1998
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

(c.) The books for answers are to be handed to the candidates
a few minutes—not more than ten—before the time fixed for the
examination, to enable the candidates to enter their numbers, &c.,
in the books and to accustom themselves to the surroundings before
beginning work. Each examination-paper issued will bear a number,
and this number is to be quoted by the candidate. The candidate’s
name is not to appear on the answer papers. The supervision of
examinations is to be strict. On no account is an officer to be
allowed to take into the examination-room any book or paper that
will aid him in the examination, and no opportunity is to be
afforded for conversation amongst the candidates. A candidate is
not to be allowed to leave the examination-room and return, except
in case of necessity, and in such a case he must be accompanied
during his absence by a supervising officer.

(d.) The Department will pay the expenses of candidates in
connection with efficiency examinations held at offices other than
those at which they are stationed. In each such case the proposed
arrangement for the conduct of the examination is to be approved
of by the Secretary.

(e.) No expense, for accommodation or anything else, is to be
incurred in connection with the conduct of a departmental exami-
nation without first obtaining the Secretary’s authority.

48. Provided that they possess the necessary qualifications,
    officers may sit for a certificate of competency in the examination
    for wireless-telegraph operators on board ships. The examination
    is held every three months, and the entries close at the General
    Post Office on the last day of the month preceding the examination.
    The dates for the examinations may be obtained from District
    Telegraph Engineers. Candidates for the examination should for-
    ward their applications to the Secretary, through the District Tele-
    graph Engineer. Except in the case of officers who are required
    under the Staff Regulations to sit for the examination in order to
    qualify for increase in salary or promotion, a candidate is required
    to pay an entrance fee of 5s., and if he requires to travel to the
    place of examination he must do so in his own time and at his own
    expense.

49. The Department will note on their appointment files and
    publish in the Official Circular the educational successes gained by
    officers in non-departmental examinations. Particulars of such
    successes furnished by officers for the purpose are to be certified to
    as correct by the local controlling officers, or alternatively the
    certificates submitted.

FIDELITY GUARANTEE.

50. (a.) Postmasters on the non-permanent staff, but in charge
    of money-order offices and post-office savings-banks, are required
    to give bond to the Crown, generally in the amount of £200. In
    the case of small money-order offices and savings-banks, however,
    a fidelity company’s policy of £100 will be accepted in lieu of a
    private guarantee of £200. The amount of the bond for a money-
    order office alone is usually £100, and for postal-note offices—that
    is to say, offices at which Postmasters are entrusted with a credit
    stock of postal notes, but do not transact either money-order or
    savings-bank business—it is £50.

(b.) It is the duty of the Chief Postmaster to see that a bond
is promptly executed and forwarded to the Secretary, with a report
showing whether the bond refers to the opening of a new office or
to a change of Postmaster or his sureties, &c., and a certificate that
the sureties are financially able to carry out their undertaking and
are otherwise suitable. It is also his duty to keep a record of