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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

Notice of Vesting of Land in the Public Trustee under “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894.”

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, the Public Trustee, have, for the purposes of “The Unclaimed Lands Act, 1894,” made due inquiries with respect to the land described in the Schedule hereunder written, and the owner thereof, and have, in respect of the said land, given the notices prescribed by section 4 of the said Act, and have in all respects complied with the provisions of the said section: And whereas I have not thereby ascertained who the owner is, and believe that such owner is not in the colony, nor has such owner established his title to the said land, as required by the said Act: I hereby give notice that the said land is, under and by virtue of the said Act, vested in me, as the Public Trustee as aforesaid, as from the date of the publication hereof, and will be administered under the said Act, the assessed value of the said land being less than £100.

Dated at Wellington, this 17th day of July, 1900.

J. W. POYNTON,
Public Trustee.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land, containing 32.75 poles, more or less, being allotments numbered respectively 74, 104, and 105 on the plan of the Township of West Dunedin, having frontages to Aitken Place and Campbell Street.

Examination of Land Surveyors.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 21st July, 1900.

IN accordance with the regulations for the examination of surveyors under “The Land Act, 1892,” as published in the New Zealand Gazette of 5th March, 1896, it is hereby notified that the next examination thereunder will be held on 4th September next.

T. M. GRANT,
Secretary to the Board of Examiners.

Regulations 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 following rules and regulations under “The Law Practitioners Act, 1882,” shall come into force on and after the 1st day of January, 1900.

ROBERT STOUT, C.J.
JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS.
EDWD. T. CONOLLY.
W. B. EDWARDS.
J. O. MARTIN.

PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS IN LAW.

1. 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 said University, or the first examination for the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the said University, taking in each case Latin as a subject, and passing in Latin, shall be deemed to have passed the examination in general knowledge required to be passed by candidates for admission as barristers.

2. 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 University of New Zealand, at the dates specified each year in the University Calendar, 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 to the Registrar of the University the proper fee in respect of such examination: and every such candidate shall at the same time send a similar notice (without fee) to the Registrar of the Supreme Court where he intends to apply for admission.

3. Candidates for admission as barristers 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 Bachelor of Laws.

NOTE.—When the subjects to be passed are divided into two examinations taken in separate years, the fee for each examination to be three guineas.

When all the subjects are combined in one examination, the fee for the examination to be five guineas.

4. The examinations will be conducted by the University of New Zealand. The examinations in law and the examinations in general knowledge shall be held annually, at the times fixed by the Chancellor of the University, at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin, and at such other places as the number of candidates may warrant. All candidates for legal examinations must conform to the rules and regulations of the University for the conduct of University examinations, as stated in the Calendar, so far as they are consistent with these regulations.

5. A candidate may take the general knowledge examination and the law examination in November and December of the same year; but he will have to pass the law examination over again if he fails to pass the general knowledge examination, whether the latter shall consist in his case of the matriculation (December), or of the junior scholarship (December), or of the first LL.B. pass examination (November).

If both examinations are not taken in one year, then the general knowledge examination must be taken before the law examination.

But nothing in this regulation shall apply to persons who previous to 1894 may have given notice of candidature in law subjects to the Registrar of the University of New Zealand.

6. 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 examination of such candidates shall be conducted by the examiners appointed by the Chancellor, at such times in the year and at such places as may be fixed by the Chancellor of the University with the approval of the Chief Justice.

7. 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 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.

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

9. Solicitors on the roll who shall apply to be admitted as barristers shall pass the examination in general knowledge provided by Rule 10, and shall pass the examination in jurisprudence, constitutional history, Roman law, international law, and conflict of laws prescribed for the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Nothing in this rule shall be deemed to conflict with the provisions of “The Law Practitioners Act Amendment Act, 1898.”

10. The examination in general knowledge for candidates for admission as barristers 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.

NOTE.—The fee payable under this regulation is two guineas.

11. 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 as in New Zealand:—
(4.) Contracts and torts;
(5.) Real and personal property;
(6.) Evidence;
(7.) Criminal law;
(8.) Equity;
(9.) Practice and procedure of the Courts in New Zealand.

NOTE.—The fee payable under this regulation is five guineas.

12. The statute law of New Zealand shall not be a separate subject of examination in law for candidates for admission as barristers or solicitors, but questions on the statute law of New Zealand so far as it relates to the other subjects of examination in law shall form part of the examination in such subjects.

13. 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 in 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 appointed by the Chancellor of the University.

14. 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