Nov. 15.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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of primary-school teachers, and to the appeals of teachers against their
classification or grading; and doth prescribe that this Order shall come
into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

AMENDED REGULATIONS.

1. CLAUSE 18 of the regulations relating to the grading of primary-school
   teachers is hereby amended by adding the following subclause:
   “(2.) Supplementary graded lists shall be published from time to time,
   and shall contain the names of all teachers whose grading has been deter-
   mined or altered, in accordance with the regulations, subsequent to the
   publication of the general graded list, and such supplementary lists shall
   be deemed to be part of the general graded list.”
2. Clause 5 of the regulations relating to the appeals of teachers against
   their classification or grading is hereby amended by adding the following
   subclause :—
   “(viii.) In all cases in which the Board awards additional grading-marks
   for skill in teaching, personality, discipline and environment, organization
   and management to an appellant who has been graded under the regula-
   tions for the grading of primary-school teachers, the apportionment of such
   additional marks under the various headings named herein shall in general
   be left to the Senior Inspector.”
3. Clauses 6 and 7 of the regulations relating to the appeals of teachers
   against their classification or grading are hereby revoked, and the following
   substituted :
   “(6. (i.) If it should appear during the hearing of any appeal or of any
   set of appeals that the grading of any teacher other than an appellant is too
   high, the Board may call upon such teacher to show cause why his grading
   should not be reduced, and may amend the grading accordingly. Actual
   and reasonable expenses incurred by such teacher in attending the sittings
   of the Board shall be paid by the Department.”
   “(ii.) In all cases in which the classification or grading has been altered
   by the Board such alteration shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette
   as soon as possible after the hearing of the appeal is concluded, and the
   classification thus amended shall be the classification for the current year.
   “7. The Chairman of the Appeal Board shall receive such remuneration
   as may be approved by the Minister, and both the Chairman and the
   teachers’ representatives shall receive such travelling allowances and ex-
   penses as the Minister may direct.”
   C. A. JEFFERY,
   Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Education Act, 1914.—Regulation.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 7th day of November,
1923.
Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, G.C.M.G., K.C., PRESIDING 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 of
all other powers enabling him in that 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 regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto relating to the
minimum number of half-days for which schools shall be open in each year;
and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall
come into force on the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand
Gazette.
SCHEDULE.
Every public school shall be open in each calendar year for not less than
four hundred half-days, and every secondary school, technical school, and
technical high school shall be open in each calendar year for not less than
three hundred and eighty-five half-days, unless it is shown to the satisfaction
of the Minister that the closing of the school is necessary owing to the
prevalence of epidemics or other sufficient cause.
C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.