations), and with
the like advice and consent doth prescribe that the regulations set forth
in the said Schedule shall come into force on the date of the first publi-
cation of this Order in the New Zealand Gazette, except as regards
clauses eighty-three and ninety-five, which shall come into force on the
first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.

SCHEDULE.
REGULATIONS FOR MANUAL AND TECHNICAL INSTRUCTION.

CLAUSE 16 of the said regulations is hereby deleted.

Clause 31 (a) of the said regulations is amended by deleting the words
"for any special, associated, or college class," and by substituting the
word "pupil" for the word "person" wherever the latter word occurs;
and, further, by adding after the words "secondary school, nor,"
the words "shall any attendances be recorded in the special register."

Clause 46 (g) of the said regulations is amended by substituting for
the words "section 18 of the Education Amendment Act, 1910," the
words "section 124 of the Education Act, 1914," and by deleting all
the words after "technical classes" and substituting in lieu thereof the
words "provided that an addition to the rate of payment of one-half
thereof may be made in respect of the attendances of such students at
approved classes held more than two miles from a town of not less than
two thousand inhabitants; provided further that no payment under this
clause shall be made in respect of any student holding a free place under
these regulations, nor in respect of the attendances of any pupil in
excess of four hundred in any year."

The following regulations are hereby substituted for clauses 77 to 86,
inclusive, of the said regulations :-

FREE PLACES.

77. A free place under these regulations shall be regarded as alter-
    native with, not in addition to, a free place held on a corresponding
    qualification under the Regulations for Free Places in Secondary Schools
    and District High Schools.

78. For the purposes of these regulations a certificate of competency
    in the subjects of the Sixth Standard with a special endorsement of
    merit in handwork and elementary science as defined in the Regulations
    for the Inspection and Examination of Schools shall be deemed to be
    equivalent to a certificate of proficiency in the same regulations.

A. TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLS.

79. As a condition of admission to a free place a pupil may be
    required to furnish to the Director of the technical high school to which
    admission is sought reasonable evidence of good character.

I. JUNIOR FREE PLACES.

80. Subject to these regulations a pupil shall be qualified to hold a
    junior free place at a technical high school if-
    (i.) He is the holder of a Junior National Scholarship or any other
    scholarship that the Minister may approve for this purpose-
    provided that the value of any such scholarship is not greater
    than £40 per annum in the case of any pupil who is obliged
    to live away from home in order to attend the technical high
    school, or more than £15 per annum in any other case; or if
    (ii.) He has qualified for a junior free place in the Junior National
    Scholarship Examination on such pass conditions as the
    Minister may from time to time determine; or if
    (iii.) He has obtained a certificate of proficiency or an equivalent or
    higher qualification.