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13. The seniority in the Civil Service of India of
    the selected Candidates shall be determined according
    to the order in which they stand on the list resulting
    from the Final Examination.

14. Applications from persons desirous to be
    admitted as Candidates are to be addressed to the
    Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners,
    London, S.W.
    20th June, 1868.

NOTE.-(1.) The Secretary of State for India in Council has
authorized the Civil Service Commissioners to state that it is
his intention to allow the sum of £100 after the first year of
probation, and £200 after the second year to each selected
Candidate who shall have passed the required Examinations to
the satisfaction of the Commissioners, and shall have complied
with such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected
Candidates.

(2.) All selected Candidates will be required, after having
passed the second periodical Examination, to attend at the
India Office for the purpose of entering into an agreement
binding themselves, amongst other things, to refund in certain
cases the amount of their allowance in the event of their failing
to proceed to India. For a Candidate under age a surety will
be required.

(3.) After passing the Final Examination, each Candidate will
be required to attend again at the India Office, with the view of
entering into covenants and giving a bond for £1000, jointly
with two sureties, for the due fulfilment of the same. The
stamps payable by civilians on those documents amount to
£3 10s.

(4.) Candidates rejected at the Final Examination of 1871
will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-exami-
nation.

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street,
31st July, 1868.

SIR, -I transmit to you herewith copies of a Circular
issued by the Board of Trade to Officers in the British
Possessions abroad, relative to Endorsements of
Discharges on Articles, especially in case of hurt or
injury in the Ship's service.

I have, &c.,
BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS.
Governor Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G.

[CIRCULAR NO. 318.]
INSTRUCTIONS TO OFFICERS IN BRITISH
POSSESSIONS ABROAD.

ENDORSEMENTS OF DISCHARGES ON ARTICLES,
ESPECIALLY IN CASES OF HURT OR INJURY IN THE
SHIP'S SERVICE.

With reference to paras. 16 and 20, and Form C.C. 3.;
and to para. 26 and Cir. No. 261.

Endorsements should be explicit.

The Form C.C. 3, in the Appendix, contains a blank
space wherein the Officer is to state fully and
specifically the grounds of the discharge or leaving
behind of a Seaman.

Grounds of Discharge not to be omitted.

With a view to avoiding loss to the State and
inconvenience to all parties concerned, it is most
important that the grounds of a man's discharge
should never be omitted from the endorsement.

Particularly in cases of Injury in Ship's Service.

In cases where Seamen are discharged or left
behind in consequence of injury received in the
service of the Ship, this fact should be stated on the
Articles in so many words, and the way in which the
injury was received should also be stated, to save
disputes and delay when the Owners are applied to
for the expenses.

Entries in Log-book, sec. 282.

The Officer should also take care that a proper
entry is made in the official log-book to the same
effect, and signed by the Master and one of the Crew.

THOMAS GRAY.
Board of Trade, 18th June, 1868.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1868.

THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial Council,
and reserved by the Superintendent of the
Province of Auckland for the signification of the
Governor's pleasure thereon, intituled

"The Thames Gold Field Representation Act,
1868,"

having been laid before the Governor, His Excel-
lency has been pleased to assent to the same.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 6th October, 1868.

IT is hereby notified that Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for the Colonies has instructed
His Excellency the Governor to recognize pro-
visionally the appointment of

JOHN JOHNSTON, Esq.,
as French Consular Agent at Wellington.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM HARRISON, Esq.,
to be Deputy of the Registrar of Marriages, and of
Births, Deaths, and Marriages, for the District of
Mangapai, as the same is defined in Proclamation of
19th day of November, 1861, and published in New
Zealand Gazette, No. 49, of 22nd day of November,
1861.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th October, 1868.

ENQUIRIES having been made respecting the
under-mentioned person, any one who can furnish
any information respecting him is requested to com-
municate the same to this Office.

Name-Edward Riley.

Age-28 years.

Complexion-Dark.

Height-Five feet seven inches.

Usual residence before coming to this Colony-
Cheshire, England.

When last heard of, and at what place-In
October, 1867, at Nevis Diggings, Dunstan,
Otago.

W. GISBORNE,
Under-Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd October, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM NICHOLAS SEARANCKE, Esq.,
to be a Resident Magistrate for the Resident Magis-
trate's District of Raglan, under "The Resident
Magistrates Act, 1867;" vice R. O. Stewart, Esquire.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 2nd October, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

FREDERICK AUGUSTUS BLAYDES
to be Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court for
the Resident Magistrate's District of Otaki; vice
G. W. Woon.

E. W. STAFFORD.