Oct. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2859

Regulations.—Incidental Expenses of Schools.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 11th day of October, 1920.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor-General in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Education Act, 1914, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby revoke the regulations relating to incidental expenses of schools made by Order in Council dated the thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and eleven, and in lieu thereof doth make the regulations set out in the Schedule hereto; and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of [the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

A. The incidental expenses of School Committees within the meaning of section 36 of the Education Act, 1914, shall include expenditure under the following heads:—

(1.) Cleaning—namely, the complete and regular cleaning and keeping in order of buildings, furniture, fixtures, apparatus, and appliances in all the school premises, including class-rooms, teachers’ rooms, passages, lavatories, libraries, laboratories, workshops, outbuildings, drains, water-tanks, wells, and other appurtenances of the school premises (exclusive of repairs rendered necessary by fair wear-and-tear); the performance of sanitary and other services; the cost of requisites for cleaning; and the cost of fumigation when ordered by the Health Officer or otherwise deemed necessary.

(2.) Heating—namely, cost of fuel and other items connected with the heating of the school premises, such as sweeping chimneys, replacing of coal-scuttles and fire-irons.

(3.) Water-service and sanitary service.—All expenditure on these items when necessary (excluding cost of instalment or replacement of fittings, and cost of water-supply to school baths).

(4.) Grounds.—Repair and keeping in order of the school grounds, fences, hedges, gates, and paths (including the clearing of gorse, broom, brier, and all noxious weeds, but not including the cost of replacing worn-out fences and gates, nor the repair and keeping in order of the teachers’ garden or of the school glebe).

(5.) Repairs of all buildings, furniture, fixtures, apparatus, and appliances on school premises that are rendered necessary by wilful or careless damage, and generally all small repairs other than those due to fair wear-and-tear, fire, earthquake, or storm.

(6.) Stationery.—The cost of school stationery such as ink, chalk, blackboard dusters, and paper required for examination purposes; cost of stationery used for the transaction of the business of the School Committee.

B. Further, if provision has been made for the cost of all the items specified in A, and funds permit, the incidental expenses of School Committees within the meaning of the said section 36 may include, at the discretion of the Board,—

(a.) The cost of all paper and other stationery used in school for school purposes, including pens, pencils, slates, erasers, paper, and exercise-books.

(b.) The salary of a caretaker appointed to have custody of the school buildings and to perform all or any of the duties indicated above; rent of caretaker’s quarters, and all repairs to the same.

(c.) The cost of water-supply to school baths.

(d.) School libraries, pictures for the school walls, asphalting and other improvement of the school premises.

(e.) Utensils and apparatus used in connection with the provision of hot lunches for children.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.