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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

west of Barrier Peaks; thence by a line running due
South to the Ocean at Rowallan Burn; and thence
following the coast Easterly to the point of commence-
ment.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

The said Province of Otago as constituted as afore-
said, excepting the part thereof hereinbefore de-
scribed as forming the Deeds Registration District of
Southland.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington,
this twenty-seventh day of February, in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one.

WILLIAM Fox
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 27th February, 1871.

THE Regulations for the Examination of Candidates
for employment in the Civil Service, dated 2nd
December, 1868, and published in Gazette No. 73,
1868, are rescinded, and the following amended
Regulations are published for general information.

WM. Fox
(in the absence of Mr. Gisborne).

REGULATIONS RESPECTING EXAMINATIONS
UNDER "THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT, 1866."

1. No person can enter the Civil Service as a
   probationer, or 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. The Board of
   Examiners may, however, examine candidates for
   employment who are not younger than fifteen years.

2. Every candidate for examination must apply to
   be examined in a form to be prescribed by the Board,
   such application to be addressed to the Secretary and
   to be accompanied by the following certificates:-

Age.
Certificate from Registrar of Birth. Any person
unable to produce such certificate to account
for its non-production, and to prove his age
by satisfactory evidence.

Health.
A certificate of health signed by some legally
qualified Medical Practitioner.

Character.
A certificate of general good conduct from some
Clergyman or Schoolmaster.

3. Every candidate must pass the Junior Examina-
   tion (see Regulations) before he shall be eligible for
   any appointment in the Civil Service.

4. The Board shall have power, subject to the
   Governor's approval, to vary the optional subjects,
   and to frame such further Rules for the conduct of
   examinations as they may deem fit, due notice of
   which shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette.

5. Every candidate must pass a certain standard
   of proficiency to be fixed by the Board of Examiners.
   The Board, in publishing the result of examinations,
   shall classify the successful candidates according to
   merit; but the examination is not competitive for
   due office, the Government being entitled to select any
   successful candidate for appointment at its discretion.

6. Examinations shall be held at such times and
   places, and before such persons, as the Board may
   from time to time appoint.

7. The examination shall be divided into two
   branches, the one qualifying for appointment, the
   other qualifying for promotion to any class above
   the fourth.

8. JUNIOR EXAMINATION. - Every candidate for
   employment in the Civil Service must pass in the
   following:--

English. Including dictation, reading, spelling,
grammar, and composition.

Arithmetic.-Including vulgar and decimal frac-
tions.

The outlines of English History and Political
Geography.

9. The SENIOR EXAMINATIONS shall be in the fol-
   lowing:--

English, and any number of the following sub-
jects, but the candidates must pass in at least
three: Latin, Greek, French, German, Maori,
Arithmetic, Algebra, Euclid, Book-keeping,
Natural Science, Geography, History, Political
Economy.

10. It shall be optional for any candidate for
    examination to pass the Junior and Senior Examina-
    tions at the same time; but no candidate shall be
    eligible for the Senior Examination who is above the
    age of twenty-three years.

11. Every candidate who has passed shall receive
    a certificate to that effect, signed by two members of
    the Board and the Secretary, on payment of a fee of
    one guinea.

12. A register of candidates who have been ex-
    amined shall be kept by the Board, and a list of
    those who have passed published from time to time
    in the New Zealand Gazette.

RULES PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD OF EX-
AMINERS, WITH THE APPROVAL OF HIS EX-
CELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.

[Under Regulation 4 of "Regulations respecting Examinations
under 'The Civil Service Act, 1866.'"]

I.-SUBJECTS OF EXAMINATION.

JUNIOR EXAMINATION.

Compulsory Subjects.

English. Dictation, reading, spelling, grammar,
and composition.

Arithmetic.-(Including vulgar and decimal frac-
tions.)

History. Outlines of the History of England
from the Norman Conquest to the close of the
Crimean War.

Geography. Outlines of Political Geography.

SENIOR EXAMINATION.

Compulsory Subject.

English. Dictation, reading, spelling, grammar,
and composition (including abstract and précis
writing).

Optional Subjects.

Any three or more of the following subjects, at
the option of the candidate :--

Latin.--Any one of the following:-
Sallust. Cataline and Jugurtha.
Virgil. Any four books of the Æneid; the
Board to be informed which books are chosen.
Horace.-1. Odes and Epodes; or, 2. Satires
and Epistles; the Board to be informed of
the selection.
Cæsar.-De Bello Gallico.
Cicero.-Orations.