May 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1369

(b.) The minimum age for admission shall be sixteen years, and
the maximum age twenty-five years, except in the case of
women appointed as Matrons, Supervisors, Postmistresses,
Telegraphists, and Book-keepers, who may be appointed at
any age not less than twenty years or more than forty-five
years.

(c.) Women not exceeding forty years of age, who have been con-
tinuously employed in the Department in a non-permanent
capacity for five years, may be appointed to a telephone
exchange.

(d.) Not more than one daughter in a family shall be eligible for
employment in a telephone exchange.

(e.) Married women are not eligible for appointment, and females
must resign when they marry.

Senior Examination.

15. No person, other than one of those specified in clause 37 hereof,
    shall be eligible for promotion in the Clerical Division to any class higher
    than the sixth class unless he has passed a further examination, to be
    called “the senior examination,” in the manner hereinafter mentioned.

16. The senior examination shall be the examination known as the
    “Civil Service Senior Examination” held under the provisions of
    “The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886,” and the times and places fixed
    for such examination from time to time, and the subjects prescribed
    for the same, shall be respectively deemed to be prescribed for the senior
    examination required by these regulations.

17. An officer shall be deemed to have passed the senior examination
    if he—

(1.) Has passed the examination for the time being prescribed for
the matriculation of students in the University of New
Zealand ;

(2.) Has obtained a junior or a senior scholarship in the said
University ;

(3.) Has passed the Matriculation Examination or any other ex-
amination in any public university in the British Empire
which is accepted by the University of New Zealand as
being at least equal to that required to be passed on
matriculation in the University of New Zealand, and as may
be determined by regulations;

(4.) Has obtained a degree in any such university or in the
University of New Zealand.

18. A register of persons who have passed or are deemed to have
    passed such senior examination shall be kept by the Secretary, and their
    names shall be entered therein upon application by the persons who
    have so passed such examination, and every such application shall be
    accompanied by documentary proof thereof, and entry made in the
    order of application.

NON-CLERICAL DIVISION.

19. No person, except as hereinafter provided, shall be eligible for
    appointment in the Non-clerical Division unless he is of the full
    age of fifteen years and not more than thirty-five years of age,
    and no other person shall be so eligible until he has produced to the
    Secretary or the Superintendent certificates of good health and good
    moral character, in the same manner and to the like effect as required
    from persons entering the Clerical Division, and also of having passed
    the examination hereinafter mentioned.

20. Every person seeking appointment in the Non-clerical Division
    shall be required to produce a certificate that such person has passed
    the Fourth Standard examination, as defined by regulations under
    “The Education Act, 1904,” or an examination which, in the opinion
    of the Minister, is equivalent in all material respects thereto.

21. Applications for appointment in this Division shall be made to
    the Secretary or the Superintendent, and applicants shall produce
    the requisite evidence that they possess the qualifications necessary for
    the work of the office.

22. Any person over thirty-five years of age who has been tempo-
    rarily employed previous to reaching such age, and whose employment
    has been continuous, shall be eligible for appointment to the Non-
    clerical Division on production of a certificate that he has passed the
    Fourth Standard examination or an examination equivalent thereto.