Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3671

Education Act, 1914.—Amended Regulations.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

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

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Education Act, 1914, and the amendments of that Act, and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, 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 regulations at present in force relating to attendance registers and returns, public schools (salaries, grading, staffing, &c.), incidental expenses of secondary schools, manual and technical instruction, school and class libraries, payment of subsidies on voluntary contributions, payments to members of the General Council of Education and District Advisory Committees, examination and classification of teachers, training colleges, leave of absence, free places in secondary schools, district high schools, technical high schools, and technical schools and classes, and length of school year; and, further, doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto relating to payment of grants in aid of free kindergarten schools, to examinations for elementary kindergarten certificates, and to free school books and stationery in certain cases, and with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that, except where stated to the contrary, this Order shall come into force on the first day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.

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SCHEDULE.

1. ATTENDANCE REGISTERS AND RETURNS.

THE regulations relating to attendance registers and returns made by Order in Council dated 21st December, 1914, and amended by Orders in Council dated 10th September, 1923, 22nd March, 1926, and 13th April, 1927, are hereby further amended:—

1. By deleting from clause 9 thereof the words “31st December” and substituting therefor “30th September.”

2. By deleting from the provisos of the same clause the words “of the year” wherever they occur.

3. By adding at the end of the same clause the following subclause:—
   “(2) The yearly average attendance so determined shall be the average attendance on which is based the staffs and salaries of schools and the payments to Education Boards for incidental allowances of School Committees.”

II. PUBLIC SCHOOLS: SALARIES, GRADING, STAFFING, ETC.

The regulations relating to public schools (salaries, grading, staffing, &c.), made by Order in Council dated 12th January, 1925, and amended from time to time, are hereby further amended—

1. (a) By deleting from clause 7 the first proviso:
   (b) By deleting the word “further” from the second proviso to clause 7:
   (c) By adding to clause 7 the words: “Provided further, that in general a married teacher who has the use of a residence of not more than two rooms and an unmarried teacher who has the use of only one room may, at the discretion of the Minister, receive half the allowance specified above.”

2. By inserting in subclause (2) of clause 10 thereof, after the words “yearly average attendance for the year,” the words “ending 30th September.”

3. By deleting from clause 21 the words “on the 1st February in each year to determine, according to the yearly average attendance for the year ended 31st December immediately preceding, the grade and subgrade to which every school or department under the control of the Board belongs:” and substituting therefor “as soon as may be after the 30th September in each year to determine according to the yearly average attendance for the year ended 30th September immediately preceding the grade or subgrade to which every school or department under the control of the Board shall belong from the 1st February following.”

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