1814
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 49

a lack of control and of that personal influence which should as a rule be sufficient to maintain order, industry, and tone in a school.

42. The teacher may, with the approval of the Director, forbid the attendance of a child on the following grounds, viz.: (1) want of cleanliness; (2) conduct such as is liable to lower the tone of the school and set a bad example to the other scholars; or (3) danger of communicating a contagious disease. In the last case and in serious cases under (1) and (2) he shall act promptly on his own judgment, but shall in every case forthwith report the matter in full to the Director.

43. The provisions of the Education Act relating to the appointment of teachers in public schools shall apply, mutatis mutandis, in the case of teachers selected for appointment to Native schools:

Provided that no unmarried male teacher shall be so selected:

Provided further that the Director may recommend to the Public Service Commissioner for appointment or transfer any teacher employed in the Native school service at the date of the coming into force of these regulations.

44. Every married teacher shall on taking up his appointment be accompanied by his wife.

45. The head teacher may recommend to the Director persons for appointment as junior assistant teachers, but such recommendation shall not be communicated to the person recommended.

46. A teacher appointed to any school shall notify the Director of the date of his arrival and the date of his commencing duty.

47. In every case the head teacher shall live in the house provided by the Department, unless his residence elsewhere shall have previously been sanctioned.

48. The duties of the teachers shall not be confined to the instruction of the school-children. They are expected, by their diligence, their kindness, and their probity, to exercise a beneficial influence on the Maoris living near them, to show an example of good citizenship, and to take their part in movements that have for their object the promotion of the good of the district. No teacher who neglects this most important feature of his work will be regarded by the Department as satisfactorily fulfilling his duty. A Native-school teacher must, above all things, be a man of strict sobriety.

49. No teacher shall engage for pecuniary gain or profit in any profession, occupation, or business which lies beyond the scope of his duties as an officer of the Department; nor shall he, except with the express permission of the Director, hold any office or appointment, whether honorary or paid.

50. No teacher shall trade with the Maoris or endeavour in any way to gain pecuniary advantage from them.

51. As an officer of the Public Service, a teacher is forbidden to make any communication, directly or indirectly, to the press upon any matter affecting his school or any Government Department or officer thereof, or upon any matter relating to the Public Service, or to his own official position or acts, or upon any political subject or question connected with New Zealand, without the express permission or authority of the Director. He is further required to refrain from all actions calculated to give offence to any section of the community or to impair his usefulness as a teacher.

52. No teacher shall be at liberty to relinquish his engagement without giving the Director at least one month’s notice in writing of his intention to do so. Such notice should, as far as possible, be made to take effect on the last day of the month succeeding that in which the notice is given.

53. Before leaving a school a teacher shall hand over to a person duly authorized all school property belonging to the Department. He shall make out in duplicate an inventory thereof certified by such person, forwarding one copy to the Director and placing the other in the school portfolio. He shall also complete all the school records to the date of his ceasing duty; and he shall leave them, together with the time-table, work-book, and schemes of work, available for his successor.

54. The last instalment of salary due to such teacher shall not be paid until the Director is satisfied that the requirements of this clause have been fulfilled.

55. The head teacher shall be responsible to the Director for the management and organization of the school, and the members of the staff shall be responsible to the head teacher for the efficient performance of their duties.

56. Head teachers shall pay attention to the professional training of their junior assistants, and to this end they shall give them instruction in school method for at least one hour per week outside of school hours.

57. Head teachers shall forward at the end of every term a report of the conduct, attention to duties, and progress in teaching of the junior assistants employed on their staff. Such report shall be seen and initialled by the assistant concerned.