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may appeal to the Minister, and the appeal shall thereupon be
referred to the Board of Appeal in conformity with regulations made
or to be made under the authority of "The Post and Telegraph
Department Act, 1894." And after receiving the report of the
Board of Appeal on such appeal, the Minister may confirm, alter,
or amend the said list, which, as confirmed, altered, or amended,
shall be final. But no appeal shall be referred to the Board of
Appeal which purports to take exception to any act otherwise con-
stituting a ground of appeal if such act was done at a time earlier
than one year and three months before the date fixed for the next
meeting of the Board of Appeal.

32. Any officer who desires to appeal shall do so in conformity
    with the regulations mentioned in the last preceding clause hereof.

33. No annual or other increment shall accrue to any salary until
    the officer in receipt of such salary has received the same for a full
    period of twelve calendar months, except in case of promotion (other
    than promotion under clause 47 hereof), when the increment shall
    take effect from the day on which such promotion takes effect.

34. But the right to receive such increment in any year shall depend
    upon the good and diligent conduct of the officer to whose salary such
    increment is attached, and a certificate thereof to be given by the
    Secretary or the Superintendent; and if, in the opinion of the Secretary
    or the Superintendent, the officer is not entitled thereto, he may issue
    an order to deprive such officer of such increment, which shall in that
    case not be paid: Provided that an appeal from the decision of the
    Secretary or the Superintendent shall lie to the Minister, and his deter-
    mination thereon shall be final.

35. If, on the commencement of these regulations, any officer is in
    receipt of a greater salary than the maximum of the class assigned to
    his work, he shall be transferred as soon as may be convenient to some
    other branch of the Department in which he can be employed upon
    duties equivalent to the amount of his salary. If the officer is found
    unfit for such transference, his salary shall be reduced to the maximum
    of the class to which his work has been assigned.

36. Notwithstanding anything contained in these regulations, any
    officer may be transferred from one branch of the Department to an-
    other, and required to perform any and every duty assigned to any
    officer in a class, or any grade in such class.

37. No person who has held office in the Department or in any other
    branch of the Civil Service of New Zealand before the passing of "The
    Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890," and no
    officer employed in the Department who has previously passed the
    Civil Service Senior Examination prescribed by "The Civil Service
    Act, 1866," or by "The Civil Service Reform Act, 1886," or who is
    skilled in electricity or telegraphy, or in literature, science, or art, to
    a degree to satisfy the Minister of his fitness to be exempted from
    further examination, shall be required to pass any further examination
    (other than those specified in clauses 50, 51, and 52 hereof) for pro-
    motion to the higher classes in any division.

38. The Minister, on the production of satisfactory reasons, may
    allow any officer to decline offered promotion or appointment; but
    such officer shall forfeit his right to future promotion: Provided that
    the Minister, after the lapse of two years, may allow such officer to be
    considered again for promotion: Provided also that no officer shall be
    allowed to refuse compliance with any order of the Minister directing
    his removal from one position to another.

39. Nothing in these regulations shall be deemed to give any officer
    a right or claim to promotion to any vacant office, and vacancies shall
    only be filled if the Governor thinks it expedient to fill the same, and
    without detriment to the efficiency of the Department.

40. Every male officer who is twenty-two years of age or upwards
    shall receive a salary of not less than one hundred pounds per annum.
    Any portion of such salary above the classification scale for the
    office held shall be regarded as a gratuity only, and shall not give
    the officer receiving it seniority over others in the same class or grade
    who entered such class or grade before him.

41. Every male officer who is married, or who is a widower with
    a child or children, shall receive a salary of not less than one
    hundred and thirty pounds. But he shall not be entitled to
    claim, and shall not be paid, the additional sum of ten pounds