2960

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 85

5. The term of a bursary shall be two years, if the holder so long fulfils
   the prescribed conditions; provided that on the recommendation of the
   director or manager of the farm or institution attended the Director of
   Education may extend the term for one year or two years longer.

6. An Agricultural Bursary shall be tenable at a State experimental
   farm, an agricultural college, a university college, or some other similar
   institution under public control in New Zealand that the Director may
   approve for the purpose.

7. The bursary must be held continuously, except in the case of illness
   or special circumstances approved by the Director.

8. An Agricultural Bursary shall not be tenable with or after the tenure
   of a University Junior Scholarship, a University National Scholarship, or
   any other scholarship, exhibition, or bursary, or combination thereof, which
   may have been granted for the purpose of assisting the holder in obtaining
   university education, and the value or combined value of which (exclusive
   of any lodging allowances received) exceeds £20 per annum.

9. (a.) An Agricultural Bursary shall be of the annual value of £20, in
   addition to the amount of the tuition fees payable by the holder thereof
   in respect of the approved course of instruction; provided that, except in
   special cases approved by the Director, not more than one year's fees shall
   be payable with respect to any subject at the same grade.

(b.) If in the opinion of the Director the holder of a bursary is obliged to
live away from his home or his usual place of residence in order to carry
out the required course of instruction, he shall, in addition to the amount
of the bursary and fees as aforesaid, receive a further allowance at the rate
of £30 per annum.

(c.) The holder of a bursary who lives at home but is obliged to travel
more than four miles each way in order to attend the classes, shall be
entitled to a refund of the actual cost of travelling not exceeding £10 in
each year.

(d.) If board and lodging are provided at the institution attended, there
shall be deducted from the amounts named in subclauses (a) and (b) an
amount in payment therefor not exceeding £40 per annum.

10. Unless the Chairman of the Professorial Board, or the director or
    manager of the farm or institution at which the bursary is held, by report
    at the end of the year shows to the satisfaction of the Director of Education that the holder of a bursary has regularly attended the classes in the
    Agricultural course for which the bursary was granted, and has made satisfactory progress in the work of those classes, the bursary shall forthwith be
    determined unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the Director that any
    failure in attendance, diligence, or progress was due to illness or other sufficient cause; and on such determination the holder shall, if the Director
    so requires, refund the allowances and fees paid on his behalf.

11. On receipt of an unfavourable report on the attendance, diligence,
    or progress of the holder of a bursary from the Chairman of the Professorial
    Board or the director or manager of the farm or institution, the Director
    may at any time determine the tenure of the bursary, and the holder thereof
    shall, if the Director so requires, refund the allowances and fees paid on
    his behalf.

12. Generally the conditions that require to be fulfilled before the holder
    of a bursary can be considered as having made satisfactory progress shall
    include the passing of the college or institution examinations on the course
    of agricultural study and practice undertaken, or the passing of a section
    of a university degree examination in Agriculture.

13. These regulations shall not apply in the case of bursaries heretofore
    awarded, but such bursaries shall continue to be governed by the regulations under which they were awarded.

EDUCATIONAL BURSARIES.

1. The Director of Education (hereinafter referred to as "the Director")
   may award an Educational Bursary to any person who has satisfied all
   the following conditions, namely, that—

(a.) (i.) He is a teacher as defined in section two of the Education Act,
1914, and holds a teacher's certificate of a class not lower than
Class C or has similar examination status; or

(ii.) He has within the six months immediately preceding
completed his term of service as a pupil-teacher or probationer
in accordance with the regulations and to the satisfaction of the
Education Board and of the Senior Inspector, and declares his
intention of entering a recognized training college on the completion of the tenure of his bursary; or