58. The School accommodation to be provided by the District
shall, as far as possible, be in accordance with the following arrange-
ments : —

For a District having fifty pupils or under, a house with comfort-
able sittings, with one Teacher :

For a District having from fifty to eighty pupils, a house with
comfortable sittings, and a good class room with one Teacher and an
Assistant :

For a District having from eighty to one hundred pupils, a house
with comfortable sittings and two good class rooms, with one Teacher
and two Assistants, or a house having two apartments, one for a
primary and one for an advanced department, with two Teachers ;
Or, if one commodious building cannot be secured, two houses may
be provided in different parts of the District, with a Teacher in each,
one being devoted to the younger children, and the other to the
more advanced :

For a District having from one hundred to one hundred and fifty
pupils, a house with two adequate apartments, one for a primary
and one for an advanced department, and a good class room accessible
to both, with two Teachers, and, if necessary, an Assistant ; or if the
District be long and narrow, three houses may be provided, two for
primary department, and one for an advanced department, the
former being located towards the extremes of the District, and the
latter at or near the centre :

For a District having from one hundred and fifty to two hundred
pupils, a house with three apartments, one for a primary department,
one for an advanced, and one for a High School, and at least one
good class room common to the two latter, with three Teachers, and,
if necessary, an Assistant ; or, if necessary. Schools may be provided
for the different departments in different parts of the District :

And generally, for any District having two hundred pupils and
upwards, a house or houses with suflScient accommodation for differ-
ent gi*ades of primary and advanced Schools, so that in Districts
having six hundred pupils and upwards, the ratio of pupils in the
primary, advanced and high School departments shall be respectively
about eight, three, and one.
