JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1589

1. In these conditions the term “Minister” means the Minister of Marine, as defined by “The Shipping and Seamen Act, 1909,” and includes any officer, person, or authority acting by or under the direction of such Minister.

2. The concessions and privileges conferred by this Order in Council shall extend and apply only to the part of the foreshore and land below low-water mark necessary for the erection of such wharf and shed, which is shown on the plan marked M.D. 3150, and deposited in the office of the Marine Department as aforesaid.

3. His Majesty, or the Governor, and all officers in the Government service acting in the execution of their duty, shall at all times have free ingress, passage, and egress into, through, over, and out of the said wharf and shed without payment.

4. The Council shall complete the erection of the said wharf and shed in accordance with the approved plan marked M.D. 3150, within twelve calendar months from the date of this Order in Council.

5. The Council shall maintain the above-mentioned wharf and shed in good order and repair.

6. Any person authorised by the Minister may at all reasonable times enter upon the said wharf and shed and view the state of repair thereof; and upon such Minister leaving at or posting to the last known address of the Council a notice in writing of any defect or want of repair in such wharf and shed, requiring the Council, within a reasonable time, to be therein prescribed, to make good the same, the Council shall with all convenient speed cause such defect to be removed or such repairs to be made, as the case may be.

7. Nothing herein contained shall authorise the Council to do or cause to be done anything repugnant to or inconsistent with any law relating to the Customs, or any regulation of the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, or with any provisions of “The Harbours Act, 1878,” or its amendments, or any regulations made thereunder, and that are now or may hereafter be in force.

8. The rights, powers, and privileges conferred by or under this Order in Council shall continue in force for fourteen years from the date hereof, unless in the meantime such rights, powers, and privileges shall be altered, modified, or revoked by competent authority; and the Council shall not assign, charge, or part with any such right, power, or privilege without the written consent of the Minister first obtained.

9. The said rights, powers, and privileges may be at any time resumed by the Governor, without payment of any compensation whatever, on giving to the Council three calendar months’ previous notice in writing. Any such notice shall be sufficient if given by the Minister and delivered at or posted to the last known address of the Council.

10. The Council shall be liable for any injury which the said wharf and shed may cause any vessel or boat to sustain through any default or neglect on the Council’s part.

11. In case the Council shall—
    (1.) Commit or suffer a breach of the conditions hereinbefore set forth, or any of them; or
    (2.) Cease to use or occupy the said wharf and shed for the purposes aforesaid, for a period of thirty days.

then and in either of the said cases this Order in Council, and every license, right, power, or privilege thereby conferred, may be revoked and determined by the Governor in Council, without any notice to the Council or other proceeding whatsoever; and publication in the New Zealand Gazette of an Order in Council containing such revocation shall be sufficient notice to the Council, and to all persons concerned or interested, that this Order in Council, and the license, rights, and privileges thereby granted and conferred, have been revoked and determined.

12. The erection of the said wharf and shed shall be sufficient evidence of the acceptance by the Council of the terms and conditions of this Order in Council.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

“The Education Act, 1904.”—Amendment of Regulations.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of May, 1908.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Education Act, 1904,” the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion, doth hereby amend the regulations under the said Act made by Orders in Council dated the twenty-third day of March and the second day of April, one thousand nine hundred and eight, as particularly set forth in the First and Second Schedules hereto; and with the like advice and consent doth prescribe that this Order shall take effect on the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

AMENDMENT of regulations for Inspection and Examination of Schools, made by Order in Council dated 23rd March, 1908: At the beginning of clause 19 insert the words “A ‘certificate of proficiency’ is a certificate of good attainment in subjects of the Sixth Standard.”

SECOND SCHEDULE.

AMENDMENT of regulations for Free Places and Scholarships, made by Order in Council dated 2nd April, 1908: In the Schedule to clause 6 add to the list of subjects in Group IV the subject “Chemistry.”

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

“The Education Act, 1904.”—Forms for Certificates of Exemption.

PLUNKET, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of May, 1908.

Present:

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G.,
PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by “The Education Act, 1904,” His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulation prescribing forms of exemption certificate to be used under the Act, and with the like advice and consent doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

REGULATIONS.

1. The certificate given to a parent under section 142 of “The Education Act, 1904,” exempting a child from attendance in whole or in part at a public school shall be in the following form:—

Form A.

“The Education Act, 1904,” Section 142.

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 __, 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, or danger of infection, or infirmity, or some other cause that renders the child legally unable to attend].”

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