Certificates of competency as elementary teachers will be granted without examination, upon the special report and recommendation of the Deputy-Inspector, to teachers who satisfy the following conditions:—

I.	They must (a) be thirty years of age; and (b) have given satisfaction as teachers of Schools in connection with this department for at least five years; and (c) produce satisfactory testimony of good charactcr.
II.	The Deputy-Inspector must report (a) that they are efficient teachers and their Schools are in every respect satisfactory; and (b) that not less than fifteen per cent, of the scholars presented at the last examination passed in the third or some higher standard.