May 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1557

differs from the Law of England, one paper being set in each division.

The examination shall be conducted by the Examiners appointed by the Senate of the University. Nothing in this rule shall be deemed to conflict with the provisions of “The Law Practitioners Act, 1903.”

(See notes to Rule 6.)

13. Candidates for admission as solicitors who have taken a degree in Arts or Science from some university or other body in any part of His Majesty’s dominions which has or hereafter may have power by law to grant such degrees shall be examined in Law only, and those who shall have taken a degree in Law shall be examined only in the Law of New Zealand so far as it differs from the Law of England.

14. The examination in law for candidates for admission as solicitors shall be,—

The Law of Contracts.

The Law of Property (Part I).

The Law of Property (Part II).

The Law of Torts.

Criminal Law.

The Law of Evidence.

The Law of Procedure.

The foregoing subjects may be taken in any order and in any combination, except that—

(a.) No candidate shall be credited with having passed in less than three subjects at a time, except in the case of the examination which includes the last subject in which the candidate shall pass.

(b.) No candidate shall present himself for examination in more than five subjects at one time.

(c.) No candidate shall present himself for examination in the Law of Property (Part II) unless he has already at a previous examination passed in the Law of Property (Part I).

NOTE.—The examination fee for each section shall be two guineas.

NOTE.—Every candidate for the solicitors’ or barristers’ law examination must in his notice of candidature inform the Registrar of the University of the date when he passed the general knowledge examination.

15. Subject to the foregoing provisions, a candidate may present himself at a supplementary examination in the month of May in all the subjects required to complete the course prescribed for admission as a solicitor and in which he presented himself at the ordinary examination in the preceding year; but he must, at this supplementary examination, complete the course prescribed for admission as a solicitor, and must repeat any subject in which he may have passed at the ordinary examination in the preceding year.

16. The age of all candidates for admission must appear on affidavit.

17. A barrister or advocate previously admitted elsewhere must produce to the Judge of the district to whom he applies for admission, his admission, or some certificate or other document, duly verified, proving his admission, and make an affidavit that he is the person named therein and was admitted as therein stated.

18. Every candidate for admission as a barrister or solicitor who claims to be entitled, as a graduate of some university, to be admitted after an examination in Law only shall produce his diploma, or some duly authenticated certificate or other documentary evidence of having taken a degree, with an affidavit verifying the same, and proving his identity with the person mentioned in such document.

19. Every candidate for admission as a solicitor who claims to be entitled to be admitted on the ground of some previous admission elsewhere must produce documentary evidence of such admission purporting to emanate from proper authority, and an affidavit verifying the same, and proving his identity with the person named therein.

20. Every candidate before being admitted shall produce evidence of his good character to the satisfaction of the Judge to whom he applies for admission.

21. No fee paid for any examination, or section thereof, which the candidate may fail to pass shall be available for any subsequent examination, or section thereof, excepting as provided under clause 2 of the University Statute of Fees.

22. Candidates for admission as barristers or solicitors who may have taken the degree of Bachelor of Laws in the University of New Zealand since the 1st June, 1890, shall not be required to pass any further examination.

23. The definitions of subjects for both the barristers’ and solicitors’ examinations shall be those prescribed for the same subjects respectively for the degree of Bachelor of Laws; and the Schedule of Statutes drawn up for the guidance of candidates for the degree shall be deemed to apply for the professional examinations also. Candidates are, however, expected to know the leading English and New Zealand cases bearing on each subject.

24. Every candidate, before being admitted as barrister or solicitor, must produce a certificate or diploma signed by the Registrar of the University of New Zealand showing that he had passed all examinations prescribed for the degree of Bachelor of Laws, or for admission as barrister, or for admission as solicitor, as the case may be. The fee payable to the University for such certificate, other than diploma, shall be one guinea.

25. Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, candidates in the year 1907, or for the May examination of 1908, may take all the subjects enumerated in Rule 14 at one examination.

Regulation under “The Law Practitioners Act, 1882.”

BY virtue of the powers vested in us by law, it is ordered by us, the Judges of the Supreme Court, that the following rule and regulation shall come into force on and after the 1st day of June, 1908, and be substituted for section 6 of Rule IV of the rules and regulations under “The Law Practitioners Act, 1882,” dated the 24th day of April, 1907.

Dated this 9th day of May, 1908.

ROBERT STOUT, C.J.

JOSHUA S. WILLIAMS, J.

J. E. DENNISTON, J.

W. B. EDWARDS, J.

THEO. COOPER, J.

FRED. R. CHAPMAN, J.

CANDIDATES for admission as barristers who have been previously admitted as barristers in any superior or Supreme Court in any part of His Majesty’s dominions shall give six months’ notice of their intention to apply for admission, and shall, as soon as conveniently may be thereafter, be examined only as to their knowledge of the Law of New Zealand so far as it differs from the Law of England. The examination of such candidates shall be conducted by the Examiners appointed by the Senate of the New Zealand University, at such times in the year and at such places as may be fixed by the Chancellor of the University, with the approval of the Chief Justice.

NOTE.—The fee payable under this regulation is two guineas.

NOTE.—Persons desirous of taking advantage of this regulation can be examined in February, May, August, or November, after having given two months’ notice to the Registrar. But a person who has been examined under this rule and has failed may not present himself for examination again within six months, unless by special permission of the Chancellor.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Grazing-run in Otago Land District open for Lease.

District Lands Office,

Wellington, 26th May, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned grazing-run is open for lease, under the provisions of “The Land Act, 1892,” for a term of twenty-one years, with right of renewal, and applications will be received at this office up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Wednesday, the 15th day of July, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—TIGER HILL SURVEY DISTRICT.

Second-class Pastoral Country.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Weighted with £60 4s. 6d., valuation for 186 chains boundary-fencing.

This run lies on the sunny slopes of the ridge between Ida Valley and the Manuherikia River. The land is warm but bare. Situated about three miles from Ophir.

D. BARRON,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.