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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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and Sections Nos. 7, 8, and 39, Block XV., to the road
forming the south-eastern boundary of Sections Nos. 26 and
17, Block XV.; thence along the said road to the eastern
corner of Section No. 17; thence along the north-eastern
boundaries of Sections Nos. 17, 16, 15, 14, and 13, and the
south-eastern boundaries of Section No. 37, Block XV., to
the eastern corner of the last-mentioned section; thence
along the north-eastern boundaries of Sections Nos. 37,
Block XV., and Sections Nos. 27, 26, 25, 24, 23, 22, 21,
and 20, Block XI.; thence along the north-western boun-
dary of the last-mentioned section to the northern boun-
dary of Section No. 9, Block XI.; thence along that
boundary and the eastern boundary of Section No. 8 to
the southern corner of Section No. 105; thence along the
southern boundaries of Sections Nos. 105, 108, and 109,
Block XI., and Sections Nos. 2 and 4, Block XII., to the
southern bank of Snowy Creek, and along that creek to
Section No. 6, Block XII., along the southern and eastern
boundaries of the said section, along a line across Snowy
Creek; thence along the northern bank of that creek to
the north-eastern boundary of Section No. 7, Block XII.;
thence along that boundary to the northern corner of that
section; thence along a line to the north-eastern corner
of Section No. 8, Block XII., and along the northern boun-
daries of Sections Nos. 3 and 1, Block XII., and Sections
Nos. 16 and 107, Block XI., to the eastern boundary of Sec-
tion No. 110, Block XI.; thence along the said boundary to
the south-western corner of Section No. 6, Block XI.; thence
along the southern and eastern boundaries of Section No.
6 and the southern boundary of Section No. 10, Block
VIII., to the south-east corner of that section; thence along
a line to the south-western corner of Section No. 4, Block
VIII.; thence along the southern boundary of that section
to the south-eastern corner of the same; thence along a
line due north to the River Blackwater, and along a line
across same to the south-western corner of Section No. 5,
Block VIII.; thence along the southern and eastern boun-
daries of that section to Big River; thence along a line
across the same to a point due north of the north-eastern
corner of Section No. 5 aforesaid, being the place of com-
mencement: excepting from the above-described area all
freehold land, leasehold land, and reserves.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James
Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, the Adminis-
trator of the Government of Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of
the said Colony, at the Government House, at
Wellington, this first day of June, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-two.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Regulation for the Election of Graduates' Members,
Auckland University College Council.

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of May, 1892.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in him by "The Auckland University College
Act, 1882," the Administrator of the Government of the
Colony of New Zealand, acting with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby
make the regulation set forth hereunder for the conduct
of the election of graduates' members of the Auckland
University College Council.

REGULATION.

10. In the event of equal numbers of votes being given for
    two or more candidates, the Returning Officer shall have a
    casting vote.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council

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

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of May, 1892.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities
vested in him by "The Education Act, 1877," the
Administrator of the Government, with the advice and con-

sent of the Executive Council of the colony, doth hereby
revoke all regulations heretofore made under the authority
of the said Act prescribing class-books for public schools,
and in lieu thereof doth make the regulation hereto annexed;
and with the like advice and consent doth prescribe that
this order shall take effect from the first day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

REGULATION.

1. SUBJECT to such restrictions as the Education Board of
   any district may impose, any books described in the follow-
   ing list may be used in any public school:—

Reading.—Nelson's "Royal" and "Star" Readers and
"Sequels"; Chambers's English Readers; Longman's New
Readers; "Southern Cross" Readers; Richardson's Tem-
perance Lesson Book.

Writing.—Vere Foster's, "Southern Cross," and New
Zealand Public School Copy Books.

Arithmetic.—Colenso's Shilling Arithmetic; Nelson's
Royal Series; Barnard Smith's Shilling Arithmetic; Goyen's
Complete Arithmetic for Standard III., Problems for Stan-
dard III., and Exercises in Compound Rules; "Southern
Cross" Arithmetics (Whitcombe and Tombs), Longman's
Junior School Arithmetic.

Grammar and Composition.—Allen and Cornwell's Gram-
mar for Beginners; Mason's Grammars; Douglas's Initiatory
Grammar, and Principles of English Grammar; Trotter's
English Grammar (Collins); Hall's Primary Grammar;
Chambers's Introduction to Composition; Park's Compo-
sition (Coull and Culling, Dunedin).

Geography.—Nelson's and Longman's Geographical
Readers; Petrie's First Geography, and New Zealand
Geography (Wise, Dunedin); The Zealandia Geography,
Part I. (Horsburgh, Dunedin); Bowden's First New Zealand
Geography; Hill's Geography for Standards II., III., IV.
(Whitcombe and Tombs); Proctor's Elementary Physical
Geography (1s. 6d., Longman).

History.—Gardiner's Outline of English History; Black-
wood's Short Stories; Nelson's Royal Story Book; The Shil-
ling History of England (introductory to Epochs); Edith
Thomson's History of England; Longman's Historical
Readers; Collier's History of the British Empire; Miss
Bourke's Little History of New Zealand (Robertson, Mel-
bourne).

Science and Domestic Economy.—Berner's First Lessons
on Health; Buckton's Health in the House; Johnston's
Catechism of Agricultural Chemistry; Tanner's First Prin-
ciples of Agriculture (Macmillan); Blackie's Principles of
Agriculture; The Science Primers (Macmillan).

Drawing.—The Colonial Drawing Books issued by the
authority of the Minister of Education; The New Zealand
Drawing Books (Horsburgh, Dunedin).

Singing.—Curwen's Standard Course, and Blackbird, and
his other Tonic Sol-fa publications.

2. The Minister may, on the application of the Board of
   any district, grant authority for the use in such district of
   any book not contained in the foregoing list.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

*Constituting Districts under "The Factories Act, 1891."

JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Administrator of the Government.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth
day of May, 1892.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GOVERNMENT
IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Factories Act, 1891" (hereinafter
termed "the said Act"), it is enacted that the
Governor may from time to time divide New Zealand, or
any portion thereof, into such districts as he shall think fit,
and notice of the constitution of every such district shall be
given in the Gazette as occasion requires:
Now, therefore, I, James Prendergast, the Administrator
of the Government, of the Colony of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the power and authority conferred
upon me by the said Act, do hereby divide the portions of the
said colony enumerated in the Schedule hereto into districts
for the purposes of the said Act, the descriptions and boun-
daries whereof shall be those set forth in the Schedule here-
to; and I do hereby declare that for the purposes of the said
Act each of such districts shall be known by the name set
over the description of each such district respectively.

SCHEDULE.

WAITARA FACTORY DISTRICT.

Bounded towards the north-west and north by the sea;
towards the east by Turangi Road, North Road, and Allen
Road; towards the south generally by Tikorangi, Ngatimaru,
and Bertrand Roads to the Waitara River, by a due west line
across that river, by Huirangi Township and Te Arai Road to