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and Saturday, the seventh day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-eight, to be the time, and the
Tuakau Public School to be the place, for such first elec-
tions. And His Excellency doth further appoint Saturday,
the fourteenth day of January, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-eight, at three o'clock p.m., to be the time,
and the said Tuakau Public School to be the place, for the
first meeting of the Board of the said road district.

SCHEDULE.
ONEWHERE ROAD DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the County of Raglan bounded towards
the north by the Waikato River; towards the north-east by
Section No. 52, Parish of Onewhero; towards the south-east
by Sections Nos. 29, 31, 34, 35, and 49, said Parish of One-
whero; towards the south by the Parish of Opuatia; and
towards the north-west by Section No. 13, Parish of One-
whero, and the south-eastern boundary of that section pro-
duced to the Waikato River.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under "The Education Act, 1877."

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day
of December, 1887.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by "The Education Act, 1877," His Excellency the
Governor of New Zealand, by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth hereby make
the following regulations, which shall respectively come into
force at the respective dates mentioned therein, and, where
no date is mentioned in any regulation, then the same shall
come into force on the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-eight, that is to say,—

1. From and after the first day of January, one thousand
   eight hundred and eighty-eight, it shall not be lawful for the
   teacher of any public school to retain upon the roll of his
   school, or to place upon such roll, the name of any child
   whose age is less than six years, or of any child who has
   passed the Sixth Standard of education prescribed by regu-
   lation made under the said Act.

2. From and after the first day of April, one thousand
   eight hundred and eighty-eight, no payment shall be made
   by the Colonial Treasurer to any Education Board on account
   of the school attendance of any child whose age is less than
   six years, or of any child who has passed the said Sixth
   Standard.

3. The form prescribed by an Order in Council made on the
   fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
   seven, for the quarterly return of school attendances,
   shall be amended by the substitution of the figure "6" for the
   figure "5" in the part of the form that relates to ages, and
   by the omission of "S7" from the part of the form that
   relates to standard classes.

4. The third and fourth sections of the regulations made
   by Order in Council on the fifth day of July, one thousand
   eight hundred and eighty-seven, for inspection of schools
   and standards of examination shall be amended by sub-
   stituting in section three the words "in Class P" for the
   words "in Classes P and S7," and by expunging from section
   four the words "Class VII. shall include all pupils that have
   passed the Sixth Standard, and may be called S7."

5. In line one of the prescribed form for the quarterly
   return of school attendance for each school, notwithstanding
   anything to the contrary in the words printed in that line,
   the numbers to be entered in making the return for the
   quarter ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thou-
   sand eight hundred and eighty-eight, shall be the numbers
   remaining after subtracting from the numbers in line seven
   of the return of the preceding quarter the numbers of all
   children included in that line seven who were less than six
   years old at the beginning of the March quarter, and of all
   children who had passed the Sixth Standard before the
   beginning of the March quarter.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land proposed to be taken for Portion of the
Thames to Hikutai Section of the Waikato-Thames
Railway.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of September, 1887.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken for a public work authorised
to be constructed by the Government, to wit, the Thames-
Hikutai Section of the Waikato-Thames Railway :
And whereas the said land is held or occupied by Native
owners :
Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers
vested in him by "The Public Works Act, 1882," and the
amendments thereof, and of all other powers in anyway
enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order that
the Government work known as the Thames-Hikutai
Section of the Waikato-Thames Railway shall and may be
constructed on or through the parcels of land more parti-
cularly mentioned in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land containing by admeasure-
ment 3 acres 3 roods 16 perches, being portion of Native
land, commencing at the southernmost corner of Tawhiti-
rahi No. 1, 1333. Bounded North-westerly by a line, 266
links; North-easterly by a road, 1356 links; South-easterly
by a line, 312 links; South-westerly by high-water mark
and by lines to commencing-point, 377 and 988 links re-
spectively.

All those pieces or parcels of land containing by admea-
surement 15 acres 2 roods 11 perches, being portions of
Native land east of Kopu Block, commencing at the point
of intersection of the eastern boundary of Kopu Block with
the north-west boundary of Kopu Road. Bounded West-
erly by a line, 70 links; North-easterly by a line, 68 links ;
South-easterly by Kopu Road to commencing-point, 40
links.

Also all that other piece or parcel of land commencing
at the north-west corner of Mimiakaiaru Block, 4363.
Bounded North-westerly by a road, 1096 links; Westerly
and South-westerly by lines, 297, 408, and 849 links respec-
tively; South-easterly by a line, 143 links; South-westerly
by a line, 1389 links; South-easterly by a line, 101 links ;
North-easterly by a line, 1406 links; South-easterly by
lines, 157 and 520 links respectively; North-easterly by
lines to commencing-point, 308 and 854 links respectively.
Be all the above areas and linkages either more or less;
the several parcels of land being situate in the Provin-
cial District of Auckland, Colony of New Zealand; and are
more particularly delineated upon the plan marked P.W.D.
8330, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public Works,
at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and
thereon coloured red.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Native Land proposed to be taken for Wellington-Napier
Railway.—Portion of Tamaki Section.

Wm. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-fifth
day of October, 1887.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken for a public work authorised
to be constructed by the Government, to wit, the Tamaki
Section of the Wellington-Napier Railway: And whereas
the said land is held or occupied by Native owners :
Now, therefore, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers
vested in him by "The Public Works Act, 1882," and the
amendments thereof, and of all other powers in anyway
enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency Sir William
Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of
New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the
Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order
that the Government work known as the Tamaki Section of
the Wellington-Napier Railway shall and may be constructed
on or through the parcels of land more particularly men-
tioned in the Schedule hereto.