Aug. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3031

85. The technical high school shall admit as a senior free pupil any pupil qualified under any of the paragraphs of clause 84 hereof, and no such school shall admit to a senior free place any pupil not so qualified.
86. A senior free place is tenable, if the conditions relating thereto are complied with, until the end of the school term or quarter in which the holder reaches the age of nineteen years.
87. The technical high school shall give to each senior free pupil vocational and technical instruction in continuation and advance of the courses prescribed for junior free pupils. Not less than twenty hours’ instruction a week must be given regularly throughout the year.

B. CLASSES OTHER THAN CLASSES AT TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLS.

88. As a condition of admission to a free place at classes other than classes at technical high schools a pupil shall be required to conform to the rules of the controlling authority or of the Technical School Board as the case may be. He may also be required to furnish to the Director of the school or class to which admission is sought reasonable evidence of good character.

I. Junior Free Places.

89. Subject to these regulations a pupil shall be qualified to hold a junior free place at such classes if—
    (i.) He has qualified for a Junior National Scholarship on such pass conditions as the Minister may from time to time determine; or if—
    (ii.) He has obtained a certificate of proficiency or an equivalent or higher qualification; or if
    (iii.) Being over fourteen years of age, and having been in regular attendance at a public school up to a date not more than six months prior to the date of admission to a free place, he is recommended therefor by an Inspector of Schools: Provided that the elapse of a longer period than six months shall not be held to be a bar in cases where the Director of Education is satisfied that the pupil was unable sooner to attend a technical school or class; provided further that such free place shall be tenable only subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth.

90. A junior free place held under (i) or (ii) above is tenable if the conditions relating thereto are complied with for two continuous years from the 1st January preceding the actual date of admission as a free pupil.

91. A junior free place held under (iii) above is tenable if the conditions relating thereto are complied with for one year from the 1st January preceding the date of admission as a free pupil; but the period may be extended for a second year, and again for a third year, by the Director of Education on the recommendation of the school authorities, based on the school records and on the results of an examination in the subjects included in the pupil’s course.

92. Every pupil admitted to a junior free place shall receive in each year and at approved classes regular and appropriate instruction in—
    (a.) English, or, as an alternative in the case of pupils qualified under (i) or (ii) above, commercial English, including in either case the study of one or more selected standard works; reading; composition; and handwriting.
    (b.) Arithmetic, or elementary mathematics, or practical mathematics, or, as an alternative in the case of pupils qualified under (i) or (ii) above, commercial arithmetic.
    (c.) In the case of pupils qualified under (i) or (ii) above, one or more of the subjects prescribed for group courses of technical instruction; in the case of pupils qualified under (iii) above, one or more subjects bearing directly on a trade or industry, including agriculture and kindred subjects, or on domestic occupations: Provided that pupils qualified under (iii) shall not be admitted to classes for commercial subjects.

93. He must receive the instruction referred to in (a), (b), and (c) above for not less than sixty hours a year: Provided that not less than twenty hours a year must be given to any subject taken up.

II. Senior Free Places

94. Subject to these regulations—
    (a.) A pupil shall be qualified to hold a senior free place at such classes if he has passed the Matriculation Examination, or the Public Service Entrance Examination, or the Intermediate Examination, or has qualified for a pass in the examination for Senior National Scholarships or for any other scholarship that the Minister may approve for this purpose.

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