I—E. 7a.

E.—7a

1889. NEW ZEALAND.

EDUCATION: SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE (REPORT OF COMMISSION CONCERNING).

Presented to loth Houses of the General Assembly by command of His Excellency COMMISSION. Wμ. F. D. Jebvois, Governor. To all to whom these presents shall come, and to David McMillan, of Waddington, in the Colony of New Zealand, Esquire, Michael Muephy, of Christchurch, in New Zealand aforesaid, Esquire, and Heney Ovebton, of Ellesmere, in New Zealand aforesaid, Esquire, greeting : Whekkas by Crown grants bearing date the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and numbered respectively 10990, 10991, and 10992, Eegister C 46, certain lands in the Province of Canterbury, in the colony aforesaid, containing in area 100,950 acres, more or less, were granted to the Superintendent of the said province and his successors in trust for the purpose of an endowment for a School of Agriculture, and were conveyed by the said Superintendent, in pursuance of " The Canterbury Educational Eeserves Sale and Leasing Act, 1876," to the Canterbury College, incorporated by " The Canterbury College Ordinance, 1873," to be held by the said College upon trust for the purpose declared of and concerning the same in the said Crown grants of the said lands : And whereas the Governors of the said Canterbury College, in virtue of the said endowment, have established and are now maintaining a School of Agriculture at Lincoln, in the Provincial District of Canterbury aforesaid : And whereas it is expedient to inquire whether the said School of Agriculture is so managed as to answer to the fullest extent the purposes for which it was established, and that a Commission should be appointed to make such inquiry, and generally to make recommendations regarding the future good government of the institution : Now, therefore, know ye that for the purposes aforesaid, and having full trust and confidence in your ability and integrity, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, do hereby appoint you, the said David McMillan, Michael Muephy, and Heney Oveeton, to be Commissioners for the purpose of making the said inquiry and recommendations : And Ido hereby require and empower you by all lawful ways and means to make and hold the said inquiry, at such time or times, and in such place or places, and in such manner as you may judge fitting and expedient: And that on or before the thirty-first day of December next, using all diligence, you do report to me, under your hands and seals, your proceedings and your opinions touching the premises : And with the like advice and consent as aforesaid Ido hereby declare that this Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, the said Commissioners, shall and may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof at such place or places and at such times as you shall judge convenient, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment: And lastly, it is hereby declared that this Commission is and is intended to be issued in accordance with the provisions of " The Commissioners' Powers Act, 1867," as amended by " The Commissioners' Powers Act 1867 Amendment Act, 1872." Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty's army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House at Wellington, this twenty-third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight. Fokstee Goking, Clerk of the Executive Council. H. A, Atkinson.