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(2.) When such an arrangement can be made, the wife or daxighter of the teacher shall be sewing mistress of the school at an annual salary of £20. She shall devote two hours three times a week to the work of teaching the girls sewing and knitting. (3.) If the average attendance at a school is more than 30, the sewing mistress may be appointed mistress on the recommendation of the Inspector. In that case it will be her duty to attend school every afternoon, and, should occasion arise, at other times also ; and to assist the master with the literary work of the school as well as to take charge of the sewing. Her salary shall then be at the rate of .£35 per annum. (4.) When the average attendance at a school is more than 35, and the sewing mistress is unable or unwilling to undertake literary work in the school, a female junior assistant may be appointed at a salary not greater than £20 per annum. (5.) No pupil teachers shall in future be appointed in Maori schools. XI.—SCHOOL REGISTER. (1.) The attendance of the scholars in each school shall be registered every morning and every afternoon, at a convenient time within the school hours, in a form which shall be furnished by the Education Department. (2.) The average daily attendance shall be ascertained by dividing the total number of morning and afternoon attendances taken together, by the total number of times, (mornings and afternoons reckoned separately), that the school has been open during the period for which the computation is made. The school shall be held to be open if any child be present before the first half-hour of the school time has passed. But in order that the increment to teachers' salaries for average attendance may not be unduly affected by bad weather, epidemics, or any unusual occurrence, a second computation of average shall be made, by throwing out of account the mornings and the afternoons on which the attendance was less than one half of the number of children thus belonging to the school. XII.—THE USE OF THE SCHOOL ROOM. (1.) The school-room is to be used as a school-room only. The teacher shall not allow it to be put to any other purpose whatsoever. If the people in the district wish religious services to be held in it, they must make application to the Minister for Education and obtain his sanction. In cases in which this has been obtained and service has been held in the school, the room must always be properly cleaned and set in order for the school work of the following day, at the cost of the persons that have had the use of the school. XIII.—TEXT BOOKS AND MATERIAL. (1.) Books, appliances, and material other than those enumerated in the following list are not to be used without the express permission of the Department :— Royal Reader Wall Cards. Thimbles. Royal Reader Primers. Scissors. Royal Readers, I to 111. Wool. All the Sequels to these books. Knitting Needles for Stockings. Vere Foster's Copy-books. Ball Frame. Plain-ruled Exercise books. Pens. Irish small Arithmetic. Pen Holders. Bett's Portable Globe. Ink Powder. Large Map of the World in Hemispheres. Illk Wells, (metallic covers). Map of New Zealand. Log Book. Map of the Pacific Ocean. Blotting Paper. Black-boards. Foolscap do. Easels. Prepared Chalk. Willies First English Book, Parts I and 11, Lead Pencils. Petrie's Table books. Drawing do. Hutton's Drawing Books, Parts-1 and 11. Colored do. Modulator. Slate do. Calico. 0.P.5.0. Envelopes. Prints. Natural History Cards and other Pictures. Flannel. Clock. Dungaree. Hand-bell. Cotton. Rubber Stamp. Thread. Wash-basins. Hooks and Eyes. Soap. Buttons. Towels. Needles. (2.) The following books will be supplied for the use oi teachers :— Williams's First Lessons in Maori. ~ New Zealand Dictionary. Clyde's Larger Geography. Petrie's New Zealand Geography. Lake's Object Lessons. Gladman's School Method. (3.) The following articles for school cleaning will be supplied to every school:— American Brooms. Galvanized Iron Buckets. Hand Scrubbing Brushes. House Flannel. Dusters.