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Sess. 11.—1879. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION. REGULATIONS OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL UNDER "THE EDUCATION ACT, 1877."

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly in accordance with Section 100 of "The Education Act, _877."

[Extract from New Zealand Gazette No. 98, 25th September, 1879.] Regulation for the Examination of Teachers.

Heecules Robinson, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-third day of September, 1879. Present: His Excellency the Goveenoe in Council. By virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by " The Education Act, 1877," I, Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby make the following regulation for the examination of teachers, that is to say : — 1. At any examination held under the authority of the Order in Council of the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, further examination in vocal music shall not be required in the case of any candidate who holds the " Intermediate Certificate " of " The Tonic Sol-Fa College," provided that such " Intermediate Certificate" bear the letters "0.N." [Old Notation] duly attested. 2. This regulation shall come into force upon the date hereof. FOESTEB GOEING, Clerk of the Executive Council.

[Extract from New Zealand Gazette No. 97, 18th September, 1879.] Regulation. — Class Book for Public Schools.

Heecules Robinson, Governor. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House, at Wellington, this sixteenth day of September, 1879. Present: His Excellency the Govebnob in Council. By virtue of the powers and authorities vested in me by " The Education Act, 1877," I, Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby make the following regulation respecting class books to be used in public schools, that is to say, — 1. The book entitled " Elementary Science, arranged for the use of Primary Schools in New Zealand," by J. Curnow and W. E. W. Morrison (Robertson, Melbourne), may be used in any public school as if it had been described and included in the list of works set forth in the Order in Council dated the twenty-fourth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight. 2. This regulation shall come into force upon the date hereof. Fobsteb Goeing, Clerk of the Executive Council. By Authority: Geobge Didsbuey, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB79. Price 3d.]