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1895. NEW ZEALAND

EDUCATION: "THE EDUCATION ACT, 1877" (ORDERS IN COUNCIL UNDER).

Presented in compliance with Section 100 of the Act.

" THE EDUCATION ACT, 1877 "—PAYMENTS TO EDUCATION BOARDS. Glasgow, Governor.—Order in Council. At the Government House, at Wellington, this second day of October, 1894. Present His Excellency the Governor in Council. In exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by "The Education Act,. 1877," His Excellency the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony, doth hereby make the regulation hereto annexed regarding certain payments of capitation allowance to Education Boards, and, with the like advice and consent, doth hereby prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand Gazette.

Regulation Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in an Order in Council made on the sth day of January, 1888, under the provisions of " The Education Act, 1877," relating (inter alia) to attendance registers and returns, the payment of capitation allowance to Education Boards for the quarter ending on the 31st day of December 1894, shall be according to the working-average attendance of the quarter ending on the 30th day of September, 1894, as working average is defined by Order in Council dated the sth day of July, 1887, and made under the provisions of the beforementioned Act. J F Andrews, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

" THE EDUCATION ACT, 1877 "—TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES. Glasgow, Governor. —Order in Council. At the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of October, 1894. Present His Excellency the Governor in Council. In exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in him by " The Education Act,. 1877," the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the colony doth hereby amend the regulation relating to teachers' certificates made by Order in Council dated the fifth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven, by cancelling the tenth section of the said regulation, and substituting for it the words of the First Schedule hereto , and, further, by cancelling the sixteenth section of the said regulation, and substituting for it the words of the Second Schedule hereto ; and, with the like advice and consent, doth prescribe that this Order shall come into force on the date of the first publication thereof in the New Zealand, Gazette.

Fibst Schedule. 10. A candidate who has served four years as a pupil-teacher, or has been a student in a teacher's training-college for one year, or has ' obtained credit at the Junior Scholarship Examination of the University of New Zealand, may be examined without regard to age, but, with this exception, every candidate for examination must give evidence of having reached the age of eighteen years, and, with the same exception, every candidate relying on an equivalent examination must give evidence of having reached the age of eighteen years before the time of such examination.

Second Schedule. 16. Subject to the operation of Eegulations 5, 6, 7, and 8, graduates of the University of New Zealand in first- or second-class honours may be admitted to Class A without examination , as also may Masters of Art who at the M.A. examination showed a degree of proficiency as high as that which is required for first- or second-class honours. J F Andrews, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.