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Education Ordinance 1864

7. The Education Ordinance 1864

Analysis. Preamble.

1. Education Districts: how to be formed.

2. Such formation to be proclaimed.

3. Election of District School Committee.

4. Committee to furnish Annual Reports to Public Meeting. Committee for ensuing year to be elected.

5. Vacancies: how to be supplied.

6. Resignation of Members.

7. Disputed Elections to be decided.

8. If Committee not elected as herein provided.

9. If Committee not elected by refusal or neglect Commissioner to be appointed.

10. Time and place of Meeting.

11. Chairman to be elected.

12. Resignation of Chairman.

13. Quorum of Members.

14. Officers may be employed by the Committee.

15. Moneys in hand to be paid over by Committee.

16. School Committee to have power to establish Schools, &c.

17. Appointment of Teachers.

18. Salary of Teachers.

19. Appointment of Assistant Teachers.

20. Apprentice Pupil Teachers may be appointed.

21. School fees and charges may be recovered or in certain cases remitted.

22. Grants may be made by the Board.

23. Provisions to be complied with in case of aid to be granted.

24. Annual Grant.

25. Salary of Teachers to be first charge.

26. Balance: how to be first charge.

27. Control of School-room.

28. Estimates of expenditure to be furnished

29. Rate may be imposed by the Committee.

30. Rate: how to be collected.

31. If not paid may be levied by distress.

32. May be remitted.

33. Nothing herein contained to affect aid heretofore granted to Schools except as specified.

34. Board to determine the amount of aid to be granted.

35. Educational Districts to be proclaimed.

36. Payment to be made to the Chairman of the School Committee.

37. Local Committee to be formed.

38. Control over Denominational Schools.

39. The Holy Scripture to be read. Teacher may in certain cases give religious instruction.

40. Religious Instruction.

41. Attendance of children thereat.

42. Days may be set apart for religious instruction by Ministers.

43. Special grants may be made for Schools otherwise established.

44. Provisions to be complied with in case of aid to be granted.

45. Contributions to be required from promoters of School.

46. Character of Teacher to be enquired.

47. Board may grant contribution: how to be regulated.

48. Control of religious instruction in such School.

49. Appointment of Teachers.

50. Such School to be inspected.

51. All Schools receiving aid to be inspected.

52. Returns to be furnished by Chairman of School Committee.

53. Power of entry on Schools given to Board.

54. Branches of instruction.

55. Exceptions made in behalf of certain schools.

56. Board may withdraw grant in certain cases.

57. Provision for school books and apparatus.

58. Title.

Whereas an Ordinance entitled the “Education Ordinance Session VIII. No. 10” was passed in the Eighth Session of the Provincial Council by the Superintendent and Provincial Council for the establishment and maintenance of Schools within the Province and whereas another Ordinance was passed in the

Twentieth Session of the said Council entitled the “Board of Education Ordinance

1863” and whereas it is expedient to make further provision for the establishment and maintenance of Schools within the Province of Canterbury intituled the

“Road Districts Ordinance 1863” and it is expedient that the same should be amended.

Be it therefore enacted by the Superintendent of the said Province by and with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof as follows:

1. Education Districts: how to be formed.

Upon the memorial of any considerable portion of the inhabitants of any locality or district within the Province not yet provided or inadequately provided with the means of Public School Education praying for the erection of such locality into a separate Educational District the Board shall ascertain fully all the circumstances of the case and if it shall appear to the Board that there exists in such locality or district a necessity for provision being made for public Education therein the Board shall call by advertisement a public meeting of owners and occupiers of land and householders in such district being male persons above the age of twenty-one years and it shall be the duty of the Chairman of the Board to attend

at such meeting and afford information regarding the provisions of this Ordinance and the proceedings proper to be taken under the same.

2. Such formation to be proclaimed.

The meeting so called shall declare by the votes of the majority of the persons present (being such owners and occupiers of land and householders as aforesaid) whether they are willing that the said district be formed into an Educational District under the provisions of this Ordinance and in the event of their deciding that question affirmatively and further declaring their willingness to

provide the proportion of the annual expenses of an Education District to be paid by every such district as hereinafter provided the Superintendent shall as soon as conveniently may be by proclamation in the Provincial “Government Gazette” declare such district to be an Educational District under this Ordinance and such district shall thereupon become an Educational District accordingly.

3. Election of District School Committee.

At any such meeting of owners and occupiers of land and householders as aforesaid in any locality or district at which the majority shall have declared their willingness that the said locality or district shall be formed into an Educational District under the provisions of this Ordinance and shall have also declared their willingness to provide the due proportion of the annual expenses of an Educational District as hereinafter provided the persons then present (being such owners and occupiers and householders as aforesaid) shall thereupon elect by a majority of votes taken either by a show of hands or by ballot as shall be determined upon by the said meeting not less than three or more than nine such owners or occupiers of land or householders as aforesaid resident in the district

of whom a majority shall be parents of families and the persons so elected shall be called the District School Committee and shall hold office until the election of their successors in manner hereinafter mentioned.

4. Committee to furnish Annual Reports to Public Meeting. Committee for ensuing year to be elected.

On the second Tuesday in the month of October in each year a public meeting of the owners and occupiers of land and householders in every Educational District being male persons above twenty-one years of age shall be held at the time and place within each district respectively to be fixed by the Chairman of the Board and notified by public advertisement at least one month previously and in such other manner as the Board shall direct and at such meeting the District School Committee for the preceding year or portion of the year as the case may be shall give a full report of its proceedings during that period and thereupon the owners and occupiers of land and householders who shall have paid all fees or rates payable by them under this Ordinance shall proceed to elect either by show of hands or by ballot as shall be determined upon by the said meeting a new District School Committee for the ensuing year of not less than three nor more than nine persons qualified as aforesaid Provided that nothing herin contained shall

prevent the re-election of all or any of the members of the District School

Committee.

5. Vacancies: how to be supplied.

Every District School Committee elected as aforesaid shall hold office until the appointment of their successors and if any vacancy or vacancies shall occur by death removal from the district resignation or otherwise in any District School Committee the remaining members of such Committee shall forthwith elect a qualified person or persons to fill such vacancy or vacancies.

6. Resignation of Members.

If any member of any District School Committee shall cease to reside in the district for which he has been elected or if any member shall signify in writing to the Committee his desire to resign his seat the member so ceasing to reside or resigning shall thereupon cease to be a member of the School Committee.

7. Disputed Elections to be decided.

If any dispute shall arise respecting the validity of the proceedings at the annual or other election of any District School Committee or respecting the validity of the election of any member or members of any School Committee the matter in dispute shall be submitted to the judgment of the Superintendent whose decision thereon shall be final and conclusive.

8. If Committee not elected as herein provided.

If in any case the persons qualified as aforesaid shall from any cause whatever fail to elect a District School Committee upon the annual day of meeting as hereinbefore provided it shall be lawful for the Superintendent if he shall see fit to fix another day for the election of a School Committee for such district and the same notice of such meeting shall be given and the same proceedings taken thereat as are hereinbefore prescribed for ordinary annual meetings for electing School Committees.

9. If Committee not elected by refusal or neglect Commissioner to be appointed. If in any case the persons qualified as aforesaid shall refuse or neglect to elect a School Committee after such postponement by the Superintendent as last mentioned the Superintendent shall immediately on being satisfied of such refusal or neglect by Proclamation published in the “Government Gazette” declare the power of election hereinbefore vested in the persons qualified as aforesaid for the remainder of the year to be suspended and shall by such Proclamation appoint a Commissioner for such district and all the powers rights privileges and duties of a District School Committee shall from the date of such Proclamation vest in and be exercised by such Commissioner and the

Superintendent shall cause such reasonable salary as he shall think fit to be paid to such Commissioner out of any funds applicable to the purposes of the Educational District under the provisions of this Ordinance Provided that such Commissioner shall be guided in the performance of his duties by such instructions as he shallreceive from the Superintendent in that behalf and all acts hereinbefore required to be performed by the Superintendent shall be performed only on a report as to the circumstances from the Chairman of the Board.

10. Time and place of Meeting.

The proceedings of every District School Committee shall be transacted at meetings the time and place for which shall have been previously fixed by such Committees or at meetings to be convened at the request in writing addressed to the Chairman to be appointed as hereinafter specified of two or more members

of such Committee.

11. Chairman to be elected.

Every District School Committee shall at its first meeting elect one of its members to be Chairman thereof who shall preside at the meeting of the Committee and shall have an original and also a casting vote thereat provided that if the Chairman shall be absent from any meeting the members present shall elect one of their number to preside in his stead at such meeting.

12. Resignation of Chairman.

If the Chairman shall cease to be a member of the District School Committee or shall by writing under his hand addressed to such Committee vacate the office of Chairman such Committee shall at its next meeting thereafter elect another member to be Chairman in his stead.

13. Quorum of Members.

All questions except as hereinafter excepted coming before the District School Committee shall be decided by a majority of the members present and there shall be no meeting of such Committee unless at least three members be present.

14. Officers may be employed by the Committee.

Every District School Committee shall have power from time to time as it shall think fit to employ all such clerks treasurers collectors and other persons as may be required for the proper performance of its duties under this Ordinance and the same so often as it shall think fit to remove and appoint others in their stead such security being taken as may be agreed upon and required by the said

Committee.

15. Moneys in hand to be paid over by Committee.

Any moneys in the hands or under the control of any Committee at the expiration of its term of office shall be paid over by such Committee to its successor immediately after its election.

16. School Committee to have power to establish Schools, &c.

In every Educational District it shall be lawful for the School Committee for such District with the sanction of the Board and subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned to establish one or more Schools and shall have power to fix and determine the salary of the Teacher or Teachers and the rate of School fees and shall also have power to select the Teacher or Teachers of such School or Schools and generally to have the entire management of educational matters within the District.

17. Appointment of Teachers.

No appointment of any Teacher shall be deemed valid until such Teacher shall have produced to the Board a certificate of qualification from Her Majesty’s Committee of Privy Council on Education or from the Inspector of Schools and such other certificates of fitness as shall be required by any Regulations of the

Board and no Teacher shall be dismissed or any reduction made in his salary after being once fixed without the sanction of the Board previously obtained.

18. Salary of Teachers.

The salary of Male Teachers shall be not less than One hundred pounds per annum and of Female Teachers not less than Sixty Pounds including fees.

19. Appointment of Assistant Teachers.

It shall be lawful for any School Committee to appoint such Assistant Teachers on such terms as it shall deem right without the sanction of the Board.

20. Apprentice Pupil Teachers may be appointed.

It shall be lawful for the Board on the recommendation of any District School Committee to authorise the master of any School under the management of such Committee to engage and employ one or more apprentice pupil teachers and to make and from time to time to alter rules and regulations for the examination training and employment of such pupil teachers and out of any funds from time to time appropriated by the Superintendent and Provincial Council grant any moderate sum or sums of money in aid of the maintenance and education of

such pupil teacher upon such conditions as the Board may think fit Provided always that such sum or sums of money shall not exceed the amount contributed by the School Committee of the District in which such School is situate.

21. School fees and charges may be recovered or in certain cases remitted.

It shall be lawful for any person duly appointed in writing under the hand of the Chairman by the District School Committee to ask demand receive sue for and recover from the parents or guardians of the children attending the School such school fees and charges as shall be authorised by the respective School Committee and such school fees or charges shall be paid over to such person or persons as the School Committee shall direct Provided always that it shall be lawful for the School Committee by a warrant or warrants under the hand of the Chairman subject to the sanction of the Board to authorise the remission of the whole or any portion of the ordinary school fees or other charges in the case off any child or children whose parents or guardians are in the opinion of the Committee in such circumstances as to warrant the remission.

22. Grants may be made by the Board.

It shall be lawful for the Board on receiving a memorial from any School Committee praying for the establishment of a School in any district constituted as hereinbefore provided to grant any sum not exceeding three-fourths of the estimated cost of the buildings required.

23. Provisions to be complied with in case of aid to be granted.

No aid shall be granted by the Board for the establishment of a new School unless

(1st.) The plan of the buildings shall first have been approved of by the Board.

(2nd.) Such plan shall include a School-room and a teacher’s house.

(3rd.) The site shall be at least one acre in extent without the limits of a town. (4th.) The site shall have been previously vested in the Superintendent dedicated for ever for the purposes of a School.

(5th.) The Local Committee shall have deposited in the Provincial Treasury a sum equal to one-fourth of the estimated cost of the buildings together with a sum of at least £20 for the purchase of books apparatus and fittings for the School.

24. Annual Grant.

It shall be lawful for the Board to make an annual grant of any sum not exceeding Seventy-five Pounds towards the maintenance of any School established in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance and such sum shall be paid

over by quarterly payments to the Chairman of the Committee for the district in which such School is situate for the uses of the School.

25. Salary of Teachers to be first charge.

The salary of the Teacher shall be the first charge on the receipts of the Committee whether arising from the grant from the Board from fees subscriptions or rates to be levied as hereinafter provided.

26. Balance: how to be first charge.

After providing for the salary or salaries of the Teacher or Assistant Teacher or Teachers the sums received by the Committee shall be applicable to the purchase of books apparatus fittings the insurance and repair of buildings the fencing of the land annexed thereto and other incidental expenses.

27. Control of School-room.

The Committee shall have absolute control over the school-room and shall determine the purposes for which it may be used at any time except in school- hours.

28. Estimates of expenditure to be furnished

Within one month after the election of any School Committee such School Committee shall make an estimate of the sum which will be required for the purposes aforesaid and also of the amount likely to be derived from fees subscriptions or donations (if any) during the then current year within the Educational District together with the expenses of making and levying a rate as hereinafter provided for making up any deficiency in the funds required for maintaining the Schools within the said district and shall publish the said estimates by posting a statement thereof in some conspicuous place within the district at least for the space of twenty-one clear days and by at least one advertisement in some newspaper ordinarily circulated within the district.

29. Rate may be imposed by the Committee.

For the purpose of raising the sums required to make up any deficiency in the estimated receipts it shall be lawful for the Committee at some meeting duly convened and of which ten clear days’ notice shall have been given to each member of such Committee by writing under the hand of its Chairman to impose a uniform rate as hereinafter provided and payable by one or more instalment as to the Committee shall seem fit upon every householder within the district provided that the amount of such rate shall not exceed twenty shillings for every dwellinghouse.

30. Rate: how to be collected.

The said rate shall be paid by the persons liable as aforesaid to some person or persons appointed by the Chairman of the Committee by writing under his hand on a day and at a place to be fixed by such Chairman by public notice in some newspaper published or generally circulated within the district and also by a notice in the form or to the effect in the Schedule to this Ordinance to be served on each person liable as aforesaid or left at his usual place of abode Provided that the day so fixed for the payment of such rate shall not be less than twenty- one clear days from the time of giving such notices.

31. If not paid may be levied by distress.

If any person shall refuse or neglect to pay such rate to the person or persons to be appointed as aforesaid for the space of fourteen days after the same shall have become payable it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace on the application of the Chairman of the District School Committee or of some person or persons authorised by him to make the application to summon such person to appear before him at a time to be mentioned in the summons to show cause why the rate or rates due should not be paid and in case no sufficient cause for the non-payment thereof be shown the same shall be levied by distress and such Justice shall issue his warrant accordingly.

32. May be remitted.

It shall be lawful for the Committee subject to the sanction of the Board to excuse any person from the payment of any rate or of any portion thereof who may be deemed unable through poverty to pay the same.

33. Nothing herein contained to affect aid heretofore granted to Schools except as specified.

Any thing in this Ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding no alteration shall be made in respect of Schools established before the passing of this Ordinance in the amount of aid heretofore payable for the maintenance of such Schools except as herein specially provided.

34. Board to determine the amount of aid to be granted.

It shall be lawful for the Board to determine the amount of aid payable in respect of any such School according to the scale fixed in Clause 24 for the maintenance of Schools to be established under the provisions hereinbefore specified

Provided always that no aid now payable in respect of any School shall be reduced in amount except after a three months’ notice in writing under the hand of the Chairman of the Board addressed to the Chairman of the School Committee affected thereby Provided also that no such reduction shall take place except in accordance with a resolution to be passed by thew Provincial Council.

35. Educational Districts to be proclaimed.

The Superintendent shall as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Ordinance proclaim such Districts as Educational Districts as shall include one or more of the Schools already established and thereupon such Districts shall be deemed to be Educational Districts within the meaning of this Ordinance Provided always that no such School shall be brought under the control or management of a Committee appointed as hereinbefore provided except on an application to that effect from the “Local Committee” of such School as defined

by the “Board of Education Ordinance 1863” being approved by the Board.

36. Payment to be made to the Chairman of the School Committee.

All sums payable by the Board for the maintenance of any School shall be paid to the Chairman of the Committee of such School and to no other person whatsoever Provided that this provision shall not apply to sums payable on account of the current quarter.

37. Local Committee to be formed.

In order to entitle any School heretofore established to a grant in aid for its maintenance a Local Committee must be formed consisting of some person or persons resident in the Educational District within which such School is situated willing to act as a Local Committee and the name or names of such person or persons together with the name of the Chairman shall be notified by writing under the hand of such Chairman to the Chairman of the Board within sixty days from the day on which the Educational District shall have been proclaimed.

38. Control over Denominational Schools.

In any School heretofore established in connection with any particular religious denomination the Committee of such School shall have the exclusive power of determining the nature of the religious instruction to be given therein the person by whom and the times at which it shall be given Provided that whenever such School shall be brought under the management of a Committee elected as hereinbefore provided by the owners and occupiers of land and householders within the District the provisions herein contained with regard to the religious instruction shall come into operation in respect of such School.

39. The Holy Scripture to be read. Teacher may in certain cases give religious instruction.

Whenever any School shall have been established or shall hereafter be established under the provisions of this Ordinance not connected with any

particular religious denomination a portion of the Holy Scripture shall be read during the first half hour after the opening of the School by such of the children as can read fluently and intelligently or if none such be present then by the Teacher and such Teacher may by the unanimous vote of the members of the School Committee of any such School give religious instruction to the children Provided always that the Board shall satisfy itself before giving its sanction that the Teacher is competent to give the instruction required.

40. Religious Instruction.

No person other than the Teacher except as hereinafter provided shall be allowed to give instruction either secular or religious in any School not in connection with any particular religious denomination.

41. Attendance of children thereat.

No child shall be allowed to be absent from the School during the reading of the Holy Scriptures but he may be permitted to absent himself from any course of religious instruction with the authority of the Chairman of the School Committee if it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Committee that such child is under proper religious instruction elsewhere.

42. Days may be set apart for religious instruction by Ministers.

It shall be lawful for the Committee of any School subject to a written authority from the Board under the hand of the Chairman to set apart either one whole school day or two half school days in every week during which any Minister or Ministers of religion or persons properly authorised by him or them shall impart religious instruction to such of the children on the books of the School as may belong to his or their religious denominations provided that no child or children shall be allowed to attend at such instruction except on a written request to that effect addressed to the teacher by the parents or guardians of such child or children.

43. Special grants may be made for Schools otherwise established.

It shall be lawful for the Board out of any sum or sums of money that may be appropriated by the Superintendent and Provincial Council for that purpose to make special grants towards the support of Schools within the Province not established in accordance with the provisions hereinbefore specified and such Schools shall not be included in an Educational District.

44. Provisions to be complied with in case of aid to be granted.

To entitle any School to such special grant a sufficiently large and well-ventilated School-house supplied with the necessary furniture books and other School apparatus together with an open space attached to it as a playground a residence for the Teacher and requisite outbuildings shall be provided by the promoters or managers of the School.

45. Contributions to be required from promoters of School.

The promoters or managers of such School shall contribute by children’s payments or otherwise not less than an amount equal to such special grant from the Board which contribution shall be applied to the payment of the Teacher to an amount equal to that so granted by the Board Provided that any further sums contributed for the use of the School beyond this equivalent may be appropriated by such promoters or managers as they shall think fit Provided that if at any time the sum contributed by such promoters and managers shall fall short of the sum contributed by the Board the Board shall either withdraw its grant altogether or reduce it to the amount contributed by such promoters and managers as it shall think fit.

46. Character of Teacher to be enquired.

Before such grant shall be made to any School the Board must be satisfied with the Teacher’s moral character and fitness to conduct a School and shall cause each Teacher to be examined at such time and by such person or persons as they shall appoint for that purpose.

47. Board may grant contribution: how to be regulated.

It shall be lawful for the Board to contribute by way of such special grant any sum not exceeding Two pounds for every child in average attendance Provided that the whole sums so granted shall not exceed Seventy-five pounds for a male Teacher and Fifty pounds for a female Teacher and a further sum of Two pounds for every child in average attendance beyond forty in number up to the limit of Thirty pounds per annum but in all such cases the promoters and managers of the School shall as aforesaid contribute a sum equal to that granted by the

Board.

48. Control of religious instruction in such School.

The promoters or managers of any such School shall be at liberty to make such provision as they think fit for the communication of religious instruction in the School under their charge.

49. Appointment of Teachers.

The appointment of all Teachers and Assistant Teachers to any such School shall rest with the promoters and managers thereof subject to the provisions herein mentioned.

50. Such School to be inspected.

As soon as conveniently may be after any such special grant shall have become payable in respect of any School the Inspector appointed under the provisions of the “Education Ordinance Session VIII No. 10” shall inspect such School during School hours and the number of children present on the day of such inspection shall be taken and deemed to be the number of average attendance for the purpose of the grant and the amount of the grant payable shall from time to time be ascertained and fixed in like manner by the number of children present at the

inspection Provided that no children shall be counted who come into School after the inspection shall have commenced.

51. All Schools receiving aid to be inspected.

It shall be the duty of the said Inspector from time to time as the Board shall

direct except as hereinafter provided to inspect all Schools receiving aid from the Board to furnish all such reports as the Board may require and generally to be guided in the performance of his duties by such instructions as he may receive from the Chairman of the Board.

52. Returns to be furnished by Chairman of School Committee.

It shall be the duty of the Chairman of every Committee of any School aided by the Board to transmit to the Chairman of the Board within one week from the termination of every quarter returns according to forms to be supplied by the Board of the number of children on the books of the respective Schools the average attendance the amount of fees paid and due the scale of fees and such other particulars with regard to the condition of the School as the Board shall require.

53. Power of entry on Schools given to Board.

It shall be lawful for the Board or any Member or Members thereof to enter any School receiving aid during school hours for the purposes of inspection or otherwise.

54. Branches of instruction.

The following branches of instruction shall be required to be taught in all Schools aided by the Board reading writing spelling arithmetic geography history sacred and profane and English Grammar.

55. Exceptions made in behalf of certain schools.

The provisions hereinbefore contained shall not apply to Christ’s College Grammar School the High School Christchurch or the High School Lyttelton but there shall be payable until the Thirtieth of June One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven in respect of these Schools the following sums annually by equal quarterly instalments to such persons as shall be named by the acting head of

the denominations with which they are connected:—

Christ’s College Grammar School £300

High School Christchurch

£250

High School Lyttelton

£200

Provided always that it shall be lawful for the Board to cause such Schools to be inspected in such manner at such times and by such person or persons as it shall think fit.

56. Board may withdraw grant in certain cases.

It shall be lawful for the Board to withdraw either wholly or in part the grant payable in respect of any School in cases where it shall appear to the Board that any of the provisions of this Ordinance have been contravened where the Teacher is incompetent or negligent where the sites buildings or premises are insufficient or otherwise unsuitable where the School apparatus is defective or where the School is generally inefficiently conducted.

57. Provision for school books and apparatus.

There shall be a depot of books and apparatus under the charge of the Chairman of the Board and such books and apparatus shall be sold for the use of Schools

in receipt of aid from the Board at such prices as shall be fixed by the Board and the proceeds of such sales shall from time to time be remitted to England for the renewal of the stock Provided that all the accounts shall be audited half-yearly by the Provincial Auditors.

58. Title.

This Ordinance shall be intituled and may be cited as the “Education Ordinance

1864."

Schedule. Notice.

To A.B. of C.D.

The Committee of the Educational District have determined that the rate for the year ending day of

in amounting to for each dwelling house shall be paid to E.F. at between the hours of and in one sum (or in instalments of each) on the day of (or on the

day of and day of as the case may be.)

And I hereby give you notice that in the event of your neglecting to pay the same to the person above mentioned at the time and place above specified or within fourteen days thereafter the powers vested in the said Committee by the “Education Ordinance 1864” will be put in force for recovery of the said rate.

Notes.

This Ordinance was passed by the Canterbury Provincial Council on 13th September 1864, and assented to by the Superintendent on 15th August. The following are the Ordinances of the Canterbury Provincial Council

concerning the promotion of education: see also those concerning educational reserves.

Education Ordinance 1857

Board of Education Ordinance 1863

Education Ordinance 1864

Education Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1865

Education Ordinances 1864 and 1865 Amendment Ordinance 1868

Education Ordinance 1864 Amendment Ordinance 1869

Education Ordinance 1864 Amendment Ordinance 1870

Education Ordinance 1871

Education Ordinance Amendment Ordinance 1872

Education Ordinance 1871 Amendment No 2 Ordinance 1872

Education Ordinance 1873

Education Ordinance 1875

Westland Board of Education Ordinance 1867

Canterbury College Ordinance 1873

Christs College Ordinance 1855

Christ's College Amendment Ordinance 1858

Christ's College Loan Ordinance 1864 D NZG 1864 p445