May 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1091

Salaries of Full-time Female Assistants.

(2.) Subclause (1) hereof shall come into force on the 1st May, 1924, and until that date the salaries of all full-time assistants shall be the same as they would have been if the regulations heretofore in force had not been revoked.

(The above are the salaries after deductions imposed by the Public Expenditure Adjustment Act.)

(3.) The senior woman assistant in a mixed school, if she is not an assistant holding a Grade A position, may, on the recommendation of the Inspectors, receive in addition to the salary prescribed in Schedule III a further payment by way of salary at the rate of £30 per annum.

(4.) Every assistant teacher who is appointed to any position shall on his appointment receive the minimum of the grade of salary for such position:

Provided that in the case of a first appointment the Director may, on the recommendation of the Inspectors, approve of a higher salary within the grade:

Provided further that a teacher who is appointed to a position of Grade D, and who is a graduate or a trained teacher or has other special qualifications, may, with the approval of the Director, commence at any stage of salary between the minimum salary and the maximum for Grade D.

(5.) The first increment receivable by any teacher under this clause shall be payable from the 1st day of February next following after the lapse of a period of six calendar months reckoned from the date of commencing duty, 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:

Provided that no increment to such salary shall be payable to any teacher whose work for the year preceding has not been approved for the purpose by the Director, acting on the report of the Inspectors.

19. Except on the special recommendation of the Inspectors, the salary of a teacher classified in Grade D shall not rise by means of increments above £245 in the case of men or £210 in the case of women.

20. (1.) In the larger schools teachers with special knowledge and teaching ability in certain subjects or groups of subjects may be selected by the Principal as heads of departments. The number of such heads of departments shall not exceed—

(i.) One in schools of Grades IX to XIII inclusive;

(ii.) Two in schools of Grades XIV to XVIII inclusive;

(iii.) Three in schools of Grade XIX or of any higher grade.

(2.) Under the direction of the Principal, it shall be the duty of a head of a department—

(i.) To arrange a continuous course of study in his subject or group of subjects;

(ii.) To co-ordinate the work of various classes;

(iii.) To suggest to headmaster suitable text-books;

(iv.) To help the junior teachers in their preparation of schemes of work;

(v.) To watch at least one lesson per week by a junior teacher;

(vi.) To enter a criticism of each such lesson in a criticism book;

(vii.) To give not less than four specimen lessons per term in the presence of some of the junior teachers;

(viii.) To submit through the Principal to the Inspector schemes of work for the subject or group of subjects throughout the school, and the criticism book initialed by the junior teacher concerned.

21. In addition to the salary otherwise payable under these regulations a head of a department shall be paid £30 by way of salary in one sum at the end of each year, on the certificate of the Principal endorsed by an Inspector that the special duties described in clause 20 hereof have been satisfactorily carried out by the assistant concerned.