974 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 49

Revoking Rule No. 141 of the Regulations for the New Zealand Volunteer Force.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of August, 1885.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The Volunteer Act, 1881," power is given to the Governor in Council from time to time to make, alter, and revoke regulations respecting the enrolment, discipline, training, exercise, accoutrements, clothing, equipment, conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging of the Volunteer Force or any part thereof.

And whereas by an Order in Council, dated the twenty-second day of November, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and by subsequent Orders in Council issued under the provisions of the said Act, certain regulations were made for the purposes aforesaid: And whereas it is expedient now to revoke a portion of the same:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the said recited power and authority, doth by this present order, by and with the consent of the Executive Council, revoke Rule one hundred and forty-one of the aforesaid regulations; and, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby declare that the rule so revoked shall cease to be in force from the date of the publication hereof.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

The Education Act, 1877."—Class-book for Public Schools.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this eighteenth day of August, 1885.

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 consent of the Executive Council of the colony, doth make the regulation hereto annexed approving of class-books for 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 "Two Hundred Easy Problems in Arithmetic, for Standard III., New Zealand Public Schools," and "Exercises in the Compound Rules, &c." (Wise, Caffin, 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 24th day of September, 1878.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting Reserves in the Town of Te Awamutu.

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

WHEREAS by section thirty-eight of "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1884," it is provided that the reserves to be made for any borough or town district under such section shall be made only in cases where no such reserves for the purpose of sections three, five, and six of "The Plans of Towns Regulation Act, 1875," exist therein, or, if existing, do not equal or exceed the amount of reserves authorized to be made under such last-mentioned Act:

And whereas the existing reserves for the Town of Te Awamutu do not equal the amount of reserves authorized to be made under "The Plans of Towns Regulation Act, 1875," and it appears expedient to make the reserves hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon me by the thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth sections of "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1884," and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby declare that the lands enumerated in the first column of the Schedule hereto shall be and the same are hereby reserved for the purpose stated opposite to the descriptions of such land in the second column hereto, for the benefit of the Town of Te Awamutu, as constituted under the provisions of "The Town Districts Act, 1881," on the twenty-seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

SCHEDULE.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this fourteenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

J. BALLANCE,
Minister of Lands.

Resident Magistrate and Warden appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 18th August, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

HENRY WILLIAM NORTHCROFT, Esq., R.M.,

to be a Resident Magistrate for the District of Hauraki, with extended jurisdiction to £100; and to be a Warden of the Wardens' Courts for the Hauraki and Aroha Gold-Mining Districts.

JOS. A. TOLE.

Governors of Southland High Schools appointed.

Education Department,
Wellington, 18th August, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

GEORGE LUMSDEN, Esq., and
HENRY WILSON, Esq.,

to be Members of the Board of Governors of the Southland Boys' and Girls' High Schools, upon their retirement from office in terms of the Act.

ROBERT STOUT.

Promotion in New Zealand Militia.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned promotion:—

New Zealand Militia.

Major John George Butts to be Lieut.-Colonel. Date of promotion, 12th August, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Commanding Officer, Wellington District, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned appointment:—

Lieut.-Colonel John George Butts, New Zealand Militia, to command the Wellington Militia and Volunteer District. Date of appointment, 12th August, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.

Captain Commandant of the Nelson Division, New Zealand Naval Artillery Volunteers, appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 19th August, 1885.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the under-mentioned appointment:—

Nelson Division of the New Zealand Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Captain Joseph Abbot to be Captain Commandant, instead of Captain Charles Yates Fell, as notified in Gazette No. 39, of the 18th June, 1885.

J. BALLANCE.