558 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 14

Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured purple. For a site for a public school.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Land temporarily reserved in the Wellington Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by the two-hundred-and-thirty-fifth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor may from time to time, either by general or particular description, and whether the same has been surveyed or not, reserve from sale temporarily, notwithstanding that the same may be then held under pastoral license, any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any of the purposes in the said section mentioned:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by the said Act, do hereby temporarily reserve from sale the land in the Wellington Land District described in the Schedule hereunder written, for the purpose in the said Schedule specified at the end of the description of the land so intended to be temporarily reserved.

SCHEDULE.

All that area in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 3 acres 3 roods 21 perches, more or less, being Section No. 4A, Block III., Hautapu Survey District. Bounded towards the north-west by Section No. 4, towards the east generally by Wairano Road, and towards the south-west by road reserve along the bank of the Hautapu River: the said Section No. 4A is intersected by a road reserve: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 49966, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon bordered red. For a scenic reserve.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this sixteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and four.

T. Y. DUNCAN,
Minister of Lands.

Regulations for Public-school Cadet Corps.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS section eighty-five of “The Education Act, 1877,” provides for military drill being carried out in the public schools of the colony: And whereas section seventeen, subsections one and two, of “The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,” provides that the Governor may from time to time make regulations for the formation, equipment, and training of cadet corps in connection with the public schools, and give the control of such cadet corps to the Education Boards or the Education Department in such manner and to such extent as he thinks fit: And whereas it is expedient that cadet corps should be organized, equipped, and trained, and regulations made as aforesaid:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise of all powers and authorities conferred on me by the aforesaid Acts, do hereby order and declare that all cadets corps in connection with the public schools of the colony already formed, and such other corps as may be formed hereafter, shall be and the same are hereby placed solely under the control of the Education Department: and in further pursuance of such powers and authorities as aforesaid I do hereby cancel the regulations in this behalf made on the thirteenth day of May and the thirty-first day of October, one thousand nine hundred and two, and in lieu thereof make the regulations set out in the Schedule hereto; and I do hereby order and declare that such last-named regulations shall apply to all cadet corps as from the date hereof.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

1. THE Governor may from time to time appoint an officer to command public-school cadet corps, and such officer shall have power at such times as shall be arranged with the Education Board (hereinafter called “the Board”) to inspect any of such corps and to enter any school for such purpose, and such officer will be held responsible for the training of such cadet corps. He shall also have power to issue such instructions and other “orders” as he may think necessary for the discipline, training, &c., of such cadet corps, and as approved by the Minister of Education (hereinafter called “the Minister”); and, further, he shall report from time to time on the efficiency of such cadet corps to the Minister.

2. The Minister may appoint such officers and instructors as he thinks fit for the training of such cadet corps, and he may remove any such officers or instructors so appointed if he thinks fit.

3. Education Boards shall set apart certain hours for military drill, not less than one hour in each week.

4. In every school in which there are twelve or more boys of twelve years of age or upwards the instruction in the military drill required by section 85 of “The Education Act, 1877,” shall include physical drill, the manual and firing exercises, and such parts of company drill as it is possible to carry out.

5. The drill-book used shall be “Infantry Training for Public School Cadets, 1903,” or a later edition, or such other special manual of drill as may be issued by the Department.

6. The Minister may recognise as a cadet corps a company with a minimum establishment as follows: 2 lieutenants (or 1 captain and 1 lieutenant), 1 colour-sergeant, 2 sergeants, 2 corporals, 1 bugler, 40 privates (of whom 3 may be lance-corporals): total, 48 of all ranks.

7. In any school in which the number of enrolments brings the total establishment to more than 96 of all ranks, two companies shall be formed.

8. The Minister may also recognise as a cadet corps a detachment of not less than 24 of all ranks, 20 at least being privates, under charge of a lieutenant. Such a detachment may include two or more sections from neighbouring schools, but in that case each section shall consist of not less than 12 cadets.

9. Two or more detachments from neighbouring schools may be formed into a cadet corps. The combined officers and non-commissioned officers of a corps so formed shall not exceed 1 captain, 2 lieutenants, 1 colour-sergeant, 3 sergeants, 4 corporals, and 1 bugler.

10. The officers of cadet corps shall be appointed by the Minister, on the recommendation of the headmaster, if the Board signifies its approval of such recommendation.

11. The non-commissioned officers shall be appointed, after examination, by the officer commanding the corps.

12. At least one of the officers in each corps must be a master of the school.

13. At the time of being enrolled in a public-school cadet corps a cadet must, except as provided in clause 14,—
    (a.) Be on the roll of a public school;
    (b.) Be over twelve years of age; or
    (c.) Being under twelve years of age, be 4 ft. 7 in. in his stockinged feet, and be otherwise physically fit;
    (d.) Have obtained the consent of his parent or guardian to enrol.

14. The majority of a cadet corps at any time must be actually on the roll of the school, but—
    (a.) If already enrolled, a boy may continue to belong to it after he has left school until he reaches the age of sixteen, provided that there is no Volunteer cadet corps in the locality.
    (b.) Where there are not sufficient boys over twelve on the rolls of the district schools to form a corps, and where no other cadet corps exists, the required number may be made up by the addition of former pupils of the schools who are over twelve and not over sixteen.

15. Battalions, consisting of not less than four companies nor more than eight, may be formed in localities where the formation can be satisfactorily carried out. A battalion staff shall consist of 1 major, 1 adjutant, 1 quartermaster, 1 sergeant-major, 1 quartermaster-sergeant.

16. Battalion officers shall be appointed by the Minister on the recommendation of the inspecting officer indorsed by the Board.

17. Battalion bands, either brass or military, may be formed.

18. There shall, out of any funds appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, be paid for the benefit of each cadet corps, by way of capitation, the sum of two shillings and sixpence in respect of every cadet who attends the number of parades required by the Minister to be attended.

19. The Minister may appoint persons to inspect recognised public-school cadet corps, the times and places of such inspections being fixed by agreement with the Board in such a way as not to interfere with the ordinary routine of the schools.

20. The Department will supply to the Board for the use of recognised cadet corps,—
    1 model rifle and waistbelt for each cadet.
    1 miniature rifle for each 10 cadets, but not more than 10 for any public school.