Nov. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 3489

(2.) The addition to salary specified in paragraph (i) of Schedule VI hereof shall be payable in the case of every married assistant, except where the husband or wife of such assistant is—
(a.) A head or sole teacher, in which case no such addition shall be made; or
(b.) An assistant, in which case such addition shall be made only to the salary of the husband:
Provided that no married woman employed as an assistant in a public school shall be entitled to the additional salary herein provided unless payment of the additional salary is approved by the Minister on account of special circumstances.
For the purposes of this clause the expression “married assistant” includes an assistant who is a widow or widower having one or more children under the age of sixteen years.
(3.) (i.) The additional salary specified in paragraph (iv) of Schedule VI shall be payable for a period not exceeding two years in the case of any teacher who has been a member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force for a period of at least six months, provided that his total service as a teacher in New Zealand prior to joining the said Force was not less than one year and six months, or, if he has no teaching service, that he has been a student of a training college for at least one year, or has completed his term of service as a pupil-teacher or probationer. The said period of two years shall be deemed to commence as follows:—
(a.) In the case of a teacher appointed to a new position after the 1st April, 1919, or a teacher resuming duty after that date in a position from which he was granted leave of absence, as from the date on which his salary commences after the said 1st April:
Provided that in any case the said period of two years shall be deemed to commence not later than three months after the date on which the teacher ceased to be a member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
(b.) In the case of a teacher occupying a position on the 1st April, 1919, as from that date.
(ii.) If any teacher to whom this subclause applies is the holder of a license to teach, the additional salary specified in paragraph (iii) of Schedule VI shall be payable as well as the additional salary specified in paragraph (iv) of the said schedule.
(iii.) The Minister may, if he thinks fit, on account of special circumstances, extend the benefits of this subclause to any teacher who has been a member of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force although such teacher may not have strictly fulfilled the conditions specified in paragraph (i) hereof.
(4.) (i.) If a teacher in receipt of the addition to salary provided in paragraph (ii) of Schedule VI hereof is transferred to a position in a school of Grade IVA or a higher grade, to which position is attached a higher grade of salary under clause 1 hereof, and if his commencing salary in his new position without such addition would be lower than his final salary in his former position, he shall be paid the said addition to salary (or such part thereof as may be necessary to avoid a reduction in his salary) until such time as his salary, including any increments or increases otherwise payable, becomes at least equal to his final salary in his former position.
(ii.) In determining for the purposes of this subclause whether a salary is or is not reduced, account shall be taken only of the salary payable under clauses 1 and 2 and paragraph (ii) of Schedule VI hereof.
4. Each assistant added to the staff in accordance with subclause (2) of clause 32 hereof shall receive a salary of Grade 1, together with such additions to his salary (if any) as are otherwise authorized by these regulations.
5. Each assistant added to the staff in accordance with subclause (4) of clause 32 hereof shall receive a salary of Grade 3, together with such additions to his salary (if any) as are otherwise authorized by these regulations.
6. An assistant added to the staff in accordance with clause 44 hereof shall be paid a salary not exceeding Grade 3, together with such additions to salary (if any) as are otherwise authorized under these regulations.
7. (1.) In the case of a school of Grade 0 the Board shall pay for or on account of the salary of the teacher the sum of £12 per annum for every pupil in average attendance.
(2.) Subject to the provisions of clause 15 hereof, the average attendance on which the amount payable for any quarter for or on account of the salary of the teacher of a school of Grade 0 shall be determined shall be the average attendance for the quarter immediately preceding, or the