May 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 625

degree shall be examined only in general 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.
7. All other candidates for admission as barristers shall be
examined in law and general knowledge.
8. Solicitors on the roll who shall apply to be admitted as
barristers shall pass the examination in general knowledge
provided by Rule 9, and shall pass the examination in juris-
prudence, constitutional history, Roman law, international
law, and conflict of laws, prescribed for the degree of Bachelor
of Laws.
9. 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.
10. The examination in law for candidates for admission
as barristers shall be the law subjects required for the degree
of Bachelor of Laws 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.
11. Persons who have passed the general-knowledge
examination prescribed for barristers under the regulations
of the 28th December, 1882, shall not, in passing the ex-
amination in law prescribed for candidates for admission as
barristers under these regulations, be required to pass in
constitutional history.
12. 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 law of England.
For this class of candidates there shall be two papers: one
on law generally, the other on the law of New Zealand in so
far as it differs from the law of England. The examination
shall be conducted at the times and by the examiners ap-
pointed by the Chancellor of the University.
13. 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 degrees
shall be examined in law only.
14. The examination in general knowledge for candidates
for admission as solicitors shall be the matriculation ex-
amination of the New Zealand University, Latin being a
compulsory subject.
15. The examination in law for candidates for admission
as solicitors shall be the law subjects prescribed for the
degree of Bachelor of Laws of the New Zealand University,
omitting jurisprudence, constitutional history, Roman law,
international law, and conflict of laws.
16. Every candidate for admission either as a barrister or
solicitor who shall produce a certificate emanating from the
proper authority that he has passed any examination in
general knowledge required to be passed by candidates for
admission as solicitors in England or Ireland, or as law
agents in Scotland, or 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 satis-
faction of a Judge of the Supreme Court that such examina-
tion 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
subject or subjects.
17. The age of all candidates for admission must appear
on affidavit.
18. 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 ad-
mitted as therein stated.
19. Every candidate for admission as a barrister or soli-
citor who claims to be entitled, as a graduate of some uni-
versity, to be admitted after an examination in law only,
shall produce his diploma, or some duly-authenticated certi-
ficate or other documentary evidence of his having taken a
degree, with an affidavit verifying the same, and proving his
identity with the person mentioned in such document.
20. 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.
21. Every candidate, before being admitted, shall produce
evidence of his good character, to the satisfaction of the
Judge to whom he applies for admission.
22. No fee paid for any examination or section thereof
which the candidate may fail to pass shall be available for
any subsequent examination or section thereof, excepting as
provided under section II., subsection 3, of the University
Statute of Fees.
23. Candidates for admission as barristers or solicitors
who may have taken the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the
University of New Zealand since 1st June, 1890, shall not be
required to pass any further examination.

Commissioner's Decisions under Tariff Acts.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 10th May, 1893.
It is hereby notified, for public information, that the Hon.
the Commissioner of Trade and Customs has decided to
interpret "The Customs and Excise Duties Act, 1888," in
relation to the under-mentioned articles as follows:—
NOTE.—"Not otherwise enumerated" appears as n.o.e.; "other
kinds" as o.k.; "articles and materials suited only for, and to be
used solely in, the fabrication of goods in the colony" as a. & m.s.
Articles marked thus * are revised decisions.

W. T. GLASGOW,
Secretary and Inspector.
Commissioner's Order No. 449.]

Additional Land taken in Section 57, Block VII., Waipahi Survey District, for the Purposes of the Hurunui-Bluff Railway.

A NOTIFICATION.
WHEREAS it has been found desirable, for the use,
convenience, and enjoyment of the Hurunui-Bluff
Railway, to take further land in Section 57, Block VII.,
Waipahi Survey District, in addition to land previously
acquired for the purposes of the said railway:
Now, therefore, we, the New Zealand Railway Commis-
sioners, in exercise of the powers and authorities conferred
on us by "The Government Railways Act, 1887," and of
every other power and authority in anywise enabling us in
that behalf, do hereby notify and declare that the land
mentioned in the Schedule hereto is taken for the purposes
above mentioned.

SCHEDULE.
The parcel of land mentioned hereunder :—

Approximate | Being | Situated | Situated in
Area of | | in | the Survey
the Parcel | | Block No. | District
of Land | | | of
required to be | | |
taken. | | |
|---|---|---|---|
A. R. P. | | |
1 0 23 | Portion of Section 57 | VII. | Waipahi.