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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

5. 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.

6. 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.

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

8. JUNIOR EXAMINATION.

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

9. SENIOR EXAMINATION.

Compulsory Subjects.
English, Latin, Arithmetic, and Geography.

Optional Subjects.
Greek, French, German, Maori, Plane Trigono-
metry, Algebra, Geometry, Physical Science, History,
Book-keeping, Shorthand. The candidate must pass
in at least two of the optional subjects in addition to
the compulsory subjects. But in respect of Cadets
in the Engineer's branch of the Public Works De-
partment, Plane Trigonometry may be substituted
for Latin as a compulsory subject; but any candi-
date availing himself of the exception will not be
considered as having passed the Senior Examination
in respect of the other branches of the service.

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. 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 appli-
cation 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 exami-
nation.

Notice will be given to candidates by the Secre-
tary to the Board, or by the Local Supervisor, of the
exact time and place of examination. Further in-
structions 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 EXAMINATIONS.

Compulsory Subjects.
English.—Dictation, reading, spelling, grammar,
and composition (including abstract and précis
writing).
Latin.—Any two of the following authors :
Sallust.—Catiline or Jugurtha.
Virgil.—Any two books of the Æneid; the
Board to be informed which books are
chosen.
Horace.—1. Odes; or, 2. Satires and Epistles;
the Board to be informed of the selection.
Cæsar.—De Bello Gallico—any two books; the
Board to be informed which books are
chosen.
Cicero.—Oratio in Verrem, or two other ora-
tions; the Board to be informed of the
selection.
Ovid.—Fasti.
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.
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.
Æschylus, 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.
German.
Maori.
Plane Trigonometry.
Algebra.—So far as to include the solution of quad-
ratic equations.
Geometry.—The first Four Books of Euclid.
Physical Science.—Outlines of Natural Philosophy,
Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, or Geology.
History.—History of England, including Colonial
History.
Book-keeping.
Shorthand.

III.—REGISTER AND CERTIFICATES.

The Register of Candidates shall be kept accord-
ing to Form B in the Schedule.
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 Exami-
nation.

IV.—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 sub-
jects 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.