THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1797
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron | By-laws on the New Zealand Railways, in substitution
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County | of previous By-laws.
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael
and Saint George; Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its Depen-
dencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same;
and issued under the Seal of the said
Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this seventeenth day of De-
cember, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister acting for the Minister
for Public Works.

Approved in Council.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Audit of School Commissioners' Accounts.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of December, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in
me by "The Education Reserves Act, 1877," I,
George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby,
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, do hereby make the following
regulations prescribing the times and manner of the
audit of the accounts of School Commissioners, that is
to say,-

1. The School Commissioners of every Provincial
   District shall, before the fifteenth day of March in
   every year, cause their accounts to be made up for
   the year ending the thirty-first day of December im-
   mediately previous, and shall submit the same for
   audit to the Auditor appointed for the purposes of
   the said Act in or for the Provincial District for
   which such School Commissioners are appointed.

2. Every such Auditor shall have access to all the
   books and accounts of the School Commissioners and
   any of their officers, and shall examine the general
   statement of the receipts and expenditure of the
   School Commissioners, and verify the same with the
   accounts and vouchers relating thereto, and shall
   either certify under his hand the same as found by
   him to be correct, duly vouched, and in accordance
   with law, or specially report to the Minister of
   Education holding office for the time being under
   "The Education Act, 1877," in what respect he finds
   it incorrect, unvouched, or not in accordance with
   law.

3. These regulations shall come into force upon
   the date hereof.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
seventeenth day of December, 1878.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the power and authority vested in
him by the one hundred and forty-fifth section
of "The Public Works Act, 1876," and of all other
powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf,
His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New
Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council thereof, doth hereby make the
following by-laws, and doth declare that the same
shall come into force on the several lines of railway
in New Zealand from the day of the date hereof, and
shall be in lieu of the by-laws and regulations
relating to the same subject at present in force on
such railways respectively :-

BY-LAWS.

1. In the interpretation of these by-laws, the
   word "Minister" shall mean Minister for Public
   Works appointed in accordance with "The Public
   Works Act, 1876." The term "General Manager"
   shall mean the person who shall be General Manager
   of any section of the railways, in accordance with the
   provisions of "The Railways Regulation and Inspec-
   tion Act, 1873." The word "railway" shall mean
   and include any lines of railway within the meaning
   of "The Public Works Act, 1876." The term
   "goods" shall mean goods and chattels of every de-
   scription, including live animals.

2. No person will be admitted to the booking office
   at any station whilst the door is closed for making
   up and despatching any train; and no person will
   be allowed to take a seat in or upon any carriage
   used on the railway, or to travel therein upon the
   railway, without first having paid the fare, and
   obtained a ticket.

3. Any person wilfully altering or defacing a
   ticket, so as to render the date, number, or any
   material portion thereof illegible, shall be liable to
   a penalty not exceeding ten pounds, and shall, in
   addition, be liable to pay the fare from the station
   whence the train originally started.

4. Tickets will be issued conditionally-that is to
   say, in case there shall be room in the train for all
   the passengers to whom tickets shall have been
   issued. If there shall not be room for all such
   passengers, the holders of periodical tickets shall
   have priority over holders of return and single
   tickets, and the fare will be returned, on applica-
   tion to the Station Clerk, to the holders of such
   return and single tickets as shall be unable to obtain
   seats.

5. If any person travel or attempt to travel in
   any carriage on the railway without having pre-
   viously paid his fare, and with intent to evade
   payment thereof; or if any person, having paid
   the fare for a certain distance, knowingly and wil-
   fully proceed in any such carriage beyond such
   distance without previously paying the additional
   fare for the additional distance, and with intent to
   evade payment thereof; or if any person knowingly
   and wilfully refuse or neglect, on arriving at the
   point to which the fare has been paid, to quit such
   carriage, every such person shall for every such
   offence be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten
   pounds.

6. If any person is found trespassing upon a rail-
   way and refuses to leave after being warned by any
   officer or servant employed thereon, or is drunk or