Grants to Bay Schools.

19. The managers of a school which has met not less than 400^‡ times, in the morning and afternoon, in the course of a year, as defined by Article 13, may claim at the end of such year—

A. The following sums per scholar, according to the average number in attendance throughout the year (Article 26):—

(1.)	4s. ‡ Exceptions:— i. If a school is employed for the purpose of taking the poll at a Parliamentary election, under section 6 of the Ballot Act, 1872, the number of meetings during which the managers are deprived of the use of the school, solely in consequence of its being so employed, may, if necessary, be counted in making up,— 1. The 400 meetings of the school; or, 2. The 250 attendances of any scholar who was under instruction in the school the week before it was occupied for election purposes. ii. If a school claiming annual grants for the first time has not been open for the whole year (Article 13); or, if a school has been closed during the year, under medical authority, on account of a local epidemic, a proportionate reduction is made from the number of meetings (400) and attendances (250) required by this Article. page 63
(2.)	1s. if singing forms part of the ordinary course of instruction.
(3.)	1s. if the inspector reports that the discipline and organization are satisfactory.

The inspector will bear in mind, in reporting on the organization and discipline, the results of any visits without notice (Article 12) made in the course of the school year; and will not interfere with any method of organization adopted in a training College under inspection if it is satisfactorily carried out in the school. To meet the requirements respecting discipline, the managers and teachers will be expected to satisfy the inspector that all reasonable care is taken, in the ordinary management of the school, to bring up the children in habits of punctuality, of good manners and language, of cleanliness and neatness, and also to impress upon the children the importance of cheerful obedience to duty, of consideration and respect for others, and of honour and truthfulness in word and act.

B. For every scholar, present on the day of examination (Article 11), who has attended (Article 23) not less than 250^* morning or afternoon meetings of the school:—

1.	If above four, and under seven, years of age at the end of the year (Article 13),— (a.) 8s. if the infants are taught as a class of a school, suitably to their age, and so as not to interfere with the instruction of the older children; or, (b.) 10s. if the infants are taught as a separate department, by a certificated teacher of their own, in a room properly constructed and furnished for their instruction.
2.	If more than seven years of age, subject to examination (Articles 28, 29),— (a.) 3s. for each pass in reading, writing, or arithmetic; or, (b.) 4s. for each such pass in an infant school† or department (Article 19 B. 1 b.).
3.	After 31st March, 1878, no grant will be paid for any scholar who passes in only one of these three subjects (Article 29 b.).
4.	The results of the examination of each scholar will be communicated to the managers. * See note on previous page. † See Supplementary Rules 8 and 9 (Fifth Schedule). page 64
5.	No scholar who has made the prescribed number of attendances may (without a reasonable excuse for absence on the day of the inspector's visit) be withheld from examination.

C. 1. The sum of 4s. per scholar, according to the average number of children, above 7 years of age, in attendance throughout the year (Article 26), if the classes from which the children are examined in Standards II.-VI., or in specific subjects (Article 21 b.), pass a creditable examination in any two of the following subjects, viz., grammar, history, elementary geography, and plain needlework.

2. The extent of the examination is indicated by the passages printed in italics in Article 28. Needlework must be taught according to a system previously approved by the inspector, who will judge it by specimens worked on the day of inspection, by girls, or classes, selected by him for the purpose; and he will pay regard to the special circumstances of half-time scholars under any Labour Act.

3. In districts where Welsh is spoken the intelligence of the children examined may be tested by requiring them to explain in Welsh the meaning of passages read.

4. No scholar who has made the prescribed number of attendances, or has, at the date of inspection, been for three months on the register may (without a reasonable excuse for absence on the day of the inspector's visit) be withheld from examination under this paragraph (C.); and one half of the children so examined must pass creditably.

5. The mode of examination (whether oral or on paper)^* is left to the discretion of the inspector.

6. Only 2s. per head will be paid under this paragraph (C.1.), unless 10^† per cent, of the scholars examined under Article 19 B. 2 (a.) are presented in Standard IV. and upwards.

D. The sum of 10l (or 15l.), subject to a favourable report from the inspector, if the population within two miles, by road, of the school is less than 300 (or 200) souls, and there is no other public elementary school, with sufficient accommodation for such population, within three miles of the school.

E. The sum of 40s. (or 60s.) in respect of each pupil-teacher.

^* Examination on paper will, as a rule, be confined to scholars in Standard VI.

^† This proportion will be raised in 1878 (1st April) to 15, in 1879 to 20, in 1880 to 25, and in 1881 to 30 per cent.

page 65 required by Article 32 (c.), who satisfies fairly (or well) the conditions of Article 70 (e.).