April 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 945

Amending Regulations under the Education Act, 1914.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 13th day of April, 1927.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Education Act, 1914; and its amendments, 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 amend in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto the several regulations therein specified, and doth hereby declare that, except where otherwise expressly provided herein, this Order in Council shall come into force on the first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.

SCHEDULE.

PART I. AMENDING REGULATIONS AS TO ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; RETURNS; AVERAGE ATTENDANCE.

1. IN this Part of these regulations, the expression “the said regulations” means the regulations relating to attendance registers, returns, and average attendance (as appearing in an Order in Council dated the 21st day of December, 1914, and published in the Gazette of the 7th day of January, 1915).

2. (1) Clause 9 of the said regulations is hereby amended by omitting from the first proviso thereto the words “shall be deemed,” and substituting “may, at the discretion of the Board, be deemed.”

(2) The amendment to clause 2 of the said regulations appearing in an Order in Council dated the 22nd day of March, 1926, and published in the Gazette of the 25th day of March, 1926, is hereby revoked as from the date thereof.

PART II. AMENDING REGULATIONS AS TO TEACHERS’ SALARIES, ETC.

3. IN this Part of these regulations, the expression “the said regulations” means the regulations relating to teachers’ salaries, grading, staffing, and other matters (as appearing in an Order in Council dated the 12th day of January, 1925, and published in the Gazette of the 15th day of January, 1925).

4. Clause 6 of the said regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor:—

“6. Married Allowance.—An assistant holding a permanent appointment, who is married or is a widower or widow, shall receive an addition of £50 per annum to the salary otherwise provided for in these regulations: Provided that no payment under this clause shall be made (a) to a married assistant whose husband or wife is employed in the Education Service or Government Service, or is otherwise employed to such an extent as to satisfy the Minister that an allowance under this clause should not be paid; or (b) to a widower or woman assistant unless the Minister approves such payment on account of the fact that he or she has a child under sixteen dependent upon and supported by him or her, or on account of other special circumstances; or (c) to an assistant who is provided with a free residence; or (d) in any special case if the Minister, taking into consideration the special circumstances, is of opinion that an allowance under this clause should not be paid.”

5. Clause 14 of the said regulations is hereby amended:—

(a) By adding to subclause (1) the following proviso:—

“Provided that the commencing salary payable in accordance with clause 4 of these regulations to an assistant of Grade I shall not be greater than £175 per annum in the case of a man nor £160 per annum in the case of a woman, unless the conditions required by the second proviso to clause 15 hereof for payment of an increment are complied with.”

(b) By deleting from subclause (3), as made by Order in Council dated the 28th day of October, 1925, the words “nor than the salary received by the teacher in any former position.”

6. Clause 18 of the said regulations is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor:—

“18. If at any time between the annual grading of public schools on the 1st February in any year and the 1st February immediately following the quarterly average attendance of a school rises above the maximum or