The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Native Schools Act Amendment Act 1871.”

In this Act the words “the said Act” shall mean “The Native Schools Act 1867.”

Notwithstanding anything in the said Acts contained in any case where by reason of the inability of the Native inhabitants of any district to contribute or provide money they are unable to establish new schools under the said Act or to aid in or contribute towards the maintenance of any existing schools or where it shall be considered conducive to the promotion of education in any such Native district it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council out of any moneys now in the hands of the Colonial Treasurer under the provisions of the said Act or which may hereafter be raised or received thereunder to grant and allow such sum or sums of money as he may deem necessary or expedient for all or any of the purposes hereinafter mentioned (that is to say)—

For the erection repair and maintenance of any schoolhouse under the said Act or other necessary school buildings in any such district.

For the payment of inspectors’ and teachers’ salaries and the purchase of books or other incidental expenses connected with any such school.

For any other of the purposes of the said Act.

Such moneys may be granted and allowed as aforesaid whether in respect of any school established or to be established under the said Acts or any school or college for the education of Native or Half-caste children heretofore established or which may hereafter be established not under the provisions of the said Act Provided however that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to impose such conditions as he may think fit with regard to the disposal or application of any moneys so granted or allowed as aforesaid Provided further that before any money shall be granted or allowed to any new school established under the said Act all the provisions of subsection two of the eighth section of the said Act shall be fully complied with.

In any case where the Native inhabitants of any part of the Colony may be unable from any of the causes hereinbefore mentioned to make any contribution in money in or towards the establishment or maintenance of either of the class of schools mentioned in the last preceding section but where they may be willing to grant land in lieu thereof it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council if he shall think fit to require as a condition of granting or allowing any moneys under the provisions of this Act that such Native inhabitants or some of them shall set apart one or more parcel or parcels of land and that such land shall be vested in trustees as hereinafter provided and held by them in trust as an endowment for the purposes of any particular school or schools whether established under the said Act or not or for all the schools established or to be established under the said Act within any district.

Such lands may consist either of land over which the Native title has been extinguished or lands over which the Native title has not been extinguished and in the latter case it shall be lawful for the Governor to require the Native inhabitants to take all necessary steps to acquire a title to the said land in order that the same may be vested in the Trustees to be appointed as hereinafter provided.

Whenever any lands shall have been given as an endowment for the purposes aforesaid it shall be lawful for the Governor from time to time to appoint two or more persons to be Trustees thereof and the appointments of such Trustees shall be notified in the New Zealand Gazette and such notification shall for all purposes be sufficient evidence of the appointment of such Trustees and any such Trustee may with the leave of the Governor resign his office and the Governor may from time to time remove any such Trustee or Trustees.

Upon the death resignation or removal of any Trustee or Trustees so appointed as aforesaid it shall be lawful for the Governor to appoint another Trustee or Trustees in the place or stead of the Trustee or Trustees so dying resigning or being removed as aforesaid and every such appointment shall in like manner be notified in the New Zealand Gazette and all lands and property vested in any such Trustee or Trustees so dying resigning or being removed as aforesaid shall thenceforth vest in the surviving or continuing Trustee and such new Trustee or in Trustees who may be appointed in his or their place or stead as aforesaid as the case may require.

The Trustees of any such lands may with the consent of the Governor first obtained let all or any part of such lands upon lease for any term of years not exceeding twenty-one years in possession but not in reversion and subject to such rents covenants and conditions as they with the consent aforesaid may determine.

All rents profits and income received or derived from any such lands and which shall come to the hands of such Trustees shall be applied by them for the purposes of the Native schools in any such district as aforesaid in such manner and proportion as the Governor in Council may from time to time direct.