JUNE 27.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
725

Member of the House of Representatives for Christchurch
North elected.

Clerk of the Writs' Office,
Wellington, 21st June, 1889.

THE Clerk of the Writs has received a return to the
writ issued by him on the 25th day of May, 1889, for
the election of a Member to serve in the House of Repre-
sentatives for the electoral district hereinafter specified, and
by the indorsement on such writ it appears that the under-
mentioned gentleman has been duly elected Member for
such district:--

For the District of Christchurch North.
EDWARD WINGFIELD HUMPHREYS.

G. S. COOPER,
Clerk of the Writs.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares, Rates, and
Charges in force on the New Zealand Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers conferred by "The
Government Railways Act, 1887," do hereby make the
following alterations in and additions to the scale of fares,
rates, and charges on the New Zealand Railways, to come
into force on and after the 1st day of July, 1889:--

PART I.-LOCAL RATES.
WELLINGTON SECTION.

Cased meat and undumped wool, consigned from Peton
to Wellington, will be charged at the following rates, viz.:-

Cased meat, per ton, 2s. 8d. Minimum quantity, 5 tons
per truck.
Wool, undumped, per bale, 8d. Minimum quantity, 12 bales
per truck.

The common seal of the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners was hereunto
affixed, this seventeenth day of June, (L.S.)
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
nine, in the presence of
JAMES MCKERROW, )
J. P. MAXWELL,
W. M. HANNAY,
} Railway
Commisioners.

Alterations and Additions to the Scale of Fares and Charges
in force upon the New Zealand Railways.

THE New Zealand Railway Commissioners, in exercise
and pursuance of the powers conferred by "The Go-
vernment Railways Act, 1887," do hereby make the following
alterations in and additions to the scale of fares, rates, and
charges on the New Zealand Railways, to come into force on
and after the 1st day of July, 1889:--

PART IV.-LOCAL RATES.
AUCKLAND SECTION.

Native brown coals, from Kimihia Siding to Cambridge
and Te Aroha, will be charged as under: -
To Cambridge .. .. 5s. 2d. per ton.
To Te Aroha .. .. 6s. 2d. "

The common seal of the New Zealand
Railway Commissioners was hereunto
affixed, this twenty-fifth day of June, (L.S.)
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
nine, in the presence of
JAMES MCKERROW, )
J. P. MAXWELL,
W. M. HANNAY,
} Railway
Commissioners.

Regulation under "The Law Practitioners Act, 1882."

BY virtue of the powers vested in us by law, it is ordered
by us, the Judges of the Supreme Court, that the fol-
lowing shall be a rule and regulation under "The Law
Practitioners Act, 1882: "

Any candidate for admission as solicitor who shall have
passed the matriculation examination in the New Zealand
University, taking Latin as a subject, shall be deemed to
have passed the examination in general knowledge required
to be passed by candidates for admission as solicitors; and
any candidate for admission as barrister who shall have
passed with credit the Junior Scholarship examination in
the same University, or the first examination for the degree
of Bachelor of Law in the said University, taking in each
case Latin as a subject, shall be deemed to have passed in
general knowledge required to be passed by candidates for
admission as barristers.

JAMES PRENDERGAST.
C. W. RICHMOND.
JOSHUA S. WILLIAMS.
J. E. DENNISTON.

Dated at Wellington, this 1st day of June, 1889.

Admission of Barristers and Solicitors. -Rules and Regula-
tions under "The Law Practitioners Act, 1882."

BY virtue of the powers vested in us by law, it is ordered
by us, the Judges of the Supreme Court, that the fol-
lowing shall be the rules and regulations under "The Law
Practitioners Act, 1882," all previous rules and regulations
being hereby rescinded:--

1. Every candidate for admission as a barrister or solicitor
   of the Supreme Court, not previously admitted elsewhere,
   shall give notice to the Registrar of the Court at the place
   where he intends to apply for admission, at least two months
   before the month of December in every year, of his desire to
   be examined, and shall state the nature of the examination
   that he proposes to submit to; and shall at the same time
   pay the proper fee in respect of such examination.

2. Candidates may present themselves for examination
   both in law and general knowledge, or in law only, or in
   general knowledge only, or they may split their examination
   for law as prescribed for candidates for the degree of LL.B.,
   but if so split the full fee for an examination shall be paid
   before the candidate enters on the first part of his examina-
   tion.

3. The examinations will be conducted by the University
   of New Zealand, and shall be held in the month of December
   at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and
   at such other places as the number of candidates may
   warrant.

4. Candidates for admission as barristers who have been
   previously admitted as barristers in any superior or Supreme
   Court in any part of Her Majesty's dominions shall give two
   months' notice of their intention to apply for admission, and
   shall, as soon as conveniently may be thereafter, be examined
   only as to their knowledge of the law of New Zealand so far
   as it differs from the law of England. The Judge in any
   judicial district may specially appoint times and places for
   the examination of any such candidates, and the examina-
   tion shall be conducted by the Examiners appointed by the
   University for the special subject.

5. Candidates for admission as barristers who shall have
   taken a degree in arts or science from some University or
   other body in any part of Her Majesty's dominions which
   has or hereafter may have power by law to grant such a
   degree shall be examined only in law, and those who shall
   have taken a degree in law shall be examined only in the
   law of New Zealand so far as it differs from the law of
   England.

6. All other candidates for admission as barristers shall be
   examined in law and general knowledge.

7. Solicitors on the roll who shall apply after the 15th day
   of September, 1883, to be admitted as barristers shall pass
   the examination in general knowledge provided by Rule 8,
   and shall pass the examination in jurisprudence, constitu-
   tional history, Roman law, international law, and conflict of
   laws, required for barristers under Rule 9.

8. The examination in general knowledge for candidates
   for admission as barristers, and for candidates for admission
   as solicitors who are by law required to pass the barristers'
   examination, shall be the Junior Scholarship Examination
   required by the New Zealand University, and a candidate
   must pass with credit such examination, or he must pass the
   first examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Laws. In
   each of these examinations Latin shall be a compulsory
   subject.

9. The examination in law for candidates for admission as
   barristers shall be the law subjects required for the LL.B.
   degree in the New Zealand University, namely :-
   (1.) Jurisprudence and constitutional history;
   (2.) Roman law;
   (3.) International law and conflict of laws.
   English law in New Zealand:---
   (4.) Contracts and torts;
   (5.) Real and personal property;
   (6.) Evidence;
   (7.) Criminal law;
   (8.) Equity;
   (9.) Statute law in New Zealand;
   (10.) Practice and procedure of the Courts in New
   Zealand.

10. Candidates for admission as solicitors who have been
    admitted as solicitors in any superior or Supreme Court of
    any part of Her Majesty's dominions shall be examined in
    law, including the law of New Zealand in so far as it differs
    from the laws of England.
    For this class of candidates there shall be two papers:
    one in law generally, the other in the law in New Zealand
    in so far as it differs from the laws of England. The ex-
    amination shall be conducted by the Examiners appointed
    by the University.

11. Candidates for admission as solicitors who have taken
    a degree in arts or laws or science from some University or
    other body in any part of Her Majesty's dominions which
    has or hereafter may have power by law to grant such de-
    grees shall be examined in law only,