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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Notice to Applicants for admission into the Civil
Service of New Zealand.

THE attention of applicants for employment in
the Civil Service of the Colony is directed to the
following requirements of the Civil Service Act of
1866:-

Clause XIII. requires that persons entering the
Civil Service as subordinates "shall be of the full
age of seventeen years and not more than twenty-
two years; and that every candidate for admission
into the Civil Service shall, as a condition precedent
to his nomination as a probationer, produce such
evidence as the Governor may think sufficient as to
his age, health, and moral character; and every can-
didate for admission into the Civil Service shall further
pass, before a Board of Examiners appointed by
the Governor, such examination, but without com-
petition, as the Governor may from time to time
direct."

Clauses XVI. and XVII. provide that-

"Whenever it is deemed expedient to secure for
the Public Service, on the occurrence of any vacancy,
the services of some person of known ability, and to
place such person immediately in some of the higher
classes of the Civil Service, although such person
may not have been previously engaged in the Civil
Service of this Colony, and if there be not in the
lower classes of the Service officers fully competent
to perform the duties of the vacant office, the
Governor in Council, anything in this Act to the
contrary notwithstanding, may provisionally appoint
such person accordingly;" but that "when any such
provisional appointment is made, a statement thereof,
and of the reasons for which it has been made, shall
forthwith be submitted by the Governor to the
General Assembly if then in session, and if not in
session, then within one week of the commencement
of the Session next ensuing, and such appointment
shall not be confirmed by the Governor until after
the termination of such Session."

Under the Public Health Act of 1872, no person
can be appointed to any office in the Civil Service
who has not beeen vaccinated.

G. M. WATERHOUSE,
Premier.

Wellington, 21st January, 1873.

Acts of Province of Auckland not disallowed by the
Governor.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1873.

THE following Acts, passed by the Provincial
Council and assented to by the Superintendent
of the Province of Auckland, intituled-
"The Education Act, 1872;"
"The Warkworth Road Act, 1872;"
"The Mangawai Harbour Improvement Act
Repeal Act, 1872;"
"The Ihumatao Road Act, 1872;"
"The Kaiwha Road Act, 1872;"
"The St. Stephen's Road Act, 1872;"
"The Oruawharo Road Act, 1872;"
"The Appropriation Act, 1873;" and
"The Industrial School Act, 1872,"
having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency
has not been advised to exercise his power of dis-
allowance in respect to them.

JOHN HALL.

Regulations relating to the conduct of Criminal
Prosecutions.

Office of the Minister of Justice,
Wellington, 17th January, 1873.

THE following Regulations, relating to the conduct
of Prosecutions of Felonies and indictable Mis-
demeanours, are issued in lieu of those now in force,
and shall take effect from and after the fifteenth day
of February next, from which date all former Regu-
lations on the subject shall be revoked.

1. In all prosecutions, except in special cases where
   Solicitors are employed by direction of the Govern-
   ment, the management of the case in the usual
   manner before Justices of the Peace will be left to
   the private prosecutor or the Police.

2. An allowance will be made to Prosecutors and
   witnesses of expenses actually and necessarily in-
   curred by them in attendance before Justices, as
   provided by the 68th section of "The Justices of the
   Peace Act, 1866," which shall not exceed the sums
   stated in the scale given below; and the certificates
   of such expenses must be printed on copies of Form
   No. 41 under the said Act, and are to accompany
   the depositions forwarded to the Supreme or District
   Court.

3. The committing Justice shall ascertain from
   the prosecutor, as soon as a committal for trial takes
   place, whether he intends to take charge of the con-
   duct of the prosecution, or authorizes a Solicitor
   appointed by the Crown to act on his behalf.

4. If the prosecution is left to such Solicitor, the
   committing Justice or his Clerk will make a memo-
   randum on the depositions to that effect, and forth-
   with transmit them to the Registrar of the Supreme
   Court or Clerk of the District Court, as the case
   may be.

5. On receipt of the depositions, the Registrar
   of the Supreme Court or Clerk of the District Court,
   will, if the prosecution is left to such Solicitor,
   cause a copy to be made without delay, and transmit
   the same to the Crown Solicitor or Crown Prose-
   cutor, as the case may be.

6. It will be the duty of the Crown Solicitor or
   Crown Prosecutor to carefully consider the deposi-
   tions at once, and prepare the case for the Supreme
   Court or District Court, taking special care that any
   additional witnesses that can be obtained in support
   of the case are subpœnaed. The Police will render
   assistance in serving subpœnas.

7. The Crown Solicitor, Crown Prosecutor, or
   Counsel employed by him will conduct the prosecu-
   tion at the trial. The Police will render assistance
   in procuring the attendance of witnesses and having
   them ready to be examined when required, but the
   Crown Solicitor or Crown Prosecutor will be re-
   sponsible that this duty is properly performed.

8. It will be competent to the Judge presiding at
   the trial to give such directions as he may think fit
   as to the disallowance of the whole or any part of the
   costs of the prosecution, including allowances to
   witnesses.

9. Subject to such directions, the Solicitor or
   Prosecutor who has conducted the prosecution will
   make out a Bill of Costs, and also vouchers for
   allowances to witnesses.

10. The Registrar of the Supreme Court, or
    Clerk of the District Court, at the place at which the
    trial takes place will examine the Bill of Costs,
    giving effect to any directions the presiding Judge
    may have given, and grant a certificate of the amount
    allowed in each case.

11. The amount allowed to the Crown Solicitor
    or Crown Prosecutor will be according to the scale
    given below; and the bill of costs must be forwarded
    by the Registrar of the Supreme Court or Clerk of
    the District Court to this office, for payment to be
    authorized.

12. The foregoing Regulations do not, unless the
    prosecution is instituted by or by the direction of
    some Department of the General Government, or by
    or by the direction of a Judicial Officer or Superior