K EMULATIONS OF THE SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT. 85 
Revised Regulations of the Science and Art Department. 
Since the foregoing article was written, we have received a revised code 
similar in its intention and operation to that which recently caused such 
excitement amongst “ elementary” schools. The changes proposed are as 
follows : — 1. As regards teachers, a substitution of payments on results for 
certificate money. Under the old regulations, teachers were paid a sum of 
money upon each certificate which they held ; this sum varying according to 
the grade of the certificate, and the number of pupils passed, up to a certain 
number. Thus, for example, if a teacher held a first-class certificate in 
Zoology (and subdivision), and a second-class certificate in Botany (and sub- 
division), he would receive on the former up to £20, and on the latter up to 
i>'l 5, at the rate of ill per head on Ills students who had passed the Govern- 
ment examination in any subdivision of the subjects taught by him. In fact, 
he would be expected to pass nine students in some subject or subjects. In 
addition he would receive A'l, £2, or £3 per student who took a Queen’s 
prize, according to the grade of that prize. 
Under the new minute the grade of his certificate is immaterial ; for a 
teacher holding a third-grade certificate is placed on the same level, or, at 
least, is paid in the same ratio as one who has a second or even first-class 
certificate. Under this regime the teacher is to receive for every student 
who passes in each subject in which the teacher holds a certificate, £l ; for 
every one who is “ honourably mentioned” (a new distinction), £2 ; for every 
one who takes a Queen’s prize, £3, £4, or £5, according to the grade of the 
prize ; but in no case can he receive more than £5 on any one student. 
The following statement will exhibit the operation of the change 
Value No. of Pupils to 
A B holds Certificates — under old be passed under No. of Pupils under 
Minute. old Minute. new Minute. 
Botany and Veg. Phys. 1st Grade ... ,£20 i ( Fifty-five in any 
Zoology and An. Phys. 1st Grade ... 20 f Fourteen in ) subject, or twenty - 
Geology, 1st Grade ... 10 1 any subject, j eight “honourable 
Mineralogy, 2nd Grade ... 5 ; f mentions.” 
On the other hand, should the teacher pass a hundred pupils under the old 
minute, he would only receive £55 ; but under the new minute he would get 
£100 ; or if he passed fifty with credit under the old minute, without their 
being able to obtain a prize, he would still only obtain £55 ; whilst under 
the new, fifty with “ honourable mention” would secure him £100. 
The prize-money appears to remain the same in both cases. 
In Certain cases, science may now be taught in elementary schools, which 
was before prohibited. 
The results of the change are so obvious that it appears almost unneces- 
sary to comment upon them. 
Under the old regulations the pecuniary interest of the teacher would be 
to take as mamy and as high certificates as possible ; and to pass only suffi- 
cient students (in any subject that was most convenient) to secure him the 
value of those certificates. Good teachers would be created, but without a 
