THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 637

7. Candidates may be examined in French or
   German, instead of Greek, provided they give written
   notice of their desire to be so examined to the
   Registrar at least two months before the time of
   examination. No particular works will be specified,
   but candidates will be expected to translate into
   English passages from standard authors in the
   language chosen; and also to translate passages from
   English into French or German. A knowledge of the
   French or German grammar and literature will be
   also required.

8. The examination in general knowledge for
   candidates for admission as Solicitors, shall be in the
   following subjects :-
   (1.) Latin.—Translation from first two Books of
   Cæsar.
   (2.) Latin Grammar.
   (3.) Euclid.—First two Books.
   (4.) Arithmetic and Algebra.—To simple equations
   inclusive.
   (5.) History.—A general knowledge of the prin-
   cipal events and dates in English History; Creasy on
   the Constitution.

9. The subjects prescribed for translation in
   Greek in the Barristers' examination, and in Latin
   in the Barristers and Solicitors' examination, are
   liable to alteration from time to time, but twelve
   months' notice will be given of any alteration.

10. The examination in law for candidates for
    admission as Barristers, and for candidates for admis-
    sion as Solicitors who are by law required to pass
    the Barristers' examination, shall be in the following
    subjects :-
    (1.) Roman Law. Sandars' Justinian, first two
    Books, with introduction, and notes; Gibbon's Decline
    and Fall, chapter forty-four, on Roman law.
    (2.) International Law and Conflict of Laws.
    (3.) Real property, and conveyancing.
    (4.) Contracts and Torts.
    (5.) Equity.
    (6.) Criminal Law.
    (7.) Evidence.
    (8.) Pleading and Practice.
    (9.) New Zealand Statute Law.

11. The examination in law for candidates for ad-
    mission as Solicitors will be generally on the theory
    and practice of the laws of England and of New
    Zealand, and will be of the same character as the
    final examination for Solicitors in England.

12. Every candidate for admission either as a Bar-
    rister or Solicitor who shall produce a certificate
    emanating from the proper authority that he has
    passed an examination either at the University of
    New Zealand, or any University in Great Britain,
    Ireland, or the Australian colonies, or at any college
    or institution affiliated to or connected with any such
    University, or who has passed the New Zealand
    Senior Civil Service Examination, and who shall
    prove to the satisfaction of a Judge of the Supreme
    Court that such examination comprised any subject
    or subjects corresponding with any of those hereby
    prescribed for the general knowledge examination,
    shall be excused from being examined in such sub-
    ject or subjects.

13. The age of all candidates for admission must
    appear on affidavit.

14. A Barrister or Advocate previously admitted
    elsewhere must produce to the Judge of the district
    to whom he applies for admission, his admission, or
    some certificate or other document duly verified
    proving his admission, and make an affidavit that he
    is the person named therein, and was admitted as
    therein stated.

15. Every candidate for admission as a Barrister
    who claims to be entitled as a graduate of some

University to be admitted after an examination in
law only, shall produce his diploma, or some duly
authenticated certificate or other documentary evi-
dence of his having taken a degree, with an affidavit
verifying the same and proving his identity with the
person mentioned in such document.

16. Every candidate for admission as a Barrister
    who has not been admitted elsewhere shall produce
    to the Judge to whom he applies for admission an
    affidavit made by a Barrister on the roll of the Court,
    or an affidavit by the candidate accounting for the
    absence of such affidavit, from which it shall appear
    that such candidate was bonâ fide exclusively engaged
    in the study of law as a pupil of such Barrister for
    three years at least before his application to be ad-
    mitted.

17. Every candidate for admission as a Solicitor
    who claims to be entitled to be admitted on the
    ground of some previous admission elsewhere, must
    produce documentary evidence of such admission
    purporting to emanate from proper authority, and
    an affidavit verifying the same and proving his
    identity with the person named therein.

18. Every candidate for admission as a Solicitor
    who has not previously been admitted elsewhere
    must produce at each examination, to the Judge of
    the district in which the examination takes place,
    such articles, contracts, assignments, or appointments
    as he may rely on, duly authenticated, or must give
    satisfactory secondary evidence of the same if the
    originals cannot be produced, and the same and the
    contents thereof must be verified by affidavit, and
    when any such documents are required by law to be
    filed the filing thereof must be proved in like manner.

19. An affidavit must be made by the person or
    persons under whom such last-mentioned candidate
    has served of the bond fide and exclusive service of
    such clerk under such articles, and of the conduct of
    such candidate during such service, or the absence of
    such affidavit must be accounted for and the service
    sworn to by the affidavit of the candidate.

20. Such candidate as last mentioned shall produce
    at each examination evidence to the satisfaction of
    the Judge of the district in which the examination
    takes place, from the place where the past service of
    such candidate has taken place, of the good charac-
    ter and conduct of such candidate, and in no case
    where the service or part of the service relied on has
    taken place in any part of New Zealand not within
    the district where the last examination takes place
    will a candidate be admitted until the Judge of that
    district has communicated with the Judge of such
    other district.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
ALEXANDER J. JOHNSTON.
C. W. RICHMOND.
THOMAS B. GILLIES.
JOSHUA S. WILLIAMS.

Notification of Resignation of Seat in the House of
Representatives for Electoral District of Wairarapa.

IN compliance with the provisions of the thirteenth
section of "The Regulation of Elections Act,
1870," I hereby notify that the Reverend John Chap-
man Andrew resigned his seat in the House of
Representatives for the Electoral District of Wai-
rarapa on the 6th day of June, 1877, and that the
seat is vacant by reason of such resignation.

Dated at Wellington, the 12th day of June, 1877.

WILLIAM FITZHERBERT,
Speaker.