Class 2.—Grants in Aid and Course of Instruction.

1. The grant in aid of the salary of the principal teacher in a girls, school of the second class shall be £50 per annum; a guarantee being furnished by the managers of the school, to the satisfaction of the Government, that for three years their annual contribution towards the principal teacher's salary shall be at least equivalent to the grant in aid, and shall be duly paid.

2. Provision must be made in a girls' school of the second class for instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, outlines of history and geography, and plain needlework.

3. Where the number of scholars in daily attendance appears to require the services of assistant teachers, a grant not exceeding £30 per annum in aid of the salary of each assistant teacher will be made by the Government, on a guarantee being furnished by the managers of the school that with this aid the salary of such assistant shall be at least £60 per annum, and shall be duly paid.