!lumb. 86. 2425
SUPPLEMENT
TO THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE OF THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1915. Jublisgtb b]l jutgorlt!J.
WEI1LINGTON, FRIDAY, JULY 16, HH5.
,9cheme for the Control of the ABhburton High Sch,ool. parent ma.y nom.inate any number of candida.tes not exceed ing the num.ber to be elected. (6.) Every nomination-paper sha.ll be in the form or to the Educa.tion Department, effect following :- Wellington, 10th July 1915. I [Name and addresa], being a pa.rent duly entered on the N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, roll, do hereby nominate [Name and addresa] as a. ca.ndidate I 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), and lfor election to the Board of Governors of the Ashburton High with the powers thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, School at the election to be held on the day of • acting for the Minister of Education, do here by, on the advice De.tad this day of , of the General Council of Edttcation approve of the following · [Signature of nominator.] scheme for the Ash burton High School (hereinafter called " the school"), which is established under the provisions of CANDIDATE'S CONSENT [To be aubscribed at the foot of the Ashburton High School Act, 1878. nomination-paper]. 1. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") constituted by the I hereby consent to my nomination. Ashburton High School Act, 1878, as amended by the Educa.tion [Signature of candidate nominated.] Act, 1914. (7.) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written con- 2. With regard to the election of members of the Board by sent of the ca.ndidate nominated, such consent may be given the pa.rents of the pupils, the following provisions shall by him to the Returning Officer before the nominations a.re apply:- closed, a.nd every nomination-pa.per sha.ll be void in so far as (1.) The first election shall be held on a date to be appointed concerns any candida.te whose written consent is not duly by the :Minister before the 31st day of August in the year 1915, given as aforesaid. and every subsequent election shall be held on a date to be (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth day fixed by the Board in the mnnth of July in every second year before the day of the election. thereafter. (9.) If the number of nominations received does not exceed (2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning Ithe number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer Officer. shall forthwith declare the candidate or candidates so nomi- (3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer 'I nated to be duly elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occn- as the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each elector pation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled at his address as a.ppearing on the roll a printed voting-paper as a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed I containing in alpha.betical order of surnames a list of all the at 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on I duly nominated candidates for whom such parent is entitled which any election is to be held, and shall continue to be to vote, and such voting-paper shall be in the form or to the closed until the election is completed. effect following :- "Parent" mea.ns the father, if he is living, or, if not, the mother, or, if neither the father nor the mother is living, the VOTING-PAPER FOR USE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE guardian, of a pupil of the school. DAY OF , 19 , OF MEMBER OF THE A "pupil of the school" means a pupil whose name is on BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE ASHBUBTON HIGH SCHOOL. the school roll at the end of the term preceding the closing of OANDIDATES. the r0ll, but does n~t include a pupil in any !owe: depart~ent. I [Set out in alphabetical order of aurnames the full name of (4.) The ~etul'Il;1ng. Officer .sh~ll, by ~dvertIS~ment m a every duly nominated candidate.] newspaper ci.rculatmg m the d1str1ct'. pubhcly notify, not less [Signature of voter.] than fourteen days before each election,- · (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations; I DmEO'l'IONS. (b.) The total number of candidates to be elected; The number of candida.tes to be elected is [Specify tke (c.) The day and the hour for the closing of the election, number]. (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one I The voter is required to draw a line through the name of or more parents entitled to vote for his election, Each such I every candidate for whom he does not intend to vote, A 2426 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 86
The num,ber of candidates wh. ose nam,es are left uncancelled ['the school, and to allot their several duties; and no assistant m,ust not exceed the total number of candidates to be elected. teacher or other officer of the school shall be appointed until This voting-paper must mi signed by the voter and en- the headmaster has been consulted. closed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the outside thel"llof the (3.) He shall have the power in cases of grave neglect of words" Voting-paper," and if posted to the Returning Officer duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant must be posted on or before the day of election, or, if de- teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith repcrt his action livered to him, shall be delivered at his office, to the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon confirm Street, , before the day of election, or not later than or overrule his action until the next meeting of the Board, five o'clock in the afternoon of that day. when the matter may be determined; but the action of the (JO.) The poll shall close at five o'clock on the afternoon headmaster shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board of the day of election; but all voting-papers shall be included has determined the matter. and counted which are not informal and are received by the (4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may sus Returning Officer in due course of post before the close of the pend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board at its next sixth day after the day of the election. meeting, and the action of the headmaster shall hold good (11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the follow- until the Board has come to some determination in regard to ing cases, that is to say:- the matter. He shall not expel any pupil without the sanction (a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent; or of the Board. (b.) If the candidates whose names are left uncancelled (5.) He shall regulate all text-books, methods, and organiza- exceed in number the total number of candidates tion, and, subject to clause 5 hereof and to the regulations • for whom the person is entitled to vote, or if in any under the Education Act, he shall determine the course cf other way the paper fails to indicate clearly for whom study for each pupil. · the vote is intended to be given; or 7. The Board may license hostels or boardinghouses for (c.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, the sealed the accommodation of pupils, and may place such hostels or envelope containing the voting-paper is not de- boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of the school or livered at his office before the close of the poll; or other suitable persons, and shall provide for the inspection (d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the scaled envelope of such hostels or boardinghouses. containing: the voting-paper is not received at the 8. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by office of the Returning Officer before the close of the section 96 of the Education Act. sixth day after the day of election, or if, from, the post- Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July, 1915. mark on the envelope or otherwise, the Returning Officer is satisfied that it was not posted until after F. H. D. BELL, the day of the election. For Minister of Education. (12.) On the seventh day after the day of election the Returning Officer shall open and examine all voting-papers duly delivered to him or received by him through the post as aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers, Scheme for the Control of the Auckland Grammar School and shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total num,ber the Auckland Girl8' Grammar School. to be elected) who have received the greatest number of votes, and shall declare such candidates to be elected. Education Department, (13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or Wellington, 10th ,July, 1915. more candidates, the election is not complete, the Returning N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, Officer shall decide by lot, in the presence of two mem, hers I 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), and of the Board, which candidate or candidates shall be elected, with the powers thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, and thereby complete the election. acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the · (14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the advice of the General Council of Education, approve of the Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and to the Minister following schem,e for the Auckland Grammar School and the the names of the persons elected. Auckland Girls' Gram,m,ar School (hereinafter included in (15.) Retiring members shall be eligible for re-election. the term "the .school"), which are established under the (16.) If any dispute or question arises touching the regu provisions of the Auckland Grammar School Act, 1899, and larity of any election, such dispute or question shall be deter the Auckland Girls' Gram.m.ar School Act, 1906 (hereinafter mined by the Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by called " the special Acts "). sections 45 to 54 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, I 908, 1. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors all the provisions of which shall, mutati& mutandis, apply. (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") constituted by the -3 .. (1.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs among the special Acts, as amended by the Education Act, 1914. mem,bers so elected as aforesaid, the election of a member to 2. With regard to the election of m,embers of the Board by fill that casual vacancy shall, within fifty days after the the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall vacancy occurs, be held in a similar manner to that herein apply:- before provided for an ordinary vacancy. (1.) The first election shall be held on a date to be appointed (2.) The member rn elected shall hold office only for the by the Minister before the 31st day of August in the year residue of the term cf the vacating member. 1915, and every subsequent election shall be held on a date · 4. Whenever a vacancy has to be filled by the Governor, to be fixed by the Board in the month of July in every second the Education Board, or the Ashburton County Council, the year thereafter. Board shall forthwith report the fact that such a vacancy has (2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning occurred to the Minister, the Secretary of the Education Officer. Board, or the Clerk of the Council as the case may require. (3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer 5. (L) The school shall provide a course of generaisecondary shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occu education and one or more vocational courses. pation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled (2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by as a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed at the headmaster of the school after consultation with the 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on which parents or guardian of the pupil ; but no pupil shall be any election is to be held, and shall continue to be closed compelled to take Latin, or to take more than one language until the election is completed. besides English. · "Parent" m,cans tho father, if he is living, or, if not, the (3.) The fees to be charged to those who are not holders m,other, or, if neither the father nor the mother ia living, the of scholarships or free places shall be £12 per annum, subject guardian, of a pupil of the school. to a rebate of £! on each proportional one-third part of such A "pupil of the school" means a pupil whose naII\0 is on fees on paym,ent within one month from the date of the com the school roll at tho end of the term preceding the closing of mencement of each term. the roll, but does not include a pupil in any lower department. (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in a thirteen weeks each. newspaper circulating in the district, publicly notify, not less (5.) The headmaster shall cause the school to be eXaII\ined than fourteen days before each election,- during each term ; provided that it shall not be necessary for (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nom,inations; the school to be so exam,ined in any terII\ in which it is examined (b.) The total number of candidates to be elected; by some person appointed by the Minister or the Board; and (c.) The day and the hour for the closing of the election. provided further that it shall not be necessary to include in (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one such exam,ination pupils sitting for public exaII\inations or m,ore parents entitled to vote for his election. Each such during the term. parent may nom,inate any number of candidates not exceed 6. Subject to the general direction and control of the ing the null\ ber to be elected. Board, the headmaster shall have the following powers: (6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the (!.) He shall have control of tho school buildings and pre effect following:- mises, and of the apparatus and furniture thereof. I [Name and address], being a parent duly entered on the (2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint roll, do hereby nominate [Name and address] as a candidate ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers of for election to the Board of Governors of the Auckland JULY 16.j THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2427
Grammar School and the Auckland Girls' Grammar School ·1 (16.) If any dispute or question aris.es touching the regu- at tho election to ho held on the day of . larity of any eloction, such dispute or question shall be deter- Dated thi.s day of . i mined by the Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by [Signature of nominator.] I sections 45 to 54 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908 ,ill the provisions of which shall, mu/Mis mut,mdis, apply. CANDIDATE'S CONSENT [1'0 be subscribed at the foot of I 3. (1.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs among the no,nination-paper]. m.cm.bers so elected as aforesaid, the election of a member I hereby consent to my nomination. to fill that casual vacmwy shall, within fifty days after the [Signature of candidate nominated.] vacancy occurs, be held in a similar manner to that herein- (7.) lf the nomination-paper does not bear the written con- before provided for a,n ordinary vacancy. sent of the candidate nominated, snch consent may be given (2.) The m.embor so elected shall hold office only for the by him to the Returning Officer before tho nominations are residue of the term of the vacating m.em.ber. closed, and every nomination-paper shall be void in so far as 4. {l.) The school shall provide a course of general secondary concerns any candidate whose written consent is not duly P 2. (1.) There shall be nine members of the Board, who (!J.) If the number of nominations received does not exceed shall be app:>inted or elected in the manner following, the number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer namely:- shall forthwith declare tlw candidate or candidates so nomi (a.) A gr.mp of two member., app:,inwd by the Governor; nated to he duly elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon (b.) A group of three members appointed by the Edu a.s the nr.m1ina,tions are clmmd, prepare and pm,t to eaeh cation B .iard of the district ; elector at his address as appearing on the roll a printed (c.) A group of three members elected by the parents voting-paper containing in alphabetical order of surnames of the pupils; a list of all the duly nominated candidates for whcm such (d.) One member appJinted by the Commitwc of the parent is entitled to vote; and such voting-paper shall be urban school district (if any) within five miles of . in the form or to tlw effect followiug :- the school, or, if there is no such urban school district, by the Dannevirke B,r,mgh Council. (2.) Of the members appointed by tho Governor in ac Vo'l'ING-.PAPER FoR U8~; AT EL};U'.L'.loN '.L'o .BJ<; HELD o1' THE cordance wit.h Orn Education Act, l !J08, the one who has DAY OF ' l!) ' OF MEMBER OF THE BOARD been longest in office since his last appointment shall retire oF GovER~oRs oF 'J'Hli DANNIWIRKE HIGH ScH001,. on the 31st July, 1915, and the two remaining members shall be deemed to have been appointed under the provisions of UA1':D1DA'l'!J:t;, the Educati<•n Act, l 914-. · · (3.) The members appoint,,d by the Education Board, [Set out in alphctuctiwl order of s11r1wmes the full na,i,e of and the members elected hy the parents of the pupils, in every dnly nomiuated candidate.] accordance with the Education Act, l !J08, shall be deemed [8iynature of mler.J t 7. (l.) A oa.sua.l vacancy shall be created in the same way J of the Dannevirke High School, and also the entire and for the same causes as are sot out in section 20 of the superintendence over all the affaira, concerns, and property Education Act in the case of members of an Education thereof, with full power to appoint and suspend or dismiss Board. all masters, teachers, lecturers, examiners, and other neces- (2.) Every casual vacancy shall be filled in the same ,iary officers and servants; and in all cases unprovided-for manner and by the same appointing or electing authority by the Education Act and the regulations thereunder, or by as in the case of the- vacating member; provided that the- this scheme, it shall be lawful for the Board to act in such member appointed or elected shall hold office only for the manner a; shall appear to it best calculated to further the residue of the term of the vacating member. purposes intended to be served by the establishment of such (3.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs it shall be the school; and the Board shall, subject to the Education Act duty of the Board forthwith to report the fact to the Minister and the regulations thereunder and to this scheme, have if the vacancy is to be filled by the Governor, or to the full power from time to time to make, alter, and rescind Secretary of the Education Board if the vacancy is to be by-laws and regulations for defining the courses of study filled by that Board, or to the appointing body in the case and education in the school, and also for regulating the of a member to be appointed under paragraph (d) of subclause discipline and examination of the same, the conditions upon (1) of clause 2 hereof. which the scholars shall be admitted, and the fees to be paid 8. (1.) The appointment or election of a member to fill in respect of such admission, and, in general, touching all a vacancy caused by the expiry of the ordinary term of other matters, purposes, and things regarding the school. office shall be made in the first week of the month of Decem- J 8. (1.) The school shall provide a general course of her at the end whereof such expiry takes place, or as soon secondary education and one or more vocational courses. thereafter as may be convenient, but shall not take effect (2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by the until such expiry. headmetster of the school after consultation with the parents (2.) The appointment or election of a momber to fill a or guardian of the pupil; but no pupils shall be compelled casual vacancy shall be made not later than fifty days after to take Latin or to take more than one la.nguage besides the vacancy occurs. English. 1:1'1 Jil 9. The Board shall hold an annual meeting in the month (3.) The net foes to be charged to those who are not holders of February or March in each year, at such time and place of scholarships or free places shall be £10 per annum. as the Board shall direct. (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about 10. From time to time as may be necessary the Board thirteen weeks each. shall appoint a Secretary, and shall appoint him or some (5.) The headmaster shall cause the school to be examined other person with authority to receive and to pay moneys on during each term ; provided that it shall not be necessary its account. · The Board shall in each case forthwith inform · for the school to bo so examined in any term in which it the Minister of such appointment. is examined by some other person appointed by the Minister 11. (!.) At the annual meeting and at such other times as or the Board; and provided further that it shall not be may be necessary the Board shall elect a Chairman. necessary to include in such examination pupils sitting for (2.) During the election of Chairman the Secretary to the public examinations during the term. R>ard shall preside. The person presiding shall have no 19. Subject to the general direction of the Board, the vote ; ties shall be decided by lot. headmaster shall have the following powers:- (3.) The Chairman's ordinary term of office shall be one (1.) Ile shall have control of the school buildings and year, and he shall be eligible for re-election. premi,es, and of the apparatus and furniture thereof. (4.) If the Chairman shall from any cause cease to be (2.) Ile shall have the power to recommend the appoint- a member of the Board or resign the office of Chairman, ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers tho B Jard shall, as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, of the school, and to allot their several duties ; and no elect another member of the Board to be Chairman in his assistant teacher or other officer of the school shall be ap stead, who shall hold office only until the next annual meeting. pointed until the headmaster has been consulted. 12. At all meetings of the Board the Chairman, or in his (3.) Ile shall have the power in case of grave neglect of absence such member of the Board as the majority of the duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant membors assembled shall choose, shall preside, and such teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action Chairman or presiding member shall have a deliberative vote, to the Chairman, who shall thereupon confirm or overrule and in all cases of equality of votes shall also have a casting- his action until the next meeting of the Board, wheIJ. the vote. matter may be determined ; but the action of the head- At all meetings of the Board a majority of all the members master shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board has then in office shall constitute a quorum. determined the matter. 13. Subject to the provisions of this scheme, the Board (4.) Ile shall be supreme over the discipline, and may shall make, and may from time to time revoke, vary, and suspend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board at their make fresh regulations for the conduct of business at its I next meeting, and the action of the headmaster shall hold meetings, for determining h"w meetings shall be convened, good until the Board has come to some determination in and for such other like matters as may be requisite for the regard to the matter. Ile shall not expel any pupil without conduct of the business of the Board. the sanction of the Board. 14. Minutes of the proceedings of the Board shall be (5.) Ile shall regulate all text-books, methods, and organiza- rcgularly entered in a proper book to be kept for that pur- tion in accordance with clause 18 hereof, and, subject to pose, and at every meeting of the Board the minutes of the same clause and to the regulations under the Education the previous meeting shall be read over and signed by the Act, shall determine the course of study for each pupil. llhairman of the meeting at which the same are read, 20. The Board may establish or license hostels or boarding and the minutes when so signed shall be held to be a true houses for the accommodation of pupils, and may place such statement and record of the proceedings of the Board for all hostels or boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of purposes whatever. the school or other suitable persons, and shall provide for 15. (l.) The Board shall keep full and true accounts, in the inspection of such hostels or boardinghouses. which shall be entered every sum received into and paid out 21. The rents, profits, and income of all real and personal uf the Board fund in the order of date of each such receipt estate which may be vested. in the Board, or granted or and payment, including all moneys received from rents or acquired as a site or sites or otherwise for the benefit of the profits derived from lands or other property, vested in the school, or given, devised, or bequeathed to the Board for the Board or under its control or management. benefit of the school without any trusts or powers of a differ- (2.) The Board shall cause its accounts for the preceding ont nature being expressed in the instrument so giving, calendar year to be balanced, and a true statement and devising, or bequeathing to the Board, and all reserves of account to be prepared, in the prescribed form, of the receipts land which may be hereafter made for the benefit of the and expenditure of the Board and of its assets and liabilities. school, shall be held and dealt with by the Board under and (3.) All St1P-h accounts shall be audited by the Audit Office, I subject to all such powers, provisions, and conditions as are which for that purpose shall have and may exercise all such contained in the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and its powers as it, has under the Public Revenues Act, 1910, in amendments, as if th. school were a high school within the respect of public moneys. meaning of that Act. 16, All things required by the Education Act or this 22. Subject to the subsequent clauses of thi, scheme, the scheme to be done by the Board shall be done in accordance rents, profits, and annual income of all real and personal with and in pursuance of a resolution passed at a meeting of estate that may be vested in the Board, together with all the Board, and no act of the Board shall be invalid or liable funds which may from time to time be derived from fees to be questioned on the ground that one or more than one or payments made in respect of pupils attending the school, of the members thereof was or were incapacitated, or had together with any annual or other allowance that may be ceased to hold office, or on thu ground that the seat of any made by the General Assembly or the Government of New member was vacant. Zealand, shall be applied by the Board for the maintenance 17. Subject to the provisions of this scheme, there shall of the school, and the payment of the salaries and expenses be vested in the Board the whole control and management connected therewith, and for prizes, exhibitions, and scholar- 2430 'rHE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. ships for the pupils therein: Provided that the Board shall parent may nominate any number of candidates not exceed have power to set apart, if it sees fit, out of the said rents, ing the number to be elected. profits, and annual income, such part as it considers advisable (6.) Every nomination paper shall be in the form or to the either as an addition to the capital fund, which shall then be effect following :- inve3ted in the manner hereinafter mentioned and dealt with I [Name and address], being a parent duly entered on the as part of such capital fund, or as reserve fund to meet extra roll, do hereby nominate [Name and address] as a candidate ordinary expenses, which shall be invested and dealt with in · for election to the Board of Governors of the Gisbornc High such manner as the Board directs. School at the election to be held on the day of 23. With respect to any money, bequeathed or given to I Dated this day of the Board for tho school, and with respect also to all rent, [ s.:gnature ~r nominator.] profit, and annual income set apart under the preceding clause, the Board shall have power to. invset the same in CANDIDA~'E'S CoNSEN'l' [To be subscribed at the foot of the purchase or upon first mortgages of freehold land in nomination-paper]. New Zealand, or upon the stocks, bonds, bills, or debentures of the Government of New Zealand, or issued by any local r' hereby consent to my nomination. authority therein under any Act of the General Assembly [ Signature of candulatc nominated.] and may from time to time vary such investments. (7.) If the nomination paper does not bear the written con 24. The Board may, out of such moneys as may come sent of the candidate nominated, such consent may be given into its hands by virtue of any Act or otherwise for the by him to the Returning Officer before the nominations arc benefit of the school, expend any sum or sums in purchasing closed, and every nomination paper shall be void in eo far as land and erecting and maintaining suitable buildings and concerns any candidate whose writt,m consent is not duly premises thereon for use as school buildings, and may, subject given as aforesaid.· to the approval of the 'Minister, expend any sum or sums in (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth Scheme for the Control of the GiBborne High School. V 01'ING-PAPER FOR USE A'l' EuJC'fION TO BE HELD ON THE DAY OF , 19 , OF MEMBER OF THE Education Department, BOARD OF GovERNORS OF THE GISBORNE HmH ScnooL. Wellington, 10th July, 1915. N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, CANDIDATES. I 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), and [Set out in alphabetical order of surnames the full name of with the powers thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, every duly nominated candidate.] acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice [Signature of vol<'r.] of the General Council of Education, approve of the following DIRECTIONS. scheme for the Gisborne High School (hereinafter called " the The number of candidates to be elected is [Specify the school "), which is established under the provisions of the number]. Gisborne High School Act, 1885. The voter is required to mark a cross in the square set 1. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors opposite the name or names of the candidate or candidates (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") constituted by the for whom he desires to vote. Gisborne High School Act, 1885, as amended by the Education .The number of candidates whose names are thus marked Act, 1914. must not exceed the total number of candidates to be elected. 2. With regard to the member of the Board to be appointed This voting-paper must be signed by the voter and en by the Education Board in accordance with the provisions of closed in a scaled envelope, bea,ing on the outside thereof the section 89 of the Education Act, the following provisions shall words "Voting-paper," and if posted to the Returning Officer apply : Such member shall be appointed by a resolution of must be posted on or before the day of election, or, if de the said Education Board, and the first appointment shall livered to him, shall be delivered at his office, be made 'before the 31st day of August in the year 1915, and Street, , before the day of election, or not later than subsequent appointments in the month of .July in every five o'clock in the afternoon of that dav. second year thereafter. (10.) The poll shall close at five o'clock on the afternoon 3. With regard to the election of members of the Board by of the day of election ; but all voting-papers shall be included the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall and counted which are not informal and are received by the apply:- Returning Officer in due course of post before the close of the ( 1.) The first election shall be held on a date to be appointed sixth day after the day of the election. by the Minister before the 31st day of August in the year (11.) A votiug-paper shall be informal in any of the follow 1915, and every subsequent election shall be held on a date ing cases, that iR to say :- to be fixed by the Board in the month of July in every (a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent ; or second year thereafter. (b.) If the candidates against whose names a mark is (2.) The Seoretary of the Board shall be the Returning placed exceed in number the total number of candi Officer. dates for whom the person is entitled to vote, or (3.) For the purposes of each elect.ion the Returning Officer if in any other way the paper fails to indicate clearly shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occu for whom the vote is intended to be given; or pation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled (r.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, the sealed as a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed envelope containing the voting-paper is not de at 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on livered at his office before the close of the pol! ; or whioh any election is to be held, and shall continue to be (d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the sealed envelope closed unt,il the election is completed. containing the voting -paper is not received at the "Parent" means the father, if he is living, or, if not, the office of the Returning Officer before the close of the mother, or, if neither the father nor the mother is living, the sixth day after the day of election, or if, from the guardian, of a pupil of the school. postmark on the envelope or otherwise, the Re A "pupil of the school " means a pupil whose name is on turning Officer is satisfied that it was net posted the school roll at the end of the term preceding the closing until after the day of the election. of the roll but does not include a pupil in any lower (12.) On the seventh day after the day of election the department. Returning Officer shall open and examine all voting-papers (4.) 'fhe Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in a duly delivered to him or received by him through the post newspaper circulating in the district, publicly notify, not less as aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers, than fourteen days before each eleotion,- shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nomination.s. to be elected) who have received tbe greatest number of votes, (b.) The total number of candidates to be elected; and shall declare such candidates to be elected. (c.) The day and the hour for the closing of the election ; (13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one more candidates, the election is not complete, the Returning or more parents entitled to vote for his election. Each suoh Officer shall decide by lot, in the presence of two m.em ber:t JULY 16.! THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2431 of the Board, which candidate or candidates sha11Ibe elected, for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice of and thereby complete the election. the General Council of Education, approve of the following (14 ) Forthwith after the completion of the election the amended scheme for the Gore High School (hereinafter Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and to the Minister called "the school"), which has heen established under the names of the persons elected. section 94 of the Education Act, 1908. (15.) Retiring nwmbers shall bt> eligible for re-election. ] . The school shall be cnntrolled hy a Board of Governors (16.) If any dispute or question arises touching the regu under the name of " The Board of Governors of the Gore larity of any election, such dispute or question shall be deter High School" (hneinafter called" the Board"). The Board mined by the Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by shall under that name be a body ccrpcrate, as pr0vidcd in secti Education Department, CANDIDATE'S CONSENT [lo be snbscribed at foot of Wellington, 7th .July, 1915. N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, Nomination-paper]. I 1914 (hereinafter called "tho Education Act"), and with, I hereby consent to my nomination. the powers thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, acting I [Signature of candidate nomina.ted.] ----·--·~---·------ 2482 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. rNo. 86 (7.) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written I 6. Retiring members shall be eligible for reappointment or consent cf the candidate noll\inated, such consent may be I re-election. given by hill\ to the Returning Officer before the nominations ' 7. (1.) A casual vacancy shall be created in the same way are closed, and every nomination-paper shall be void in so and for the same causes as are set out in section 20 of the far as concerns any candidate whose written consent is not Education Act in the case of members of an Education duly giv?n as aforesaid. Board. (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth day (2.) Every casual vacancy shall be filled in the sam.e before the day of the election. manner and by the sam.e appointing or electing authority (9.) If the number of nominations received does not exceed as in the case of tlie vacating member; provided that the the number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer member appointed or elected shall hold office only for the shall forthwith declare the candidate or candidates so nomi- residue of the term of the vacating member. nated to be duly elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon (3.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs it shall be the as the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each duty of the Board forthwith to report the fact to the Minister elector at his address as appearing on th~ roll a prmtea if the vacancy is to be filled by the Governor, or to the voting-paper containing in alphabetical order of surnames Secretary of the Education Board if the vacancy is to be a list of all the duly nominated candidates for whom such filled by that Board, or to the appointing body in the case parent is entitled to vote; and such voting-paper shall be of a m.em.ber to be appointed under paragraph (d) of subclause in the form. or to the effect following:-:- (1) of clause 2 hereof. 8. (1.) The appointll\ent or election of a m,em.ber to fill VoTING·l'Al'ER FOR USE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE a vacancy caused by the expiry of the ordinary term. of DAY OF , 19 , OF MEMBER OF THE BOARD office shall be m.ade in the first week of the month of Decem OF GOVERNORS OF THE Gmm HIGH SCHOOL. ber at the end whereof such expiry takes place, or as soon thereafter as may be convenient, but shall not take effect CANDIDATES. until such expiry. [Set 17. Subject to the provisions of this scheme, there shall or payments made in respect of pupils attending the school, be vested in the Board the whole control and management together with any annual or other allowance that may be of the Gore High School, and also the entire superintendence made by the General Assembly or the Government of New over all the affairs, concerns, and property thereof, with Zealand, shall be applied hy the Board for the maintenance full power to appoint or suspend or dismiss all masters, of the school, and the payment of the salaries and expenses teachers, lecturers, examiners, and other necessary officers connected therewith, and for prizes, exhibitions, and scholar and servants; and in all cases unprovided-for by the ships for the pupils therein : Provided that the Board shall Education Act and the regulations thereunder, or by this have power to set apart, if it sees fit, out of the said rents, scheme, it shall be lawful for the Board to act in such profits, and annual income, such part as it considers advisable manner as shall appear to it best calculated to further the either as an addition to the capital fund, which shall then be purposes intended to be served by the establishment of such invested in the manner hereinafter mentioned and dealt with school ; and the Board shall, subject to the Education Act as part of such capital fund, or as reserve fund to meet extra and the regulations thereunder and to this scheme, have ordinary expenses, which shall be invested and dealt with in full power from time to time to make, alter, and rescind such manner as the Board direots. by-laws and regulations for defining the courses of study 23. With respect to any moneys bequeathed or given to and education in the school, and also for regulating the the Board for the school, and with respect also to all rent, discipline and examination of the same, the conditions upon profit, and annual income set apart under the preceding which the scholars shall be admitted, and the fees to be paid clause, the Board shall have power to invest the same in in respect of such admission, and, in general, touching all the purchase or upon first mortgages of freehold land in other matters, purposes, and things regarding the school. New Zealand, or upon the stocks, bonds, bills, or debentures 18. (1.) The school shall provide a general course of of the Government of New Zealand, or issued by any local secondary education and one or m,ore vocational courses. authority therein under any Act of the General Assembly, (2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by and may from time to time vary such investments. the headmaster of the school after consultation with the 24. The Board may, out of such moneys as may come parents or guardian of the pupil ; but no pupils shall be into its hands by virtue of any Act or otherwise for the compelled to take Latin or to take more than one language benefit of the school, expend any sum or sums in purchasing besides English. land and erecting and m,aintaining suitable buildings and (3.) The fees to be charged to those who are not holders of premises thereon for use as school buildings, and may, subject scholarships or free places shall be £12 per annum, subject to the approval of the Minister, expend any sum or sums in to a rebate of 13s. 4d. for each proportional one-third part purchasing land and erecting and maintaining suitable of such fees on paym.ent within one month from, the date of buildings thereon for use as boardinghouses for the pupils, com,m,encem,ent of each term. or as residences for the masters, teachers, or other officers (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about employed in connection with the school. thirteen weeks ea.oh. 25. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by (5.) The headm,aster shall cause the school to be exam,ined seotion 96 of the Education Act. during each term, ; provided that it shall not be necessary for Dated at Wellington this 7th day of July, 1915. the school to be so examined in any term, in which it is F. H. D. BELL, exam,ined by som,e other person appointed by the Minister For Minister of Education. or the Board; and provided further that it shall not be necessary to include in such examination pupils sitting for public exam,inations during the term,. 19. Subject to the general direction of the Board, the Amended Scheme far the Control of Hamilton High School. headmaster shall have the following powers :- (1.) He shall have control of the school buildings and Education Department, premises, and of the apparatus and furniture thereof. Wellington, 7th July, 1915. (2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint N aooordanoe with the provisions of the Education Act, ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers I 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), and with of the school, and to allot their several duties ; and no the powers thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, acting assistant teacher or other officer of the school shall be ap for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice of pointed until the headmaster has been consulted. the General Council of Education, approve of the following (3.) He shall have the power in case of grave neglect of amended scheme for the Hamilton High School (hereinafter duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant called "the school"), which has been established under teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action section 94 of the Education Act, 1908. to the Chairman, who shall thereupon confirm or overrule 1. The school shall be controlled by a Board of Governors his action until the next meeting of the Board, when the under the name of " The Board of Governors of the Hamilton matter may be determined ; but the action of the head High Sohool" (hereinafter called "the Board "). The Board master shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board has shall under that name be a body corporate, as provided in determined the matter. section 91 of the Education Act. (4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may 2. (1.) There shall be nine members of the Board, who suspend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board at their shall be appointed or eleoted in the manner following, next meeting, and the action of the headmaster shall hold namely:- good until the Board has come to some determination in (a.) A group of two members appointed by the Governor; regard to the matter. He shall not expel any pupil without (b.) A group of three members appointed by the Edu the sanction of the Board. cation Board of the district ; (5.) He shall regulate all text-books, methods, and organiza (c.) A group of three members elected by the parents tion in accordance with clause 18 hereof, and, subject to the of the pupils; same clause and to the regulations under the Education Act, (d.) One member appointed by the Committee of the shall determine the course of study for each pupil. ll'i!8'!furban school district (if any) within five miles of 20. The Board m,ay establish or license hostels or boarding ~'.f";' the school, or, if there is no such urban school houses for the accomm.odation of pupils, and m,ay place such ' · ' · district, by the Hamilton Borough Council. hostels or boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of (2.) Of the members appointed by the Governor in ac the school or other suitable persons, and shall provide for cordance with the Education Act, 1908, the one who has the inspection of such hostels or boardinghouses. been longest in office since his last appointment shall retire 21. The rents, profits, and income of all real and personal on the 31st July, 1915, and the two remaining members shall estate which may be vested in the Board, or granted or be deemed to have been appointed under the provillions of acquired as a site or sites or otherwise for the benefit of the the Education Act, 1914. , 1111 school, or given, devised, or bequeathed to the Board for (3.) The members appointed by the Education Board, the benefit of the school without any trusts or powers of a and the members elected by the parents of the pupils, in diilerent nature being expressed in the instrument so giving, accordance with the Education Act, 1908, shall be deemed devising, or bequeathing to the Board, and all reserves of to have been so appointed or elected in accordance with land which may be hereafter made for the benefit of the the provisions of the Education Act, 1914. school, shall be held and dealt with by the Board under and (4.) The ordinary term of office of members appointed subject to all such powers, provisions, and conditions as are under paragraphs (a) and (d) of subclause (1) hereof shall contained in the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and its be two years, and the ordinary term of office of members amendments, as if the school were a high school within the appointed or elected under paragraphs (b) and (c) of sub meaning of that Act. clause (1) hereof shall be three years but every member 22. Subject to the subsequent clauses of this scheme, the shall hold offioe until the appointment or election of his rents, profits, and annual income of all real and personal successor. estate that may be vested in the Board, together with all 3. (1.) The members appointed by the Board of Edu funds which may from time to time be derived from fees cation shall be appointed by a resolution of such Board, B 2434 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 86 (2.) The member appointed under paragraph (d) of sub DIRECTIO~S. clause (1) of clause 2 hereof shall be appointed by a resolution 'l.'he number of candidates to be elected is of the appointing body, and the first appointment shall be [Specify the number]. made in the month of July, 1915. '1.'he voter is required to mark a oross in the 4. In regard to the election of members of the Board by square set opposite the name or names of the the parents of the · pupils, the following provisions shall candidate or candidates for whom he desires to apply:- vote. , (1.) Every such election shall be held on a date to be fixed The number of candidates whose names are by the Board in accordance with this scheme. thus marked must not exceed the total number (2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Retuming of candidates to be elected. Officer. 'l.'his voting-paper must be signed by the voter (3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer and enclosed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, outside thereof the words "Voting-paper," and occupation, and address of every person qualified to if posted to the Returning Officer must be posted be enrolled as a parent of a pupil of the school. on or before the day of election, or, if delivered The roll shall be closed at 5 o'clock on the fourteenth to him, shall be delivered at his office, day next before the day on which any election is to Street, , before the day of election, or be held, and shall continue to be closed until the not later than 5 o 'c ock in the afternoon of that election is completed.• day. " Parent " means the father, if he is living, (10.) The poll shall close at 5 o'clook on the afternoon or, if not, the mother, or, if neither the father nor of the day of election ; but all voting-papers the mother is living, the guardian, of a pupil of shall be included and counted which are not in the school. formal and are received by the Returning Officer A " pupil of the school " means a pupil whose in due course of post before the close of the sixth name is on the school roll at the close of the term day after the day of the election. preceding the closing of the roll, but does not include (11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the a pupil in any lower department. following cases, that is to say,- (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in (a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent ; or a newspaper circulating in the district, publicly (b.) If the candidates against whose names a notify, not less than fourteen days before each mark is placed exceed in number the total num eleotion- ber of candidates for whom the person is entitled (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nomi• to vote, or if in any other way the paper fails to nations. indicate clearly for whom the vote is intended (b.) The total number of candidates to be elected; to be given ; or · (c.) The day and hour for the closing of the (c.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, election; the sealed envelope containing the voting-paper is (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by not delivered at bis office before the close of the one or more parents entitled to vote for his election. poll; or Each sueh parent may nominate any number (d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the of candidates not exceeding the number to be sealed envelope containing the voting-paper is elected, not received at the office of the Returning Officer (6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to before the close of the sixth day after the day of the effect following :- election, or if, from the post-mark on the envelope I, [Name and address], being a parent duly entered or otherwise, the Returning Officer is satisfied that on the roll, do hereby nominate [Name and address] it was not posted until after the day of the election. as a candidate for election to the Board of Governors (12.) On the seventh day after the day of election the of the Hamilton High School at the election to be Retuming Officer shall open and examine all held on the day of voting-papers duly delivered to him or received Dated this day of by him through the post as aforeaaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers, shall ascer [Signature of nominator.] tain the candidates (not exceeding the total number to be elected) who have received the greatest number CANDIDATE'S CONSENT [to be subscribed at foot of of votes, and shall declare such candidates to be Nomination-paper]. elected. (13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two I hereby consent to my nomination. or more candidates, the election is not complete, [Signature of candiilate nominated.] the Returning Officer shall decide by lot, in the presence of two members of the Board, which (7.) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written candidate or candidates shall he elected, and consent of the candidate nominated, such consent thereby complete the election. may be given by him to the Returning Officer (14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the before the nominations are closed, and every nomi Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and nation-paper shall be void in so far as concerns to the Minister the names of the persons elected. any candidate whose written consent is not duly (15.) If any dispute or question arises touching the given as aforesaid. regularity of any election, such dispute or question (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth day shall be determined by a Stipendiary Magistrate before the day of the election. in manner provided by sections 45 to 54 d the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1!)08, all the Jll'O (9.) If the number of nominations received does not visions of which shall, m.ulatis m.ulandis, apply. exceed the number' of vacancies to be filled, the Retuming Officer shall forthwith declare the 5. (l.) One member out of each of the groups (a), (b), and candidate or candidates so nominated to be duly (c) of subclause (l) of clause 2 hereof shall retire on the 31st elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon as December in each year, and the member so to retire shall be the nominations are closed, prepare and post to the one who has been longest in office since his last appoint each elector at his address as appearing on the ment or election, roll a printed voting-paper containing in alpha (2.) On the 31st December in the year 1916, and in every betical order of surnames a list of all the duly second year thereafter, the member appointed under para nominated candidates for whom such parent is graph (d) of the said clause shall retire. entitled to vote; and such voting-paper shall be 6. Retiring members shall be eligible for reappointment or in the form or to the effect following :- re-eleotion. 7. (1.) A casual vacancy shall be created in the same way and for the same causes as are set out in section 20 of the VOTING-PAPER FOR USE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD Education Act in the case of members of an Education ON THE DAY OF , 19 , OF Board. MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE (2.) Every casual vacancy shall be filled in the same HAMILTON Hmn SCHOOL. manner and by the same appointing or electing authority CANDIDATES, as in the case of the vacating member; provided that the member appointed or elected shall hold office only for the [Set out in alphabetical order of surnames the full residue of the term of the vacating member. name of every duly nominated candidate.] (3.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs it shall be the [Signature of voter.] duty of the Board forthwith to report the fact to the Mjajster JULY 16.] 'f HE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2435 if the vacancy is to be filled by the Govemur, or to tl,e and the regulations thereunder, and to this scheme, have Secretary to the Education lloanl if the vacancy is to be full power from time to time to make, alter, and rescind filled by that lloard, or to tlw ,,ppuintin,~ l,o,d,v in the case l,y~laws and reµula,tions fer defining the courses of 8tudy of a member to be appointed undor pamgmph (d) of sub and education in the school, and also for regulating the clause ( 1) of clause 2 hereof. discipline and examination of the same, the conditions 8. (l.) The appointment or clnction uf a uwmbcr to fill upon which the scholars shall be admitted, and the fees to a vacancy caused by the expiry of the ordinary term of he paid in respect of such admission, and, in general, touch office shall be made in the first week of the month of De ing all other matters, purposes, and things regarding the cember at the end whereof such expiry takes place, or as •school. soon thereafter as may be convenient, but shall not take 18. (I.) The school shall prc,vicle a general course of effect until such expiry. sccornlar,v ed1H·at,ion and ,mr· or more voeational courf:es. (2.) '!'he appointment ur elcct,ion of a meml)('r (u Jill a (2.) Tho program of each pupil shall be determined by the casual vacancy shall be made not lat!'r tlmn fifty days aft"r headmaster of the school after consultation with the parents the vacancy ouuurs. or guardian of the pupil ; hut no pupils shall be compelled 0. The Board shall hold an annual meeting in the month to take Latin 01· t,o take more than one language besides of February or March in each year, at such time and place English. as the Board shall direct. (:l.) The net fees to be charged to those who are not holders 10. From time to time as may be necessary the Board of scholarships or free places sliall be £10 per annum. shall appoint a Secretary, and shall appoint him or some (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about other person with authority to receive and to pay moneys on thirteen weeks each. its account. '!.'he Board shall in each case forthwith inform (ii.) The headmaster shall ci.usc il,c "choL) to be examinul the Minister of such appointment. during each term; provilled that it. ::;ha11 not be necessary 11. (1.) At the annual mooting and at such other timos as for the school to be r,;o exa.111,inP.d in a.ny tcrnt in which it is may be necessary the Board shall elect a Chairman. examined by some other person appointed by the Minister (2.) During the election of Chairman the Secretary to tho or th,, Bo,ird ; and provided further that it shall not be Board shall preside. The person presiding shall have no necessary to include in such examination pupils sitting for vote ; ties shall be decided by lot. public examinations during the term. (3.) The Chairman's ordinary term of office shall be one 10. Subject to the general direction of the Board, the year, and he shall be eligible for re-election. headmaster shall have the following powers :- ( 4.) If the Chairman shall from any cause cease to be (1.) Ho shall have control of the school buildings and a member of the Board or resign the office of Chairman, premises, and the apparatus and furniture thereof. the Board shall as soon thereafter as conveniently may of (2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint be elect another member of the Board to be Chairman in ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other his stead, who shall hold office only until the next annual officers of the school, and to allot their several meeting. duties ; and no assistant teacher or other officer 12. At all meetings of the Board the Chairman, or in his of the school shall be appointed until the headmaster absence such member of the Board as the majority of the has been consulted. members assembled shall choose, shall preside, and such (3.) He shall have the power in case of grave neglect of Chairman or presiding member shall have a deliberative vote, duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any and in all cases of equality of votes shall also have a casting assistant teacher or other officer, but shall forth vote. with report his action to the Chairman, who shall At all meetings of the Board a majority of all the mem thereupon confirm or overrule his action until the bers then in office shall constitute a quorum. • next meeting of the Board, when the matter may 13. Subject to the provisions of this scheme, the Board be determined ; but the action of the headmaster shall make, and may from time to time revoke, vary, and shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board make fresh regulations for the conduct of business at its has determined the matter. meetings, for determining how meetings shall be convened, (4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may and for such other like matters as may be requisite for the suspend any pupil, reporting his action to the conduct of the business of the Board. Board at their next meeting, and the action of 14. Minutes of the proceedings of the Board shall be re the headmaster shall hold good until the Board gularly entered in a propor book to be kept for that pur has come to some determination in regard to the pose, and at every meeting of the Board the minutes of matter. He shall not expel any pupil without the the previous meeting shall be read over and signed by the rnnction of tho Board. Chairman of the meeting at which the same arc read, (5.) He shall regulate all text-books, methods, and or and the minutes when so signed shall be held to be a true ganization in accordance with clause 18 hereof, and, statement and record of the proceedings of the lloard for all subject to the ,,ame clause and to the regulations purposes whatever. under the E 2436 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETrtE. [No. se mentioned and dealt with as part of such capital fund, or "Parent" means the father, if he is living, or, as reserve fund to meet extraordinary expenses, w hioh shall if not, the mother, or, if neither the father nor the be invested and dealt with in such manner as the Board mother is living, the guardian, of a pupil of the directs. l5lil school. 23. With respect to any moneys bequeathed or given to A "pupil of the school" means a pupil whose the Board for the school, and with respect also to all rent, name is on the school roll at the end of the term profit, and annual income set apart under the preceding preceding the closing of the roll, but docs not include clause, the IBoard shall have power to invest the same in a pupil in any lower department. the puroha;e or upon first mortgages of freehold land in (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in New Zealand, or upon the stocks, bonds, bills, or deben llhi a newspaper circulating in the district, publicly tures of the Government of New Zealand, or issued by any ,.~ notify, not less than fourteen days before each local authority therein under any Act of the General Assembly, election- and may from time to time vary such investments. (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nomi 24. The Board may, out of such moneys as may come m nations; into its hands by virtue of any Act or otherwise for the , JI ___ , (b.) The total number of candidates to be benefit of the school, expend any sum or sums in purchas elected; ing tland and erecting and maintaining suitable buildings i:a.ii (c.) The day and hour for the closing of the and premises thereon for use as school buildings, and may, election. subject to the approval of the Minister, expend any sum or (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by sums in purchasing land,and erecting and maintaining one or more parents entitled to vote for his election. suitable buildings thereon for use as boardinghouses for Each such parent may nominate any number of the pupils, or as residences for the masters, teachers, or other candidates not exceeding the number to be elected. officers employoo in connection with the school. (6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to 25. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by the effect following :- section 96 of the Education Act. I, [Name and addresB], being a parent duly entered Dated at Wellington this 7th day of July, 1915. on the roll, do hereby nominate [Name and addresB] as a candidate for election to the Board of Go F. H. D. BELL, vernors of the llfarlborough High School at the For Minister of Education. election to be held on the day of Dated this day of Scheme fur tke Oonlrol of Marl,barough High School. [Signature of nominatur.] Education Department, CANDIDATE'S CONSENT [To be subscribed at foot of Wellington, 7th July, 1 !)15. Nomination-paper.] N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, I hereby consent to my nomination. I 1914 (hereinafter called" the Education Act"), and with [Signature of candidate nominated.] the powers thereunder, I, Francis H;cnry Dillon Boll, acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice of (7.) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written the General Council of Education, a pprovc of the following consent of the candidate nominated, such consent scheme for the Marlborough High School (hereinafter called may be given by him to the Returning Officer "the school"), which has been established under the pro before the nominations aro closed, and every nomi • visions of the :Marlborough High School Act, 1899. nation-paper shall be void in so far as concerns any candidate whose written consent is not duly 1. Tho school shall be controlled by a Board of Governors given as aforesaid. ( hereinafter referred to as " the Board ") constituted by (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth day the Marlborough High School Act, 1899, as amended by tho before the day of the election. Education Act, 1914. (9.) If the number of nominations received does not 2. (1.) There shall be nine members of the Board, who exceed the number of vacancies to be filled, the shall be appointed or elected in the manner following, Returning Officer shall forthwith declare the namely:- candidate or candidates so nominated to be duly (a.) A group of two members appointed by the Governor; olceted. In all other cases he shall, as soon as (b.) A group of three members appointed by tho Edu the nominations are closed, prepare and post to cation Board of the district; oach elector at his address as appearing on the (c.) A group of three members elected by the parents of roll a printed voting-paper containing in alpha the pupils; betic.al order of surnames a list of all the duly (d.) One member ,appointed by the Committee of the nominated candidates for whom such parent is urban school district (if any) within five miles of entitled to vote; and such voting-paper shall be tho school, or, if there is no such urban school in the form or to the effect following :- district, by the Blenheim Borough Council. (2.) Except as hereinafter provided, the ordinary term of VoTING-PAPER FOR UsE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD office of members appointed under paragraphs (a) and (d) ON THE DAY OF , 19 , OF of subclause (1) hereof shall be two years, and the ordinary MEMBER OF THE BoARD OF GovERNOBS OF THE term of office of members appointed or elected under MARLBOROUGH II:mH SCHOOL. paragraphs (b) and (c) of subclause (1) hereof shall be three years; but every member shall hold office until the CANDIDATES. appointment or election of his successor. [Set out in alphabetical urder of surnames the full 3. (I.) Tho members appointed under paragraphs (b) and name of every duly nominated candidate.] (d) of subclause (1) of clause 2 hereof shall be appointed by [Signature of voter.] resolution of the appointing bodies. (2.) The first appointments under paragraphs (a), (b), and DIRECTIONS. (d) shall be made in the month of July, 1915, or as soon 'rhe number of candidates to be elecwd is thereafter as may be found practicable. [ Specify the number]. 4. In regard to the election of members of the Board by The voter is required to draw a line through the the parents of tho pupils, the following provisions shall name of every candidate for whom he does not apply:- intend to vote. (!.) The first election shall be held on a date to be The number of candidates whose names are left appointed by the Minister, and thereafter every uucancclled must not exceed the total number of subsequent election shall be held on a date to be candidates to be elected. fixed by the Board in accordance with this scheme. This voting-paper must be signed by the, voter (2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning and enclosed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the Officer. outside thereof the words "Voting-paper," and if (3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer posted to the Returning Officer inust be posted on shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, or before the day of election, or, if delivered to him, occupation, and address of every person qualified shall be delivered at his office, Street, to be enrolled as a parent of a pupil of the school. , before the day of election, or not later The roll shall be closed at 5 o'clock on the four than 5 o'clock in the afternoon of that day. teenth day next before the day on which any (10.) The poll shall close at 5 o'clock on the afwrnoon of election is to be held, and shall continue to be closed the day of election; but all voting-papers shall be until the election is completed. included and counted which are not informal and J'ULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2437 are received by the Retuntlng Officer in due course account. The Board shall in each case forthwith inform of post before the close of the sixth d&y after the the Minister of such appointment. day of the election. 11. ( J.) 'l'hc school shall provide a course of general (11.) A voting-paper shall be infonnal in any of the follow secondary education and one or more vocational courses. ing cases, that is to say:- (2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by ( a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent; or the headmaster of the school after consultation with the (b.) If the candidates whose nam,es are left un parents or guardian of the pupil; but no pupil shull be cancelled exceed in number the total number of compelled to take Latin or to take more than one language candidates £or whom the person is entitled to vote, or besides English. if in any other way the paper fails to indicate clearly (3.) 'l'he fees to he charge,! to those who are not holclcr,s for whom the vote is intended to be given ; or , of scholarships or free places shall be £12 per annum, subject (c.) If, being delivered to the Retuntlng Officer, to a rebate of £1 on each proportional one-third part of suoh the sealed envelope containing the voting-paper is fees on payment within one month from the date of com not delivered at his office before the close of the mencement of each term. poll; or (4.) "The school year shall consist of three terms of about (d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the sealed thirteen weeks each. envelope containing the voting-paper is not received (5.) The headmaster sha!J cause the school to be examined at the office of the Returning Officer before the during each term ; provided !,hat it shall not be necessary close of the sixth day after the day of election, or for t,he school to be so examined in any term. in which it is if, fron:1 the post-mark on the envelope or otherwise, examined by some other person appointed by the :Minister the Returning Officer is satisfied that it was not or the Board; and provide,! further that it shall not be posted until after the day of the election. necessary to include in such ,,xamination pupils sitting fur (12.) On the seventh clay aftCl' the day of election the public examinations during the term. Returning Officer shall open and examine all voting 12. Subject to the general dircct,ion of the Board, Uie papers duly delivered to him or received by him headmaster shall have the following powers:- through the post as aforesaid, and, after rejecting (1.) He shall have control of the school buildings am! all informal voting-papers shall ascertain the candi premises, and of the apparatus and furniture dates (not exceeding the total number to be elected) thereof. who have received the greatest number of votes, (2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint and shall declare such candidates to be elected. ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other (13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two officers of the school, and to allot their several or more candidates, the election is not complete, duties ; and no assistant teacher or other officer the Returning Officer shall decide by lot, in the of the school shall be appointed until the head presence of two m,em,bers oi the Board, which master has been consulted. candidate · or candidates shall be elected, and (3.) He shall have the power in case of grave neglect of thereby complete the election. duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any '(14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the ,issistant teacher or other officer, but shall forth Retuntlng Officer shall notify to the Board and with report his action to the Chairman, who shall to tJ,,. Minister the nam,es of the persons elected. thereupon confirm or overrule his action until the (15.) If any di,,pute or question arises touching the regu next meeting of the Board, when the m,atter may larity of any election, such dis.pute or question bo determined ; but the action of the headmaster shall be determined by a Stipendiary :Magistrate shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board in manner provided by sections 45 to 54 of th" has determined the matter. Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, all the pro (4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may visions of which shall, mutatis mutandis, apply. suspend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board 5. 'l'he members appointed or elected in the year 1915 at their next meeting, ,md the action of the head shall take office on the 1st day of August, 1915, or as soon master shall hold good until the Board has come to thereafter as circumstances permit. some determination in regard to the matter. He 6. (L) One member out of each of the groups (a), (b), shall not expel any pupil without the sanction of and (c) of subclause (1) of clause 2 hereof shall retire on the Board. the 31st July in each year, beginning with the year I 916. (5.) He shall regulate all text-books, methods, and or ganization in accordance with clause 11 hereof, (2.) The Board shall at its first meeting determine by and, subject to the same clause and to the regu lot the order in which the members first appointed or lations under the Education Act, shall determine elected under paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) shall retire, and the course of study fur each pupil. thereafter the member so to retire shall be the one who 13. 'l'he Board ma,y license hostels or bDardinghuuses fur has been longest in office since his last appointment or the accommodation of pupils, and may place such hostels eleotion or boardinghouses under the churge of teachers of the school (3.) On the 31st July in the yoar l!l17, and in every or other suitable persons, and shall provide fur the inspection second year thereafter, tho rnem her appointed under para of such hostels or boardinghouses. graph (d) of the said clause shall retire. 14-. 'l'hc school shall be open to inspection as provided by ra7, Retiring m,embers shall be eligible for reappointment section 06 of the Education Act. or re-election. · 8. (1.) A. casual va.caney shall be created in the same way Dated ttt Wellington this 7th day of July, 1915. and for the same causes as are set out in section 20 of 1<'. H. D. BELL, the Education Act in the case of members of an Education Boa.rd. For Minister of Education. (2.) Every casual vacancy shall be filled in the same manner and by the sam,e appointing or electing authority Scheme for tl4e Control of the Napier High Schools. as in the ease of the vacating member; provided that the member appointed or elected shall hold office only for the residue of the term of the vacating member. Education Department, (3.) Whenever a vacancy occurs it shall be the duty Wellington, 10th July, 1015. of the Board forthwith to report the fact to the 1\'Iinister if N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, the vacancy is to be filled by the Governor, or to the Secre I 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), and tary of the Education Board if the vacancy is to be filled by with the powers thereunder, I, Francis H;enry Dillon Bell, that Board, or to the appointing body in the case of a member acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the to be appointed under paragraph (d) of subclause (1) of advice of the General Council of Education, approve of the clalllle 2 hereof, following scheme for the Napier High Schools (hereinafter 9. (1.) The appointment or election of a member to fill included in the term "the school"), which are established a vacanpy caused by the expiry of the ordinary term of office under the provisions of the Napier High School Act, 1882. shall be made in the first week of the month of July at the 1. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors end whereof such expiry takes place, or as soon thereafter (hereinafter referred to as " the Board ") comtituted by the as may be convenient, but shall not take effect until such Napier High School Act, 1882, as amended by the Education expiry. Act, 1914. 2.) The appointment or election of a member to fill a 2. With regard to the election of members of the Board casual vacancy shall be made not later than fifty days after by the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall the vacancy occurs. apply:- IO. From, time to time, as may be necessary, the Board (!.) The first election shall bo held on a date to be appointed shall appoint a Secretary, and shall appoint him or som,e other by the Minister before the thirty-first day of August in the person with authority to receive and to pay moneys on its year 1915, and every subsequent election shall be held on a 2438 'fIIE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 86 t~e matter. H~ shall not expel any pupil without the sane- [ (7.) If the nomination-p~per docs not bear the written ?on ho'!_ of the Board. . 1 sent of the eand1dat<> nmnmated, such consent may be given (o.) He Rhall regulate a.11 trxt-hookf-1, mr:thcd:-:, n.nd orga.n1- i by hnn to tho Rnturning Officer before' the nominatir,us are zation, and, su bjoct to clause 5 hort.mf anU to the regulations I closed, and every non1ina,tion-pa.pcr 1:,hall Uc void in so far as under the Education Ac·t, Im :-;ha.11 d.Pt,Prntirw tlw (·our~P of I eon<·Prn:-; any ca..nclfrlatP .whm-'<' writtPn ccnf-Pnt ii-; not duly study for each pupil. given as aforesaid. · 7. The Board may license hostels or hoanlinghcuses for (8.) Nnminaticns shall dosp at nocn cn the tenth dav the accommodation of pupils, ancl may plaec such hostels before tho ,t11v of tho election. · or boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of the school (9.) Jf the ;;umber of nominations received dccs not exceed ,1r other Huitahle 1wr::mn~_. a.TH~ shall provid,, fol' thP inf-.}ll'<'tion the nurnber of vaeaneieH to he filled, the Returning Offief'r of .-.uc·h ho~1tf'ls (ff honirn1nghcnff·:-.. i,;ha11 forthwith declare the candidate or ca.ndidutcs so ne:mi- 8._ 'J'hc school shall b<; open to inspection as provided by natcd to be duly clceted. In all other ,,:1st•s he shall, as scr n section 96 of theEducatwn Act. . as the nominaticns are cksetl, prepare and post to each l>akd at Wclhngton tlus 10th ,w.y of July, 1915. elector at his address as appearing on the roll a printed vot.ing- F. H. D. BELL, paper containing _in alphabetical order of surirnmes a list <•f For Minister of Educa,tion. all tho duly nonunated candidates for whom such parent is entitled to Yotc, and such voting-paper shall be in the frrm or to the effect following:- Scherne for the Co11tro/ of the N elso11 College r111d N e/.,on Gfrl-,' College. Vo1'1"G·PAP.>JR FOR Usi: AT ELECTION 1'0 HE HELD oN 1'HE DAY OE , J !) , OF MEMBER OF THE EducatiLn Department, Col'Nf'IL oF GoVERNORH OF 'l'HJ~ NELSON Cou,EGFS. Wellington, 10th July, l !l] 5. CA:, (2.) The· member so appointed or elected shall hold office (2.) Ile shall have the power to recommend the appoint only for the residue of the term. of the vacating member. ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers of 5. Whenever a casual vacancy is to be filled by the Go the college, and to allot their several duties ; and no assistant vernor the Council shall forthwith report the fact that snch teacher or other officer of the college shall be appointed until vacancy has occurred to the l\ifinistcr, or, if the vacancy is the headmaster has been consulted. to be filled by the Education Board, to the Secreta;y of that (3.) Ile shall have the power in cases of grave neglect of Board. duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant 6. (1.) From thue to time as may be necessary the Council teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action shall appoint a Secretary, and shall appoint him or some other to the Chairman of the Council, who shall thereupon confirm person with authority to roceivo and to pay moneys on its or overrule his action until the next meeting of the Council, account. Tho Council shall in e11,ch case forthwith inform when the matter may be determined ; but the action of the the :Minister of such appointment. headmaster shall hold good until the Chairman or the Council (2.) (a.) At such times as may bo necessary the Council has determined the matter. shall elect a Chairman. (4.) ·H:e shall be supreme over the discipline, and may ( b.) During the election of Chairman the Secretary to the suspend any pupil, reporting his action to the Council at its Council shall preside, but shall have no vote, and ties shall next meeting, and the action of the headmaster shall hold good be decided by lot. until the Council has come to some determination in regard (c.) Tho Chairman's ordinary term. of office shall be one to the matter. Ile shall not expel any pupil without the year, but no member shall be eligible for election for two sanction of the Council. yeai·s in succession. (5.) Ile shall regulate all text-books, methods, and organiza (d.) If the Chairman shall from any cause cease to be a tion, and, subject to clause 8 hereof and to the regulations member of the Council or resign the office of Chairman, the under the Education Act, he shall determine the course of Council shall as soon thereafter as conveniently may be elect study for each pu pi!. another member of the Council to be Chairman in his stead, l 0. The Council may license hostels or boardinghouses for who shall hold office only for the residue of the term of the the accommodation of pupils, and may place such hostels or vacating Chairman. boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of the college (3.) At all meetings of the Council the Chairman, or in his or other suitable persons, a;id shall provide for the inspec absence such member of the Council as the majority of the tion of such hostels or boardinghouses. m.embers assembled shall choose, shall preside, and such 11. The college shall be open to inspection as provided by Chairman or presiding member shall have a deliberative vote, section 96 of the Education Act. and in all cases of equality of votes shall also havo a casting. Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July, 1915. vote. F. 1:l. D. BELL, At all meetings of the Council five members then in office For Minister of Education. shall constitute a quorum. (4.) Subject to the provisions of this scheme, the Council shall m,ake, and may from tim,e to time revoke, vary, and make fresh regulations for the conduct of business at its Scheme for the Control of the New Plymmtth High Schools. meetings, for determining how meetings shall be convened, and for such other like niattors as may be requisite for the Education Department, conduct of the business of the Council. Wellington, 10th July, 1915. (5.) Minutes of the proceedings of tho Council shall be regu I N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, larly entered in a proper book to be kept for that purpose, 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), and and at every meeting of the Council the minutes of the previous with the powers thereunder, I, ;Francis 1:{enry Dillon Bell, meeting shall be read over and signed by the Chairman of acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice the meeting at which the same are read, and the minutes of the General Council of Education, approve of the following when so signed shall be held to be a true statement and record scheme for the New Plymouth High Schools (hereinafter in of the proceedings of the Council for all purposes whatever. cluded in the term" the school"), which are established under the provisions of the New Plymouth High School Act, 1889. 7. (1.) The Council shall keep full and true accounts, in I. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors which shall be entered every sum received into and paid out (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") constituted by the of the Council Fund in the order of date of each such receipt New Plymouth High School Act, 1889, as amended by the and payment, including all moneys received from rents or Education Act, 1914. profits derived from lands or other property vested in the 2. With regard to the member of the Board to be appointed Council or under its control or management. by the Education Board in accordance with the provisions of (2.) The Council shall cause its accounts for the preceding section 89 of the Education Act, the following provisions shall calendar year to be balanced, and a true statement and apply : Such member shall be appointed by a resolution of account to be prepared, in the prescribed form, of the receipts the said Education Board, and the first appointment shall and expenditure of the Council and of its assets and liabilities. be made before the 31st day of August in the year 1915, (3.) All such accounts shall be audited by the Audit Office, and subsequent appointments in the month of July in which, for that purpose, shall have and may exercise all such every second year thereafter. powers as it has under the Public Revenues Act, 1910, in 3. With regard to the election of members of the Board by respect of public moneys. the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall 8. (1.) The college shall provide a course of general apply:- secondary education and one or more vocational courses. (1.) The first election shall be held on a date to be appointed (2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by the by the Minister before the 31st day of August in the year 1915, principal of each college after consultation with the parents and every subsequent election shall be held on a date to be or guardian of the pupil ; but no pupil shall be compelled fixed by the Bnard in the month of ,July in every second year to take Latin, or to take more than one language besides thereafter. . English. • (2.) The Secretary of the Roard shall be the Returning (3:) The fees to be charged to those pupils of the upper Officer. school who are not, holders of scholarships or free places (3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer shall be £12 12s. per annum., subject to a rebate of 4s. on shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occu each proportional one-third part of such fees on payment pation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled within one month from the date of the commencement of as a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed each term. The fees for the preparatory department shall at 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on be £8 Rs. per annum. which any election is to be held, and shall continue to be (4.) The college year shall consist of three terms of about closed until the election is completed. thirteen weeks each. " Parent " m,eans the father, if he is living, or, if not, the (5.) The principal of each college shall cause the college to mother, or, if neither the father nor the mother is living, the be examined during each term ; provided that such exami guardian, of a pupil of the school. nation shall not be necessary in any term in which it is A "pupil of the school" moans a pupil whose name is on examined by some other person appointed by the Minister the school 'roll at the cloRe of the term preceding the closing or the Council; and provided further that it shall not be of the roll, but does not include a pupil in any lower depart necessary to include in such examination pupils sitting for ment. public examinations during the term. (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in a 9. Subject to the general direction and control of the uewspapor circulating in the Provincial District of Taranaki, Council, the headmaster shall have the following powers with publicly notify, not less than fourteen days before each respect to the boys' college and the lady principal shall have election,- similar powers with respect to the girls' college :- (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations; (1.) Ile shall have control of the college buildings and (b.) The total number of candidates to be elected; premises, and of the apparatus and furniture thereof. (c.) The day and hour for the closing of the election. JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2441 (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by !Jlle shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number or more parents entitleq to vote for his election. Each such to be elected) who have received the greatest number of votes parent may nominate any .number of candidates not exceed and shall declare such candidates to be elected. ' ing the number to be elected. (13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or (6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the more candidates, the election is not complete, the Returning effect following :- Officer shall decide by lot, in the presence of two members, 1, [Name and addres8], being a parent duly entered on the of the Board, which candidate or eanrliclatrs shall be elected roll, do hereby nominate [Name and address] as a candidate and there by complete the election. ' for election to the Board of Governors of the New Plymonth (14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the High Schools at the election to be held on the day Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and to the Minister of the names of the persons elected. Dated this day of (15.) Retiring members shall be eligible for re-election. LBignature of nominator.] (16.) If any dispute or question arises touching the regu larity of any election, such. dispute or question shall be deter min~d by Jhe Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by CANDIDATE'S CONSENT [Po bs subscribed at the foot of nomin_ation-paper ]. sectrnns 4o to 54 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, I 908, all the provisions of which shall, mutatis mtttandis, apply. I hereby consent to my nomination. 4. (1.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs among the [Signaturs of candidate nominated.] mell\bers so appointed or elected as aforesaid, the appoint (7.) If the no~ination-paper does not bear the written con ment or election of a member to fill that casual vacaney shall sent of the candidate nominated, such consent may be given within fifty days after the vacancy occurs, be made or held' by him to the Returning Office:i; before the nominations are in a similar manner to that hereinbefcre provided for an ordin'. closed, and every nomination-paper shall be void in so far as ary vacancy. ooncerns any candidate whose written consent is not duly (2.) The member so appointed or elected shall hold office given as aforesaid. only for the residue of the term of the vacating member. . 5. Whenever a casual vaca,p.cy is to be filled by the Ednca (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth day trnn Board the Board shall forthwith report the fact to the before the day of the election. Secretary of the Education Board. (9.) If the number of nominations received does not exceed 6. ( 1.) 'fhe school shall provide a course of general secondary the number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer education and one or more vocational courses shall forthwith declare the candidate or candidates so nomi (2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by nated to be duly elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon the principal of each school after consultation with the parents as the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each or guardian. of the pupil; but no pupil shall be compelled elector at his address as appearing on the roll a printed voting to take Latm, or to take more than one language besides paper containing in alphabetical order of surnames a list of English. all .the_ duly nominated candidates for whom such parent is (3.) The fees to be charged to those who are not holders entitled to vote, and such voting-paper shall be in the form of scJ:iolarships or free places shall be £9 per annum, subject or to the effect following :- . to a rebate of !Os. on each proportional one-third part of such foes on payment within one month from the date of the VOTING-PAPER FOR USE A~' ELE~TION TO BE HELD,ON THE commencement of each term. DAY OF . , 19 , OF MEMBER OF THE (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about BoARD OF Gov'ERNORS OF THE NEw PLYMOUTH HrnH thirteen weeks each. ScHOOLS, ( /'i.) The principal of each school shall cause the scliool CANDIDATES. to be examined during each term ; provided that it shall [Set out in alphabetical order of surnames the full name of not 1/e necessary for the school to be so examined in any term. in which it is examined by some other person appointed every duly nominated candidate.] [Signature of voter.] by the Minister or the Board ; · and provided further that it shall not be necessary to include in such examination DIBECTIOYS, pupils sitting for public e.xaminations during the term. Tfu, number of candidates to be elected is [Specify the 7. Subject to the general direction and control of the number]. Board, the headmaster shall have the following powers with The voter is required to mark a cross in the square set respect to the boys' school, and the lady principal shall have opposite the name or names of the candidate or eandidates similar powers with respect to the gll'ls' school :- for whom he desll'es to vote. _( J.) He shall have control of the school.buildings and pre The number of candidates whose names are thus marked mises, and of the apparatus and furniture thereof. must not exceed the total number of candidates to be elected. (2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint This voting-paper must be signed by the voter and en ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers of closed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the outside thereof the the school, and to allot their several duties ; and no assistant words "Voting-paper," and ,if posted to the Returning Officer teacher or other officer of the school shall be appointed until must be posted on or before the day of election, or, if de the headmaster has. been consulted. · livered to him, shall be delivered at his office, (3.) Ile shall have the power in cases of grave neglect of Street, , before the day of election, or not later than duty. or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assist,.nt five o'clock in the afternoon of that day. teaclier or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action (10.) The poll shall chise at five o'clock on the. afternoon to the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon confirm of the day of election; but all voting-papers shall be included or overrule his action until the next meeting of the Board, and counted which are not informal and are received by,the when the matter may be de.termined; but the action of the Returning Officer in due course of post before the close of the headmaster shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board· sixth day after the day of the election. has determined the matter. (4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may sus (11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of th Scheme f<»' the Gantrol of the Otago BoyB' and Girls' High DIREOTIONS. Schools. The number of candidates to be elected is [Specify tM. number]. Education Department, The voter is required to draw a line through the name of Wellington, 10th July, 1915. every candidate for whom he does not intend to vote. I N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, The number of candidates whose names are left uncancelled 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act "), and must not exceed the total number of candidates to be elected. with the powers thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, This voting-paper must be signed by" the voter and en acting for the Minister of Education, do here by, on the advice closed in a sealed envelope bearing on the outside thereof of the General 'Council of Education, approve of the following the words "Voting-paper," and, if posted to the Returning scheme for the Ota.go Boys' and Girls' High Schools (herein Officer, must be posted on or before the day of election, or, if after included in the term" the school"), which are established delivered to him, shall be delivered at his office, under the provisions of the Ota.go Boys' and Girls' High Schools Street, , before the day" of election, or not later than Act, 1877. five o'clock in the a~ernoon of that day. 1. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors (10.) The poll shall close at five o'clock on the afternoon (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") constituted by the of the day of election ; but all voting-papers shall be included Ota.go Boys' and Girls' High Schools Act, 1877, as amended and counted which are not informal and are received by the by the Education Act, 1914. Returning Officer in due course of post before the close of the 2. With regard to the election of members of the Board by sixth day after the day" of the election. the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall (11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the follow apply:- ing cases, that is to say :- (1.) The first election shall be held on a date to be appointed by the Minister before the 31st day of August in the year 1915, (a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent ; or and every subsequent election shall be held on a date to be ( b.) If the candidates whose names are left uncancelled fixed by the Board in the month of July in every second year exceed in number the total number of candidates thereafter. for whom the person is entitled to vote, or if in any (2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning other way the paper fails to indicate clearly for Officer. whom the vote is intended to be given ; or (3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer (e.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, the sealed shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occu envelope containing the voting-paper is not de pation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled livered at his office before the close of the poll ; or as a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed (d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the sealed envelope at 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day" next before the day on containing the voting-paper is not received at the which any" election is to be held, and shall continue to be office of the Returning Officer before the close of the closed until the election is completed. sixth day after the day of election, or if, from the " Parent" means the father, if he is living, or, if not, the postmark on the envelope or otherwise, the Return mother, or, if neither the father nor the mother is living, the ing Officer is satisfied that it was not posted until guardian, of a pupil of the school. after the day of the election. A " pupil of the school " means a pupil whose name is on (12.) On the seventh day after the day of election the the school roll at the end of the term preceding the closing of Returning Officer shall open and examine all voting-papers the roll, but does not include a pupil in any lower department. duly" delivered to him or received by him through the post (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in a as afore.said, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers, newspaper circulating in the district, publicly" notify, not less shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number than fourteen days before ea.ch election,- to be elected) who have received the greatest number of votes, (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations; and shall declare such candidates to be elected. (b.) The total number of candidates to be elected ; (13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or (c.) The day and the hourfor the closing of the election. more candidates, the election is not complete, the Returning (5.) Every candidate shall bo nominated in writing by one Office1· shall decide by lot, in the presence of two members or more parents entitled to vote for his election. Each such of the Board, which candidate or candidates shall be elected, parent may nominate any number of candidates not exceed and thereby complete the election. ing the number to be elected. ( 14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the (6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and to the Minister effectfollowing:- the names of the persons elected. 1 [Name and addre88], being a parent duly entered on the (15.) Retiring members shall be eligible for re-election. roll, do hereby nominate [Name and address] as a candidate (16.) If any dispute or question arises touching the regu for election to the Board of Governors of the Ota.go Boys' larity of any election, such dispute or question shall be deter a.nd Girls' High Schools, at the election to be held on the mined by" the Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by day of sections 45 to 54 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1 908, · Dated this day of all the provisions of which shall, rnutatie rnutnmdis, apply. [Signature of nominat (3.) The fees to be chal'ged to those who arc not holders (3.) The members appointed by the Education Board of scholarships or free places shall be £12 per annum, subject and the members eleded by the parents of the pupils in to a rebate of 13s. 4d. on each proportional one-third part of accordance with the Education Act. 1908, shall be deemed · such fees on payment within one month from the date of the to have been so appointed or elected in accordance with commencement of each term. the provisions of the Education Act, 1914. (4.) '.l'he school year shall consist of thret' krms of about (4.) The orclinary term of office of members appointed thirteen weeks each. under paragraphs (a) and (d) of subclause (l) hereof shall (5.) The principal of each school shall Muse the school to be two years, and the ordinary term of office of mem, hers be examined during each term ; pr,>vided that it shall not 1,,, appointed or elected under paragraphs (b) and (c) of sub necessary for the school to be so ox1,tmincd in any term in clause (I) hereof shall he three years; but every member which it is examined by some other person appointed by the shall hold office until the appointment or election of his ?!Iinistcr or the Board; and provided further that it shall not succcs::,ur. be necessary to include in xuch cxa1nination pupil:-t :-;itting for ~- (J.) The members appointed by the Board of Edu public examinations during the term. cation shall be appointed by a resolution of such Board. 7. Subject to the general direction and control of the Board, (2.) The member appointed under paragraph (d) of sub the rector shall have the following powers with respect to the el,msc (l) of clatisc 2 hereof shall be appointed by a resolution boys' school, and the lady principal shall have similar powers of the appointing body, and the first appointment shall be with respect to the girls' school:- made in tho month of July, 1915. (1.) Re shall have control of the school buildings and pre 4. [n regard to the e lcction of members of the Board by mises, and of the apparatus and furniture thereof. the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall (2.) Re shall have the power to rccommnnd the appoint apply:- nwnt or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers of (1.) Every such election shall be held on a date to be fixed the school, and to allot their several duties ; and no assistant by the Board in accordance with this scheme. teacher or other officer of the s9hool shall be appointed until (2.) The 8ecretary of the Board shall be the Returning the rector has been consulted. Officer. (3.) He shall have the power in cases of grave neglect of (3.) ;For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer ,luty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occu teacher or other officer, hut shall forthwith report his >tction pation, 11nd address of every pcr,on qualified to be enrolled to the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon confirm as a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed or overrufo his action until the next meeting of the Board, at 5 o' cl<>ck on the fourteenth ,fay next before the day on when the matter may be determined; but the action of the which any election is to be held, and shall continue to be rector shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board has closed until the election is completed. determined the matter. " Parent" moans the father if he is living, or, if not, the (4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may sus mother, or, if neither the father nor the mother is living, the pend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board at its next guardian, of a pupil of the school. meeting, and the action of the rector shall hold good until A ·' pupil of the school" mcan:-i a. pupil whose na.n10 is on the Board has come to some determination in regard to the the .,ehool roll at thP dose of the term preceding the closing matter. He shall not expel any pupil without the sanction of the roll. but does not ineludo a pupil in any lower depart of the Board. ment. (5.) He shall regulate all text-books, methods, and organiza (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in a tion, and, subject to clause 6 hereof and to the regulations newspaper circulating in the district, publicly notify, not under the Education Act, he shall determine the course of less than fourteen days before each election,- study for each pupil. (a.) The day and hour for tho closing of nominations. 8. Tho Board may license hostels or boardinghouses fur (b.) The total number of candidates to be elected; the accommodation of pupils, and may place such hostels (c.) The day and hour for the closing of the election: • or boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of the school (G.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one or other suitable persons, and shall provide for the inspedion or more parents entitled to vote for his election. of such hostels or boardinghouses. Ea<·h :,;ueh parent- may norninatc any nu1uh0r of eandidates 9. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by not exceeding the num her to be elected. section 96 of the Education Act. (6.) EYery nomination-paper shall be in the form or to Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July, I!J15. t.hc effect following:- F. R. D. BELL, T, [.Vame ,wd addre.,sj, being a par<•nt duly entered on the rull, do hereby nominate [Name ttnd address] as a candidat. For Minister of Educatio11. for election to the Board of Governors of the Palmerston North High 8chool at the election to be held on the Amende.d Scheme for the Control of Palmerston North High day of School. Dated this day of [&iguature of n01ninator.J Education Department, Wellington, 7th July, l!llii. CA:XDIUA'l'E's CoNSEl'T ['l'o be subscribed at foot of N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, nomination-paper]. I 1914 (hereinafter called " the Education Act "), and l hereby cou~ent to my nomination. with the powers thereunder, 1, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, [Signature of candidate no,nin,ited.] acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice of the General Council of Education, approve of the follow (7.) If the nomination-paper does not boar the written ing am,ended scheme for the Palmerston North High School consent of the candidate nominakd, such consent may be (hereinafter called "the school"), which has been esta given by him tu the Returning Officer before the nominations blished under section 94 of the Education Act, 1908. are closed, and every nomination-paper shall be void in so l. The school shall be controlled by a Board of Govemors far as concerns any candidate whose written consent is not under the na1ne of "The Board of Governors of the Palmerston duly given as aforesaid. North High School" (hereinafter called '· the Board"). The (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on t,he tenth day Board shall under that name be a body corporate, as pro before the day of the election. vided in seotion 91 of the Education Act. (9.) If the number of nominations received docs not exceed 2. (1.) There shall be nine members of the Hoard, who the num bm· of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer shall be appointed or elected in the manner following, shall forthwith declare the candidate or candidates so nomi namely:- nated tu be duly elceted. In all other cases he shall, as soon (a.) A group of two members appointed by the G-overnor; as tlw nominations are closed, prepare and post to each (b.) A group of three members appointed by the Edu elector at his address as appearing on the roll a printed cation Board of the district ; voting-paper containing in alphabetical order of surnames c.) A group of three members elected by the parents a list of all the dulv nominated candidates for whom such of the pupils; parent is entitled t,; vote; and such voting-paper shall be (d.) One m,em,ber appointed by the Committee of the in the form or to the effect following :- nrban school district (if any) within five miles of the school, or, if there is no such urban school VoTING-PAPER FOR USE A'£ ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE district, by the Palmerston North Borough Council. DAY OF , 19 , OF MEMBER OF THE BOARD (2.) Of the mem,bers appointed by the Governor in ac OF GovERNORS m' THE PALMERSTON NoRTH HIGH ScHooL. cordance with the Education Act, 1908, the one who has CANDIDA'l'ES. been longest in office since his last appointment shall retire on the 31st' July, 1915, and the two remaining members shall [Set ant in alphabetiwl order of surnames the full name of be deemed to have been appointed under the provisions of every duly nominated candidate.] the Education Act, 1914. [Signature of voter.] 2444 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 86 DJREC'l'IONS. (2.) The appointment or oll't:tfon of a member to fill a carnal vacancy shall be made not later than fifty days after The number o! candidates. to be elected is l,Specify the ,vnmber]. the- vaeancy oecur.-.:. The voter is roqtiired to mark a crobs in the square set !l. The Board shall hold an annual meeting in the month opposite the name or names of the candidate or candidates of li'cbruary or ?lfarch in each year, at such time and place for whom he desires to vote. as the Board shall direct. The number of candidates whose 1ut1neH are thus 1narkerl 10. li'rom time to time as may be necessary the Board must not exceed the total number of candidates to be elected. shall appoint a Secretary, and shall appoint him or some This voting-paper must be signed by the voter and en othe1· per,:;;on with authority to receive and to pay TIH)neyH on closed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the outside thereof its account. The Board shall in each case forthwith inform the words "Voting-paper," and if posted to the Returning th,, Minister of such appointment. Officer must be posted on or bcfor£• the day of election, or, if 11. (!.) At the annual meeting and at such other times as delivered to him, shall be delivered at his office, may be necessary the Board shall elect a Chairman. Street, , before "the clay of election, or not later (2.) During the election of Cha.rman the Secretary to t,he than 5 o'clock in the afternoon of that day. Board shall preside. Tho person presiding shall have no (10.) The pull shall blosc at 5 o'ulock on tho afternoon yote ; ties shall be decided by lot. of the day of election; hut all vot.ing-papers shall be included (3.) The Chairman's ordinary term of offiee shall he ono ancl counted which arc not informal and arc received by the year, and ho shall he eligible for re-election. Returning Officer in due course of post before !he close of the (4.) lf the Chairman shall from any cause cease to he sixth day after the day of the election. a 1nember of the Board or resign the office of Chairmitn, (11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the the Board 2hall as soon thereafter as conveniently may be following cas!'R, that is t.o say:- elect another mem her of the Board to be Chairman in his (a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent; or stead, who shall hold office until tho next annual meeting. (b.) If the candidates against whose names a mark is placed 12. At all mootings of the Brmrd the Chairman, or in his exceed in number tho total number of candidates for whom absence such momhor of tho Board 11s the majority of tho the person is entitled to vote, or if in any other way the pesper tnernbert,; assernblnl 8hal1 choor,p, t;hal1 pre8ide, and Huch fails to indicate clearly for whom tho vote is intended to be Chairman or presiding member shall have a deliberative votR, giYen; or s1nd in all cases of oqualit,y of votes shall also have tt casting (c.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, tho scaled Vote. envelope containing the voting-paper is not. delivered at his At all meetings of the Board a majorit~· of all the members office before the close of the poll: or then in office shall constitute a quorum. (d.) If, having boon forwarded by post, the scaled envelope 13. Subject to the provisions of this scheme, the Board containing the voting-paper is not received at (he office of the shall m,akc, and m,ay from, time to time revoke, vary, and Returning Officer before the close of the sixth day after the make fresh regulations for the conduct of business at its da,y of election, or if, frorn tho pm;i-n1ark on the t.mvdope meetings, for determining how meetings shall be convened, or otherwise, the Returning Qfficer is satisfied that it was and for such other like matters as m,.y be requisite for the not P"sted until aft,•r the day of the elcetion. conduct of the business of the Board. (12.) On the seventh day after the day of election t.he 14. Minutes of the proceedings of the Board shall be Returning Officer shall open and examine all voting-papers regularly entered in a proper hook to be kept for that pur duly delivered to him or received by him through the post as pose, and at every meeting of the Board the minutes of aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papas, the previous meeting shall be road over and signed by the shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number Chtt.irman of the 1rn1(~tin¥ at which the Harne are read, and to be elected) who have received tho greatest number of the rninutei- wl11:m HO i.;igned :-;hall bt~ held to be a true votes, and shall declare such candidates to be elected. statement and record of the proceedings of tho Board for 1t!l (13.) lf, by reason of an equality of votes given for two purposes whatever. or more candidates, the election is not complete, the Returning 15. ( l. )" The Board shall keep full and true accounts, in Officer shall decide by lot, in the presence of two mmn bcrs which shall be entered every sum received into and paid out of the Board, which candidate or candidates shall be elected, of the Board fund in the order of date of each such receipt and there by complete the election. and payment, including all moneys received from rents or (14.) li'orthwith after the c;,mpletinn of the elec•tion t,he profits derived from lands or other property vested in t!to Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and tu tho Minister Board or under its control or management. the names of the persons elected. (2.) The Board shall cause its accounts for the preceding (15.) If any dispute or question arises touching the regu calendar vear to be balanced and ,. true statement and larity of any election, such disptite or question shall lw deter account t,; be prepared, in the prescribed form, of the receipts mined by a Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by and expenditure of the Board and of its assets and liabilities. sections 45 to 54 of the Local Elections and. Polls Act, I HOS, (3.) All such accounts shall be audited by the Audit Office, all the provisions of which shall, •,rutlnlis mutnndis, apply. which for that purpose shall have and may exercise all such 5. (I.) One member out of each of the groups (a), (b), and powers as it has under the Public Revenues Act, 1910, in (c) of subclause (1) of clause 2 hereof shall retire on the 31st respect of public moneys. December in each year, and the member so to retire shall be 16. All things required by the Education Act or this the one who has been longest in offic~ since his last appoint scheme to be done by the Board shall be done in accordance ment or election. with and in pmsuancc of ,1 resolution passed at a m,eeting of (2.) On the 31st December in the yt,111' 1!li6, ancl in every the Board, and no act of tho Board shall be invalid or liable · second year thereafter, the member appointed urnlor para to he qu~stionerl. on tlw ground that one or more than one graph (d) of the said clause shall retire. of the members thereof was or were incapacitated, or had 6. Retiring members shall be eligible for reappointment or ceased to hold office, or on the ground that the seat of any re-election. member was vacant. 7. (!.) A cas?al vacancy shall be created in the same way 17. Subject tu thQ provisious of this sch9me, there shall and for the same causes as arc set out in section 20 of the ho vested in the Board the whole control and management Education Act in the case of members of an Education of the Palmerston N0rth High School, and also the entire Board. superintendence over all the affairs, concerns, and property (2.) Every casual vacancy shall ],., filled in the same thereof, with full power to appoint and suspend or dismiss manner and. by the same appointing or electing authority a.11 masters, teachers, lect,urers, exa1niners, and other IlQCcs as in the case of the vacating mem her ; provided that the sary officers and servants ; . and in all cases unprovided-fur m,ember appointed or elected shall hold office only for tho by the Education Act and the regulations thereunder, or by residue of the term of the vacating member. this scheme, it shall he lawful for the Board to act in such (3.) ,Vhenever a casual vacancy occurs it shalJ lm th<> manner as shall appear to it best calculated to further tho duty c,f tho Board forthwith to report the fact to the l\Iinister purposes intended to be served by the establishmeut of such if the vacancy is to be filled by the Governor, or to the school ; an.I the Board shall, subject to the Education Act Secretary of the Education Board if tho vacancy is to be and the regulations thereunder and to this scheme, have filled by that Board, or to the appointing bocly in th,, ease full power from time to time to make, alter, and rescind of a Il!,ember to be appointed under paragraph (d) of subolause by-laws ancl regulations for defining the courses of study (1) of clause 2 hereof. and cdueation in the school, and also for regulating the 8. (I.) The appointn1ent or election of " n\ell\b,,r to fill discipline and examination of the same, the conditions upon a vacancy caused by the expiry of the ordinary term of which th<' scholars shall he admitted, and the fees to be paid office shall be made in the first week of the month of Decem in respect of such admission, and, in general, touching all ber at the end whereof such expiry takes place, or as soon other matters, purposes, and things regarding the school. thereafter as may be convenient, but shall not takP pffeet 18. (!.) The school shall provide a course of general 'Qlltil eueh n:piry. seoondary education and ooc or more vocat,ional eourses, JULY 16.) THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2445 (2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by benefit of the school, expend any sum or sums in purchasing the headmaster of the school after con•ultation with the land and erecting and maintaining suitable buildings and parents or guardian of the pupil; but no pu}'il shall be com premises thereon for use as school buildings, and may, subject pelled to tak'e Latin or to take more than one language to the approval of the Minister, expend any rnm or sumg in besides Ell8lish. purchasing land and erecting and maintaining suitable (3.) The net fees to be charged to those who are not holders buildings thereon for use as boardinghouses for the pupils, of scholarships or free places shall be £10 per annum. or as residences for the masters, teache.rs, or other officers (4.) The school yaar shall consist of three terms of about employed in connection with the school. thirteen weeks each. 25. The school •hall be open to inspection as provided by (5.) The headmaster shall cause the school to be examined section 96 of the Education Aot. during each term ; provided that it shall not be necessary for Dated at Wellington this 7th day of July. 191n the school to be so examined in any term in which it is examined by some other peraon appointed by the Minister F. H. D. BELL, or the Board ; and prDvided further that it shall not be For Minister ot Education. necessary to include in such examination pupils sitting for public examinations during the term. 19. Subject to the general direction of the Board, the Scheme for tka Cantrol of the Rangiora High School. headmaster shall have the following powers :- ( l.) Ile shall have control of the school buildings and Education Department, premises, and of the apparatus. and furniture thereof. Wellington, 10th July, 1915. (2.) Ile shall have the power to recommend the appoint N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers I 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), and of the school, and to allot their several duties ; and no with tho powers thereunder, I, Jllrancis Ilenry Dillon Bell, assistant teacher or other officer of the school shall be ap acting for the Minister of Education, do" hereby, on the pointed until the headmaster has been consulted. advice of the General Council of Education, approve of the (3.) Ile shall have the power in case of grave neglect, of following scheme for the Rangiora lligh School (hereinafter duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant called " the school "), which is established under the pro teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action visions of the Rangiora High School Act, 1881. to the Chairman, who shall thereupon confirm or overrule 1. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors his action until the next meeting of the Board, when the (hereinafter referred to as "the Board ") constituted by the matter m.ay be determined ; but the action of the head Rangiora High School Act, 1881, as amended by the Educa master shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board has tion Act, 1914. determined the matter. 2. With regard to the election of members of the Board by (4.) Ile shall be supreme over the discipline, and may the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall suspend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board at their apply:- next meeting, and the action of the headmaster shall hold (1.) The first election shall be held on a date to be appointed good until the Board has come to some determination in by the Minister before the 31st day of August in the year regard to the matter. Ile shall not expel any pupil without 1915, and every subsequent election shall be held on a date the sanction of the Board. to be fixed by the Board in the month of July in every (5.) Ile shall regulate all text-books, methods, and organiza second year thereafter. tion in accordance with clause 18 hereof, and, subject to (2.) The Secretary of the Board ehall, be the Returning the same clause and to the regulations under the Education Officer. Act, shall determine the course of study for each pupil. (3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer 20. The Board may license or establish hostels or boarding shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occu houses for the accommodation of pupils, and may place such pation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled hostels or boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of a~ a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed at the school or other suitable persons, and shall provide for 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on which the inspection of such hostels or boardinghouses. any election is to be held, and shall continue to be closed 21. The rents, profits, and income of all real and personal until the election is completed. e•tate which may be vested in the Board, or granted or "Parent" means the father, if he is living, or, if not, the acquired as a site or sites or otherwise for the benefit of the mother, or, if neither the father nor the mother is living, tho school, or given, devised, or bequeathed to the Board for the guardian, of a pupil of the school. benelit of the school without any trusts or powers of a difl'er A "pupil of the school" means a pupil whose name id on ent nature being expressed in the instrument so giving, the school roll at the close of the term preceding the closing devising, or bequeathing to the Board, and all reserves of of the roll, but does not include a pupil in any lower land which may be hereafter made for the benefit of the departnwnt. achoo!, shall be held and dealt with by the Board under and (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in a su bjeot to all such powers, provisions, and conditions as are newspaper circulating in the district, publicly notify, not less contained in the Education Reserves Act, 1908, and its than fourteen daya before each electiou,- amendments, as if the school were a high school within the (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations; meaning of that Act. (b.) The total number of candidates to be elected; 22. Subject to the subsequent clauses of this scheme, the (c.) The day and the hour for the closing of the election. rents, profits, and annual income of all real and personal (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one estate that may be vested in the Board, together with all or more parents entitled to vote for his election. Each such funds which may from time to time be derived from fees p:trcnt may nominate any number of candidates not exceed or payments made in respect of pupils attending the school, ing the number to be elected. together with any annual or other allowance that may be (6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the made by the General Assembly or the Government of New effect following :- Zealand, shall be applied by the Board for the mainten'l,llce I [Name and address], being a parent duly entered on the of the school, and the payment of the salaries and expenses roll, do hereby nominate [Name and addre;,s] as a candidate connected therewith, and for prizes, exhibitions, and scholar for election to the Board of Governors of the Rangiora Iligh ships for the pupils therein : Provided that the Board shall School at the election to be held on the day of , have power to set apart, if it sees fit, out of the said rents, Dated this day of profits, and annual income, such part a• it considers advisable [Signature of numinntor.] either as an addition to the capital fund, which shall then be invested in the manner hereinafter mentioned and dealt with UANDJDATE'S UOI which any election is to be held, and shall continue to be (c.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, the sealed closed until the election is completed. envelope containing the voting-paper is not de "Parent" means the father, if he is living, or, if not, the livered at his office before the close of the poll; or mother, or, if neither the father nor the mothPl' is livin![, the (d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the sealed envelope guardian, of a pupil of the school. containing the voting-paper is not received at the A '' pupil of the school " means a pupil whose name is on nffice of the Returning Officer before the close d the the school roll at the end of the term preceding the <'losing of sixth day after the day of election, or if, from the the roll, but does not include a pupil in any lower department. postmark on the envelope or otherwise, the Re (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisenwnt in a turning Officer is satisfied that it was not posted newspaper circulating in the district, publicly notify, not J,•ss until after the day of the election. than fourteen days before each election,- (12.) On U,e seventh day aftn the day of election the (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations; Returning Officer shall open and examine all voting-papers (b.) The total number of candidates to be elected; duly delivered to him or received by him through the post (c.) The day and the hour for the closing of the election. aa aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers, (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number or more parents entitled to vote for his election., Each such to be elected) who have received the greatest number of votes, parent may nominate any number of candidates not exceed and shall declare such candidates to be elected. ing the number to be elected. (I 3.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or (6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the more candidates, the election is not coroplete, the Returning effect following :- Officer shall decide by Jot, in the presence of two members I [Name and addre.,B], being a parent duly entered on the of the Board, which candidate or candidates shall be elected, roll, do hereby nominate [Na.me a.n.d addre.,s] as a candidate and thereby complete the election. for election to the Board of Governors of the Southland (14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the Boys' and Girls' High Schools at the election to be held Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and to the Minister on the day of the names of the persons elected. . Dated this day of (15.) Every n\ember shall be eligible for re-election. [8ignatur1< of nominator.] (J 6.) H any dispute or question arises touching the regu larity of any election, such dispute or question shall be deter CANDIDATE'S CONSENT ['l'o be subscribed at the foot of mined by the Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by nomination-paper]. secticns 45 to 54 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, all the provisicns of which shall, mutatis mutandis, apply. I hereby consent to my nomination. 3. (1.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs among the [ Signature of candidate nominated.] members so elected as aforesaid the election of a member (7.) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written con to fill that casual vacancy shall, within fifty days after the sent of the candidate nominated, such consent may be given vacancy occurs, be held in a similar manner to that herein by him to the Returning Officer before the nominations a.re before provided fer an ordinary vacancy. closed, and every nomination-paper shall be void in so far as (2.) The member so elected shall hold office only for the concerns any candidate whose written consent is not duly residue of the term of the V{'cating member. given as aforesaid. 4. Whenever a vacancy is to be filled by the Governor th£> (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth day Boat"d shall forthwith repcrt the fact that such vacancy has before the day of the election. occurrccl to the Minister, and. whenever the vacancy is to be (9.) If the number of nominations received does not exceed filled by the Education Board, to the Secretary of that Board. the num her of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer 5. (I.) 'l'hc school shall provide a course of general secondary shall forthwith declare the candidate or candidaws so nomi education and one or more vocational courses. nated to be duly elected. · In all other cases he shall, as soon (2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by the as the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each principal of each school after consultation with the parents elector at his address as appearing on the roll a printed voting or guardian of the pupil; but no pupil shall be compelled paper containing in alphabetical order of surnames a list of to take Latin, or to take more than one language besides all the duly nominated candidates for whom such parent is English. entitled to vote, and such voting-paper shall be in the forn1 (3.) The net fees to be charged to those who are not holders or to the effect following :- ' of scholarships or free places shall be £13 per annum, subject to a rebate of £1 on each proportional one-third part of such VOTING-PAPEB FOB USE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE fees on payment within one month from the date of the com DAY OF , ] 9 , OF l\IEMBEB OF THE mencement of each term. BoABD oF GovEBNOBS OF THE SouTHLAND Boys' AND (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about GmLS HIGH SCHOOLS, thirteen weeks each. (5.) The principal of each schocl shall cause the school to CANDIDATES, be examined during each term ; provided that it shall not be [Bet out in alphabetical order of surnames the full name of necessary for the school to he so examined in any term in e?Jery duly nominated candidate.] which it is examined by some perscn appointed by the Minister [Signature of voter.] or the Board ; and provided further that it shall not be neces sary to include in such examination pupils sitting for public DIRECTIONS. examinations during the term. The number of candidates to be elected is [Specify the 6 .Subject to the general direction and control of the n.umber]. Board, the headmaster shall have the following powers with The voter is required to draw a line through the name of respect to the boys' school, and the lady principal shall have every candidate for whom he dces not intend to vote. similar powers with respect to the girls' school:- The number of candidates whose names are left uncancelled (1.) He shall have control of the school buildings and pre must not exceed the total number of candidates to be elected. mises, and of the apparatus and furniture thereof. This voting-paper must be ,,igned by the voter and en (2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint closed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the outside thereof ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers of the words "Voting-paper," and if posted to the Returning the school, and to allot their several duties ; and no assistant Officer m11st be posted on or before the day of election, or, teacher or other officer of the school shall be appointed until if delivered to him, shall be delivered at his office, the headmaster has been consulted. Street, , before the day of election, or not later than (3.) He shall have the power in cases of grave neglect of five o'clock in the afternoon of that day. duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action (10.) The poll shall close at five o'clock on the aUernoon to the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon confirm. of the day of election ; but iul voting-papers shall be included or overrule his action until the next meeting of the Board, and counted which are not informal and are received by the when the matter may be determined; but the action of the Returning Officer in due course of post before the close of the headmaster shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board sixth day after the day of the election. has determined the matter. (11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the follow (4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may sus ing cases, that is to say:- pend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board at its next (a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent; or meeting, and the -action of the headmaster shall hold good (b.) If the candidates whose names are left uneancelled until the Board has come to some determination in regard exceed in number the total number of candidates to the matter. He shall not expel any pupil without the for whom the person is entitled to vote, or if in any sanction of the Board. other way the paper fails to indicate clem·ly for (5.) Re shall regulate all text-books, methods, and organiza whom the vote is intended to b,, given; or tion, and, subject to clause 5 hereof and to the regulations ------~~- ~-----·-····------ 2448 THE NEW ZEALAND G-Ati.E'l"l'K [No. 86 under the Education Act, he shall det<>rminc the coursP of concerns any candidate whose written consent is not duly study for each pupil. given af-\ aforesaid. 7. The Board may licetlSP hostels or boardinghouses fnr (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the !<'nth day thP accommodation of pupils, and may pin,·<> snch hostels er before the day of the election. honrdinghouses under the charg,- of tt•al'hcrs of the Sl'hcol (9.) If the number of nominations received does not exceed or other suitabk persuns, and shall prcvide f,•r the i11,pt'l'tion the number of vnca.ncies to be filled, the Returning Officer of such hm.;teh; 5. Whenever a vacancy is to be filled by the Governor (3.) ~e shall have the power in cases of grave neglect of the Board shall forthwith report the fact ·that such vacancy duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant has occurred to the Minister, and, whenever the vacancy teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action is to be filled by the Education Board, to the Secretary of that to. the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon confirm Board, or to the Thames Borough Council in the case of a or overrule his action until the next meeting of the Board, when member to be appointed by that Council. the matter may be determined; but the action of the head 6. (1.) From time to time as may be necessary the Board master shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board has shall appoint a Secretary, and shall appoint him, or some determined the matter. other person with authority to receive and to pay moneys on (4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may sus its account. The Board shall in each case forthwith inform pend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board at its next the Minister of such appointment. meeting, and the action of the headmaster shall hold good (2.) (a.) At such times as may be necessary, the Board until the Board has come to some determination in regard to shall elect a Chairman. the matter. He shall not expel any pupil without the sanction (b.) During the election of Chairman the Secretary to the of the Board. Board shall preside, but shall not vote ; and in the (5.) He shall regulate all text-books, methods, and organiza event of an equality of voting the election shall be tion, and, subject to clause 8 hereof and to the regulations decided by lot. under the Education Act, he shall determine the course of (c.) The Chairman's ordinary term of office shall be one study for each pupil. year, and he shall be eligible for re-election. 10. The Board may license hostels or boardinghouses for (d.) If the Chairman shall from any cause cease to be a the accommodation of pupils, and may place such hostels or member of the Board or resign the office of Chairman, boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of the school or the Board shall as soon thereafter as conveniently other suitable persons, and shall provide for the inspection of may be elect another :member of the Board to be such hostels or boardinghouses. Chairman in his stead, who shall hold office only 11. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by for the residue of the term of the vacating Chairman. section 96 of the Education Act. (3.) At all meetings of the Board the Chairman, or in his Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July, I 915. absence such member of the Board as the majority of the members assembled shall choose, shall preside, and such F. H. D. BELL, Chairman or presiding member shall have a deliberative For Minister of Education. vote, and in all cases of equality of votes shall also have a casting vote. At all meetings of the Board a majority of all the members Scheme for the Control of the Timaru Hi,gh Schools. then in office shall constitute a quorum. (4.) Subject to the provisions of this scheme, the Board Education Department, shall make, and may from time to time revoke, vary, and Wellington, 10th July, 1915. make fresh regulations for the conduct of business at its N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, meetings, for determining how m,any m,eetings shall be con I 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), and vened, and for such other like matters as may be requisite for with the powers thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, the conduct of the business of the Board. acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice (5.) Minutes of the proceedings of the Board shall be regu of the General Council of Education, approve of the following larly entered in a proper book to be kept for that purpose, scheme for the Timaru High Schools (hereinafter included in and at every meeting of the Board the minutes of the previous the term "the school "), which are established under the meeting shall be read over and signed by the Chairman of provisions of the Timaru High School Act, 1878. the meeting at which the same are read, and the minutes I. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors when so signed shall be held to be a true statement and (hereinafter referred to as "the Board ") constituted by the record of the proceedings of the Board for all purposes Timaru High School Act, 1878, and its amendments, as whatever. amended by the Education Act, 1914. 7. (1.) The Board shall keep full and true accounts, in 2. With regard to the member of the Board to be appointed which shall be entered every sum received into and paid out by the Education Board in accordance with the provisions of of the Board Fund in the order of date of each such receipt section 89 of the Education Act, the following provisions shall and payment, including all moneys received from rents or apply: Such member shall be appointed by a resolution of the profits derived from lands or other property vested in the said Education Board, and the first appointment shall be Board or under its control or management. made before the 31st day of August in the year 1915, and (2.) The Board shall cause its accounts for the preceding subsequent appointments in the month of (July in every calendar year to be balanced, and a true statement and second year thereafter. account to be prepared, in the prescribed form, of the receipte 3. With regard to the election of members of the Board by and expenditure of the Board and of its assets and liabilities. the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall (3.) All such accounts shall be audited by the Audit Office, apply:- which, for that purpose, shall have and may exercise all such (!.) The first election shall be held on a date to be appointed dowers as it has under the Public Revenues Act, 1910, in by the Minister before the 31st day of August in the year respect of public moneys. 1915, and every subsequent election shall be held on a date 8. (1.) The school shall provide a course of general secondary to be fixed by the Board in the month of July in every education and one or more vocational courses. second year thereafter. (2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by (2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning the headmaster of the school after consultation with the Officer. parents or guardian of tte pupil; but no pupil shall be com 111"(3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer pelled to take Latin, or to take more than one language shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occu besides English. pation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled (3.) The fees to be charged to those who are not holders as a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed of scholarships or free places shall be £12 per annum, suhject at 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on to a rebate of £1 on each proportional one-third part of such which any election is to be held, and shall continue to be fees on payment within one month from the date of the com closed until the election is completed. mencement of each term. "Parent" means the father, if he is living, or, if not, the (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about mother, or, if neither the father nor the mother is living, the thirteen weeks each. guardian, of a pupil of the school. ( 5.) The headmaster shall cause the school to be examined A " pupil of the school " means a pupil whose name is on at the end of each term ; provided that it shall not be nercs the school roll at the close of the term preceding the closing sary for him to examine the school in any term in which it is of the roll, but does not include a pupil in any lower examined by some other person appointed by the Minister or department. the Board; and provided further that it shall not be necessary (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in a to include in such examinations pupils sitting for pu hlic newspaper circulating in the district, publicly notify, not less examinations during the term. than fourteen days before each election,- 9. Subject to the general direction and control of the (a.) Tho day and hour for the closing of nominations; Board, the headmaster shall have the following powers : W(b.) The total number of candidates to be elected: (1.) He shall have control of the school buildings and pre 1f(c.) The day and the hour for the closing of tho election. mises, and of the apparatus and furniture thereof. (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one (2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint or more parents entitled to vote for his election. Each such ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers of parent may nominate any number of can I [Name and address], being a. parent duly entered on the (15.) Retiring members shall be eligible for re-election. roll, do hereby nomina.te [Name and address] a.s a. oa.ndidate (16.) li any dispute· or question arises touching the regu for election to the Boa.rd of Governors of the Tima.ru IDgh larity of any election, such dispute or question shall be deter Sohools a.t the eleotion to be held on the da.y of . mined by the Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by Da.ted this da.y of sections 45 to 54 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, [Signature of nominator.] all the provisions of which shall, mutatia mutandis, apply. 4. (I.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs among the CANDIDATE'S CONSENT [To be aubBcribetl at the foot of members so appointed or elected as aforesaid, the appoint, nomination-paper]. men t or election of a mem her to fill that casual vacancy I hereby consent to my nomina.tion. shall, within fifty days after the va,cancy occurs, be made [Signature of candidate 'IIDminatetl.] or held in a sunilar manner to that hereinbefore provided (7.) lithe nomina.tion pa.per does not bea.r the written con for an ordinary vacancy. sent of the oandida.te nominated, such consent ma.y be given (2.) The member so appointed or elected shall hold office by him to the Returning Officer before the nominations are only for the residue of the term of the vacating member. olosed, a.nd every nomination-paper shall be void in so far as 5. Whenever a vacancy is to be filled by the Governor ooncerns any oandidate whose written consent is not duly the Board shall forthwith report the fact that such vacancy given as a.foresaid. has occurred to the Minister, and whenever the vacancy is (8.) Nominations shall olose a.t noon on the tenth day to be filled by the Education Board, to the Secretary of before the day of the election. that Board. (9.) lithe number of nomina.tions received does not exceed 6. (I.) The school shall provide a course of general the number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Offioer secondary education and one or more vocational coursi,s. sha.ll forthwith deolare the candida.te or oandidates so nomi (2.) The program of each pupil shall be determined by na.ted to be duly elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon the principal of each school after consultation with the a.s the nominations are olosed, prepare and post to eaoh parents or guardian of the pupil ; but no pupil shall be com eleotor at his a.ddress as a.ppearing on the roll a. printed voting pelled to take Latin, or to take more than one language paper containing in alphabetical or4er of surnames a list of besides English. all the duly nominated candidates for whom such parent is (3.) The fees to be charged to those who are not holders entitled to vote, and such voting-paper sha.ll be in the form of scholarships or free places shall be £12 per annum, subject or to the effect following :- to a rebate of £1 on each proportional one-third part of such fees on payment within one month from the da.te of the com VoTING·PAPER FOR UsE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD oN THE mencement of each term. DAY OF , 19 , OF MEllllBER OF THE (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of about BoABD OF GoVERNORS OF THE Tni!ARU HIGH SCHOOLS. thirteen weeks each. (5.) The principa.l of ea.ch school shall cause the school CANDIDATES. to be examined during each term ; provided that such exam [Set out in a'lphabetwal order of surnames the full name of ination shall not be necessary in any term in which the school every tl'UZy nominated candidate.] is examined by some other person appointed by the Minister [Signature of ooter.] or the Board ; and provided further that it shall not be necessary to include in such examination pupils sitting for DmECTIONS, public examinations during the term. The number of oandidates to be elected is [Specify the 7. Subject to the general direction and control of the number]. Board, the headmaster shall have the following powers with The voter is required to mark a cross in the square set respect to the boys' school and the lady principal shall have opposite the name or names of the candidate or candidates similar powers with respect to the girls' school :- for whom he desires to vote. (I.) He sha.ll have control of the school buildings and pre The number of candidates whose names are thus marked mises, and of the a.pparatus and furniture thereof. must not exceed the total number of candidates to be elected. (2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint, This voting-paper must be signed by the voter and en ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers of closed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the outside thereof the the school, and to allot their several duties; and no assistant words" Voting-pa.per," and if posted to the Returning Officer teacher or other officer of the school shall be appointed until must be posted on or before the day of eleotion, or, if de the headmaster has been consulted. livered to him, shall be delivered at his office, (3.) He shall have the power in cases of grave neglect of Street, , before the day of election, or not later than duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant five o'clock in the afternoon of that day. teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action (IO.) The poll shall close at five o'olock on the afternoon to the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon confirm of the day of eleotion; but all voting-papers shall be inoluded ·or overrule his action until the next meeting of the Board, and counted whioh are not informal and are received by the when the matter may be determined; but the action of the Returning Officer in due oourse of post before the close of the headmaster shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board sixth day after the day of the election. has determined the matter. (IL) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the follow, (4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and may sus ing cases, that is to say:- pend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board at its next (a.) H it is not duly signed by the parent; or meeting, and the action of the headmaster shall hold good (b.) H the candidates against whose names a mark is until the Board has come to some determination in regard to placed exceed in number the total number of candi the matter. He shall not expel any pupil without the sanction dates for whom the person is entitled to vote, or of the Board. if in any other way the paper fails to indicate clearly (5.) He shall regulate all text-books, methods, and organiza for whom the vote is intended to be given ; or tion, and, subject to clause 6 hereof and 'to the regulations ( c.) li, being delivered to the Returning Officer, the sealed under the Education Act, he shall determine the course of envelope containing the voting-paper is not de study for each pupil. livered at his office before the close of the poll ; or 8. The Boe.rd may license hostels or boardinghouses for (d.) H, having been forwarded by post, the sealed envelope the accommodation of pupils, and may place such hostels containing the voting-paper is not received at the or boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of the school office of the Returning Officer before the close of or other suitable persons, and shall provide for the inspection the sixth day after the day of election, or if, from of such hostels or boardinghouses. the postmark on the envelope or otherwise, the 9. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by Returning Officer is sa.tisfied that it was not posted section 96 of the Education Aot. until after the day of the election. Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July, 1915. (12.) On the seventh da.y after the day of election the Returning Offioer shall open and examine all voting-papers F. H. D. BELL, duly delivered to him or received by him through the post For Minister of Education. as aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers, sha.ll a.scertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number to be elected) who have received the greatestnumberof votes, Scheme for the Control of the Waitaki High Schoola. a.nd shall declare such candidates to be elected. · (13.) li, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or Education Department, more candida.tes, the election is not complete, the Returning Wellington, 10th July, 1915. Officer shall decide by lot, in the presence of two mem hers N accorda.nce with the provisions of the Education Act, of the Boa.rd, which candidate or candidates shall be elected, I 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), a.nd and thereby complete the election. with the powers thereunder, I, Francis Henry Dillon Bell, (14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and to the Minister of the General Council of Educa.tion, approve of the following the names of the persons elected, scheme for the Wait;aki lijgh Schools (hereinafter included THE NEW ZEA.LA.Ni> GAZETTE. 245i in the term "the school"), which are established under the words "Voting-paper," and, if posted to the Returning Officer, provisions of the Waitaki JU.gh School Act, 1878. must be posted on or before the day of election, or, if de 1. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors livered to him, shall be delivered at his office, (he~eine:fte! referred to as "the Board") constituted by the Street, , before the day of election, or not later than Wa1taki High School Act, 1878, as amended by the Education five o'clock in the afternoon of that day. Act, 1914. (10.) The poll shall close at five o'clock on the afternoon 2. With regard to the election of members of the Board by of the day of election ; but all voting-papers shall be included the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall and. counted which are not informal and are received by the apply:- Returning Officer in due course of post before the close of the ( I.) The first election shall be held on a date to be appointed sixth day after the day of the election. by the Minister before the 31st day of August in the year (11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the follow 1915, and every subsequent election shall be held on a date ing cases, that is to say :- to be fixed by the Board in the month of July in every second year thereafter. (a.) If it ia not duly signed by the parent ; or (2.) The· Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning (b.) If the candidates against whose names a mark is Officer. placed exceed in number the total number of candi (3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning Officer dates for whom the person is entitled to vote, or shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein the name, occu if in any other way the paper fails to indicate clearly pation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled for whom the vote is intended to be given ; or as a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed at (c.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, the sealed 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on which envelope containing the voting-paper is not de any election is to be held, and shall continue to be closed livered at his office before the close of the poll; or until the election is completed. (d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the sealed envelope "Parent" means the father, if he is living, or, if not, the containing the voting-paper is not received at the mother, or, if neither the father nor the mother is living, the office of the Returning Officer before the close of guardian, of a pupil of the school. the sixth day after the day of election, or if, from A "pupil of the school " means a pupil whose name is on the postmark on the envelope or otherwise, the the school roll at the close of the term preceding the closing Returning Officer is satisfied that it was not posted of the roll, but does not include a pupil in any lower depart- until after the day of the election. 1n1-mt. (12.) On the seventh day after the day of election the (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in a Returning Officer shall open and examine all voting-papers newspaper circulating in the district, publicly notify, not less duly delivered to him or received by him through the post than fourteen days before each election,- as aforesaid, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers, (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations : shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number (b.) The total number of candidates to be elected ; to be elected) who have received the greatest number of votes, (c.) The day and the hour for the closing of the election. and shall declare such candidates to be elected. (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by one ( 13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or or more parents entitled to vote for his election. Each such more candidates, the election is not complete, the Returning parent may nominate any number of candidates not exceed Officer shall decide by lot, in the presence of two mem hers ing the number to be elected. of the Board, which candidate or candidates shall be elected, (6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the and there by com,plete the election. effect following :- (14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the 1 [Name and address], being a parent duly entered on the Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and to the Minister roll, do hereby nominate [Name and, address] as a candidate the names of the persons elected. for election to the Board of Governors of the Waitaki JU.gh (15.) Retiring members shall be eligible for re-election. Schools at the election to be held on the day of Dated this day of (16.) If any dispute or question arises touching the regu [Signature of nominator.] larity of any election, such dispute or question shall be determined by the Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by sections 45 to 54 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, CANDIDATE'S CONSENT [To be subscribed at the foot of nomination-paper]. all the provisions of which shall, mulatis mulandis, apply. 3. (I.) Whenever a ca.sual vacancy occurs among the I hereby consent to my nomination. members so elected as aforesaid, the election of a mem her [ Signature of carulidate nominated.] to fill that casual vacancy shall, within fifty days after the (7.) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written vacancy occurs, be held in a sinlilar manner to that herein consent of the candidate nominated, such con.sent may be before provided for an ordinary vacancy. given by him to the Returning Officer before the nominations (2.) The member so elected shall hold office only for the are closed, and every nomination-paper shall be void in so far residue of the term of the vacating member. as concerns any candidate whose written consent is not duly 4. Whenever a vacancy is to be filled by the Governor given a.s aforesaid. the Board shall forthwith .report the fact that such vacancy (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth day has occurred to the Minister, and, whenever the vacancy before the day of the election. is to be filled by the Education Board, to the Secretary of (9.) If the number of nominations received does not exceed that Board. the number of vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer shall forthwith declare the candidate or candidates so nomi 5. (1.) '.!.'he school shall provide a course of general nated to be duly elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon secondary education and one or more vocational courses. as the nominations are closed, prepare and post to each (2.) The program of ea.oh pnpil shall be determined by the elector at his address as appearing on the roll a printed principal of each school after consultation with the parents voting-paper containing in alphabetical order of surnames a or guardian of the pupil ; but no pupil shall be compelled list of all the duly nominated candidates for whom such to take Latin, or to take more than one language besides parent is entitled to vote, and such voting-paper shall be in English. the form or to the effect following :- (3.) The fees to be charged to those who are not holders of scholarships or free places shall be £12 per annum, subject VoTING-PAl'EB FOB USE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE to a rebate of £1 on each proportional one-third part of such DAY OF , 19 , OF MEMBEB OF THE fees on paym,ent within one month from the date of the com BOABD OF GOVEBNOBB OF THE W AITA.Kl HIGH SCHOOLS. mencement of each term. CANDIDATES. (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of abou [ Set out in alphabelwal order of ~rnames the full names of thirteen weeks each. every duly nominated candidate.] (5.) The principal of each school shall cause the school to [Signaturs of voter.] be examined during each term ; provided that it shall not be necessary for the school to be so examined in any term in nmEOTIONS. which it is examined by some other person appointed by the The number of candidates to be elected is [Specify the Minister or the Board ; and provided further that it shall i.umber]. not be necessary to include in such examination pupils sitting The voter is required to mark a cross in the square set for public examinations during the term. oppO<'ite the name or names of the candidate or candidates 6. Subject to the general direction and control of the for whom he desires to vote. Board, the headmaster shall have the following powers with The number of candidates whose names are thus marked respect to the boys' school, and the lady principal shall have must not exceed the total number of candidates to be elected. similar powers with respect to the girls' school:- This voting-paper must be signed by the voter and en (1.) He shall have control of the school buildings and pre closed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the outside thereof the mises, and of the apparatus .and furniture thereof. E 2452 ·rHE NEW ZEALAND GAZE'rTE. [No. 86 (2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint- I " Parent " means the father if he is Jiving, ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers of 1 or, if not, the mother, or, if neither the father the school, and to allot their several duties ; and no assistant nor the mother is living, the guardian, of a pupil teacher or other officer of the school shall be appointed until of the school. the headmaster has been consulted. A "pupil of the school " means a pupil whose (3.) He shall have the power in cases of grave neglect of name is on the school roll at the close of the term duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assistant preceding the closing of the roll, but does not include teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action a pupil in any lower department. to the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon ·confirm (4.) The Returning Officer shall, by advertisement in ur overrule his action until the next meeting of the Board, a newspaper circulating in the district, publicly when the matter may be determined; but the action of the notify, not less than fourteen days before each headmaster shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board election,- has determined the matter. (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nomi (4.) Ho shall be supreme over the discipline, and may sus nations; pend any pupil, reporting his ac,.tion to the Board at its next (b.) The total number of candidates to be meeting, and the action of tho headmaster shall hold good elected; until the Board has come to some determination in regard to (e.) The day and hour for the closing of the the matter. He shall not expel any pupil without the sanc election. tion of the Board. (5.) Every candidate shall be nomiuated_in writing by ( 5.) He shall regulate all text-books, methods, and organiza· one or more parents entitled to vote for his elec tion, and, subject to clause 5 hereof and to the regulations tion. under the Education Act, he shall determine the course of Each such parent may nominate any number study for ei.ch pupil. of candidates not exceeding the number to be 7. The Board may license hotels or boardinghouses for elected. the accommodation of pupils, and may place such hostels (6.) Every nomination-paper shall be in the form or to the effect following :- or boardinghouses under the charge of teachers of the school I, [Name and address], being a parent duly or other suitable persons, and shall provide for the inspection entered on the roll, do hereby nominate [Nam.e of. such hostels or boardinghouses. and address] as a candidate for election to the 8. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by Board of Governors of the Wanganui Girls' Col section 96 of the Education Act. lege at the election to be held on the day Dated a.t Wellington this 10th day of July, 1915. of . F. H. D. BELL, Dated this day of For Minister of Education. [Signature o.f nominator.] CANDIDATE'S CONSENT ['7'o be subscribed at /out Scheme for the Control of TV anganui Uirls' College. of Nomination-papeT]. I hereby consent to my nomination. Education Department, [Signature of candidate nominated.] Wellington, 7th July, 1915. N accordance with the provisions of the Education Act, (7.) If the nomination-paper does not bear the written I 1914 (hereinafter called "the Education Act"), and consent of the candidate nominated, such consent with the powers thereunder, I, Francis E;enry Dillon Bell, may be given by him to the Returning Officer acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the before the nominations are closed, and every nomi nation-paper shall be void in so far as concerns advice _of the General Council of Education, approve of the any candidate whose written consent is not duly following scheme for the Wanganui Girls' College (herein given as aforesaid. after called "the school "), which has been established (8.) Nominations shall close at noon on the tenth day under the provisions of the Wanganui E;igh School Act, 18781, before the day of the election. 1. The school shall be controlled by a Board of Go-· (9.) If the number of nominations received does not vernors (hereinafter referred to as "the Board") con exceed the number of vacancies to be filled, the stituted by the Wanganui High School Act, 1878, as Returning Officer shall forthwith declare the amended by the Education Act, 1914. candidate or candidates so nominated to be duly 2. (1.) There shall be nine members of the Board, who elected. In all other cases he shall, as soon as shall be appointed or elected in tne manner following, the nominations are closed, prepare and post to namely:- each elector at his address as appearing on the (a.) A group of two members appointed by the Go· roll a printed voting-paper contaming in alpha vernor; betical order of surnames a list of all th1' duly (b.) A group of three members appointed by the Edu nominated candidates for whom such parent is cation Board of the district ; entitled to vote; and such voting-paper shall be (c.) A group of three members elected oy the parents of in the form or to the effect following :- the pupils; {d.) One memoer i.ppointed by the Committee of the VOTING-PAPER FOR UsE AT ELECTION TO BE HELD urban school district ( if any) within five miles of ON THE DAY OF , 19 , OF MEM the school, or, if there is no such urban school BER OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE district, by the Wanganui Borough Council. w ANGANUI GmLs' COLLEGE. (2.) Except as hereinafter provided, the ordinary term of CANDIDATES. office of members appointed under paragraphs (a) and (d) of subclause (1) hereof shall be two years, and the ordinary [Set out in alphabetical order of surname., the full term of office of members appointed or elected under para name of every duly nominated candidate.] graphs (b) and (c) of subc!ause (1) hereof shall be three years; [Signature of voter.] but every member shall hold office until the appointment or DIRECTIONS. election of his successor. The number of candidates to be elected is 3. (1.) The members appointed under paragraphs (b) and [Specify the numbeT]. (d) of subclause (1.) of clause 2 hereof shall be appointed The voter is required to mark a cross in the by resolution of the appointing bodies. square set opposite the name or names of the (2.) The first appointments under pi.ragraphs (a), (b), and candidate or candidates for w horn he desires to (d) shall be made in the month of July, 1915, or as soon vote. thereafter as may be found practicable. The number of candidates whose names are 4. In regard to the election of members of the Board by thus marked must not exceed the total number the parents of the pupils, the following provisions shall of candidates to be elected. apply:- This voting-paper must be signed by the voter ( 1.) The first election shall be held on a date to be and enclosed in a sealed envelope bearing on the appointed by the Minister, and every subsequent outside thereof the words "Voting-paper," and, election shall be held on a date to be fixed by the if posted to the Returning Officer, must be eosted Board in accordance with this scheme. on or before the day of election, or, if delivered (2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning to him, shall be delivered at his office, Officer. Street, , before tne day of election, or (3.) For the purposes of each election the Returning not later than 5 o'clock in the afternoon of that Officer shall prepare a roll, and shall enter therein d~ . the name, occupation, and address of every person (10.) The poll shall close at 5 o'clock on the afternoon qualified to be enrolled as a parent of a pupil of of the day of election; but all voting-papers shall the school. The roll shall be closed at 5 o'clock on be included and counted which are not informal the fourteenth day next before the day on whioh and are received by the Returning Officer in due any election is to be held, and shall continue to be course of post before the close of the sixth day closed until the election is completed. after the day of the election. ------·------·-~------ JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2453 (11.) A voting-paper shall be informal in any of the I (2.) The_ ~rogram of each pupil shall be_ dete!mined following cases, that is to say,- by the Prmcipal of the school aJter consultat10.n with the (a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent; or parents or guardian ~f the pupil; but no pupils shall be (b.) If the candidates against whose names a compelled to take Latm or to take more than one language mark is placed exceed in number the total num- besides English. her of candidates for whom the person is entitled (3.) The net fees to be charged to those who are not to vote, or if in any other way ~ho pa_per. fails to holders of scholarships or free places shall be £11 per indicate clearlv for whom the vote 1s mtended annum for those under twelve years of age, and £13 lOs. to be given ; or for those over that age. (c.) If. being delivered.to the Returning Officer, (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of the sealed envelop~ contammg the votmg-paper 1s about thirteen weeks each. . not delivered at his office before the close of the (5.) The Principal shall cause the school to be exammed poll ; or during each term ; provided that it shall not be necessary (d.) lf, having been forwarded by post. the for the school to be so examined ih any term in which it is sealed envelope containing tbe votin_g-paper is not examined by some other person appointed by the Minister received at the office of. the Retnrmng Officer be- or the Board; and provided further that it shall not be fore the close of the sixth day after the day of necessary to include in such examination pupils sitting for election, or if, from the postmark o_n th~ envelope public examinations during the term. '." otherwise, the Return':1'g C?fticcr is satisfied that 13. Subject to the general direction of the Board, the 1t was not posted until after the day of the Principal shall have the following powers :- election. , . . (1.) She shall have control of the school buildings. and ( 12.) On the seventh day alter the day of eleet10n the premises and of the apparatus and furmtnre Returning Officer shall open and examine all thereof. ' voting-papers duly delivered to hi~ or received (2.) She shall have the power to recommend the appoint- by him through the post as aforesaid, and, after rnent or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other rejecting all informal voting-papers, shall ascer- officers of the school and to allot their several tain the candidates (not exceeding the total nnm- duties· and no assistant teacher or other officer her to be elected) who have received the greate~t of the' school shall be appointed until the Prin- nnmber of votes, and shall declare such cand1- cipal has been consulted. dates to be elected. . . (3.) She shall have the power in case of grave neglect of (13.) If, by reason of an equality of. votes given for two duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any or more candidates, the elect10n 1s not complet..., assistant teacher or other officer, but shall forth- the Returning Officer shall decide by lot, in the with report her action to the Chairman, who shall presence of two members of the Board, which thereupon confirm or overrule her action until the candidate or candidates shall be elected, and next meeting of the Board, "."hen the matt~r 1!1ay thereby complete the election. be determined; but the action of the Prmc1pal ( 14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and has determined the matte_r. . . . to the Minister the names of the persons elected. (4.) She shall be supreme over the d1sc1plme, and may (l&.) lf any dispute or question arises touching the suspend or expel any pupil, reporting her action to 1·egularity of any election, such dispute or ques· the Board at their next meeting. The parent or tion shall be determii:ed by a Stipendiary j\fagis- guardian of any child so suspended or expelled shall trate m manner provided. by sect10ns 45 to 54 of have the right of appeal to the Board. the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, all the (5.) She shall regulate all text-books. methods, and or- pro,isions of which shall, mutatis mutandis, apply. ganization in accordance with clause 12 hereof, 5. The members appointed or elected m the year 1915 and, subject to the same clause and to the regu- shall take office on the lst day of August, 1915, or as soon Iations under the Education Act, shall determine thereafter as circumstances permit. the course of study for each pupil. 6. (1.) One member out of each of the group~ (al, (b), 14. The Board may license hostels or boardinghouses and (c) of subclause (1) of cl~us~ 2 h~reof shall retire on the for the accommodation of pupils that have to Jive away 31st July m each year, begmnmg with th\ year 1916.. from home. and may place such hostels or boardinghouses (2.) The B_oard _shall at its first meetmg; determme by under the charge of teachers of the school or other snit lot the order m which the members first a]?pomted or elected able persons, and shall provide for the inspection of such under paragraphs,.(a), b, and (c) shall retire, and thereafter hostels or boardinghouses. ~he mem~er so to ret,re sh9:ll be the one w~o has been longest 15. The school shall be open to inspection as provided by m office srnce his last apporntment or election. . t· 96 of the Education Act. (3.) On the 31st July in the year 1917, and m every sec ion . ·, .- second year thereafter, the member appointed under para- Dated at Wellmgton thIS 7th day of July, 191,>. graph (d) of the same clause shall retire. F. H. D. BELL, 7. Retiring members shall be eligible for reappoint- For Minister of Education. mentor re-election. ______-~--- 8. ( 1.) A casual vacancy shall be created in the same way and for the same causes as are set out in section 20 Scheme for the Control of the Whangarei High School. of the Education Act in the case of members of an Educa- tion Board. Education Department, (2.) Every casual vacancy shall be filled in the sa?"e WellingtA:m, 10th ,July, 1914. manner and by the same appointing or electing authority IN .a.ccordance with the provisions of the Education Act, as in the case of the vacating member; provided that the 1914 (hereinafter called "the E?ucation A?t "), and member appointed or elected shall hold office only for the with the powers thereunder, I,. FrancIS Henry Dillon R;ll, residue of the term of the vacating member. acting for the Minister of Education, do hereby, on the advice (3.) Whenever a vacancy occurs it shall be the duty of the General Council of Education, approve of the following of the Board forthwith to report the fact to the scheme for the Whangarei High School (hereinafter called Minister if the vacancy is to be filled by the Governor, ,, the school"), which is established under the provisions of or to the Secretary of the Education Board if the vacancy the Whangarei High School Act, 1878. is to be filled by that Board, or to the appointing body 1. The school shall be controlled by the Board of Governors in the case of a member to be appointed under para· , (hereinafter referred to as "the Board ") constituted by the graph (d) of subclause (l) of clanse 2 hereof. Whangarei High School Act, 1878, as amended by the Educa- 9. (l.) The appointment or election of a ~ember to fill tion Act, 1914. . a vacancy caused by the expiry of the ordmary term of 2. With regard to the election of memb_ ers of th_e.Boar.d by office shall be made in the first week of the month of July h 11 at the end whereof such expiry takes place, or as soon t h ere.- the parents of the pupils, the followmg proVIs1ons s a after as may be convenient, but shall not take effect until ap[ll.) :The first election shall be held on a date to~ appointed such expiry. . by the Minister before the 31st day of August, m the year (2.) The appointment or election of a member to fill 1915, and every subsequent election shall be h~ld on a date to a casual vacancy shall be made not later than fifty days be fixed by the Board in the month of July m every second after the vacancy occurs. f 10. The Board shall hold an annual meeting in _the year thcrea ter. month of February or March in each year, at such time (2.) The Secretary of the Board shall be the Returning and place as the Board shall direct. _ Officer· f h 1 · th R t · Offi 11. From time to time as may be necessary the Board (3.) For the purposes o eac e ect10n e e urnmg cer shall appoint a Secretary, and shall appoint him or ·some shall prepare a roll, and shall enter ther~in the name, occu other person with authority to rece_ive and to pa,y mon~ys pation, and address of every person qualified to be enrolled on its account. The Board shall m each case forthwith as a parent of a pupil of the school. The roll shall be closed at inform the Minister of such appointment. 5 o'clock on the fourteenth day next before the day on which 12. (I,) The school shall provide a co1;1rse of general any election is to be held, and shall continue to be closed secondary education and one or more vocational courses. until the election is completed. 2454 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZEtt1TE. [No. 86 "Parent" moons the father, if he is living, or, if not, the I (12.) On the seventh da.y after the da.y of election the mother, or, if neither the father nor the mother is living, the IReturning Officer shall open and examine a.JI voting-papeH gua.rdia.n, of a. pupil of the school. duly delivered to him or received by him through the post A "pupil of the school " mea.ns a. pupil whose name is on a.s a.foreaa.id, and, after rejecting all informal voting-papers, the school roll at the end of the term preceding the closing of shall ascertain the candidates (not exceeding the total number the roll but does not include a pupil in any lower department. to be elected) who have received the greatest number of votes, (4.) The Returning Officer sha.11, by advertisement in a and sha.lldecla.re such candidates to be elected. newspaper circula.ting in the district, publicly notify, not less (13.) If, by reason of an equality of votes given for two or than fourteen days before ea.ch election,- more candidates, the election is not complete, the Returning (a.) The day and hour for the closing of nominations. Officer .h.,11 decide by lot, in the presence of two members (b.) The total number of ca.ndidates to be elected; of the Board, which candidate or ca.ndidates shall be elected, (c.) The day and the hour for the closing of the election; and thereby complete the election. (5.) Every candidate shall be nominated in writing by onti (14.) Forthwith after the completion of the election the or more parents entitled to vote for his election. Each such Returning Officer shall notify to the Board and to the Minister parent may nominate any number of candidates not exceed- the names of the persons elected. ing the number to be elected. (15.) Every member shall be eligible for re-election. (6.) Every nomination-pa.per shall be in the form or to the (16.) If any dispute or question arises touching the regu- effect following :- larity of a.ny election, such dispute or question shall be deter- I [Name and address], being a. pa.rent duly entered on the mined by the Stipendiary Magistrate in manner provided by roll, do hereby nominate [Name and addreas] a.s a candidate sections 45 to 54 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, for election to the Board of Governors of the Wha.ngarei High all the pruvisions of which shall, mut,atis. muwndis, apply. School a.t th_e election to be held on the day of 3. (1.) Whenever a casual vacancy occurs among the Dated this da.y of members so elected a.s aforesaid, the election of a member [Signature of nominator.] to fill that casual vacancy shall, within fifty days after CANDIDATE'S CONSENT [To be subscribed at the foot of the vacancy occurs, be held in a similar manner to that · · ] hereinbefore provided for an ordinary vacancy. no,ninatwn-paper · (2.) The member so elected shall hold office only for the I hereby consent to my nomination. residue of the term of the vacating member. . . [Signature of candidate nominat~.] 4. Whenever a vacancy is to be filled by the Governor the (7.) If the no~t1on-pape~ does not bear the written Board shall forthwith report the fact that such vacancy has o?nsent of. the candidate ~omina.ted, suoh consent :fil&:>'. be I occurred to the Minister, or, if the vacancy is to be filled by given by him to the Retu1711n!! Offioer before the n1lln.mat1ons the Education Board, to tho Secretary of that Board, or to a.re closed, and every nomination pa.per sha.11 be void 1n so far the appointing body in the case of a m,ember to be appointed a.s concerns any candidate whose written consent is not duly otherwise. given as a.f~res~id. 5. (1.) The school shall provide a course of general secondary (8.) Nomma.t10ns shall close a.t noon on the tenth day education and one or more vocational courses. before the day of the eleoti~n. . . (2.) The program of ea.ch pupil shall be determined by (9.) If the number of nominations received does not exceed the headmaster of the school after consultation with the the number. of vacancies to be _filled, the &~turning Offic~r I pa.rents or guardian of the pupil ; but no pupil shall be com sha.11 forthwith deolare the candidate or candidates so nomi- pelled to take La.tin or to take more than one la.nguage nated to be duly elected. In all other oases he shall, as soon besides English. a.1 the no~nations are olosed, J?repa.re a.nd post to. ea.oh (3.) The net fees to be charged to those who are not holders elecJor a.t his. add~e~s a..s appea.rm!! on the roll a prmted of scholarships or free pla.oes shall be £2 16s. per term, except votmg-pa.per oontaming m a.lphabet1oa.l order of surnames a. that for two m,em,bers of one family the fee shall be £2 9s. list of _a.II t~ duly nominated oandidl!'tes for whom su~h eaoh, and for three or more members £2 2s. ea.ch. All fees a.re pa.rent 1s entitled to vote, an~ suoh votmg-paper shall be m payable in advance to the Secretary of the Boa.rd. the form or ~o the effect followmg :- (4.) The school year shall consist of three terms of a.bout VOTING·Pil'ER FOR USE AT ELEOTION TO BE HELD ON THE thirteen weeks each. DAY OF , 19 , OF MEMBER OF THE (5.) The headmaster shall cause the school to be exam,ined BOARD OF GoVEBNOBS OF THE WHANGABEI HIGH SCHOOL. during each term ; provided that it shall not be necessary CANDIDATES. for th.e school to be so examined in any term in whioh it is examined by some person appointed by the Minister or the [Set out in alphabetical order of surnames the full name of Board, and provided further that it shall not be necessary every duly nominated candidate.] to include in such examination pupils sitting for public exami- [Signature of roter.] nations during the term. DIBEOTIONS. 6. Subject to the general direction and control of the The number of candidates to be elected is [Specify tlie Boa.rd, the headmaster shall have the following powers,- number]. (1,) He shall have oontrol of the school buildings a.nd pre- The voter is required to mark a. cross in the square set mises a.nd of the apparatus and furniture thereof. opposite the name or names of the candidate or oandida.tes (2.) He shall have the power to recommend the appoint- for whom he desires to vote. ment or dismissal of assistant teachers or of other officers of The number of candidates whose names are thus ma.rked the school and to allot their several duties ; and no assistant must not exceed the total number of candidates to be eleoted. teacher or other officer of the school shall be appointed until This voting-pa.per must be signed by the voter and en- the headmaster has been consulted. closed in a sealed envelope, bearing on the outside thereof the (3.) He ·shall have the power in cases of grave neglect of words "Voting-paper," and if posted to the Returning Officer duty or of gross misbehaviour to suspend any assista.n,t must be posted on or before the day of election, or, if de- teacher or other officer, but shall forthwith report his action livered to him, shall be delivered at his offioe, to the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon confirm Street, , before the day of election, or not la.ter than or overrule his action until the next meeting of the Board, five o'clock in the afternoon of that dav. when the matter may be determined; but the aotion of the (10.) The poll shall olose a.t five o'ciook on the afternoon headmaster shall hold good until the Chairman or the Board of the day of election; but a.11 voting-papers shall be included ha.s determined the matter. a.nd oounted whioh are not informal and are received by the (4.) He shall be supreme over the discipline, and ma.y sus Returning Offioer in due course of post before the close of the pend any pupil, reporting his action to the Board at its next sixth da.y after the day of the election. m~ting, and the aotion of the headmas~r ~ha~ hold good (11.) A voting-pa.per shall be informal in any of the follow- ' until the Board has come to some determ!-1'6~10n m regard to .ing cases, that is to say :- t~e matter. He shall not expel any pupil without the sano- (a.) If it is not duly signed by the parent; or tion of the Boa.rd. . (b.) If the candidates against whose names a mark is (5.) He shallregula.te all text-books, methods, and orgarnza.. pla.ced exceed in number the total number of candi- tion, and, subject to clause 5 hereof and to the regulations dates for whom the person is entitled to vote, or under the Education Act, he shall determine the course of ' if in a.ny other way t~e pa.per fails to i_ndioate clearly study for ea.oh pupil. . . for whom the vote is mtended to be given; or 7. The Boa.rd may lioense hostels or boardinghouses for (c.) If, being delivered to the Returning Officer, the sealed the accommodation of pupils, and may place such hostels or envelope containing the voting-pa.per is not de- boa.rdin~houses under the charge of ~achers of ~he soh?ol or livered a.t his offioe before the close of the poll ; or other smtahie persons, and shall provide for the mspeotion of (d.) If, having been forwarded by post, the sea.led evelope such hostels or boardinghouses. . . . conta.ining the voting-paper is not received at the 8. The school shall be open to mspeot10n as provided by office of the Returning Officer before the close of the section 96 of the Eduoa.tion Act. sixth day after the day of election, orif, from the post- Dated at Wellington this 10th day of July, 1915. mark on the envelope or otherwise, the Returning Officer is satisfied that it was not posted until after F. H. D. BELL, the day of the election. For Minister of Education. By Authority: Jolll!T MAOJU.Y, Governmen* Printer, Wellington.