No. 74. 1569

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 1900.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1900.

Amended Regulations under “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890,” “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act Amendment Act, 1891,” and “The Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1894.”

RANFURLY, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House, at Wellington, this twentieth day of August, 1900.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the twenty-second day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-one, regulations were, inter alia, made under the authority of “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), providing for the employment and promotion of telegraph message-boys, and for the promotion of officers, and filling of vacancies: And whereas it is expedient to revoke certain of such regulations, and to make others in lieu thereof, and also to make additional regulations for the purposes of the said Act:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the authority vested in him by the said Act, “The Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act Amendment Act, 1891,” and “The Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1894,” and acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke regulations numbered twenty-three, thirty, thirty-one, and thirty-three in the Schedule to the aforesaid Order in Council, and in lieu thereof and otherwise doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto for the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and doth order and declare that such regulations shall have effect on and after the twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred.

SCHEDULE.
FIRST DIVISION.
Vacancies.

30. When a vacancy occurs in the First Division which it is expedient to fill, the Minister shall submit to the Governor the names of three of the senior officers of the department—including Chief Postmasters, first grade—and shall, with due regard to special qualifications and aptitude, as well as seniority in class or grade, nominate from these the officer he deems best qualified to fill the vacancy; and the Governor, after due consideration of the seniority, merit, and suitability of such officer, and of the special qualifications and aptitude requisite for the discharge of the duties of the office to be filled, may appoint to the vacancy.

Should the Minister consider that there is no officer suitable to fill the vacancy, he may report accordingly, and the Governor shall thereupon act as he may think fit.

CLERICAL DIVISION.
Promotions and Vacancies.

31. Vacancies in the several classes in the Clerical Division, and appointments to new positions therein, shall be filled in the following manner:—

(1.) The under-noted classes and Chief Postmasters and Postmasters grades are grouped together as classes for purposes of promotion and filling vacancies; each group to be regarded as one class—namely, that below the class in which the vacancy occurs.

First Group.—Second Class and Chief Postmasters, second grade.

Second Group.—Third Class and Chief Postmasters, third grade.

Third Group.—Fourth Class and Postmasters, first grade.

Fourth Group.—Fifth Class, first grade, and Postmasters, second grade.

Fifth Group.—Fifth Class, second grade, and Postmasters, third grade.

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