Dec. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 4005

attendance of the secondary department does not exceed 120, and £50 per annum if the yearly average attendance of the secondary department exceeds that number, in addition to all other amounts payable to him under these regulations. In consideration of such additional payment the head teacher shall be required to take some definite part in the instruction of the secondary department, but he shall devote the greater part of his time and attention to the supervision and instruction of the classes in the primary department.

19. The salary and house allowance of a teacher of a group of part-time schools shall be those for the grade of the group determined in accordance with clause 12 hereof: Provided that if the teacher of a group of part-time schools is required by the Education Board to teach or travel on six days during the week (provided that he teaches for at least twenty-four hours in each week), he shall receive the salary and house allowance for the grade of school next higher than the grade in which that group of schools is placed.

20. The salary of an assistant teacher appointed under the provisions of clauses 37 or 39 hereof shall be that of Grade I.

21. A teacher employed in a public school at the time of coming into force of this Order shall not, so long as he remains in the same position, receive a salary lower than that to which he would have been entitled had this Order not come into force.

22. Every teacher who is permanently appointed to any position in a public school after the coming into force of this Order shall, on his appointment, receive the minimum salary of the grade of salary attached to his position under these regulations.

23. (i.) Notwithstanding the provisions of the last preceding clause, if a teacher is transferred from one permanent position to another permanent position (whether those two positions are in the same school or in different schools, or under the same Board or under different Boards, or under the Department) his salary on transfer to his new position shall be determined in the manner following:—

(a.) If the amount of the final salary which he received in his former position is less than the minimum salary of the grade of salary attached to his new position, he shall receive as his initial salary in his new position the amount of such minimum salary, and thereafter shall receive an annual increment in the manner provided in clause 24 hereof.

(b.) If the amount of the final salary which he received in his former position is greater than the maximum salary of the grade of salary attached to his new position, he shall receive as his salary in his new position the amount of such maximum salary.

(c.) In any other case he shall receive as his initial salary in his new position the amount of the final salary which he received in his former position, and shall receive his first increment of salary on the same date as if he had continued in the position from which he was so transferred.

(ii.) A transfer for the purposes of this clause shall be deemed to include the case in which there has been an interval of time between the tenure of the two positions not exceeding twelve months.

(iii.) If a married assistant in receipt of additional salary under the provisions of subclause (3) of clause 13 hereof is transferred to a position as head teacher or sole teacher, such additional salary shall not be reckoned as part of his salary for the purposes of this clause.

(iv.) The provisions of this clause may, with the approval of the Minister, be extended to any teacher who is transferred from a position which he has occupied temporarily for a period of more than twelve months, and also, mutatis mutandis, to any person who holds a position in the Education service as defined by the Public Service Classification and Superannuation Amendment Act, 1908, other than in a public school, who is appointed to a position in a public school.

24. Every teacher employed in any position in a public school shall, so long as he remains in that position, receive the annual increment mentioned in column 5 of Schedule I of clause 13 hereof, and every such increment shall be by way of addition to the rate of salary payable on the 31st day of December immediately preceding, and shall commence—

(a.) In the case of a teacher employed in such a position on the 1st day of July in any year, as from the 1st day of January next ensuing; and

(b.) In the case of a teacher appointed to such a position after the 1st day of July in any year, as from the 1st day of January next ensuing after the expiration of one year from the date of such appointment.

25. Notwithstanding anything in these regulations other than the provisions of clause 46 hereof, the salary payable in the case of every