THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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Probationer, to produce sufficient evidence as to his
age, health, and moral character. No person can
enter the service as a subordinate of the fifth class,
unless he shall be of the full age of seventeen years,
and not more than twenty-two years.
4. Candidates in forwarding their applications to
the Government are accordingly requested to enclose
the following evidence as to age, health, and char-
acter:-

Age.
5. Certificate from Registrar, of birth. Any person
not producing such certificate to account for its non-
production, and to prove his age by satisfactory
evidence.

Health.
6. A certificate of health on a form to be prescribed
by the Central Board, signed by some legally quali-
fied medical practitioner.

Character.
7. A certificate of general good character from
some clergyman or schoolmaster.
8. These certificates will be referred, together with
the applications, by the Government to the Examin-
ing Board which can most conveniently conduct the
examination, and will be subject to the approval of
the Board as a condition precedent to examination.
9. The Central Board will forward from time to
time to Local Boards for their guidance a syllabus
of subjects of examination and rules for the conduct
of examinations.
10. The Local Boards are to transmit to the Central
Board the certificates as to age, health, and character,
and the examination papers of each candidate.
11. A general list of candidates who have passed
examination is to be kept by the Central Board, and
copies furnished to each Responsible Minister, who
will at his discretion, whenever vacancies occur, select
such candidates as he may think fit, with a view to
appointing the most qualified for particular vacancies,
and to apportioning such selection as equitably as
practicable among the several Provinces.
12. Subjects for the examination of candidates
(the examination not competitive) :-

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS.
English.
13. Exercises designed to test handwriting and
orthography, English grammar and composition.
14. Arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal
fractions.
15. Any candidate who fails to answer satisfactorily
in either of the above subjects, will not be permitted
to proceed further in the examination.

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS.
16. Candidates who have passed the preceding
portion of the examination may then select any of
the following seven subjects, but must pass in at
least two of them:-

1. Latin.
   Any one of the following, at the option of the
   candidate; the Chairman of the Examiners to be
   informed of the author selected:-
   Sallust. Catiline and Jugurtha.
   Virgil. Any four books of the Æneid; the
   Board to be informed which books are chosen.
   Horace.-1. Odes and Epodes; 2. Satires and
   Epistles. The Board to be informed of the
   selection.
   Cæsar.-De Bello Gallico.
   Cicero.-De Senectute, and De Amicitiâ.
   Passages for translation will be set from these
   authors, and candidates will be required to answer

easy grammatical and historical questions arising out
of the passages so set.
2. French.
Translations from Fénélon's Télémaque.
Easy translations from English into French, and
vice versa.
3. Euclid.
The first two books, including the definitions and
axioms.
4. Algebra.
So far as to include the solution of simple equa-
tions.
5. History.
The outlines of the History of England from the
Norman Conquest to the Battle of Waterloo.
6. Political Economy.
Elementary Principles of.
7. Geography.
Outlines of Political and Physical Geography.
8. Maori.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 30th December, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following gentlemen to be Medical
Assessors under the provisions of "The Medical
Practitioners Act, 1867," viz.:-

In the Province of Auckland,
Thomas Moore Philson, M.D.;

In the Province of Taranaki,
Thomas Edward Rawson, M.D.;

In the Province of Hawke's Bay,
Thomas Hitchings, M.R.C.S.;

In the Province of Nelson,
Samuel Athanasius Cusack, F.R.C.S.I.;

In the Province of Marlborough,
Lewis Keele Horne, M.D.;

In the Province of Canterbury,
James Somerville Turnbull, M.D.;

In the Province of Otago,
Edward Hulme, M.D.; and

In the Province of Southland,
John Field Deck, M.D.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the undermentioned
persons, viz.:-

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 21st December, 1867.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by
ALFRED ROWLAND CHETHAM STRODE, Esq.,
of his appointment as Sheriff of Otago, from the 31st
instant.

E. W. STAFFORD.