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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
The Examiners will be at liberty, if they think fit,
to decide that none of the Essays received are
entitled to either or any one of the Premiums offered.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st December, 1868.

WITH reference to the Petition presented to His
Excellency the Governor by certain Inhabitant
Householders praying him to constitute the City of
Wellington a Borough under "The Municipal Cor-
porations Act, 1867," and published in the New
Zealand Gazette on the fifteenth day of October,
1868, it is hereby notified that a greater number of
Inhabitant Householders of the said City have signed
and caused to be presented a Petition to His Excel-
lency the Governor praying him not to grant the
prayer of the first-named Petition.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 29th December, 1868.

THE following amended Regulations for the Ex-
amination of Candidates for employment under
the provisions of "The Civil Service Act, 1866," are
published for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING EXAMINATION UNDER
"THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT, 1866," OF CANDI-
DATES FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE.

1. A Central Board of Examiners is appointed at
   the Seat of Government, consisting of the following
   persons:--
   The Secretary for Crown Lands,
   The Comptroller of Public Accounts,
   The Under Secretary,
   The Assistant Treasurer,
   The Under Secretary for Native Affairs,
   The Director of the Geological Survey,
   The Inspector of Public Schools,
   three to be a quorum.

2. The following Local Boards are appointed at the
   under-mentioned places respectively :--
   At Auckland--
   T. Beckham,
   J. H. Crawford,
   Inspector of Schools.
   At New Plymouth--
   Henry Richmond,
   Richard Chilman.
   At Napier--
   J. M. Tabuteau,
   H. B. Sealy,
   Inspector of Schools.
   At Wellington--
   J. C. Crawford,
   W. Seed,
   Inspector of Schools.
   At Nelson--
   F. C. Simmons,
   J. Sharp,
   Inspector of Schools,
   At Blenheim--
   S. L. Müller,
   Inspector of Schools.
   At Christchurch--
   W. J. W. Hamilton,
   C. C. Bowen,
   Inspector of Schools.
   At Dunedin--
   A. R. C. Strode,
   A. W. Smith,
   Inspector of Schools.
   At Invercargill--
   A. J. Elles,
   Inspector of Schools.

3. Each candidate is required by "The Civil
   Service Act, 1866," before he can be nominated as
   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 must furnish the information as to
   the authors he selects to be examined in, in accor-
   dance with clause 16 of these regulations. He must
   also enclose the following evidence as to age, health,
   and character:--
   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 satisfac-
   tory evidence.
   Health.

6. A certificate of health on a form to be prescribed
   by the Central Board, signed by some legally
   qualified 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 Central
   Board, 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 lists of candidates and exami-
   nation papers. The duty of the Local Boards will
   be to conduct the examination, and to return to the
   Central Board the examination papers with the
   written answers thereto; and in the case of viva voce
   examination with their report on the character and
   result thereof, and of the qualifications shown by the
   candidates respectively in their answers.

10. The Central Board will transmit to the Local
    Boards the certificates as to age, health and character,
    who will report to the Central Board upon their
    genuineness.

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.

EXAMINATION.

12. The examinations will not be competitive as
    between the candidates, but every candidate will be
    required to pass a certain standard of proficiency,
    which will be fixed by the Central Board, who alone
    will decide whether a candidate has passed or not.

COMPULSORY SUBJECTS.
English.
13. Exercises designed to test handwriting and
orthography, English grammar and composition.
14. Arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal
fractions.
15. Every candidate must pass in both the above
subjects, independently of the rest of the examination.

OPTIONAL SUBJECTS.
16. Candidates will also be examined in any of the
following subjects which he may select, but must
select and pass in at least two of them :--
(1.) Latin.
Any one of the following, at the option of the
candidate; the Government to be informed of the
author selected when the original application for
employment is sent in :--
Sallust.--Cataline and Jugurtha.