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ment only, or to one of two or more particular departments only, named by him at the time of giving the notice required by Regulation 2, will not receive an offer of appointment to any department that he has not so named; and that girls will receive offers of appointment to such vacancies only as are suitable for girls. Every candidate on receiving an offer of appointment must produce a medical certificate of fitness for the service, such certificate being in the form prescribed in the Schedule hereto; and the appointment will not take effect until the certificate is received and approved of. A candidate declining an offer made to him under this regulation will have his name struck off the list of candidates for appointment.

7. For the Senior Examination every candidate must give notice in a form prescribed by the Minister of Education, and such notice must be sent so as to reach the office of the Minister not later than the thirty-first day of October next before the examination, and must be accompanied by a receipt for the payment of one guinea to the Public Account at some branch of the bank at which the Public Account is kept.

8. At every Senior Examination every candidate will be required to pass in the three following compulsory subjects: 1. English language and literature; 2. Arithmetic (including problems of a more difficult kind than those set for the Junior Examination) or algebra (to simple equations, inclusive); 3. Any one of the following languages—(a) Latin, (b) Greek, (c) French, (d) German, (e) Italian, (f) Maori. Every candidate must also pass in three other subjects, which will be called optional subjects, and which are defined in Regulation 9. Of the optional subjects, candidates in the service of the Survey Department must take Euclid and trigonometry, and candidates in the service of the Native Department must take Maori.

9. The optional subjects for the Senior Examination, of which subjects every candidate must choose three, and may not choose more than three, will be as follows: 1. Euclid (Books I. to IV.); 2. Trigonometry (to solution of plane triangles); 3. English history, from 1688 to 1837; 4. Elementary mechanics; 5. Elementary physics; 6. Elementary chemistry; 7. Elementary biology; 8. Latin; 9. Greek; 10. French; 11. German; 12. Italian; 13. Maori; 14. Shorthand. No candidate will be allowed to select as an optional subject from this list the same language as he selects for his third compulsory subject.

10. For the Senior Examination special papers will be set in English language and literature, arithmetic and algebra, Euclid and trigonometry. The paper in English history will be more difficult than the paper set in the same subject for the Junior Examination; and in shorthand eighty words a minute (reporting style) will be required. In other subjects the papers will be those set for the Junior Examination, but higher marks will be required for a pass. The examination in English will include abstract and précis writing, composition, and correspondence, and a period of literature and special books to be read will be chosen from time to time and duly announced.

11. A candidate whose work at any Senior Examination is good on the whole, but in one or two subjects is below the required standard, may be registered as having achieved partial success at the examination; and, on giving the required notice, may at the next examination sit, without payment of fee, to be examined in such one or two subjects; and such candidate, if successful in such subject or subjects, shall be deemed to have passed such examination.

12. As soon as possible after the Senior Examination has been held, the Minister of Education will publish a list of the successful candidates, and in the list those that have passed with distinction will be named in the order of their merit—that is to say, in the order of the marks assigned to them—and the rest in alphabetical order.

SCHEDULE.

"The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886."—Physical Examination of Candidate.

I, , of , a legally qualified medical practitioner, hereby certify that I have this day physically examined , aged years, a candidate for admission to the public service of New Zealand. I find the condition of his heart and lungs healthy, and I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief his constitution is sound, and that he is physically fit for the public service. His height is feet inches, weight stones pounds, and chest-measurement on full inspiration inches.

Signature:
Address:
Date:

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Increasing the Holding-area of Land to Settlers in the Rewa Village-homestead Settlement, Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of September, 1898.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council issued on the twenty-fourth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, under the authority of section one hundred and sixty-nine of “The Land Act, 1892,” fixing the terms and conditions upon which allotments in the Rewa Village-homestead Settlement should be disposed of, it was provided that no lessee would be allowed to hold more than one allotment:

And whereas it is expedient to allow one person to hold more than one allotment, provided that the total area acquired does not exceed a total of fifty acres, in the said Rewa Village-homestead Settlement:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor, in pursuance of all powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the Colony of New Zealand, doth hereby amend the Order in Council aforesaid so far as it affects the areas in which the land in the Rewa Village-homestead Settlement shall be held, and doth declare that on and after the date hereof any settler residing in the Rewa Village-homestead Settlement aforesaid may acquire by transfer or otherwise and hold more than one allotment, provided that the total area does not exceed fifty acres in extent.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Terms and Conditions of Lease of Village-homestead Allotments in Wellington.

RANFURLY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-sixth day of September, 1898.

Present:
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by the one-hundred-and-sixty-ninth section of “The Land Act, 1892,” it is enacted that the Governor in Council may fix the terms and conditions upon which the lands in any village settlement shall be disposed of, subject as in the said section is provided: And whereas by a Proclamation made under the said Act on the twenty-third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, and published in the New Zealand Gazette on the eighth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, the lands described in the First Schedule hereto have been set apart under the said Act and declared open for lease as village-homestead allotments, and it is expedient to fix the terms and conditions upon which the said lands shall be disposed of:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby fix the terms and conditions on which the lands mentioned in the First Schedule hereto shall be disposed of by way of lease in perpetuity, and which said terms and conditions are set forth in the Second Schedule hereto, and also doth direct that the lands shall be leased as village-homestead allotments only.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—RANGITIKEI COUNTY.—HAUTAPU SURVEY DISTRICT.—MANGAWEKA VILLAGE EXTENSION.

First-class Land.

Section 7A, Block IX., Hautapu, is situated on the main coach-road from Hunterville to Tokaanu, the access being