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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
And whereas a number of persons exceeding fifty
have associated themselves together into a society
for the purpose of promoting the advancement of
agriculture, the improvement of stock, and the dif-
ferent branches of rural industry, and the arts there-
with connected:

And whereas not fewer than two-thirds of such
persons have presented a petition to the Governor in
Council, praying for incorporation under the pro-
visions of the said Act, as in the said petition more
particularly mentioned:

Now, therefore, his Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in compliance with the
terms of the said petition, in pursuance and exercise
of the power and authority contained in the said
Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby
incorporate the said petitioners, and the whole other
persons now being members of the said society, and
such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members
thereof agreeably to the rules of the said society and
the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate,
by the style and title of "The Poverty Bay Agricul-
tural and Pastoral Society."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
enacted that, whenever any number of persons, not
being less than fifty, shall have associated themselves
together into a society for any of the purposes
therein recited, it shall be lawful for the Governor
in Council, on the petition of not fewer than
two-thirds of such persons, to incorporate the
said petitioners, and the whole other persons at that
time being members of the said society, and such
persons as shall thereafter be admitted members
thereof agreeably to the rules of the said society
and the provisions of the aforesaid Act, into a body
corporate, by a style and title to be named in the
Order in Council incorporating the same:

And whereas a number of persons exceeding fifty
have associated themselves together into a society for
the purpose of promoting the advancement of agricul-
ture, the improvement of stock, and the different
branches of rural industry, and the arts therewith
connected:

And whereas not fewer than two-thirds of such
persons have presented a petition to the Governor in
Council, praying for incorporation under the pro-
visions of the said Act, as in the said petition more
particularly mentioned:

Now, therefore, his Excellency the Governor of
the Colony of New Zealand, in compliance with the
terms of the said petition, in pursuance and exercise
of the power and authority contained in the said
Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby
incorporate the said petitioners, and the whole other
persons now being members of the said society, and
such persons as shall hereafter be admitted members
thereof agreeably to the rules of the said society and
the provisions of the said Act, into a body corporate,
by the style and title of "The Taranaki Agricultural
Society."

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Incorporation of Taranaki Agricultural Society.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-eighth day of May, 1878.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Agricultural and Pastoral
Societies Act, 1877," it is, among other things,

Regulations for calculating Attendance at Public Schools.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-eighth day of May, 1878.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by "The Education 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 for
defining the principle upon which the daily average attendance of scholars at public schools shall be calcu-
lated, and for furnishing returns of such attendance, that is to say, —

1. The Head Teacher of each school shall keep a register of attendance in a form which shall be
   furnished by the Minister of Education; and all the teachers in the school shall assist in making up weekly
   and quarterly summaries of attendance.

2. The attendance of the scholars in each school shall be registered every morning and every afternoon
   at a convenient time within the school hours.

3. The average daily attendance shall be ascertained by dividing the total number of morning and
   afternoon attendances taken together by the total number of times (morning and afternoon reckoned
   separately) that the school has been open during the period for which the computation is made. The
   school shall be held to be open if any child be present before the first half hour of the school time has
   passed. But, in order that the capitation allowance may not be unduly affected by bad weather, epidemics,
   or any unusual occurrence, a second computation of average shall be made, by throwing out of account the
   mornings and the afternoons on which the attendance was less than one-half of the number of children
   then belonging to the school; and the payments to Boards under "The Education Act, 1877," shall be
   based upon the second computation.

4. The Chairman of every School Committee shall, as soon as possible after the end of each quarter,
   cause to be transmitted to the Education Board of the district a return exhibiting, in the form hereinafter
   prescribed, the state of the school roll and of the attendance for such quarter.

5. The Education Board of each district shall cause to be made and transmitted to the Secretary to the
   Department of Education, at as early a date as possible in each quarter, a summary statement of the
   attendance returns received from the Committees for the preceding quarter.