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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(d.) Passed an examination in precis-writing and correspondence, arithmetic and algebra, as prescribed for the Civil Service Senior Examination, and in book-keeping and accounts (elementary), in mercantile law, and in auditing (elementary), as set forth in the syllabus of the Professional Examination of the New Zealand Society of Accountants.

(e.) Passed any other examination which, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is equivalent to any of the foregoing.

3. Any officer who—

(a.) Has held office continuously to the 31st March, 1913, in the Public Service of New Zealand since before the passing of the Post and Telegraph Classification and Regulation Act, 1890 ;

(b.) Is skilled in electricity or telegraphy, or in literature, science, or art, to a degree to satisfy the Commissioner of his fitness to be exempted from the Senior Examination prescribed in clause 1 hereof ;

(c.) Has attained at least 75 per centum of marks in the Senior Technical Examination of the Department ; or

(d.) Was in receipt of a salary of over £200 on the 31st day of March, 1913,

shall not be required to pass any further examination (other than those required by clauses 64, 65, 66, 67, and 68 hereof) for promotion to any class higher than the Sixth Class.

APPOINTMENTS.

4. No person not already in the service shall be entitled to enter the Clerical Division unless he has passed the Entrance Examination.

5. No officer in the General Division shall be eligible for promotion to the Clerical Division unless he has obtained a certificate of proficiency as defined by regulations under the Education Act, 1908, and has passed an examination in postal or telegraph work or the Entrance Examination.

6. Any person otherwise qualified who is or has been attending any reputable private school shall be eligible for appointment to the Clerical Division upon proving to the satisfaction of the Commissioner or of some person appointed by him in that behalf that the applicant has passed an examination equivalent in all material respects to that required for a certificate of proficiency in a public school under the control of an Education Board. In all other respects applicants shall conform to the general regulations for the time being in force relative to persons seeking admission to the Clerical Division of the Public Service.

7. Save in the case of persons skilled in electricity, telegraphy, or the like, or of officers already in the General Division of the Department, and in the case of officers transferred from other Departments, and with the exceptions specified in clause 8 hereof, every person entering the Clerical Division shall enter as a cadet, shall not be less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five years of age, shall be admitted on probation only for six months, and shall be conditionally appointed at the minimum salary allotted to cadets. After the period of probation has expired the Commissioner may confirm or annul such appointment. Experts skilled in electricity or telegraphy, or in literature, science, or art, who have proved their qualifications to the satisfaction of the Commissioner may enter at a higher age than twenty-five years, and may be appointed to such class as may be determined by the Commissioner.

8. Females are employed under the general conditions applying to the employment of males, with the following exceptions :—

(a.) A Sixth Standard certificate of competency in a public school may be accepted in lieu of a certificate of proficiency from applicants for employment as Matron, Supervisor, Postmistress, Counterwoman, Assistant, or in a telephone exchange.

(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, book-keepers, and counterwomen, who may be appointed at any age not less than twenty years nor more than forty-five years, and shorthand-writers and typists, who may be appointed at an age not less than sixteen nor more than thirty years on last birthday.