Aug. 11.] 1845
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Education Act, 1914: Amended Regulations.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 8th day of August, 1932.

Present:

THE RIGHT HON. G. W. FORBES, PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Education Act, 1914, and of all other powers enabling him in that 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 revoke the regulations at present in force relating to the Intermediate Examination made by Orders in Council as shown in the Schedule hereto; and, further, doth hereby make the following regulations in substitution therefor; and with the like advice and consent doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

INTERMEDIATE EXAMINATION: SPECIAL EXAMINATION FOR SENIOR FREE PLACES.

1. An examination, to be termed the Intermediate Examination, shall be held annually in the month of November or December at such convenient centres as the Director of Education shall appoint, and shall be open to candidates of either sex who desire to obtain a qualification by examination for a Senior Free Place in a secondary school, district high school, or technical school.

CANDIDATES’ NOTICES.

2. Every candidate for the Intermediate Examination must give notice to sit for such examination. Such notice must be on the form provided, and must be addressed to the Director of Education, and sent so as to be delivered at the office of the Education Department, Wellington, not later than the 8th day of September preceding the examination. All such notices shall include the names of the optional subjects selected by the candidate.

Candidates who are pupils of public post-primary schools at the date of application may, at the discretion of the Minister, be admitted without fee. Otherwise, each candidate’s application must be accompanied by a receipt for the payment of 10s. at some money-order office of the Post and Telegraph Department of New Zealand.

These provisions notwithstanding, late applications received after the 8th day of September, and on or before the 22nd day of September, may be accepted by the Education Department, provided that the application is in each case accompanied by a receipt for a late fee of 10s., paid at some money-order office of the Post and Telegraph Department of New Zealand.

SELECTION OF SUBJECTS.

3. Subject to any limitation hereinafter made, every candidate in the Intermediate Examination shall be examined (a) in the subjects named in Group I of the examination schedule, lettering being alternative to handwriting, and practical mathematics to arithmetic, (b) in one subject to be chosen by the candidate from Groups II or III, and (c) in any other subject or subjects to be chosen from Groups II, III, or IV, in accordance with such schedule, but so that the total possible maximum of marks assignable in all the subjects in which he is to be examined shall not exceed 1,800: Provided that not more than three subjects may be chosen from Group II, and provided, further, that no candidate may present himself for examination in any one of the subjects woodwork theory, metalwork theory, dress-making and needlework theory, or housecraft theory without presenting himself also in the corresponding practical subject.

SCHEDULE OF SUBJECTS.

4. The following shall be the subjects of examination and the maximum marks assigned to the several subjects:—

Group I.

(1) English .. .. .. .. 400
(1A) Handwriting or lettering .. .. 100
(2) Arithmetic or practical mathematics .. .. 300

B