Nov. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3121

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE areas of the pieces of road permitted to be stopped :—

A. R. P.
5 2 36 Adjoining or passing through Tutuotekaha 2E.
3 3 37 ,, 2D 1.

Situated in Block XV, Opoiti Survey District (Gisborne R.D.). (S.O. 1260, brown.)

In the Gisborne Land District; as the same are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 67406, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 36/338.)

Consenting to stopping Road in Block V, Mount Thomas Survey District, Ashley County.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of November, 1926.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the Public Works Act, 1908, and of all other powers in anywise 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 consent to the Ashley County Council stopping the road described in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

APPROXIMATE area of the piece of road permitted to be stopped: 53 acres 1 rood 20 perches.

Adjoining or passing through Section 5, Lees Valley Settlement, Block V, Mount Thomas Survey District (Canterbury R.D.). (S.O. 1949.)

In the Canterbury Land District; as the same is more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D. 65821, deposited in the office of the Minister of Public Works at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured green.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

(P.W. 45/544.)

Consent to exercise by Chief Judge of Power of Amendment.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 22nd day of October, 1926.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE W. DOWNIE STEWART PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection eight of section seven of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1922, it is enacted that in all cases where an order is dated more than five years previously to the receipt of the application, the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court shall first obtain the consent of the Governor-General in Council before making any order thereunder:

And whereas application has been made under the said section to amend orders of the Native Land Court dated the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, appointing successors to the interests of Pepene te Rito in Waiomatatini, Tapuaeroa 1A, Ahikouka 1C, and Harongaatekaahu E Blocks:

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the Chief Judge exercising with regard to the said recited orders of the twenty-fifth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, all and every the jurisdiction granted to him by the said section seven, and to the making of any such orders thereunder as may seem necessary or expedient.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consent to exercise by Chief Judge of Power of Amendment.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of November, 1926.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by subsection eight of section seven of the Native Land Amendment and Native Land Claims Adjustment Act, 1922, it is enacted that in all cases where an order is dated more than five years previously to the receipt of the application, the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court shall first obtain the consent of the Governor-General in Council before making any order thereunder:

And whereas application has been made under the said section to amend orders of the Native Land Court dated the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, appointing successors to the interests of Hori Maaka, alias Mahirini, in Waimarino A 18, Waimarino 3S, and Whitianga 2B 8 Blocks:

Now, therefore, 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 consent to the Chief Judge exercising with regard to the said recited orders of the fourteenth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, all and every the jurisdiction granted to him by the said section seven, and to the making of any such orders thereunder as may seem necessary or expedient.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Education.—Regulations relating to Free Places and Certificates of Secondary Instruction amended.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 1st day of November, 1926.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the Education Act, 1914, and the amendments of that Act, and of all other powers 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 amend, in the manner set forth in the Schedule hereto, the regulations at present in force relating to free places and certificates of secondary instruction, and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

I. FREE PLACES.

1. THE Regulations for Free Places are hereby amended by deleting clause 3, and substituting in lieu thereof the following :—

“3. Subject to these regulations, a pupil shall be qualified to be a junior free pupil or the holder of a junior free place under the Act if he satisfies any of the undermentioned conditions, viz. :—

“(a.) He is the holder of a Junior National Scholarship, or any other scholarship that the Minister shall approve for this purpose :

Provided that the value of any such scholarship is not greater than £50 per annum in the case of any pupil who is obliged to live away from home in order to attend the high school, or than £15 per annum in any other case.

“(b.) He has qualified for a free place in the Junior National Scholarship Examination or such pass conditions as the Minister may from time to time determine.

“(c.) Being not over fifteen years of age on the 1st December preceding the date of his admission to a free place, he has obtained a certificate of proficiency as defined by regulations under the Act, or an equivalent or higher qualification :

“Provided that a pupil over fifteen years of age on the date named herein may be admitted to a free place if he is recommended therefor by a Senior Inspector of Schools, and takes a course of instruction approved by the Director of Education.