1738
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

Approved in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

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

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of September, 1899.

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 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 regulations hereto annexed; and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

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

Reading.—Longmans’ New Readers and Ship Literary Readers; Nelson’s Royal Crown Readers, Queen Primer, and Queen Infant Reader; Collins’ Graphic Readers; Whitcombe and Tombs’ Imperial Readers (Standards I.—VI.); Chambers’ Graduated Primers and Infant Reader; Richardson’s Temperance Lesson Book; New Zealand Reader.

Writing.—Jackson’s Vertical, Southern Cross Erect, Southern Cross, Collins’ New Graphic, and Vere Foster’s Copybooks.

Arithmetic.—Longmans’ Preparatory Arithmetic and Junior Arithmetic; Southern Cross Arithmetics; Nelson’s Royal Arithmetics; Hamblin Smith’s Arithmetic; Goyen’s Complete Arithmetic for Standard III., and Compound Rules; Lock and Macdonald’s Arithmetic.

Grammar and Composition.—Mason’s First Notions of Grammar; Salmon’s Grammar and Salmon’s Composition (Longmans); Longmans’ Grammar and Composition; Trotter’s English Grammar (Collins); Southern Cross Grammar and Composition (Whitcombe and Tombs); Goyen’s Composition (Macmillan); Park’s Composition (Coults and Culling, Dunedin); Public School Grammar, III.—VI. (Whitcombe and Tombs); English Grammar and English Grammar Exercises (Parallel Grammar Series, Sonnenschein).

Geography.—Southern Cross Geographies (Whitcombe and Tombs); Longmans’ Geographical Readers and New Zealand Geographical Reader; Nelson’s Royal Atlas Geographical Readers; Zealandia Geography.

History.—Gardiner’s Outline of English History; Blackwood’s Short Stories; Longmans’ Simple Stories, New and Ship Historical Readers; Southern Cross Histories, Nos. 1, 2, 3 (Whitcombe and Tombs); Nelson’s St. George History Readers; Miss Bourke’s Little History of New Zealand (Upton and Co., Auckland).

Science and Domestic Economy.—Miall’s Object-lessons from Nature (Cassell); *Murché’s Science and Domestic Science Readers (Macmillan); Loewy’s Graduated Course of Natural Science (Macmillan); Lush’s Lessons in Domestic Science (Macmillan); Longmans’ Domestic Economy Readers, 4, 5, 6; Blackie’s Principles of Agriculture; Berner’s First Lessons on Health (Macmillan); Tanner’s First Principles of Agriculture (Macmillan); Macmillan’s Science Primers.

[* Recommended in connection with these for the use of teachers: Murché’s Object-lessons for Infants, Object-lessons in Elementary Science, and Object-lessons in Domestic Economy.]

Drawing.—Blank Drawing-books (recommended); Colonial Drawing-books, issued by the authority of the Minister of Education; New Zealand Drawing-books; Southern Cross Drawing-books; Longmans’ Drawing-books.

Singing.—Curwen’s Standard Course “Blackbird,” and Zealandia Song-book, Parts I., II., and III.; other Tonio-Solfa 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.

Vesting a Reserve in the Ashburton County Council.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of September, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was permanently set aside as a reserve for plantation purposes on the nineteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient to vest the said land in the Ashburton County Council:

Now, therefore, 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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the Ashburton County,” in trust, for a reserve for plantation purposes.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.

All that parcel of land in the Canterbury Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 37 perches, more or less, being Reserve No. 3065, in the Town of South Rakaia. Bounded towards the north-west by the Main South Road; towards the north-east by the Acton Road; and towards the south-east by the road forming the north-western boundary of Rural Section No. 19660: save and except two roads, each 100 links wide, which intersect the area hereby described: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Christchurch.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Vesting a Reserve in the Hikurangi Road Board.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this fourth day of September, 1899.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS the land mentioned in the Schedule hereto was permanently reserved for a quarry on the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five:

And whereas, in the opinion of the Governor, it is expedient that the said land should be vested in the Hikurangi Road Board:

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, and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the fourth section of “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” doth hereby declare that, from and after the day of the date hereof, the reserve mentioned in the Schedule hereto shall become vested in “The Inhabitants of the Hikurangi Road District,” in trust, for a site for a quarry.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Auckland Land District, in the Parish of Hikurangi, being Section No. 93, containing by admeasurement 18 acres 3 roods. Bounded as follows: Towards the north-west by a public road, 610·3, 403·7, and 371·3 links respectively; towards the north-east by Section No. 70, 1473·1 links; towards the south-east and south-west by Section No. 92, 1208 links and 1320 links respectively: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council,