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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 102

of work satisfactorily completed during four years shall be not less than 75.

General.

4. A unit of work shall be taken, in consonance with the terms of the Regulations for Free Places in Secondary Schools, to denote school classwork of one hour per week regularly throughout the school year.

5. In ascertaining the total number of units satisfactorily completed, no units shall be counted in respect to any subject in which the minimum number of units as shown in the following table has not been obtained:—

MINIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS REQUIRED FOR TWO, THREE, OR FOUR YEARS.

Subject. Two Years. Three Years. Four Years.
English ... ... ... ... 8 12 16
Arithmetic ... ... ... 6 9 ...
Mathematics ... ... ... 6 12 16
Latin, Greek, French, or German ... 6 9 12
Each course of Science (Group 4) ... 4 6 6

6. These certificates may be obtained by any candidates who fulfil the required conditions, whether they have been holders of free places or not.

7. Applications for Leaving Certificates must in all cases be made within fifteen months after the pupil has fulfilled the required conditions, and must be sent through the Principal of the school attended, from whom a special recommendation may be required in support of the application. In the case of pupils from district high schools, the application must be sent through the Senior Inspector of the district.

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

Cook Islands.—Regulations as to Medical Practitioners and Dentists.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this eleventh day of June, 1917.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section fifty-three of the Cook Islands Act, 1915, the Governor in Council is empowered to make all such regulations as he thinks necessary for the peace, order, or good government of the Cook Islands: And whereas it is expedient to make regulations accordingly with respect to the practice of medicine and surgery, and of dentistry, in the Cook Islands:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby, in pursuance of the powers conferred on him by the Cook Islands Act, 1915, make the following regulations accordingly; and doth hereby declare that these regulations shall come into force in those Islands on the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen.

REGULATIONS.

1. Every person commits an offence and is liable to a fine of £50 or to imprisonment for three months who, not being registered in New Zealand under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1914, practises medicine or surgery, or any branch of medicine or surgery, in the Cook Islands, under the style or title of a physician, surgeon, doctor, licentiate in medicine or surgery, bachelor of medicine, or medical practitioner, or under any name, title, addition, or description implying that he holds any diploma or degree in medicine or surgery or in any branch of medicine or surgery, or is otherwise specially qualified to practise medicine or surgery or any branch of medicine or surgery.

2. Every person commits an offence and is liable to a fine of £20 who, not being registered in New Zealand under the Dentists Act, 1908, or under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1914, practises dentistry in the Cook Islands.

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