by the Railways Authorization Act, 1912 : And whereas the
said railway has been partly constructed, and it has been
determined to construct and maintain a further portion of
the same :
Now, therefore, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl
of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zea-
land, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and autho-
rities conferred on me by the Public Works Act, 1908, and
in exercise of every other power and authority in anyway enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare
that the middle-line of the said further portion of the said
railway shall be that defined and set forth in the Schedule
hereto.
SCHEDULE.
COMMENCING at a point in Lot 11 of Section 38, Parish of
Pukekohe, Block X, Drury Survey District, and marked
3 miles, which point is also the termination of the railway
described in a Proclamation dated the 24th day of March,
1914, and published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 34, of
the 2nd April, 1914 ; proceeding thence generally in a westerly
and then in a south-westerly direction for a distance of about
9 miles 18 chains, and passing in, into, through, or over the
following lands, viz. : Lots 11, 10, and 38 of Section 38,
Parish of Pukekohe ; Lot 26A and remaining portion of
Section 26, Presbyterian Church Reserve, and Section 21,
Parish of Puni, Block X, Drury Survey District ; Sections 21
and 20, Parish of Puni, Block IX, Drury Survey District ;
Sections 20, 22, 25, 10, Parish of Puni, and eastern portion of
Section 98 ; Lots 9, 10, 11, 12, 2, and 1 of Section 98 ; Sec-
tions 83, 84, 85, 86, 112, 154, and 153 ; Lots 2 and 1 of (i) of
eastern portion of Section 130, (j) of western portion of 130,
Subdivision 117(1) and 131(2) of (l) of western portion of Sec-
tion 130, and Section 135, all in the Parish of Waiuku East,
Block XIII, Drury Survey District ; Sections 135, 134, 132,
49, 52, and 53, Waiuku East Parish, Block XIII, Awitu
Survey District ; Sections 53, 61, and 47, road partially
intersecting Original Section 205, remaining portion of Sec-
tion 205 to the Waiuku Stream, Original Sections 3 and 4,
Lots 1 and 2 of Section 4, 30A of 73, 73, 227, and 228, all in
Waiuku East Parish, Block III, Maioro Survey District ;
and terminating at a point on the south-eastern boundary of
said Section 228, Parish of Waiuku East, marked 12 miles
18 chains : including all adjoining and intervening places,
lands, reserves, roads, tracks, lakes, rivers, streams, and
watercourses : all in the Land District of Auckland : as the
same is delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 35848 (2 sheets)
(Auckland No. 4969), deposited in the office of the Minister
of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Provincial
District.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian
Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zea-
land and its Dependencies ; and issued under
the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Govern-
ment House at Wellington, this twenty-seventh
day of July, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand nine hundred and fourteen.
W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE KING !
Land taken for Scenic Purposes in Block XIV, Oroua
Survey District.
[L.S.] LIVERPOOL, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto
is required to be taken, under the Public Works
Act, 1908, the Scenery Preservation Act, 1908, and the
Scenery Preservation Amendment Act, 1910, for scenic
purposes in Block XIV, Oroua Survey District :
And whereas all the conditions precedent required by
law to be observed and performed prior to the taking of
such land for the purposes hereinbefore specified have been
observed and performed :
Now, therefore. I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl
of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand,
in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in me by the Public Works Act, 1908, the Scenery
Preservation Act, 1908, and the Scenery Preservation Amend-
ment Act, 1910, and of every other power and authority in
anywise enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto is
hereby taken for scenic purposes; and I do also hereby
declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on and after
the fifteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and
fourteen.
SCHEDULE.
Approximate
Area of Land
Piece taken.
Being
Portion of
Section
Situated in
Survey
District of
Shewn
on
Plan
Coloured
on Plan
A. R. P.
15 1 30 149, Township XIV Oroua .. P.W.D. Edged
of Sandon 35861 red.
In the Wellington Land District ; as the same is more parti-
cularly delineated on the plan marked and coloured as
above mentioned, and deposited in the office of the Minister
of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Pro-
vincial District.
Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Arthur William de Brito Savile,
Earl of Liverpool, Knight Grand Cross of the
Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George, Member of the Royal Victorian
Order, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over His Majesty's Dominion of New Zea-
land and its Dependencies ; and issued under
the Seal of the said Dominion, at the Govern-
ment House at Wellington, this twenty-fourth
day of July, in the year of our Lord one thou-
sand nine hundred and fourteen.
W. FRASER,
Minister of Public Works.
GOD SAVE THE KING!
Amended Regulations regarding Certificates of Secondary
Instruction.
LIVERPOOL, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-
seventh day of July, 1914.
Present :
HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by the Education Act, 1908, His Excel-
lency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the said Dominion, doth hereby amend, in the manner set
forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations dated the
thirteenth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and
eleven, relating to certificates of secondary instruction ; and
doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the
date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand
Gazette.
SCHEDULE.
THE regulations respecting certificates of secondary in-
struction are hereby amended as follows :

1. With respect to clause 1 thereof, by adding thereto the
   following : " In general no such certificate shall be granted
   unless evidence is given by the pupil that he is qualified by
   attainment to receive a Senior Free Place in a secondary
   school, district high school, or technical school in accordance
   with the regulations relating thereto."
2. With respect to clause 2 thereof, by inserting at the end
   of the first proviso thereto the following words : " or in the
   Matriculation Examination of the University of New Zealand."
3. With respect to clause 3 thereof, by omitting all words
   after the words " four years' course of secondary instruction, "
   and substituting therefor the following : " Provided that not
   less than two years of the course shall be a senior course, and
   that the standard of work in the classes in which the pupil
   is placed during the last year is essentially in advance of
   the requirements for the time being of the Matriculation
   Examination of the University of New Zealand ; provided
   further that the units of work satisfactorily completed during
   the course shall be not less than 80, and shall include not