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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 39

Regulations for Attendance Registers and Returns amended.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 12th day of April, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in him by the Education Act, 1914, and the amendments of that Act, and all other powers and authorities enabling him in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the amendment set out hereafter in the regulations in force for attendance registers and returns; and doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

ATTENDANCE REGISTERS AND RETURNS.

CLAUSE 5 of the regulations for attendance registers and returns is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph (ii), and renumbering the first paragraph (i) accordingly :-

“(ii.) In like manner the time spent by any pupil in receiving dental treatment shall be reckoned as attendance at school, provided such pupil produces the necessary written authority from a dental officer or private dental practitioner for absence and attends school whenever practicable during the remaining portion of the morning or afternoon. In no case shall absence for the above purpose be counted as school attendance for more than one day at a time. Every authority for absence under this subclause shall show the day and the hour at which the examination or treatment is to be made, and likewise the time when it was completed. Attendances so recorded shall be marked in the daily register thus d/ or /d or d, or in a similar distinct manner. For the purposes of verification all certificates of absence provided under this subclause shall be filed in the school.”

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Extension of Commission regarding Railway Facilities at Palmerston North.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

To all to whom these presents shall come, and to WILLIAM MOWAT HANNAY, Esquire, of Wellington; JAMES MARCHBANKS, Esquire, of Wellington; and ALFRED HENRY MILES, Esquire, of Wellington: Greeting.

WHEREAS by a Warrant dated the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and issued under my hand and the public seal of the Dominion, you were appointed a Commission to inquire into and report respecting the sufficiency and suitability of the facilities now existing at Palmerston North for the conduct of the business of the Government Railways Department, and what alterations (if any) are required therein; and, using all diligence, you were required to report to me, under your hands and seals, not later than the first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, your opinion as to the aforesaid matters:

And whereas by a further Warrant dated the third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and issued under my hand and the public seal of the Dominion, the scope of the said inquiry was extended as therein mentioned, and the time within which you were required to report as aforesaid was extended to the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one:

And whereas it is expedient to further extend the time within which you were required to report as aforesaid in manner hereinafter appearing:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the powers conferred by the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1908, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby further extend the time within which you are required to report to me under your hands and seals your opinion on the matters specified in the said Warrants dated the seventh day of February, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, and the third day of March, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, respectively to the thirtieth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one.

And, with the like advice and consent, and in further pursuance of the said power and authority, I do hereby confirm the said Commission as further extended by these presents.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand; and issued under the Seal of that Dominion, at the Government House at Wellington, this 14th day of April, 1921.

W. F. MASSEY, Minister of Railways.

Approved in Council.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Celebration of St. George’s Day.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

WHEREAS by regulation number sixty-six of the regulations issued in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-four of the Public Service Act, 1912, it is provided, inter alia, that the Governor-General in Council may authorize that certain days shall be observed as holidays in the Public Service in lieu of any of the days specifically referred to in such regulation:

And whereas it is provided that the twenty-third day of April in each year shall be observed as a public holiday in celebration of St. George’s Day:

And whereas it is desirable that the celebration of St. George’s Day should be observed this year on the twenty-fifth day of April:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority vested in me by the said regulation, and of every other power and authority enabling