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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

"The Education Act, 1877."—Needlework in Public Schools.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1898.

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 hereby amend the regulation relating to inspection of schools and standards of examination made by Order in Council dated the nineteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, by cancelling the twenty-fourth section of the said regulation, and substituting for it the words of the Schedule hereto; and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

24. All the girls in any public school in which there is a mistress or assistant mistress shall learn needlework, and the Inspector shall judge all other work done by the girls more leniently than that done by the boys in such a degree as would be implied in reducing by 10 per cent. the minimum marks required for any examination pass. To secure full approval the needlework of the several classes must be according to the following programme:—
    S1. Threading needles and hemming.
    S2. The foregoing, and oversewing, running and felling, and fixing a narrow hem.
    S3. The foregoing, and stitching, sewing on strings and buttons, and making eyelet-holes for hooks.
    S4. The foregoing, and setting in gathers, button-hole stitch, and sewing on hooks and eyes.
    S5. The foregoing, and button-holes, and plain darning on stocking material.
    S6. The foregoing, and darning and patching linen, calico, and woollen material, herring-bone stitch, cutting out on paper, and cutting out and fixing one plain garment.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Declaring Port of Shipment and Cool-store under "The Dairy Industry Act, 1894."—Notice No. 532.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of December, 1898.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred upon him by section three and subsection one, (a), of section twenty-one of "The Dairy Industry Act, 1894," His Excellency 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 order and declare the Port of Waitara to be a port for the shipment of dairy produce, and the buildings in the occupation of the Waitara Freezing and Cool-storage Company (Limited), used as freezing-works, to be a cool-store for the purposes of the said Act, as from the first day of December, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Amended Regulation for Trout-, Perch-, and Tench-fishing, Southern Acclimatisation District, Waikouaiti River.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of December, 1898.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighth day of September then instant, certain regulations were made under "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), providing for trout-, perch-, and tench-fishing within the Southern Acclimatisation District as therein defined:
And whereas it is expedient to amend Regulation No. 13 of the said regulations in manner hereinafter mentioned:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby order as follows:
Regulation No. 13 of the regulations made under "The Fisheries Conservation Act, 1884," dated the seventh day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following words: "Provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent the placing of any net other than a stake-net in or across the mouth or entrance of the following river—viz., the Waikouaiti River—or at any place in such river below the place at which the railway from Christchurch to Dunedin crosses the said river, for the purpose of taking indigenous fish only, nor render any person liable to any penalty for so doing, or for taking indigenous fish by such means."

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Land from Operation of Section 117 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of December, 1898.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," it is enacted that the Governor may by Order in Council except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same, or may in like manner make such exception in favour exclusively of any lessee or other person who has been bonâ fide in occupation of and has made improvements on such land, or has paid money to Native owners for lease or purchase thereof, prior to the passing of the said Act: Provided that no Order in Council under the provisions of this section shall take effect until after the expiration of two months from the date of the publication thereof in the Gazette: Provided also that every alienation under the provisions of this section shall be confirmed by the Court in terms of section fifty-three of the said Act:
Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894," for the purpose of alienation by way of lease, all that parcel of land, containing one hundred and ninety-eight acres two roods, more or less, situate in the Provincial District of Wellington, and being the land known as Taraketi No. 20 Block, held under partition order of the Native Land Court, dated the twenty-fourth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, in favour of Rawinia Potaka, otherwise Wera Potaka.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Excepting Lands from Operation of Section 117 of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894."

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of December, 1898.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by section four of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," it is enacted that the Governor may, by Order in Council, except from the operation of section one hundred and seventeen of "The Native Land Court Act, 1894" (hereinafter called "the said Act"), for a limited period or otherwise, and either generally or for such purposes and subject to such restrictions as shall be in such Order specified, any land, wheresoever situate, which is for the time being subject to the operation of the said section, or any interest therein or right over the same,