THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 139

Clerk in Inspector of Stores' Department appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th February, 1873.

IT is hereby notified, that
SYDNEY DANDO,
has been appointed a Clerk in the Inspector of Stores'
Department, in the room of John Price, resigned.
This appointment dates from the 1st instant.

G. M. WATERHOUSE.

Civil Service Examination Regulations.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st February, 1873.

THE Regulations for the Examination of Candidates
for employment in the Civil Service, dated 11th
September, 1871, and published in Gazette, No. 51,
of 19th September, 1871, are rescinded, and the
following amended Regulations, approved by His
Excellency the Governor, are published for general
information.

G. M. WATERHOUSE.

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

1. No person can enter the Civil Service as a pro-
   bationer, 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 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 procure 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 con-
duct from some Clergyman or Schoolmaster.

3. The examination shall be divided into two
   branches,—the one qualifying for appointment, the
   other qualifying for promotion to any class above the
   fourth. One branch shall be called the JUNIOR EX-
   AMINATION, and the other branch shall be called the
   SENIOR EXAMINATION.

4. Every candidate must pass the Junior Examina-
   tion (see section 9) before he shall be eligible for any
   appointment in the Civil Service.

5. Every person appointed under these regulations
   must pass the Senior Examination (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, Geo-
metry, Physical Science, History, Book-keeping,
Shorthand. 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 at the same time; but no
    candidate shall be eligible for the Senior Examination
    unless he has passed the Junior Examination.

12. Every passed candidate may receive a certifi-
    cate, signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the
    Board, on payment of a fee of one pound.

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 EX-
CELLENCY THE GOVERNOR.

[Under Regulation 6 of "Regulations respecting Examinations
under 'The Civil Service Act, 1866.'"]

I.—CONDUCT OF EXAMINATIONS.

Examinations will be held in June and December.
All candidates for examination must make applica-
tion to the Secretary according to Form A. in the
Schedule.

Applications must be lodged not later than the 1st
of May for the June examination, and not later than
the 1st of November for the December examination.
Notice will be given to candidates by the Secretary
to the Board or by the Local Examiner, of the exact
time and place of examination. Further instructions
will also be forwarded at the same time.

II.—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.—Catiline 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