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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7.

that the applicant is in good health and free from
any bodily infirmity ; and
(4.) A certificate from the proper authority to the effect
that such applicant has duly passed the junior
examination hereinbefore mentioned.

8. The names of applicants shall be entered in a register
   kept by the Secretary at the General Post Office ; and such
   names shall be kept on the register until appointments
   have been made, or until such persons have attained the
   age of twenty years, or had their names removed at their
   own request, as the case may be.

9. Appointments of cadets to the Clerical Division shall
   be made only from the persons whose names are so registered,
   and in the order of registration, taking the name first re-
   gistered and following in regular sequence.

10. Every cadet receiving an appointment shall be condi-
    tionally appointed upon probation ; and at the expiration of
    three months from the date of such appointment, if the
    Superintendent or Secretary shall certify as to his fitness
    and capacity, and recommend him in writing as a suitable
    person to become an officer of the department, the Governor
    may make such appointment absolute ; and if the pro-
    bationer shall not have complied with these regulations
    his appointment shall lapse.

11. The Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister,
    during the period of probation, may at any time dismiss any
    cadet from the department for any reason which may be
    deemed sufficient.

Senior Examination.

12. No person shall be eligible for promotion in the
    Clerical Division to any class higher than the fifth class
    unless he has passed a further examination, to be called
    "the senior examination," in the manner hereinafter men-
    tioned.

13. The senior examination shall be the examination
    known as the "senior Civil Service examination" held
    under the provisions of "The Civil Service Reform Act,
    1886," and the times and places fixed for such examination
    from time to time, and the subjects prescribed for the same,
    shall be respectively deemed to be prescribed for the senior
    examination required by these regulations.

14. An officer shall be deemed to have passed the senior
    examination if he—
    (1.) Has passed the examination for the time being pre-
    scribed for the matriculation of students in the
    New Zealand University :
    (2.) Has obtained a junior or senior scholarship in the said
    University :
    (3.) Has passed the matriculation examination or any
    other examination in any public university in the
    United Kingdom or any of the Australian Colonies,
    which is at least equal to that required to be passed
    on matriculation in the New Zealand University,
    and as may be determined by regulations :
    (4.) Has obtained a degree in any such university or in
    the New Zealand University.

15. A register of persons who have passed or are deemed
    to have passed such senior examination shall be kept by the
    Secretary, and their names shall be entered therein upon ap-
    plication by the persons who have so passed such examina-
    tion, and every such application shall be accompanied by
    documentary proof thereof, and entry made in the order of
    application.

NON-CLERICAL DIVISION.

16. No person shall be eligible for appointment in the
    Non-clerical Division who is over thirty-five years of age,
    and until he has produced to the Superintendent or Secre-
    tary certificates of good health and good moral character,
    in the same manner and to the like effect as required from
    persons entering the Clerical Division, and also of having
    passed such examination as hereinafter mentioned, or is
    expressly exempt from such examination.

Applications for appointment in this division shall be
made to the Superintendent or Secretary, and applicants
shall produce the requisite evidence that they possess the
qualifications necessary for the work of the office.

17. The subjects of examination for persons seeking ap-
    pointment in the Non-clerical Division shall be,—

Handwriting : To be tested by copying out at
least 200 words from a passage of simple
English .. .. .. .. .. Full
Mark
Value.
100
Reading print .. .. .. .. .. 100
Spelling : To be tested by writing from dictation
an extract from a newspaper containing not
less than 100 words .. .. .. .. 100
Arithmetic : First four rules, simple and com-
pound .. .. .. .. .. 200
Total .. .. .. .. 500
One-half the maximum number of marks will qualify for
appointment.

18. Examinations shall be conducted by the District
    Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors of Telegraphs, the Inspector
    and Assistant Inspector of Post Offices, together with such
    other officers as may from time to time be appointed by
    the Minister ; or the Minister may in any case appoint any
    of such officers to conduct all examinations or any such ex-
    amination under this regulation. Twenty-one days' notice
    must be given to the Superintendent or Secretary by any
    applicant of his desire to be examined ; and the Superin-
    tendent or Secretary, by letter addressed to the applicant,
    shall fix the date, time, and place where such examination
    shall be held.

19. Females will be admitted as cadettes, but they will
    be appointed only to such vacancies as are suitable to
    females. They will be required to produce the certificates
    prescribed for cadets in the Clerical Division. The age for
    admission for females is between sixteen and twenty-five
    years. Married women are not eligible for appointment,
    and females must resign when they marry.

20. Where any candidate for employment in this division
    has already passed an examination which, in the opinion of
    the Minister, is at least equal to that which he would be
    required to pass under these regulations, it shall not be neces-
    sary for him to pass any further examination.

21. Appointments in the Non-clerical Division shall be
    made in the following manner :—
    (1.) The person whose name stands first in order on the
    register of the class for which he is registered shall
    be offered the appointment, and so on in order ac-
    cording to the number of appointments required in
    such class, unless it shall appear to the Superin-
    tendent or Secretary that the person whose name
    stands first on the register is for any reason un-
    fitted for the appointment, in which case he may
    recommend the person next in order that is so fitted.
    (2.) Appointments shall be made by the Governor on the
    recommendation of the Minister, except in the case
    of telegraph message-boys, distributors, and night-
    watchmen, which shall be made by the Secretary.
    (3.) If a person to whom an appointment is offered declines
    to accept the same it shall be offered to the person
    whose name stands next on the register of the class,
    and so on till the appointment is made.

22. Officers in the Non-clerical Division, telegraph mes-
    sage-boys, and distributors shall be eligible for employment,
    on promotion, in the Clerical Division ; but in any such case
    the provisions applicable in respect of examinations in such
    division, or the equivalent thereof, shall extend and apply to
    such officers, message-boys, and distributors.

TELEGRAPH MESSAGE-BOYS.

23. Telegraph message-boys must be not less than
    twelve and not more than fifteen years of age. They must
    have passed the Fourth Standard of a school constituted
    under "The Education Act, 1877," in accordance with the
    regulations in that behalf for the time being in force there-
    under, and produce certificates in writing of sound bodily
    health and good moral character. The boys will be eligible
    for promotion to any other branch of the Non-clerical Divi-
    sion for which they may be qualified.

Any telegraph message-boy who may have been in receipt
of the maximum pay of his position for two years, and who
cannot qualify for promotion to another class in the Non-
clerical Division or for a cadetship, will be required to
resign.

In the event of a greater number of such boys qualifying for
promotion than the department can absorb at the time,
they will be placed in a supernumerary class, and receive £5
increases yearly until the pay reaches £56, or until they can
be promoted.

GENERAL.

24. A record of all officers in the department shall be kept
    by the Secretary, showing therein the divisions in which
    such officers are respectively included, in accordance with
    the terms of "The Post and Telegraph Classification and
    Regulation Act, 1890," with the particulars hereinafter re-
    quired :—
    (1.) With regard to the First Division and the Non-clerical
    Division, shall state therein a general description
    of the several duties of the officers included in those
    divisions, their date of birth, length of service,
    salaries, and such other particulars as may be
    deemed necessary ;
    (2.) With regard to the Clerical Division, shall state
    therein with respect to the officers therein included,
    in addition to the information as aforesaid, the
    nature of the work severally performed by such per-
    sons ;
    (3.) From time to time shall cause entries to be made in
    such records of death, dismissals, resignations, pro-
    motions, and reductions ;
    (4.) In the month of January in each and every year
    shall publish a list of officers then employed, and
    the particulars with regard to such persons recorded