APRIL 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 873

Commission on Colonial Scale of Staff and Salaries of Public School Teachers.

Education Department,
Wellington, 9th April, 1901.

THE following Commission, appointing Commissioners to inquire into the establishment of a uniform scale of staff and salaries for schools maintained under “The Education Act, 1877,” is published for general information.
WM. HALL-JONES.

To Michael Gilfedder, of Invercargill, Alexander Wilson Hogg, of Masterton, Frank Yates Lethbridge, of Bull’s, and Thomas Mackenzie, of Dunedin, members of the House of Representatives; Samuel Luke, of Auckland, a member of the Education Board of the District of Auckland; Thomas Shailer Weston, of Christchurch, Chairman of the Education Board of the District of North Canterbury; Henry Hill, of Napier, and John Smith, of Blenheim, Inspectors of Schools; and William Davidson, of Mornington, and Ralph Duncan Stewart, of Auckland, schoolmasters:
Greeting.

WHEREAS it is expedient that a Commission should be appointed to consider the best method of establishing a uniform scale of staff and salaries to be in force throughout the Colony of New Zealand, under which the number of teachers employed in public schools maintained under “The Education Act, 1877,” having an equal number of children in average daily attendance, shall, as far as possible, be the same, and the teachers holding similar positions to one another shall, other things being equal, be paid equal salaries:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of all powers and authorities enabling me in this behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, do hereby appoint you, the said

Michael Gilfedder,
Alexander Wilson Hogg,
Frank Yates Lethbridge,
Thomas Mackenzie,
Samuel Luke,
Thomas Shailer Weston,
Henry Hill,
John Smith,
William Davidson, and
Ralph Duncan Stewart,

to be a Commission to inquire and report as to the principles upon which such uniform scale as aforesaid should be based, taking into consideration the total amount payable by the Government of the colony for such purposes as are contemplated by the payments now made under subsection two of section eight of the said Act, the said amount not exceeding on the whole a sum equal to a capitation of four pounds per annum for each child in average daily attendance.

And generally by all lawful means to take such evidence and make such inquiry in the premises as you shall think expedient for the purposes aforesaid.

And, further, I do hereby appoint the said Alexander Wilson Hogg to be the Chairman of this Commission.

And I do hereby, and with the advice and consent aforesaid, require you, within forty days after the date of this Commission, or as much sooner as the same can conveniently be done (using all diligence), to certify to me under your hand and seal your several proceedings and your opinion touching the premises. And, with the like advice and consent, I do hereby declare that this Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, and that you, the said Commissioners, shall and may from time to time proceed in the execution thereof at such place or places and at such times as you shall judge convenient, and although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment.

And, lastly, I do hereby declare that this Commission is and is intended to be issued subject to the provisions of “The Commissioners’ Powers Act, 1867,” and “The Commissioners’ Powers Act Amendment Act, 1872.”

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over His Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and one.

RANFURLY.

In Executive Council.
J. F. ANDREWS,
Acting-Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE KING!

Examinations for the Indian Civil Service.

Education Department,
Wellington, 9th April, 1901.

THE following regulations respecting examinations for the Civil Service of India are published for general information.

W. C. WALKER.

EXAMINATIONS FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

An open competitive examination for admission to the Civil Service of India will be held in London, under the subjoined regulations, commencing on the 1st August, 1901.

The number of persons to be selected at this examination will be announced hereafter.

No person will be admitted to compete from whom the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, has not received, on or before the 1st July, 1901, an application on the prescribed form, accompanied by a list of the subjects in which the candidate desires to be examined.

The order for admission to the examination will be posted on the 18th July, 1901, to the address given on the form of application. It will contain instructions as to the time and place at which candidates will be required to attend, and as to the manner in which the fee (£6) is to be paid.

Civil Service Commission, December, 1900.

Regulations.

• • The following regulations, made by the Secretary of State for India in Council, are liable to alteration from year to year.

1. An examination for admission to the Civil Service of India, open to all qualified persons, will be held in London in August of each year. The date of the examination and the number of appointments to be made for each province will be announced beforehand by the Civil Service Commissioners.

2. No person will be deemed qualified who shall not satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners—
   (1.) That he is a natural-born subject of Her Majesty,
   (2.) That he had attained the age of twenty-one, and had not attained the age of twenty-three, on the first day of the year in which the examination is held.

[N.B.—In the case of natives of India it will be necessary for a candidate to obtain a certificate of age and nationality issued under Notification of the Government of India, No. 2252, dated 21st August, 1888, as amended by Notification No. 404, dated 19th May, 1898, and signed, should he be a resident in British India, by the Secretary to Government of the province, or the Commissioner of the division, within which his family resides, or, should he reside in a native State, by the highest political officer accredited to the State in which his family resides.]

(3.) That he has no disease, constitutional affection, or bodily infirmity unfitting him, or likely to unfit him, for the Civil Service of India.

(4.) That he is of good moral character.

3. Should the evidence upon the above points be prima facie satisfactory to the Civil Service Commissioners, the candidate, on payment of the prescribed fee, will be admitted to the examination. The Commissioners may, however, in their discretion, at any time prior to the grant of the certificate of qualification hereinafter referred to, institute such further inquiries as they may deem necessary; and, if the result of such inquiries, in the case of any candidate, should be unsatisfactory to them in any of the above respects, he will be ineligible for admission to the Civil Service of India, and, if already selected, will be removed from the position of a probationer.

4. The open competitive examination will take place only in the following branches of knowledge:—

Marks.
English composition .. .. .. 500
Sanskrit language and literature .. .. .. 500
Arabic language and literature .. .. .. 500
Greek language and literature .. .. .. 750
Latin language and literature .. .. .. 750
English language and literature (including special period named by the Commissioners)(a) .. .. .. 500
French language and literature .. .. .. 500
German language and literature .. .. .. 500
Mathematics (pure and applied) .. .. .. 900
Advanced mathematical subjects (pure and applied) .. .. .. 900

(a.) A syllabus defining the character of the examination in the various subjects may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission.