Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2959

The Education Act, 1914.

ROBERT STOUT,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of December, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR 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, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government 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 for Agricultural Bursaries, Educational Bursaries, Engineering Bursaries, and Home Science and Domestic Art Bursaries in force at the date of the coming into operation of this Order, 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 publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette, except as set out in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

AGRICULTURAL BURSARIES.

1. THE Director of Education (hereinafter referred to as “the Director”) may award an Agricultural Bursary to any male person who has satisfied all the following conditions, namely, that—

(a.) He is over sixteen and not over twenty years of age on the last date on which applications for a bursary are receivable:

(b.) He has passed the Matriculation Examination of the University of New Zealand, or some equivalent examination approved for the purpose by the Director, or has received a higher or lower leaving certificate under the regulations respecting secondary-school certificates:

(c.) He has, except in cases specially approved by the Director, satisfactorily completed not less than two years of an approved agricultural or rural course at a secondary school or its equivalent, a technical high school, or the secondary department of a district high school:

Provided that if a sufficient number of candidates qualified under this paragraph is not forthcoming, a bursary may be awarded to a candidate who satisfies the conditions of the other paragraphs of this clause:

(d.) He has been resident in New Zealand for one year immediately preceding the date of application for a bursary:

(e.) He produces satisfactory evidence as to character and health:

(f.) He has entered, by his parent or guardian or some other person approved by the Director, into a bond to repay the amount paid in allowances and fees in respect to his bursary (including a sum at the rate of not more than £40 per annum for board and lodgings, when these are provided) in case he should fail to complete satisfactorily the prescribed course, or fail to complete (within five years after the close of his course) service of not less than three years in New Zealand as a teacher or instructor in a public school, secondary school, technical school, university college, or in any school under the control of the Education Department.

2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these regulations, an Agricultural Bursary may be awarded without limit of age to a student who has satisfactorily completed a course of at least one year at a training college for teachers; and in such a case the tenure of the bursary shall be for one year or two years, as the Director shall determine.

3. If the number of duly qualified candidates in any year exceeds the number for whom accommodation can conveniently be provided, a selection shall be made from the candidates of those best qualified in such manner as the Director shall determine.

4. An application for an Agricultural Bursary must be made on the form provided, and must reach the Director of Education, Wellington, together with the necessary certificates, not later than the 8th September in each year.