Evening Scholars.

106. The managers of any school to which annual inspection has already been promised (Article 11) may apply in writing, before the 1st of January, to the Inspector of the district for an examination of their evening scholars (Article 22). The application must be renewed annually.

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107. Only one examination is held per annum of evening scholars in the same school, and it may be held on any day, between the 1st of February and 30th of April, that may be arranged with the Inspector, provided that the school has met the required number of times (Article 22) since the date of the last examination.

108. If the evening school is connected with a day school, in receipt of annual grants, and the accounts of the two schools are kept as one account, the grant for the examination of the evening scholars is paid as part of the next annual grant to the whole school (Article 13).

109. If the evening school is not connected with a day school, in receipt of annual grants, or, being so connected, has a distinct and separate account, the grant is paid as soon as possible after the 30th of April; at which date, in such cases, the evening school year is considered to end.

110. The inspector may make arrangements for the examination, at some convenient centre, of the evening scholars of several schools.

111. A separate examination will not be held for any school, unless 20 scholars are to be presented to the inspector. If less than 20 scholars are to be presented, they can be examined only at a collective examination (Article 110), or at the same time with the day scholars. The number to be presented must be stated in the managers' annual application (Article 106) to the inspector.

112. The inspector may either hold the examination himself, or entrust it to an assistant approved by the Department.