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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 133

2. (1.) The salaries and house allowances payable to head or sole teachers in Native schools shall be determined in the same manner as for head or sole teachers in corresponding positions in public schools.

(2.) Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained in this clause, the salaries payable to assistant teachers in Native schools shall be the salaries prescribed for those teachers in Schedule I of clause 1 of this Part.

(3.) There shall be paid to each certificated assistant teacher in a Native school the addition to salary authorized by clause 2 of the regulations relating to salaries of public-school teachers:

Provided that such addition to salary shall be calculated as if a certificated assistant in a Native school receiving a salary of £105–£125 or lower, or a salary of £125–£165, were receiving as a public-school teacher a salary of £140–£160, or a salary of £160–£200, as the case may be.

(4.) Each assistant teacher in schools of Grades IIIA and IIIB receiving a salary of £105 to £125, or, if obliged to live away from home, a salary of £140 to £160, shall receive by way of addition to his salary the amount authorized by paragraph (ii) of Schedule VI of the regulations relating to salaries of public-school teachers.

(5.) Each assistant teacher employed in a Native school on the 1st April, 1919, who was on the 31st March, 1919, in receipt of a salary of £40–£60 or £60–£80, or, if obliged to live away from home, a salary of £75–£95 or £95–£115, shall receive as from the said 1st April an increase in his salary of £15 per annum.

3. The number of assistants in a Native school shall be the number shown in column (4) of Schedule I of clause 1 of this Part for the average attendance shown in column 1 of that schedule.

4. (1.) On the 1st February of each year the number of teachers in any school shall be determined by the yearly average attendance for the year ended 31st December immediately preceding.

(2.) If at the beginning of any quarter it appears that the attendance in any such school has increased so that the mean of the quarterly average attendance for the four quarters, or for the three quarters, or for the two quarters, or the attendance for the quarter immediately preceding, is as high as that shown in column (2), or column (3), or column (4), or column (5), as the case may be, of Table A hereto, the number of teachers for that quarter shall be the same as is prescribed for a school having the average attendance shown in column (6) of that table:

Provided that in any special case of increasing attendance which appears to be not adequately provided for herein the Public Service Commissioner may increase the staff of any school at an earlier date than that on which an increase would otherwise be authorized under this subclause.

(3.) If at the beginning of any quarter it appears that the average attendance in any such school has decreased so that—

(i.) The mean of the average attendance for the three quarters immediately preceding, or

(ii.) The mean of the average attendance for the two quarters immediately preceding, or

(iii.) The average attendance for the quarter immediately preceding has fallen as low as indicated in columns (2), (3), and (4) respectively of Table B hereto, then the staff shall be reduced to that prescribed for a school having the average attendance shown in column (5) of that table.

In the case of any one of the events referred to in the last preceding paragraphs (i), (ii), (iii), the Commissioner may, at his discretion, reduce the staff accordingly.

(4.) Nothing in this clause shall be deemed to affect the grade in which a school is placed, or to affect the salary of any teacher.

TABLE A.

Showing Increase in Quarterly Average Attendance upon which the Staff of a School may be increased.