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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

5. Every civil servant must pass the Senior Exam-
   ination (see section 10) before he shall be eligible
   for promotion to any class above the fourth.
6. 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.
7. 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
   office, the Government being entitled to select any
   successful candidate for appointment at its discretion.
8. Examinations shall be held at such times and
   places, and before such persons, as the Board may
   from time to time appoint.

9.-JUNIOR EXAMINATION.
English. Including dictation, reading, spelling,
grammar, and composition.
Arithmetic. Including vulgar and decimal frac-
tions.
History and Geography.

10. SENIOR EXAMINATION.
    Compulsory Subjects.
    English, Latin, Arithmetic, and Geography.
    Optional Subjects.
    Greek, French, German, Maori, Algebra, Euclid,
    Book-keeping, Natural Science, History, Political
    Economy. The candidate must pass in at least two
    of the optional subjects in addition to the compulsory
    subjects.

11. Any candidate may undergo the Junior and
    Senior Examinations in the same term; but no
    candidate shall be eligible for the Senior Examination
    who is above the age of twenty-three years, nor be
    allowed to pass the same unless he has passed the
    Junior Examination.

12. Every passed candidate may receive a cer-
    tificate, signed by two members of the Board and the
    Secretary, on payment of a fee of one guinea.

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

RULES PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD OF EX-
AMINERS, WITH THE APPROVAL OF HIS EXCELLENCY
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. History of England.
Geography.

SENIOR EXAMINATION.
Compulsory Subjects.
English. Dictation, reading, spelling, grammar,
and composition (including abstract and précis
writing).
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.

Passages for translation will be set from these
authors, and candidates will be required to answer
grammatical and historical questions arising out of
the passages so set.
Arithmetic.-(Including vulgar and decimal frac-
tions, averages, and percentages.)
Geography. Political and Physical.

Optional Subjects.
Any two or more of the following subjects, at
the option of the candidate:
Greek. Any one of the following :-
Xenophon. Anabasis.
Homer. Any one book of the Iliad.
Sophocles or Euripides. Any one play.
Passages for translation will be set from these
authors, and candidates will be required to answer
grammatical and historical questions arising out of
the passages so set.
French. Translations from French into English,
and vice versa.
German. Translations from German into English,
and vice versa.
Maori.-
Algebra. So far as to include the solution of
simple equations.
Euclid. The first Four Books.
Book-keeping.-
Natural Science. ---Outlines of Natural Philosophy,
Zoology, Botany, or Geology.
History. History of England, including Colonial
History, especially of New Zealand.
Political Economy. - Elementary principles of.

II.-CERTIFICATES.
Certificates will be issued in the form C in the
Schedule to candidates who pass the Junior Exami-
nation.
Certificates will be issued in the form D in the
Schedule to candidates who pass the Senior Examina-.
tion.

III.-CLASSIFICATION.
Senior Examination.
The names of successful candidates in the Senior
Examination will be published in the order of com-
parative proficiency, ascertained by the total number
of marks received by each candidate in all the subjects
in which he has passed. No marks will be allowed
for any subject in which the candidate has not
received the minimum number of marks required for
passing.
Certificates will be issued to passed candidates on
the following principle :-
First Class. For each subject in which a candidate
shall obtain not less than two-thirds of the maximum
number of marks allotted thereto.
Second Class. For each subject in which a candidate
shall obtain less than two-thirds, but not less than
one-half, of the maximum number of marks allotted
thereto.
Third Class. For each subject in which a candidate
shall obtain less than one-half of the maximum
number of marks allotted thereto.

IV.-CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS.
On application being received, notice will be given
to the candidate, by the Secretary to the Board, of
the time and place of examination. Further instruc-
tions will also be forwarded at the same time.

FORMS OF CERTIFICATE.

FORM C.
JUNIOR EXAMINATION.
We hereby certify that on the day of 187 ,
was duly examined according to the provisions of "The
Civil Service Act, 1866," and passed his Junior Examination