1472
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 55

REGULATION.

1. The certificate given to a parent under section 4 of “The School Attendance Act, 1901,” exempting a child from attendance in whole or in part at a public school shall be in the following form:—

Form A.

“The School Attendance Act, 1901,” Section 4.

CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FROM ATTENDANCE AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

THIS is to certify that after due inquiry it has been made to appear that [Name of parent or guardian of child] is entitled to receive a certificate exempting , a child aged about years and months, from attendance at a public school to the extent hereinafter set forth, for the reason that [The reason must be stated in words taken from the Schedule hereto].

This certificate therefore exempts the said child from attendance at * school from the date hereof until the day of , 190 .

Given under my hand, at , this day of , 190 .

……………,
Secretary of School Committee, or Chairman and another Member, or Head-teacher.

• Erase blank or insert “morning” or “afternoon.” If the child has reached the standard of exemption all the words after “hereof” may be struck out.

Schedule.

(1.) (In case of a child under ten) “the distance that the child would have to walk is more than two miles.”

(2.) (In case of a child of ten years or over) “the distance the child would have to walk is more than three miles.”

(3.) “the child is under efficient and regular instruction at [Name of school or place].”

[NOTE.—The term “efficient and regular instruction” implies that the instruction is equal to, and the attendance as regular as, the requirements in respect of public schools.]

(4.) “the child is unable to attend school on account of [State the reason, which may be sickness, danger of infection, infirmity, or other sufficient cause].”

(5.) “the road by which the child has to travel is not sufficiently passable.”

(6.) “the child has passed the Fifth Standard.”

(7.) “the child holds a certificate under the hand of an Inspector of Schools or the Secretary of an Education Board that he has reached the standard of exemption.”

2. The certificate given to the head-teacher of a school other than a public school under section 5 of “The School Attendance Act, 1901,” exempting ten or more children from attendance at a public school shall be in the following form:—

Form B.

“The School Attendance Act, 1901,” Section 5.

GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EXEMPTION FROM ATTENDANCE AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

THIS is to certify that after due inquiry it has been made to appear to the Education Board of the District of that the children whose names are indorsed hereon, being residents of the school districts named in each case, are on the roll of [Name of school], and that efficient and regular instruction is given thereat.

This certificate therefore exempts the said children from attendance at a public school, subject to the provisions of the above-recited Act, for the period of twelve months from the date hereof.

Given under my hand, at , this day of , 190 .

……………,
Chairman or Secretary of Education Board.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Defining Boundaries of Waikato Maori Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of July, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), and “The Maori Lands Administration Amendment Act, 1901” (hereinafter called “the said amending Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that, for the purposes thereof, there shall be within the North Island of New Zealand not less than six Maori land districts, the boundaries and names of such districts to be defined by the Governor in Council, the same to be gazetted and published in the Kahiti, and on such publication the said Act shall thereupon come into operation in such district so proclaimed:

And whereas by the said amending Act it is, inter alia, enacted that nothing in the fifth section of the said Act shall be deemed to impede or bar, or to have impeded or barred, the operation thereof in any district so proclaimed since the passing of the said Act, notwithstanding that in the meantime less than six districts may have been so proclaimed:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said section, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, did by three several Orders in Council, dated respectively the twenty-sixth day of December, one thousand nine hundred, the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one, and the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and one, define the boundaries and names of certain districts as in the Schedules to the said Orders in Council set out:

And whereas it is expedient that the said Act should come into operation in the district hereinafter described:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said recited Acts, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby define the boundaries and name of the Waikato District as set out in the Schedule hereto accordingly.

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SCHEDULE.

WAIKATO DISTRICT.

ALL that area in the North Island of the Colony of New Zealand bounded towards the west generally by the sea-coast, starting at Anaputa and running northerly to the Manukau Harbour: towards the north generally by the Tokerau District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 1, of 7th January, 1901; thence by the sea-coast to Cape Colville, including the islands adjacent: towards the east generally by the sea-coast from Cape Colville aforesaid to the Waihi River, including adjacent islands; thence by the Waiariki District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette No. 106, of 19th December, 1901, to the confluence of the Kopakorahi Stream with the Waikato River: and towards the south generally by the Hikairo-Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District, as described in the Schedule to an Order in Council of even date herewith, to Anaputa, the place of commencement.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Amending Boundaries of Hikairo-Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa Maori Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this seventh day of July, 1902.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by “The Maori Lands Administration Act, 1900” (hereinafter called “the said Act”), and “The Maori Lands Administration Amendment Act, 1901” (hereinafter called “the said amending Act”), it is, inter alia, enacted that, for the purposes thereof, there shall be within the North Island of New Zealand not less than six Maori land districts, the boundaries and names of such districts to be defined by the Governor in Council, the same to be gazetted and published in the Kahiti, and on such publication the said Act shall thereupon come into operation in such district so proclaimed:

And whereas by the said amending Act it is, inter alia, enacted that the Governor in Council may from time to time alter or amend the boundaries of any district proclaimed under section five of the said Act:

And whereas His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said section, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, did by three several Orders in Council, dated respectively the twenty-sixth day of December, one thousand nine hundred, the seventeenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and one, and the eighteenth day of December, one thousand nine hundred and one, define the boundaries and names of certain districts as in the Schedules to the said Orders in Council set out:

And whereas it is expedient that the boundaries of the Hikairo-Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa District, being one of the districts defined as aforesaid, should be amended: