Mar. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 717

VIII. TEACHERS' CLASSES OF INSTRUCTION.

1. The Regulations for Teachers Classes of Instruction are hereby amended by deleting the words “pupil-teacher” or “pupil-teachers” wherever they occur in the said regulations.

2. Clause 3 (i) is hereby amended by inserting after the word “approved” the words “and provided that in no case shall the total cost of transit exceed five pounds (£5) during any year.”

3. Clause 3 (ii) is hereby amended by deleting all the words after the word “district” and substituting therefor the words “may receive an allowance to be determined by the Director towards the cost of board and lodging.”

4. Clause 5 is hereby amended by substituting the figures “80” for the figures “14,” and by substituting the figures “83” for the figures “18.”

5. Clause 6 is hereby amended by substituting the figures “46 (i)” for the figures “19 (i).”

6. Clause 7 is hereby amended by deleting the words “and material” wherever they occur.

7. Clause 10 is hereby amended by deleting the words “for not less than sixty hours spread, if necessary, over a period of two years,” and by inserting the word “regular” before the word “instruction,” and the words “throughout the year” after the word “instruction.”

8. Clause 11 (i) is hereby amended by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) thereof and substituting the following:

“Nature-study with special reference to work in the school-garden and to indoor experimental work related to elementary agriculture, and including training in the improvising and handling of apparatus.”

9. Clause 12 (ii) is hereby deleted and the following substituted therefor:

“Teachers who are considered by the Senior Inspector to have made good progress at the classes provided for in these regulations may be exempted by the Director from further examination in corresponding subjects at the Teachers’ Class D Examination.”

IX. EXAMINATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF TEACHERS.

Clause 2 is hereby amended by inserting the words “or Principal of a Teacher’s Training College” after the word “Inspector.”

Clause 19 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

“(c.) To furnish evidence by means of a certificate signed by an approved authority that they have completed, in accordance with the Regulations, a course of practical work in the science subjects selected for the purpose of this examination, such certificate being in the hands of the Director not later than the 31st day of December of the year in which the candidates sat for examination in those subjects, or in special cases approved by the Director, not later than the 31st day of January of the following year.”

Clause 28 is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:

“(iv.) To furnish evidence by means of a certificate signed by an approved authority that they have completed, in accordance with the Regulations, a course of practical work in the science subjects selected for the purpose of this examination, such certificate being in the hands of the Director not later than the 31st day of December of the year in which the candidates sat for examination in those subjects, or in special cases approved by the Director, not later than the 31st day of January of the following year.”

X. ORGANIZING TEACHERS.

Clause 8 is hereby amended by deleting the words “10d. per mile” from paragraph (iii) of subclause (1) (c), and substituting “8d. per mile.”

XI. PUPIL-TEACHERS AND PROBATIONERS.

The regulations relating to pupil-teachers and probationers are hereby revoked, and the following substituted:

Probationers.

“1. (1.) As soon as practicable after the commencement of each year the Board shall, after consultation with the Senior Inspector, proceed to make appointments of probationers in accordance with these regulations.

“(2.) The most suitable candidates shall be selected irrespective of their place of residence, and every candidate so selected shall be appointed as far as possible to the school nearest his place of residence.