SEPT. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2819

(d.) No one, except he is an honourably discharged member of the Forces as defined in the War Pensions Act, 1915, and any amendment of that Act, 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. 172 is hereby revoked.

Regulation No. 200 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor:—

200. The Matriculation Examination of the University of New Zealand shall be deemed to be the Senior Examination under these regulations.

Regulations Nos. 200A to 200H inclusive, 203, 206, 207, and 222 are hereby revoked.

Regulation 205, subsection (4), is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “Professional Division,” the words “nor to an officer of the Education Division whose salary is determined by analogy to that fixed for teachers under the Education Act.”

Regulation No. 213 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor:—

213. In addition to the salary payable to officers in Subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of Class VII of the Clerical Division, there shall be paid, if the officer is stationed away from his home, a lodging-allowance at the following rates:—

If in the first subdivision .. .. £26 per annum.
,, second ,, .. .. £20 ,,
,, third ,, .. .. £15 ,,

Regulation No. 214 is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor:—

214. In Subdivisions 1, 2, and 3 of Class F of the Professional Division the lodging-allowance shall be as follows:—

If in the first subdivision .. .. £20 per annum.
,, second ,, .. .. £15 ,,
,, third ,, .. .. £10 . ,,

As witness my hand this twenty-ninth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

D. ROBERTSON,
Public Service Commissioner.

In pursuance of the provisions of the Public Service Act, 1912, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, approves the foregoing regulations.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

Approved in Council this eighth day of September, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

F. D. THOMSON,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Consul of Belgium at Sydney appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 4th September, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the King’s Exequatur empowering

Monsieur H. SEGAERT

to act as Consul for Belgium at Sydney for New South Wales, Queensland, Western Pacific, Fiji, and New Zealand received His Majesty’s signature on the 8th June, 1919.

F. H. D. BELL,
Acting Minister of Internal Affairs.

Consul of Belgium at Wellington appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 8th September, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that he has been informed by His Majesty’s Secretary of State for the Colonies that

Mr. G. F. JOHNSTON,

Vice-Consul for Belgium at Wellington, has been promoted to the rank of Consul at the same post.

F. H. D. BELL,
For Minister of Internal Affairs.

Clerks of Licensing Committees appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 8th September, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

THOMAS GEORGE NICHOLAS

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the district of Oroua, vice W. J. Reeve, deceased; and

FRANK BERNARD LOXLEY JAMESON

to be Clerk of the Licensing Committee for the district of Kaiapoi, vice A. H. Cutler, transferred.

J. G. COATES,
Minister of Justice.

Shorthand Reporter appointed.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 4th September, 1919.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to appoint

LEO CATHERINE GREENING

to be a Shorthand Reporter under the Shorthand Reporters Act, 1908.

J. G. COATES,
Minister of Justice.