APRIL 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1037

Secondary Schools.—Amendments in the Regulations under the Education Act, 1914.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of April, 1922.

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, and the amendments of that Act, and all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, 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 make the amendments set out in the Schedule hereto in the regulations relating to secondary schools made by Order in Council dated the eighth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and subsequently amended; and doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS RELATING TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

1. CLAUSE 12 is hereby amended by revoking the proviso thereto.

2. Clause 14 is hereby amended—

(a.) By adding the following proviso to subclause (1):

“Provided that unless the Director is satisfied that an increased attendance qualifying a school for a higher grade is permanent he may direct that the grade of the school shall be raised only provisionally, and subsequently if the increased attendance is not maintained he may place the school in the grade in which it was classified previously.”

(b.) By adding the following subclause:

“(3.) If the circumstances make it expedient, in the opinion of the Board and the Minister, that a modification of the staffing of a school as provided in the previous subclause is reasonable or necessary, the Minister may authorize the Board to modify the staff in such manner and for such period as he thinks fit, provided that the total payments for salaries and allowances are not thereby increased.”

3. Clause 17 is hereby amended by revoking subclause (1) thereof, and renumbering the remaining subclauses “(1),” “(2),” and “(3).”

4. Clause 18 is hereby amended—

(a.) By revoking subclause (1) thereof, and renumbering the remaining subclauses “(1),” “(2),” and “(3).”

(b.) By inserting before the word “teacher” in subclause (4) the word “assistant.”

(c.) By deleting from subclause (4) the words “three years,” and substituting the words “one year.”

5. Clause 21 is hereby amended—

(a.) By deleting from subclause (1) the words “appointed after the 31st day of December, 1920.”

(b.) By revoking subclause (2), and inserting in lieu thereof:

“(2.) If at any time the grade of a school is reduced, the Principal shall for a period of three years after such reduction continue to receive the same salary as if no reduction had taken place.”

(c.) By deleting from subclause (3) the words “or shares in the profits derived from,” and substituting “remuneration for services in, or shares in the profits derived from.”

6. Clause 22 is hereby amended—

(a.) By deleting from subclause (2) the words “payable from the 1st January, 1921.”

(b.) By revoking subclause (3), and substituting in lieu thereof:

“(3.) Every assistant teacher who is appointed to any position shall on his appointment receive the minimum of the grade of salary for such position unless the Director, on the recommendation of the Inspector, approves of a higher commencing salary within the grade.”

c.) By deleting from subclause (4) the words “or from the 1st February, 1922, whichever is later,” and substituting “and thereafter he shall receive an annual increment on each succeeding 1st February until he reaches the maximum of the grade of salary for his position.”