JUNE 17.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 903

Auditor appointed under "The Harbours Act, 1878."

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th June, 1880.

IT is notified for public information that His Excel-
lency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CLARENCE RENNELL, Esq.,

to be an Auditor for the purposes of "The Harbours
Act, 1878."

H. A. ATKINSON.

Auditor appointed for County of Taranaki.

The Treasury,
Wellington, 15th June, 1880.

IT is notified for public information that His Excel-
lency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

CLARENCE RENNELL, Esq.,

to be an Auditor for the County of Taranaki.

H. A. ATKINSON.

By-law of Motueka Highway Board, County of Waimea, approved.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
approve of the following by-law respecting
stray cattle, passed by the Motueka Highway Board.

THOMAS DICK.

THAT the following by-law be in force within the
Motueka Highway District, and be read as part of
the by-laws of the Motueka Highway Board, and in
lieu of No. 6, made the 6th day of November, 1875:—

No person shall permit any cattle to stray or
depasture, whether under the tendence or control of
any person or persons or not, in or upon any road or
street, or the sides thereof, within the limits of the
Motueka Highway District.

Dated this thirty-first day of January, 1880.

B. MACMAHON,
Chairman, Motueka Highway Board.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy
of the by-law made by the Motueka Highway Board
at a meeting of the Board held on the thirty-first day
of January, 1880.

H. A. TARRANT,
Secretary, Motueka Highway Board.

I hereby approve of the above by-law this eighth
day of June, 1880.

HERCULES ROBINSON,
Governor.

Letters of Naturalization issued.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th June, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
issue Letters of Naturalization under "The
Aliens Act, 1866," in favour of the under-mentioned
person, viz. :—

THOMAS DICK.

Amended Rules for Civil Service Examination.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1880.

THE following amended rules for the conduct of
examinations, having been approved by His
Excellency the Governor, are published for general
information, and are to come into force from the
1st January, 1881.

THOMAS DICK.

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

[To come into force on the 1st January, 1881.]

1. 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 a fee of half a guinea.

2. 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
   EXAMINATION, and the other branch shall be called
   the SENIOR EXAMINATION.

3. Every candidate must pass in the compulsory
   subjects of the Junior Examination (see section 8)
   before he shall be eligible for any appointment in
   the Civil Service. Exceptions :—

(1.) Any candidate who shall have passed the
annual examinations by the New Zealand
University shall be considered as eligible for
appointment in the Civil Service: Provided
that the Civil Service Examination Board is
satisfied that the candidate has passed in all
the subjects required by the Civil Service
Regulations, and that a certificate to that
effect is given in each case.

(2.) A degree in any University cited in Statutes
VII., VIII., and IX. of the New Zealand
University (viz., Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow,
Aberdeen, St. Andrew's, Edinburgh, Dublin,
Durham, London, Queen's University of Ire-
land, Sydney, or Melbourne) shall enable the
recipient to enter the Civil Service of New
Zealand without further examination.

4. Every person appointed under these regula-
   tions must pass the Senior Examination (see section 9)
   before he shall be eligible for promotion.

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 dis-
   cretion.

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.

Compulsory Subjects.

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

Optional Subjects.

Shorthand.
Maori.

9. SENIOR EXAMINATION.

Compulsory Subjects.

English, Arithmetic, and Geography.