JULY 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1989

Regulations under the Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1918.—
Classification and Regulation of Department.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.

By his Deputy,
ROBERT STOUT.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this first day of July, 1919
Present :

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred
by the Post and Telegraph Department Act, 1918 (hereinafter
termed “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of
the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and
consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby
make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto for the pur-
pose of classification and regulation of the Post and Telegraph Depart-
ment, and doth order that such regulations shall take effect as from
the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

SCHEDULE.—REGULATIONS.

PART I.—CLASSIFICATION.

CLASSIFICATION OF DEPARTMENT.

1. The Post and Telegraph Department shall, for the purposes of
   these regulations, be divided into four principal divisions, that is to
   say,—
   (a.) The Administrative Division.
   (b.) The Clerical Division.
   (c.) The Engineering Division.
   (d.) The General Division.

ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION.

2. The Administrative Division shall include the officers mentioned
   in section 5 (1) of the said Act, to be appointed by the Governor-
   General, and no others.

3. The officers of the Administrative Division shall be paid such
   emoluments, salaries, and allowances as may be provided in the annual
   estimates and authorized by Parliament.

CLERICAL, ENGINEERING, AND GENERAL DIVISIONS.

Grading of Officers.

4. The Secretary shall forthwith proceed to classify and grade the
   officers employed in the Department, excluding those in the Adminis-
   trative Division, such classification and grading to be within the
   Clerical, Engineering, and General Divisions, and to be respectively
   according to the merit of the officers and to the character and im-
   portance of the work performed by or to be assigned to each officer ;
   and the Secretary shall regrade such officers at intervals of not more
   than five years, commencing from the first grading made in accordance
   with these regulations.

5. The Clerical and Engineering Divisions shall each be divided
   into one special and seven ordinary classes ; and the officers belonging
   to each class shall, subject to passing any prescribed efficiency test
   or examination, and subject to any provisions in these regulations
   relating to good and diligent conduct, be paid the salaries, with annual
   increments, set forth in the Schedule hereto for that class.

6. The annual increment shall be the difference between the officer’s
   salary as fixed for any year and the salary for the next higher sub-
   division of his class : Provided that special increments in excess thereof
   may be granted by the Secretary when the Secretary is satisfied that
   the officers concerned are of special merit and ability in the perform-
   ance of their duties.

7. Except in the case of promotion, no annual increment shall
   accrue to any salary until the officer in receipt of such salary has
   received the same for a period of twelve months. The right to receive
   such increment in any year shall depend upon the good and diligent
   conduct of the officer concerned, and if in the opinion of the Secretary
   the officer is not entitled thereto, he may issue an order to deprive
   such officer of such increment, which shall in that case not be paid