Sept. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1021

Gazette twenty-one days at least before the times so fixed
respectively:

Now, therefore, His Excellency 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 fix that a
sitting of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand shall be held
within the Supreme Courthouse, in the City of Wellington,
upon Monday, the nineteenth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-one, at eleven o'clock in the
forenoon.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

"The Education Act, 1877."—Teachers' Certificates.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day
of September, 1891.

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 Go-
vernor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the colony, doth make the regulation hereto annexed
relating to examinations for teachers' certificates; and, with
the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this order
shall come into force on the date hereof.

REGULATION.

1. For all purposes connected with the classification of
   public school teachers the degree of B.Sc. shall have the
   same value as the degree of B.A., and the first section of the
   examination for the degree of B.Sc. shall have the same value
   as the first section of the examination for the degree of B.A.

2. In the examination for a teacher's certificate of Class
   D or Class E, a candidate may substitute for "elementary
   science" the elementary knowledge of agriculture as defined
   in the following syllabus:—

(a.) The parts of plants, stems, leaves, roots, flowers, and
fruit (with special reference to fruit trees and agricultural
plants).

(b.) Fertilisation of flowers and formation of seed. Storage
of food in seeds, roots, &c. Germination.

(c.) Composition of plants. The meaning of the terms
organic and inorganic. Elements and compounds. Outlines
of chemistry of air and water.

(d.) How plants obtain their food. Function of the leaf.
Decomposition of carbonic acid. Leaf-green. Importance
of water to the plant. Absorption of food by the roots.
Action of root hairs.

(e.) The soil. How soils are formed. Decay of rocks.
Chemical constituents of soil. Subsoil. Humus. The soil
as a source of plant-food.

(f.) Brief outline of the chemistry of the elements essential
to the growth of plants. Influence of light, warmth, and
moisture on plant-growth. Bacteria as the cause of decay
and fermentation.

(g.) Soils: Mechanical analysis of soils. Classification of
soils. Good and bad qualities of soils. Influence of mechan-
ical condition of soils on their fertility. Plant-food in the
soil, available and dormant.

(h.) Tillage: The objects to be attained by tillage. Im-
provement in the mechanical condition. Importance of a
good seed-bed. Chemical changes induced by exposure to
the air. Action of bacteria, &c., in the soil. Fallows.
Tillage as partly replacing manure. Water in the soil.
Capillary action in the soil. Drainage. Possible loss of
plant-food in drainage water. Differences in modes of culti-
vation for light and heavy soils. Plant-food in the soil.
Exhaustion of the soil. Principle of application of manures.
Principle of rotation of crops. Improvement of the soil.

(i.) Manures: Object of manuring. General and special
manures. Farm-yard manure, its composition and value.
Its liability to ferment; management to prevent loss of
value. Vegetable and animal refuse as manures. Green
manuring. Plant-food most frequently wanting in soils.
Manures supplying particular kinds of plant-food. Guanos.
Special manures supplying nitrogen. Bone manures. Super-
phosphate and other mineral manures. Action of lime on
the soil.

(j.) Crops: The characteristics of the commoner crops—
cereals, fodder-crops, root-crops. Habit of growth of a plant.
Distribution of roots. Principle of adaptation of manures to
crops.

(k.) Importance of good seed. Propagation of plants by
cuttings, tubers, bulbs, &c. Objects of grafting and
pruning. Insect pests. Insect changes as illustrated by the
life-history of common insects. Nature of parasitic fungi.

The examination for Class D will be more difficult than
that for Class E, and will demand a knowledge of simple
experiments.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations for Trout-fishing, Nelson District.

ONSLOW, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this tenth day
of September, 1891.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him
by "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," His Ex-
cellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said colony, doth hereby make the following regula-
tions for the rivers and streams in the Provincial District of
Nelson which flow into Blind Bay; and doth hereby declare
that these regulations shall, as from the date of the publica-
tion thereof in the New Zealand Gazette, supersede all regu-
lations at variance therewith.

REGULATIONS.

1. Any holder of a license as hereinafter mentioned may fish
   for trout with one rod and line, and may use a landing-net
   to secure any trout caught with such rod and line, in each
   river or stream in the Provincial District of Nelson which
   flows into Blind Bay, from the fifteenth day of October in
   any one year to the last day of February in the following
   year, both inclusive. Such licenses will be issued under the
   hand of the Honorary Secretary of the Nelson Acclimatisa-
   tion Society, and for every such license a fee of ten shillings
   will be charged.

2. The Secretary of the said society may issue day licenses
   to bonâ fide travellers and strangers not resident within the
   district aforesaid, on payment of a fee of two shillings and
   sixpence for each day's fishing.

3. No license shall authorise any person other than the
   person named therein to fish.

4. Any person fishing either without a license, or who
   shall, on demand of any person holding and showing a
   license, or on demand of any ranger, police officer, or con-
   stable, fail to produce and show to such person, ranger,
   police officer, or constable his license, or the contents of his
   creel, basket, or bag, shall be liable to a penalty of not less
   than twenty shillings and not exceeding twenty pounds.

5. No cross-line fishing, stroke-hauling, or any other un-
   sportsmanlike device shall be used for the purpose of taking,
   catching, or killing trout.

6. All trout not exceeding seven inches in length taken by
   any person shall be immediately returned alive to the water;
   and any person convicted of infringing this regulation shall
   be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty shillings and
   not exceeding twenty pounds.

7. Except as aforesaid, no person shall fish or use any net
   or other engine, instrument, or device for taking fish in any
   river or stream within the district aforesaid, or at the mouth
   or entrance of any such river or stream; and all persons
   offending against this regulation shall be liable to a penalty
   of not less than forty shillings and not exceeding fifty
   pounds.

8. For the purposes of these regulations the mouth of
   every such river or stream shall be deemed to include every
   outlet of the same and the sea-shore between such outlets,
   and shall extend over a radius of one-quarter of a mile from
   the point or line where the waters of such river or stream
   meet those of the sea or of any harbour at low-water.

9. Any person who puts, throws, or places, or allows to
   be put, thrown, or placed, into any river or stream in the
   said district, or at the mouth or entrance of any such
   river or stream, any dynamite or other explosive substance,
   or any matter or liquid deleterious to fish, shall be liable
   to a penalty of not less than forty shillings and not exceed-
   ing fifty pounds.

10. If any person shall be convicted of any offence against
    these regulations the license, if any, held by the offender
    shall thereupon become void.

11. These regulations shall come into force as from the
    date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.