in entering the "Order in present class" the numbers in each case follow in order of appoint ment, and the first number is the next consecutive number to the last on the Classified Roll.

FOURTH

Section 3.

ALLOTMENT OF STAFFS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOLS.

FIFTH SCHEDULE-continued.

And thereafter one female assistant and one junior teacher alternately for each increase in average attendance of 50 pupils and 40 pupils respectively.

In schools with an average attendance above 240 pupils, junior teachers may be substituted for acting assistants and vice versâ, reckoning three junior teachers as being equivalent to two junior teachers acting as assistants, provided that where in the staff of a school there would be an uneven number of acting assistants one junior teacher acting as assistant may be regarded as equivalent to a junior teacher.

In schools with an average attendance of from 50 to 80 pupils a junior teacher acting as assistant may be appointed in lieu of a junior teacher and sewing mistress, and in schools with an average attendance of from 200 to 240 pupils a junior teacher may be appointed in lieu of a junior teacher acting as assistant.

In amalgamated schools, or in schools held in two buildings situated at a distance from one another, where the average attendance at the adjunct school exceeds 100 pupils an additional assistant may be appointed, and where the average attendance at the adjunct school is less than 100 an additional junior teacher may be appointed.

Order in which teachers' names shall be arranged on the Transfer List for transfer in each class :

First Division.-Teachers recorded upon their own application for transfer in the
class in which they then are or to a lower class. Such teachers are to be
entered in order of seniority, as shown in the Classified Roll.

Second Division.-Teachers whose schools have been closed, and teachers and
assistant teachers who are in excess of the staff allowed under the Fifth
Schedule of this Act and the prescribed regulations.

Third Division.—Teachers recorded for transfer in the same class in the public

interest.

Fourth Division.-Teachers recorded for reduction to a lower class.

SEVENTH

Sections 3, 22.

Sections 3, 27, 28, 30

SEVENTH SCHEDULE.

SCALE SHOWING CLASSES, SUBDIVISIONS, AND RATES OF ANNUAL SALARY OF STATE
SCHOOL TEACHERS.

Junior Teacher employed as Acting Assistant-£56 (minimum); £64 (maximum).

Rate of annual salary, £30.

SEWING MISTRESSES.

The services of sewing mistresses may be dispensed with at any time should the average attendance at the school fall below 35 or exceed 50 pupils.

TEACHERS OF NIGHT SCHOOLS.-RATES OF ANNUAL SALARY.

In schools where the average attendance is not less than 30, but under 40, £56.
In schools where the average attendance is not less than 40, but under 50, £68.
In schools where the average attendance is not less than 50, but under 60, £80.
And so on in proportion to the average attendance.

MELBOURNE:

By Authority: ROBT. S. BRAIN, Government Printer.

BE

[12th December, 1905.]

E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):

1. This Act may be cited as the Melbourne and Metropolitan Short title and Board of Works Act 1905, and shall be read and construed as one with construction. the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1890 (herein- Nos. 1197, 1351. after called the Principal Act), and the said Act and any Acts amending the same and this Act may be cited together as the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Acts.

Railways

Commissioners

to pay for sanitary services.

2. Where any works matters or things (hereinafter called sani- Crown or Victorian tary works) have been provided or performed or may hereafter be provided or performed for any premises belonging to His Majesty (including the Victorian Railways) pursuant to the provisions of section seven of the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1897 the Treasurer of Victoria or the Victorian Railways Commissioners (as the case may be) shall on and after the first day of January One thousand nine hundred and six in and for every year pay to the Board a sum equal to the amount incurred by the Crown or the Victorian Railways Commissioners or any other person

as