APRIL 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 975

Appointing Members of Assessment Courts under “The Government Valuation of Land Act Amendment Act, 1900.”

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of April, 1905.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority vested in him by “The Government Valuation of Land Act Amendment Act, 1900,” 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 appoint, as from the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and five, the persons named in the Schedule hereto to be members of the Assessment Court for the special districts set opposite the name of each respectively.

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SCHEDULE.

Name. Special District.
George Hollis .. Counties of Mongonui and Whangaroa.
Charles Nisbet .. Counties of Mongonui and Whangaroa.
John Maxwell .. County of Hokianga.
Arthur Glass .. County of Hokianga.
Gerald Loftus Peacocke .. County of Rodney.
Almond Edmond Dunningham .. County of Rodney.
Edward Bartley .. Boroughs of Birkenhead, Parnell, Newmarket, and Onehunga.
Gerald Loftus Peacocke .. Boroughs of Birkenhead, Parnell, Newmarket, and Onehunga.
Henry Hadfield .. Borough of Cambridge.
William North .. Borough of Cambridge.
John Old .. Counties of Awakino and Kawhia.
John William Ellis .. Counties of Awakino and Kawhia.
William John Gray .. Borough of Tauranga.
Edward Gallagher .. Borough of Te Aroha.
William North .. Borough of Te Aroha.
David Lundon .. County of Rotorua.
Thornton Walker .. County of Rotorua.
Albert Bruce .. Borough of Thames.
John Wilson.. .. Borough of Thames.
George Wright .. Borough of Woodville.
George Wright .. Counties of Patangata and Weber.
D. J. Cameron .. County of Masterton.
Richard Price .. Borough of Waitara.
John W. Foreman .. Borough of Waitara.
Frank Hamilton .. Borough of Nelson.
Edward Finney .. Borough of Nelson.
Adam Hunter .. Borough of Rangiora.
John Murray .. Borough of Rangiora.
John Lambie .. Borough of Ashburton.
Joseph Sealy .. Borough of Ashburton.
George Lyall .. County of Mackenzie.
John Mee .. County of Mackenzie.
John Pettigrew .. Counties of Akaroa and Mount Herbert.
George Checkley .. Counties of Akaroa and Mount Herbert.
John Edie .. Borough of Lawrence.
James Sim .. Borough of Lawrence.
John Edgar .. Borough of Queenstown.
Cyril Edwin Gudgeon .. Borough of Queenstown.
George Froggart .. Boroughs of Gladstone, Avenal, East Invercargill, and Invercargill.
Nicholas Johnson .. Boroughs of Gladstone, Avenal, East Invercargill, and Invercargill.

J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Regulations.—Manual and Technical Instruction.

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PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this seventeenth day of April, 1905.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE R. J. SEDDON PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred upon him by “The Manual and Technical Instruction Act, 1900,” and “The Manual and Technical Instruction Act, 1902,” and of all other powers and authorities him enabling in this behalf, 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, in respect of the regulations made by Orders in Council dated the twenty-second day of August, one thousand nine hundred and one, and the seventeenth day of February and the third day of December, one thousand nine hundred and two, the eighteenth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and three, and the fourth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and four, under the authority of the Act first hereinbefore mentioned, make the alterations and additions set forth in the Schedule hereto; and with the like advice and consent doth declare that this Order shall come into force on the date of the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

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SCHEDULE.

I. SCHOOL CLASSES.

THE following clauses are in lieu of clause 15, which is hereby revoked.

15. (a.) Payments on account of handwork are, as a rule, to be made at the end of the year; but if, in the opinion of the Minister, the nature of the work requires it, proportionate payments on account may be made during the year. For the purpose of capitation, a public-school class for instruction in elementary handwork shall be deemed to have received regular instruction throughout the school year if the instruction has been given for forty weeks.

(b.) In the case of recognised classes for instruction in any of the branches of elementary handwork named in clauses 19 (a), 20 (a), and 21 (a) hereunder, advance payments at the beginning of the year may be made if required. Such advance payments shall in no case exceed one-half of the amount obtained by multiplying the prescribed rate of capitation by the roll-number of the pupils under instruction.

(c.) No payments other than those specified in clauses 19 (c), 20 (c), 21 (c), 23 (b), and 26 (e) hereunder shall be made on account of classes in public schools for subjects named in clauses 19 (a), 20 (a), 21 (a), 23 (a), and 26 (e) hereunder.

Clauses 19 (a) to 23 (b), inclusive, are hereby revoked, the clauses following being substituted in lieu thereof:—

19. (a.) Classes P—Standard II.:

(1.) Stick-laying.

(2.) Brick-laying.

(3.) Paper weaving and plaiting.

(4.) Free-arm drawing with chalk on paper or on blackboards.

(5.) Paper-folding.

(6.) Designing with coloured papers.

(7.) Modelling in clay or plasticine.

(8.) Modelling in carton (thin cardboard).

(9.) Brush drawing.

(10.) Cane-weaving.

(b.) To earn the grant, the time given to instruction in elementary handwork in each class must not be less than one hour and a half a week regularly throughout the school year. More than one branch of handwork may be taken by a class, but in no case shall the duration of a lesson in a branch of handwork be less than half an hour.

(c.) The rates at which payments on account of instruction in handwork in Classes P–S. II. shall be computed are: For the first year of recognition, 1s. 3d. per annum, and for each year following, 9d. per annum for each unit of the average attendance at the classes (see clauses 15 (b) and (c), above).

20. (a.) Standard III., IV.:

(1.) Wire-work.

(2.) Brick-laying.

(3.) Free-arm drawing with chalk on paper or on blackboards.

(4.) Modelling in clay or plasticine.

(5.) Brush drawing.

(6.) Designing with coloured papers.

(7.) Modelling in carton or in cardboard.

(8.) Basket-work in cane or willow.

(b.) To earn the grant, the time given to instruction in elementary handwork in each class must not be less than one hour a week regularly throughout the school year. More than one branch of handwork may be taken by a class, but in no case shall the duration of a lesson in a branch of handwork be less than half an hour.