FEB. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 289

CERTIFICATES OF SECONDARY INSTRUCTION.

3. The regulations relating to certificates of secondary instruction made by Order in Council as shown in the Third Schedule hereto are hereby amended by—

(1) Inserting in clause 1 after the words “being a secondary school” and also after the words “in a secondary school”, the words “combined school”.

(2) Deleting clause 2, and substituting therefor the following clause :—

“2. Under the same authority and subject in like manner to the conditions governing the tenure of junior and senior free places in secondary schools, combined schools, technical high schools, and district high schools, lower leaving certificates, to be termed “School Certificates”, may be issued to pupils who have passed the School Certificate Examination and have completed at an approved school at least a three-years course of secondary instruction including not less than 10 units in English, 7 units in arithmetic (or 12 units in mathematics, including arithmetic), 3 units in history, and 4 units in science.”

(3) Deleting clause 3, and substituting therefor the following clause :—

“3. Further, under the same authority and subject in like manner to the same conditions, Higher Leaving Certificates may be issued to pupils who have satisfactorily completed at an approved school at least a four-years course of secondary instruction ; provided that any such pupil has satisfied the requirements for a School Certificate or has passed the University Entrance Examination, and in addition has satisfactorily completed an advanced secondary course of not less than one year, including therein at least 4 units of a standard higher than that prescribed for the Entrance Examination of the University of New Zealand or for the School Certificate Examination in English, and 4 units of a like standard in each of two other subjects selected from the following : Mathematics, Latin, Greek, French, German, geography, mechanics, heat and light, electricity and magnetism, chemistry, geology, botany, zoology, general biology, agriculture, home science, history, economics, accountancy, and any other subject approved for this purpose by the Director before the pupil commences his advanced course ; provided further that the total units of work satisfactorily completed during the four years shall be not less than 75.”

(4) Deleting clause 5.

(5) Inserting in clause 7 before the words “Leaving Certificates” the word “Higher”.

FREE PLACES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, ETC.

4. The regulations relating to free places in secondary schools, &c., made by Orders in Councils as shown in the Fourth Schedule hereto, are hereby amended,—

(1) As to clause 1, by deleting the words “junior high school”, and substituting therefor the words “combined school”; and by adding the following proviso to the clause :—

“Provided that every reference to a secondary school, a technical high school, or a technical school in these regulations shall be deemed to be also a reference to a combined school.”

(2) As to clause 2,—

(a) By deleting paragraphs (a) and (b) :

(b) By adding to paragraph (c) the words “or equivalent qualification” :

(c) By inserting in paragraph (e) after the word “public” the words “or registered private”.

(3) As to clause 4, by deleting from subclause (1) the words “junior high schools”.

(4) As to clause 5 (A), by inserting in paragraph (a) of subclause (2) after the word “attend” the word “continuously”.

(5) (a) As to the Schedule to clause 6 (A),—

(i) By deleting the symbol and word “3 units” from Group II after the words “(3) Arithmetic, &c.”, and substituting therefor the words “2½ to 3 units”.

(ii) By deleting from Group IV in the subject “(9) Physical Science, &c.” the words “elementary physical measurements”, and substituting therefor the words “general experimental science”.

(iii) By deleting from Group IV in the subject “(10) Natural Science, &c.” the words “zoology, geology”, and substituting therefor the words “general biology”.

(iv) By deleting from the note designated “(ii)” the word “thirty-nine”, and substituting therefor the word “thirty-eight”.