Civil Service Examination Regulations




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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month in each city or borough in which the Board of any education district has its office, and in any other places that may from year to year be appointed by the Minister of Education.

  1. (a.) 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 Education Department not later than the 30th day of September next before the examination, and must be accompanied by a receipt for the payment of £1 sterling to the Public Account at some branch of the Bank of New Zealand.

(b.) A candidate’s notice may, however, be received between the 30th day of September and the 15th day of October if it is accompanied by a bank receipt for a late fee of £1 in addition to the receipt for the entrance fee.

  1. The examination may be passed as a whole, or in sections. In the latter case the first section must consist of not less than two subjects. For every admission, whether to the whole examination or to a section of the examination, the entrance fee of £1 shall be paid.

  2. As soon as possible after the Senior Examination has been held the Minister of Education shall publish a list of the successful candidates, and in the list those that, taking the whole examination at once, have passed with distinction shall be specially indicated.

  3. In subjects corresponding to those prescribed for the Senior Examination, the examinations of any British chartered university, of any chartered institute of accountants or surveyors, the examinations of the Science and Art Department of the English Board of Education, recognised public examinations of barristers and solicitors, and examinations of any authorised medical board will be accepted, quantum valent, in lieu thereof.

  4. Every candidate will be required to pass in the subjects named below as constituting Group I, and also in not less than four, or, in the case of cadet engineers, not less than five, subjects to be selected, with the limitations indicated in clause 7 of these regulations, from among the subjects named as constituting Group II. Not more than five subjects from Group II may be offered by any candidate at any one examination.

GROUP I.

(1.) Précis-writing and Correspondence.
(2.) English Language and Literature.

GROUP II.

(3.) Greek.
(4.) Latin.
(5.) French.
(6.) German.
(7.) Italian.
(8.) Spanish.
(9.) Maori.
(10.) Arithmetic and Algebra.
(11.) Geometry and Trigonometry.
(12.) Mechanics and Hydrostatics.
(13.) Heat and Light.
(14.) Magnetism and Electricity.
(15.) Chemistry.
(16.) Physiography.
(17.) Geology.
(18.) Zoology.
(19.) Botany.
(20.) Physiology and the Structure of the Body.
(21.) Hygiene.
(22.) General Agriculture.
(23.) Agricultural Chemistry.
(24.) Agricultural Zoology.
(25.) Agricultural Botany.
(26.) General History.

(27.) English Constitutional History.
(28.) Economics.
(29.) Economic History.
(30.) Commercial Geography.
(31.) Jurisprudence.
(32.) Contracts.
(33.) Real and Personal Property.
(34.) Criminal Law and Torts.
(35.) Industrial Law.
(36.) Life and Accident Insurance Law.
(37.) Principles of Life Insurance.
(38.) Life and Accident Insurance Book-keeping.
(39.) Elementary Actuarial Mathematics.
(40.) Statistical Method.
(41.) Applied Mechanics.
(42.) Machine Construction and Drawing.
(43.) Building-construction.
(44.) Mining.
(45.) Dairy-work.
(46.) Accounting.
(47.) Shorthand.

  1. The following Schedule indicates the extent to which the choice of subjects from Group II is limited in the case of candidates in the service of certain Departments. At least one of the subjects recom-


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🏛️ Civil Service Senior Examination Regulations (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
26 March 1907
Civil Service, Senior Examination, Regulations, Subject groups, Examination fees, Candidate requirements