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tously into a Public school, except under
special circumstances, and by authority of
the Board of Public Instruction.

8th.—That schools receiving Government aid be placed under the control of a
Board of Public Instruction appointed by
the Superintendent.

9th.—That all schools receiving Government aid be inspected by officers appointed
by the Board of Public Instruction, and
approved by the Superintendent.

10th.—That periodical reports be made
by Inspectors of schools to the Board of
Public Instruction, by whom they shall be
published for general information. The
Commissioners are of opinion that no district should be allowed to remain unprovided with a sufficient school. They also
suggest rates for the establishment and
maintenance of district schools, the appointment of district Committees of management, and of a central Board of Public Instruction.

11th.—That a Grammar school be
founded at an early date in the Town of
New Plymouth, and Primary and Infant
schools in the Rural districts.

12th.—That the course of Instruction
in the Grammar school should comprise
Ancient and Modern History, English composition, the higher branches of Arithmetic,
Geography, Mathematics, the Latin and
French languages, Natural Philosophy,
Music and Drawing.

13th.—That in the Primary schools be
taught, if practicable, Reading, Writing,
English Grammar, Geography, English
History, and the elements of Arithmetic
and Music.

14th.—That in every school where practicable, the Sexes be separately taught, the
Boys by a Master, and Girls by a School
Mistress.

15th.—That a sum be placed on the
estimates for the ensuing year for educational purposes.

16th.—That the expenditure of the said
sum, and of any funds arising from the
letting or disposal of the Lands reserved as
an endowment for Public schools, be entrusted to the Board of Public Instruction.

The Commissioners have purposely refrained from entering into further details,
which they will consider more properly
emanate from the Board of Public Instruction.

Having fulfilled the duties of their appointment, the Commissioners most respectfully but earnestly desire to urge upon his
Honor the Superintendent the necessity of
taking prompt action on their report.

R. BROWN,
Chairman.
New Plymouth,
14th December, 1857.

LAND REGULATIONS
RESPECTING PURCHASES BY MILITARY AND NAVAL OFFICERS.

Provincial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 21st December, 1857.
THE following Regulations referred to in
the Land Regulations of the Province
of New Plymouth, are republished from
the New Zealand Gazette of
the 27th January, 1854, for the information
of Military and Naval Officers proposing
to settle in New Plymouth.

I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.

INFORMATION FOR THE USE OF MILITARY AND NAVAL OFFICERS PROPOSING TO SETTLE IN CERTAIN OF THE
BRITISH COLONIES.

1. Privileges in the acquisition of Land are at
   present allowed to Military and Naval Officers in
   the Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, Van
   Diemen's Land, South Australia, Western Australia, New Zealand, Ceylon, and the Cape of Good
   Hope. As, however, the control of the waste lands
   of the Crown in New Zealand is vested in the Legislature of that Colony, it must be distinctly understood that Her Majesty's Government cannot
   guarantee the continuance of the following regulations, but that they will be liable to be altered or
   discontinued by the local Legislature; and the same
   caution will be applicable to any other of the Colonies named, in which the same control may here-
   after be transferred to the local Legislature.

The same privileges are extended to Officers of
the East India Company's Service in Van Diemen's
Land.

2. In the above named Colonies, land is disposed
   of by sale only; but Officers purchasing land are
   allowed a remission of the purchase money, according
   to the under-mentioned scale:—

Field Officers, of 25 years' service and
upwards, in the whole . . . . . . . . . . £600
Field Officers, of 20 years service and
upwards, in the whole . . . . . . . . . . 500
Field Officers, of 15 or less years' service,
in the whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Captains, of 20 years' service and upwards, in the whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Captains, of 15 years' service or less, in
the whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Subalterns, of 20 years' service and upwards, in the whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Subalterns, of 7 years' service and upwards, in the whole . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Subalterns, under 7 years' standing, are
not entitled to any remission in the
purchase of Land.

Regimental Staff Officers, and Medical Officers of
the Army and Navy, are allowed the benefit of this
Rule;—but Military Chaplains, Commissariat Officers, and Officers of any of the Civil Departments
of the Army; Pursers, Chaplains, Midshipmen,
Warrant Officers of every description, and Officers
of any of the Civil Departments of the Navy, are
not allowed any privileges in respect of land. Although members of these classes may have been admitted formerly, and under different circumstances,
they are now excluded. Mates in the Royal Navy
rank with Ensigns in the Army, and Mates of three
years' standing, with Lieutenants in the Army, and
are entitled respectively to corresponding privileges
in the acquisition of lands.

3. In order to take advantage of this privilege,
   Officers of the Army and Navy on full or half pay,