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" The Public-school Teachers' Salaries Act, 1901," No. 38 :— In section 3 " this Act " is substituted for "the principal Act," and the provisoes are omitted. In section 4 the second proviso is omitted. In section 5 the first part, repealing section 8, (2), of principal Act is omitted. Section 10 (giving power to make regulations) is modified by substituting the words "of sections fifty-nine to sixty-two hereof" in lieu of the words " this Act." Section 11 (repealing a prior Act) is omitted. In the Second Schedule, Part 1., note (/), "£80" has been altered to " £85," as the former is evidently a misprint. "The School Attendance Act, 1901," No. 54 :— In section 3 the words " the principal Act and of " are omitted, and in subsection (5) the words " relating to the attendance of children at school" are inserted after the words " this Act." In section 4, subsections (1) and (5), the words " under the principal Act " are omitted. In section 12 the words " sections one hundred and forty-four or one hundred and fortyfive hereof" are substituted for " this Act." Section 14 (repealing " The School Attendance Act, 1894 ") is omitted. " The Manual and Technical Instruction Act, 1902," No. 13 :— Section 2 (amending the principal Act in various particulars) is omitted, effect being given to each amendment in its proper place. In section 3 " section seven of the principal Act" becomes " this section." Subsection (2) of section 4 (repealing section eleven of the principal Act) is omitted. " The School Committees' Funds Act, 1903," No. 60 :— In section 2 the words "the last preceding section " are substituted for " The Education Act, 1877." In section 3 the word " section " is substituted for " Act." "The School Committees Election Act, 1903," No. 72 :— Sections 2 and 3 are omitted, effect being given to the amendments made therein in sections 103 and 112 of the compilation. " The Secondary Schools Act, 1903," No. 73 :— Proper cross-references have been made throughout the Act. Section 7 is omitted, effect being given thereto in section 168 of the compilation. Section 9 is altered to cover the existing circumstances. Section 17 (amending "The Education Reserves Act, 1877") is omitted, and is not included in the list of Acts compiled. " The National Scholarships Act, 1903," No. 84 :— No alteration has been made in this Act, except that in section 9 the words " sections seventy-two to seventy-eight hereof" are substituted for " this Act." In addition to the foregoing alterations, the Long and Short Titles of the Compilation Act take the place of the corresponding titles to the original Act (" The Education Act, 1877 "). Moreover, a reference to the compiled Acts is made in subsection (1) of section 1 ; a list of these Acts is inserted as the Eirst Schedule; and the schedules to the Acts compiled are inserted in their proper order and renumbered. Subject to the alterations above referred to, I hereby certify that the annexed compilation, intituled "The Education Acts Compilation Act, 1904," is a true and correct compilation of the respective Acts specified in the First Schedule thereto. Fred. Fitchett, Solicitor-General. Crown Law Offices, Wellington, 10th August, 1904.

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