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pugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to
the Customs, or any regulation of the Commissioner
of Customs.

7. That the rights, powers, and privileges conferred
   by this Order in Council shall continue in force for
   fourteen years, computed from the date of this Order
   in Council, unless in the meantime altered, modified,
   or revoked.

8. That the rights, powers, and privileges conferred
   under or by virtue of this Order in Council may be
   at any time resumed by the Governor on giving to
   the Akaroa Borough Council six calendar months'
   notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient
   if given by the Governor, or the Minister having
   charge of the Marine Department, or any person
   acting under his or their instructions, and delivered
   at the last known office of the said Council, their
   successors or assigns. No compensation or allow-
   ance shall be payable in such case.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Ferry Reserve in the Manawatu County
Council.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
first day of March, 1881.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W HEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule
hereto was reserved for a ferry: And whereas,
in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to
vest the said land in the Manawatu County Council:

Now, therefore, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of
the Executive Council of the said colony, and in
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the sixth section of "The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1878," doth hereby declare that,
from and after the day of the date hereof, the said
reserve shall become vested in the Chairman, Coun-
cillors, and inhabitants of the Manawatu County, in
trust, for ferry purposes.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of
Wellington, containing 86 acres 1 rood, more or less,
being the Rural Section numbered 166 on the plan of
the Township of Fitzherbert. Bounded towards the
North-east, South-east, and South-west by other parts
of the Township of Fitzherbert, 4358 links, 2500 links,
and 3610 links respectively; and towards the North-
west by the Manawatu River, 2700 links: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or less. Excepting and
always reserving one public road and railway-line
200 links wide, and one public road 100 links wide,
intersecting the area hereby vested, and also a plan-
tation reserve, 300 links wide, extending along the
north-western boundary of the said section. As the
same is delineated on the official plan in the Survey
Office, Wellington.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Kaikoura County Council.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
first day of March, 1881.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

W HEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule
hereto was as reserved as a site for a literary

institute: And whereas, in the opinion of the
Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the
County Council of Kaikoura:

Now, therefore, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, and in
exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him
by the sixth section of "The Public Reserves Act
Amendment Act, 1878," doth hereby declare that,
from and after the day of the date hereof, the said
reserve shall become vested in the said County
Council of Kaikoura.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Town of Kaikoura, in
the Provincial District of Marlborough, containing
by admeasurement 1 rood 23 perches, more or less,
being Section No. 341 on the plan of the said
town. Bounded towards the North-west by Crown
land, 178 links; towards the South-west by New
Street, 236 links; towards the South-east by Section
No. part 1 of 342, 123 links; and towards the
North-east by Torquay Street, 300 links: as the
same is delineated on the official map in the office of
the Chief Surveyor, Blenheim.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

"The Education Act, 1877."---Regulation as to
Class-books for Public Schools.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
first day of March, 1881.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and
authorities vested in him by "The Education
Act, 1877," the Governor, with the advice and con-
sent of the Executive Council of the colony, doth
make the regulation hereto annexed respecting class-
books to be used in public schools; and, with the
like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this
order shall take effect from the date hereof..

REGULATION.

THE books entitled "A Class-book and Method for
teaching Geography and History to the Second and
Third Standards" (Robertson, Melbourne); “Geo-
graphy of New Zealand and Oceania," by Rev. Peter
Mason, B.A. (Upton and Co., Auckland); and "A First
Geography for the Schools of New Zealand and the
Australian Colonies," by D. Petrie, M.A. (Henry
Wise and Co., Dunedin), may be used in any public
school as if they had been described and included in
the list of works set forth in the Order in Council
dated the twenty-fourth day of September, one thou-
sand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Altering Place of Circuit Court to be held at
Wellington.

ARTHUR GORDON, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
third day of March, 1881.

Present:
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and au-
thority vested in the Governor by "The Supreme
Court Act, 1860," His Excellency the Governor of