the grant as is payable quarterly, the quarter is reckoned as ending on 31st March, 30th June, 30th September, and 31st December, as the case may be. V. With respect to so much of the grant as is payable for attendance, the managers may at the end of each quarter claim : d. 10 0 5 0 VI. With respect to so much of the grant as is payable for proficiency, the managers at the end of the year may claim as follows: : (a.) As to infants, i.e., children who at the end of each quarter have not completed seven years of age :— (b.) As to children (not being infants) attending under orders of detention : PARLIAMENTARY GRANT (ENGLAND). (c.) As to children (not being infants) attending otherwise than under an order of detention : (1.) The test of proficiency in each standard applied at the annual inspection in each year be satisfactory to the inspector. (2.) The children shall be examined according to the standards of proficiency in reading, writing, and elementary arithmetic, for the time being in force for the purposes of the parliamentary grant in public elementary schools. (3.) No child attending the school shall be withheld from examination on the day of the inspector's visit without reasonable excuse for absence. (4.) The children shall be presented for examination in any standard the managers think fit, but no child shall be presented (i.) Under any standard which he has already passed in the same school, or in any other certified efficient school: (ii.) Under any lower standard; (iii.) Under the same standard in which he has been before presented at the same school, unless he failed altogether or passed in only one subject in such standard. (5.) The children shall be advanced, as a rule, not less than one standard in twelve months. All exceptions should be specially notified and explained to the inspector, who will determine whether the explanation justifies the exception. (6.) Special Subjects:— A grant of one shilling or sixpence for children attending otherwise than under an order of detention, will be made for each child attending the school according to the average number of such children in attendance during the year— (i.) For recitation. (ii.) For elementary geography or grammar. Provided that the children satisfy the inspector in these A 88157. Ꮮ subjects according to a scheme for the succeeding year to be submitted to and approved of by the inspector at his annual visit. VII. With respect to so much of the grant as is payable for the discipline and organization of the school, if the inspector reports that the discipline and organization are satisfactory, the managers may at the end of the year claim : (a.) For each child attending under an order of detention, according to the average number of such children in attendance throughout the year (b.) For each child attending otherwise than under an order of detention, according to the average number of such children in attendance throughout the year Calculation of Attendance. 8. d. 4 0 20 VIII. For obtaining the grant for attendance under Rule V. and Rule VII., the average number is found by adding together the attendances of all the children for any period, and dividing the sum by the number of times the school has been open for daily instruction for the same period; the quotient being the average number in attendance. IX. The attendance of a child at the school on any day shall not be reckoned unless such attendance includes three hours of secular instruction. X. If some unforeseen cause (such as a continued epidemic) make it impossible for the inspector to visit the school for the purpose of making his annual report theron, such sum, not exceeding the sum payable according to the rates herein. before recommended, shall be payable to the managers for the proficiency of the children, and for the discipline and organization of the school, as under the circumstances the Secretary of State may deem just. A school or class is XI. The school must be efficient. regarded as satisfying this rule, unless the inspector at his annual visit report the school or class to be inefficient, and state the ground of such judgment. In this case formal warning must be given that the grant may be withheld under this rule at the next annual inspection, if the inspector again report the school or class to be inefficient. If the inspector at his next annual visit again report the school or class to be inefficient, and give just grounds for his judgment, the grant may be withheld under the provisions of this rule. XII. The recommendations made by the Secretary of State on the 9th August 1881 are hereby withdrawn and the above substituted for them. HENRY MATTHEWS. Home Office, Whitehall, REGULATIONS (ENGLAND). APPENDIX G. DAY INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS. INSTRUCTIONS AND REGULATIONS. Managers of a day industrial school desiring to have their school certified under the Order in Council of the 20th day of March 1877, must make an application for the purpose to the Secretary of State. The application must specify (a.) The name and locality of the school. (b.) The constitution and powers of the governing body. (d.) The condition of age, sex, health, &c. under which it The application must be accompanied by plans of the buildings and premises of the proposed school. Such plans must show the area, height, and connexion of the rooms, the external offices and conveniences attached to the buildings, and necessary details as to the drainage and ventilation, and as to the arrangements for the officers. The plans will not be approved unless the following conditions are complied with (a.) Site. There must (except in case of special circumstances) be attached to the school an extent of ground sufficient for the exercise and recreation of the children and to secure free ventilation. (b.) Drainage. Proper provision must be made for drainage. (c.) Internal space.-The schoolroom and day-rooms must each be of such dimensions as to allow 10 square and 100 cubic feet for each child present therein. (d.) Lavatories.-Sufficient lavatory accommodation must be provided. If on the favourable report of the inspector a certificate be granted for the school, the rules of the school must be submitted for the Secretary of State's approval. The rules must specify (a.) The name and localty of the school; (b. The constitution and powers of the governing body; (d.) The conditions of age, sex, health, &c. under which and must embody the following regulations : 1. Number -The number of children in the school shall not at any time exceed the number for which the certificate has been granted, except with the special sanction of the Secretary of State. 2. Hours of Attendance.-The school hours shall be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., but the school shall be open to receive children at any time in the morning after 6 a.m. 3. Dietary. The children shall be supplied with one or more meals a day of plain wholesome food according to a dietary to be approved by the inspector. 4. Instruction.--The secular instruction shall consist of reading, spelling, writing, dictation, arithmetic, and vocal music, and, as far as practicable, the elements of geography and English history. It shall be given for three hours daily. The religious instruction may be in accordance with the religious denomination of the school, or if the school is connected with no religious denomination, the daily course shall include simple family worship, hymns, and the reading of the scriptures, with explanations and instruction suitable to the age and capacity of the children attending the school. But this rule is subject to the 23rd clause of the said Order in Council, which provides that no child shall attend any religious observance or any instruction in religious subjects to which observance or instruction his parent objects. 5. Industrial Training.—The industrial training shall be, for boys, farm or garden work or any common trade or handicraft; for girls, needlework, house-work, cooking, and, so far as practicable, training in household duties. 6. Time-table.-A time-table, showing the hours of attendance, school instruction, work, meals, &c., as approved by the inspector, shall be kept conspicuously affixed in every schoolroom. 7. Discipline and Punishment.-The superintendent of the school shall be authorised to punish any child attending the school in case of misconduct. Punishment may consist of forfeiture of rewards and privileges; confinement (not in a dark room) during school hours; or, in the case of boys, moderate personal correction. All punishments, with the fault committed, shall be recorded in a book kept for the purpose, to be laid before the managers at their meetings, and to be open to the inspector for examination. 8. Recreation.-The children shall be allowed two hours daily for recreation and exercise. and may be taken out for exercise beyond the boundaries of the school. 9. Visitors. The school shall be open to the inspection of visitors at convenient times to be fixed by the managers. 10. Journal. The superintendent shall keep a journal in which he shall record all that passes of any importance, to be laid before the managers at their meetings and the inspector on his visits. 11. Inspector.-All books and journals of the school shall be open to the inspector for examination, and, if he think it necessary, he may examine any teacher employed in the instruction of the children. His consent shall be necessary to the appointment of the principal schoolmaster and schoolmistress; and previous notice shall be given to him of the appointment or discharge of the superintendent, and of the discharge of the principal schoolmaster and schoolmistress. 12. Registers, Returns, &c.-The superintendent shall keep a register of admissions with such particulars concerning the |