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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 167

grade of the school is raised gives such teacher notice of its intention to
transfer him to another position; and until such transfer is made he
shall, subject to the provisions of subclause (2) hereof, continue to be
paid the same rate of salary as would have been payable to him had the
grade or subgrade of the school not been raised.
(2.) If a transfer is not made within twelve months after the date of
such notice the teacher shall be entitled to the increased salary as from
the date on which the school was raised in grade or subgrade.
(3.) For the purposes of this clause column 2 of Schedules II and III
of clause 14 hereof shall be deemed to correspond with column 2 of the
tables in Parts I and II of the Fifth Schedule to the Act, and a school
shall at the commencement of this Order be deemed to be raised in
grade or subgrade if the denotation of the grade or subgrade in which
the school is placed under this Order is higher than the denotation of
the grade or subgrade in which the school was placed on the 31st Decem-
ber, 1918, under the Act.

VI. TRANSFER OF TEACHERS WHEN A SCHOOL IS REDUCED IN GRADE.

47. In any case where a position becomes or is about to become vacant
    and the Board proposes to fill such position, the following provisions shall
    apply:—
    (i.) The Board shall first taken into consideration for appointment
    to such position any teacher who in its opinion should be
    transferred from the position at present held by him on the
    grounds stated in paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 71
    of the Act.
    (ii.) If the Board decides that any teacher referred to in para-
    graph (i) hereof is not to be appointed to such position, it
    shall consider the fitness for appointment to such position of
    any teacher referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (3)
    and in subsection (8) of section 71 of the Act whose maximum
    salary and allowance in the position occupied by him at that
    time are not higher than the maximum salary and allowance
    prescribed for the position to which an appointment is to be
    made.
    (iii.) The fitness of any teacher whom the Board is required to con-
    sider under paragraph (ii) hereof shall, subject to any limi-
    tation as to sex or other special qualifications imposed by the
    Board or these regulations, be determined in relation to other
    teachers who are applicants for or who are otherwise con-
    sidered for appointment to such position, by the relative posi-
    tion of all such teachers on the Dominion graded list of
    teachers.
    (iv.) Subject to the right of any teacher to decline appointment, the
    teacher so ascertained to be most fitted for appointment shall
    be appointed to the position.

VII. HOUSE ALLOWANCES.

48. The house allowances payable to public-school teachers under sec-
    tion 81 of the Act shall be as follows:—

HOUSE ALLOWANCES TO HEAD OR SOLE TEACHERS.
For schools of Grade I ... ... ... ... £20 per annum.
,, Grades II and III... ... ... £30 ,,
,, Grade IV ... ... ... £40 ,,
,, Grades V, VI, VII ... ... ... £50 ,,

VIII. EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, AND EXAMINATION OF PUPIL-
TEACHERS AND PROBATIONERS.

1. (1.) As soon as practicable after the commencement of each year
   the Board shall proceed to make appointments of probationers and pupil-
   teachers in accordance with these regulations. Pupil-teachers are here-
   inafter referred to as “junior teachers.”
   (2.) The most suitable candidates shall be selected irrespective of
   their place of residence, and every candidate so selected shall be appointed
   to the nearest convenient school.
   (3.) Probationers and junior teachers may, at the Board’s discretion,
   be transferred from one school to another within the district.
2. The number of probationers that may be appointed each year in
   any education district shall not exceed one for each 700 or part of 700
   children in yearly average attendance in the district. No probationer
   shall be appointed to a school below Grade III; not more than three
   probationers shall be appointed in any year to the same school; and, in