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and if he passes such examination he shall be deemed to have passed the examinations necessary to qualify for the ranks of Sergeant and Senior Sergeant.

406. Every member of the Force who is a candidate for examination must give notice in writing to his superior officer of his intention to present himself for examination, and such notice must be given to such officer during the month of July prior to the date fixed for the examination; and officers in charge of districts shall forward all such notices to the Commissioner as soon as possible after receiving them.

Any intending candidate who fails to give such notice within the prescribed time shall not be permitted to sit for the examination.

407. All examination-papers shall be supplied to the Superintendent or Inspector in sealed envelopes addressed to the candidates, to whom they are to be handed unopened at the hour fixed for the examination in the subject set forth in the examination-paper.

408. The examination shall be carried out under the immediate supervision of the Superintendent or Inspector, or other person appointed by the Commissioner.

409. Constables and Detectives who are candidates for promotion to the rank of Sergeant or Detective-Sergeant must pass an examination in the following subjects:—

(1.) English: To write directly at dictation a passage from a daily newspaper or an extract from a standard author. To write in a clear and legible hand an intelligent account of some ordinary event, or a description of some well-known place or district, with due attention to correct spelling and punctuation, to the proper use of words, phrases, and sentences, and to the order and arrangement of the subject-matter. To write a telegram or a letter on a given subject. To reproduce in the candidate’s own words the substance of a narrative or description that has been read over to the candidate.

(2.) Geography: To understand maps and plans generally, and to calculate distances therefrom. To draw a simple plan of a room, building, or a given locality. A knowledge of the chief physical features of England, Australia, and New Zealand, and of their leading seaports and other important towns. To know the various sea routes between these countries, as also their chief natural products, industries, exports, and imports. To be able to mark on a blank map of New Zealand the steamer and coach routes and railway-lines, the position of the chief towns, and principal physical features.

(3.) Arithmetic: Simple and compound rules, both in money and weights and measures, as applied to the simple problems of everyday life. Easy problems in vulgar and decimal fractions, in simple and compound proportion, in simple and compound interest, and in time and distance—e.g., to find the speed in miles per hour from the time taken to cover a given distance.

(4.) Questions upon the elementary principles of the law of evidence.

(5.) Police Force Act and Regulations, in detail.

(6.) Questions on practical Police and Detective duties.

(7.) Justices of the Peace Act and amendments.

(8.) Police Offences Act and amendments.

(9.) Crimes Act and amendments.

(10.) Gaming Act and amendments.

(11.) Licensing Act and amendments.

410. Sergeants and Detective-Sergeants who are candidates for promotion to the rank of Senior Sergeant or Senior Detective must pass an examination in the following subjects:—

(1.) Law of evidence; the Evidence Act, 1908; and simple questions from Stephen’s “Digest of the Law of Evidence.”

(2.) Police Force Act and Regulations, in detail.

(3.) Practical Police and Detective duties.

(4.) Justices of the Peace Act and amendments.

(5.) Police Offences Act and amendments, Gaming Act and amendments, Licensing Act and amendments, Industrial Schools Act and amendments, and Crimes Act and amendments.

(6.) Keeping of records, station books, and rules relating to general correspondence.

411. Senior Sergeants and Senior Detectives who are candidates for promotion to the rank of Sub-Inspector must pass an examination in the following subjects:—

(1.) English: To reproduce the substance of a narrative or description that has been read to the candidate. To write an essay on some fairly well-known subject-matter. Easy precis-writing; the writing of an official letter containing the chief facts included in the precis. A knowledge of elementary commercial correspondence.

(2.) Geography: Maps and plans, and ability to calculate areas and distances therefrom, and to draw simple locality and route plans. To mark on a blank map of New Zealand the chief mountain-ranges, rivers, lakes, steamer and coach routes, railway-lines, seaports, and other important towns in New Zealand, and to know the leading products and industries of each district. Similar knowledge in somewhat less detail of the Australian States and the Pacific, and in a general way of Great Britain and Ireland and the rest of the British Empire.

(3.) Arithmetic: Fundamental rules. Vulgar and decimal fractions applied to practical questions of everyday life; proportion and easy percentages similarly treated; simple and compound interest. Areas of common plane figures. Volumes and weights of common solids. Easy practical problems of time and distance. A cash account; statement of receipts and expenditure.

(4.) Law of evidence: The questions set will be more difficult than those set for candidates for promotion from the rank of Sergeant to that of Senior Sergeant.

(5.) The Police Force Act and Regulations, in detail.

(6.) Questions on practical Police and Detective duties.

(7.) Justices of the Peace Act and amendments.

(8.) Police Offences Act and amendments.

(9.) Gaming Act and amendments.

(10.) Licensing Act and amendments.

(11.) Industrial Schools Act and amendments.

(12.) Crimes Act and amendments.

(13.) Treasury Regulations.

(14.) The keeping of an Imprest Account, preparation of contingent vouchers, salary abstracts, &c., and furnishing district accounts, estimates, and requisitions.

(15.) Questions on the proper keeping of records, district and station books, and rules relating to general correspondence.

412. The examinations qualifying for promotion to the ranks of Sub-Inspector and Sergeant, respectively, shall each be divided in two sections; one section shall consist of the subjects “English,” “Geography,” and “Arithmetic” as defined by the preceding regulations.