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after to be registered under this Act, in which there shall not be'the number of forty scholars within the aforesaid ages residing, if the daily average attendance of such children at the School therein amount to twenty.

XXIX. And whereas there are certain set- tlements in this Island not included within the limits of school districts heretofore established, and where the requisite number of forty chil- dren, within the ages of ﬁve and sixteen, can- not be found within one and a half miles of a central part, then and in every such case on a written requisition made by the inhabitants thereof, to the Visitor of schools for the Coun- ty wherein the said settlement is situate, it shall be the duty of the said Visitor, to enquire into the circumstances of such application, and as to the number of children within the ages aforesaid Within the said limit, and the said V'sitor shall make a report in writing to the Board, who having duly considered the circum- stances of the case, may if they think proper so to do, and subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, authorise the erection of such settlement into a minor school district, and the registration thereof as such, and building committees and trustees may thereupon be appointed for such minor dis- trict in the same manner as in other cases, and such trustees may be annually elected, and shall have the same powers as trustees in those districts Where the requisite number of forty scholars can be found, and the teacher engaged to teach in such minor district where the num- ber of scholars is less than forty, shall also be subject to the same. rules and regulations as in cases where there are forty scholars, and shall be entitled to receive from the Treasury of this Island, on production of certiﬁcates signed as in other cases under this Act by the Trustees of the District and the Secretary of the Board of Education, if such Teacher be a male, the sum of thirty shillings per annum for each scholar taught by him, calculating the same according to the daily average attendance, as shown by his Register or Journal; and if a female teacher, the sum of twenty shillings per annum for each scholar taught by her in like manner; such certiﬁcate to state the number of scholars actually taught according to such daily average.

XXX. There shall be only two classes of district school teachers or masters, exclusive of Grammar School Masters, who shall be licensed to teach in this Island, of whom the ﬁrst or lowest class shall be competent to teach

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book-keeping, English Grammar, Reading, Arithmetic, and Geography, without the use of the Globes; and of whom the second or highest class shall, in addition thereto, be com— petent to teach Algebra, Geometry, Trigono- metry, Mensuration, Land Surveying, Naviga- tion, and Geography, with the use of the Globes; and candidates for either class shall prove their capability to teach to the satisfaco tion of the Board of Education, who shall in their discretion grant a certiﬁcate or license to any such candidate.

XXXI. All schools claiming allowance to Teachers therein under this Act, wherein the books, regulations, and system of Education pre- scribed, or to be prescribed by the School Visitor for the County where the same are situate, or the Board of Education shall not 3 observed and adopted, shall, if the said Board shall see ﬁt and make an order to that effect, be refused or deprived of such allowance until such time as such books, regulations, and sys- tem of Education shall be observed and adopt- ed.

XXXII. All Teachers while conforming to the provisions of this Act, shall be exempt from Statute Labor and Militia duty, and at- tending on Juries and Assessment for Educa- tional purposes under this Act.

XXXIII. Any Teacher under the age of twenty-one years, shall not be permitted to enter into an engagement with the Trustees of the school district in which he may have been brought up, without ﬁrst obtaining the consent of the Board of Education thereto.

XXXIV. No Teacher while receiving pay under this Act, shall be allowed to embark in any mercantile pursuit, or follow the occu- pation of a Tavern Keeper.

XXXV. When any child shall not reside within any school district, the school of which is not in operation, such child shall be entitled to attend at the nearest school district the Teacher whereof shall be receiving pay under this Act, and such Teacher shall be bound to receive and instruct every such child, unless the number of children already in attendance at his school shall exceed ﬁfty.

XXXVI. The Trustees of any school con- stituted or regulated under this Act, or under any former Act relating to Education, shall have and be vested with full power and au» thority to expel any scholar for gross miscon- duct or misbehaviour.