APRIL 8.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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“(b.) To the Clerical Division unless he has passed an examination
hereinafter called the 'Entrance Examination':
“(c.) To the General Division unless he has obtained the certificate of
competency in Standard IV provided for by the regulations
under the Education Act, 1908:
“Provided that in any case the Commissioner may accept an ex-
amination which in his opinion is equivalent to the one required.”

Regulation No. 161 is amended by deleting the last sentence, and
inserting in lieu thereof the sentence: “No one shall be appointed to
the Clerical Division unless his age at the time of appointment is not
less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five years, and no one shall be
appointed to the Professional Division unless his age is not less than
seventeen years at the time of appointment.”

Regulation No. 161 is further amended by adding the following
proviso after the words “section 40 of the said Act” :
“And provided further that a member of the Military Branch of the
Defence Forces who has passed the Entrance or Senior Examination may
be transferred to the Civil branch of that Department, and may be
admitted in such class or subdivision as the Commissioner thinks fit.”

Regulation No. 162 is amended by deleting the words “either the
Professional or ” in the first sentence.

Regulation No. 163 is amended by deleting the words “or Profes-
sional’ ” from the first sentence. The regulation is further amended by
deleting the second sentence, and substituting in lieu thereof the sentence :
‘By passing the Senior Examination, including the subjects required
of Professional officers in any Department, an officer of the General or
Clerical Division may qualify for promotion to the Professional Division
of such Department.”

163A. The Commissioner may, if he thinks fit, from time to time
transfer from the General Division to the Eighth or Seventh Class of
the Clerical Division any person who has served for at least two years
in the General Division, and who has passed the examination prescribed
for candidates for appointment to the Clerical Division. Every person
so transferred shall, so far as seniority for promotion is concerned, be
placed at the bottom of the class to which he is transferred, but he shall
be entitled to not less than the same salary as that which he received
immediately before such transfer.

Regulation No. 172 is hereby cancelled, and the following regulation
made in lieu thereof:-
“The syllabus and procedure for the Civil Service Senior Examination
are adopted, and are to remain in force for all Senior Examinations until
February, 1915.”

Regulation No. 173 is hereby amended by deleting the words “7th
September in each year,” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “8th
September in each year. The candidate’s notice may, however, be
received between the 8th and the 15th September if it is accompanied
with a receipt for a late fee of £l paid to the Public Account at some
branch of the Bank of New Zealand.” Regulation No. 173 is further
amended by deleting the word “Commissioner,” and inserting in lieu
thereof the words “Education Department.”

Regulation No. 177 is hereby amended by deleting the words “shall
not exceed 2,400,” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “shall not
exceed 2,200 : Provided that if the number of marks assignable to the
subjects taken by a candidate in accordance with this condition falls
short of the total marks permissible, he may be allowed to select another
subject, although the marks for this subject may make the possible
maximum aggregate of marks for the subjects taken greater than 2,200,
but in any such case the candidate shall be assigned such total marks
only in the examination as shall bear the same proportion to 2,200
as his actual marks do to the possible maximum aggregate of the sub-
jects taken by him.”

Regulation No. 177 is further amended by omitting all words after
“elementary home science.”

Regulation No. 178 is hereby amended by altering the maximum
marks in certain subjects as follows : In arithmetic, 400 instead of 600;
in elementary practical agriculture, 400 instead of 300; in shorthand,
300 instead of 200; and in each of the subjects Drawing I and Draw-
ing II, 100 instead of 200. The regulation is further amended
by adding, after the subject Elementary Physical Science, the following