2. Subclause (1) of regulation 16 of the principal regulations,
   as substituted by regulation 2 of the Government Railways (Staff)
   Amending Regulations (No. 2) 1950,* is hereby amended by omitting
   the line of the table reading "Clerk ... 30 50",
   and substituting the following line :-
   " Clerical Assistant ... 20 50".

3. (1) The principal regulations are hereby amended by revoking
   regulation 19, regulation 20, regulation 21, regulation 22 (as
   substituted by regulation 3 of the Government Railways (Staff)
   Amending Regulations (No. 2) 1950*), regulation 23, and regulation
   24, and substituting the following regulations :-
   " 19. (I) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, every
   probationer shall serve for the appropriate period of probation as
   prescribed in subclause (2) of this regulation.

"(2) The periods of probation in the case of probationers of
the classes specified in this subclause shall be as follows :-
Period of Probation
(Computed From Date
of Taking Up Duty
as a Probationer).
Male probationer in Salaried Division .. 3 years.
Probationer mechanician ... 3 years.
Probationer junior mechanician ... 3 years.
Female probationer in Salaried Division ... 2 years.
Probationer apprentice ... 6 months.
Any other probationer ... 1 year.

"(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in subclause (2)
of this regulation, the General Manager may in special circumstances
extend any of the probationary periods specified in that subclause
for such period as he deems fit.

"(4) In respect of any probationer (other than a probationer
mechanician, probationer junior mechanician, or probationer appren-
tice) who has any period of service as a temporary employee immed-
iately prior to his engagement as a probationer, the probationary
period specified in subclause (2) of this regulation may be either
waived by the General Manager or reduced to such period as the
General Manager shall determine.

"(5) Except as provided in subclause (4) of this regulation, no
previous period of employment in the Department shall be taken
into account in calculating the period of probation.

"(6) Every probationer shall find such guarantee of fidelity as
the General Manager may require.

"(7) Every probationer whose services are no longer required
or who, in the opinion of the General Manager,-

"(a) Fails to carry out satisfactorily the duties assigned to
him ; or

"(b) Fails to maintain a satisfactory standard of conduct-
may, subject to section 96 of the Government Railways Act 1949,
be dismissed by the General Manager at any time during his
probationary period or at the conclusion thereof or before being
appointed as a member or indentured as an apprentice, as the case
may be.

"20. (1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, a
probationer, on the expiration of his probationary period, shall be
appointed as a member or indentured as an apprentice, as the case
may be.

"(2) No probationer shall be appointed as a member or be
indentured as an apprentice, as the case may be, until he has served
the period of probation prescribed in regulation 19 hereof and unless
the General Manager is satisfied-

"(a) That the work and conduct of the probationer during
his probationary period have been satisfactory; and
"(b) That he has fulfilled satisfactorily the conditions of his
probation as prescribed in these regulations; and
"(c) That he is suitable in every respect for appointment as
a member or for indenture as an apprentice, as the
case may be, and that his services are required as such.

"(3) No engineering cadet shall be appointed as a member
unless he has-

"(a) Passed the Second Professional Examination for the
degree of Bachelor of Engineering; or
"(b) In the case of automotive engineering cadets, passed
Section A of the examination for associate member-
ship of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers."

(2) Regulation 3 of the Government Railways (Staff) Amending
Regulations (No. 2) 1950* is hereby revoked.

4. The principal regulations are hereby amended by revoking
   regulations 43, 44, and 45, and substituting the following regula-
   tion:-

"43. (1) Subject to the provisions of subclause (2) of this
regulation no member or probationer shall be designated as an
assistant engineer unless and until he has had five years of practical
training in the profession of engineering and unless and until he has,
either--

"(a) Passed Sections A and B of the examination for associate
membership of the Institution of Civil, Electrical, or
Mechanical Engineers; or
"(b) Passed an examination accepted by the Council of any of
the said Institutions as equivalent to the qualification
prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subclause.

"(2) The qualifying period of practical training specified in
subclause (1) of this regulation shall not apply in any case in which
the member or probationer is a University graduate in engineering.
"(3) No assistant engineer shall be designated as an engineer
unless and until he is a corporate member of the Institution of Civil,
Electrical, or Mechanical Engineers, as the case may be."
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

• Gazette, 14th December, 1950, Vol. III, page 2100.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
[This note is not part of the regulations, but is intended to indicate
their general effect.]
These regulations revise and define the terms under which
probationers will be engaged; the conditions under which pro-
bationers will be appointed to the permanent staff; and the
qualifications for engineers and assistant engineers.

Domain Board Appointed to Have Control of the Hirstfield Domain
FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3lst day of
March 1952
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 44 of the Public Reserves, Domains, and
National Parks Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-
General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, hereby appoints
Ellis David Bone,
John Ferguson Brown,
Ralph Hogg,
Alan Cameron Macdonald and
Norman John McKenzie
to be the Hirstfield Domain Board, having control of the land
described in the Schedule hereto; and hereby appoints Tuesday,
the 29th day of April 1952, at 8 o'clock p.m., as the time when,
and the R.S.A. Rooms, Orepuki, as the place where, the first meeting
of the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT-HIRSTFIELD DOMAIN
SECTION I, Block X, Section 4, Block XI, and Section I, Block XVII,
Town of Hirstfield : Area, 23 acres and 24 perches, more or less.
(S.O. plans 2188 and 2298)
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/425 ; D.O. 8/49)

Domain Board Appointed to Have Control of the Brydone Domain
FREYBERG, Governor-General
ORDER IN COUNCIL
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 3lst day of
March 1952
Present:
THE RIGHT HON. S. G. HOLLAND PRESIDING IN COUNCIL
PURSUANT to section 44 of the Public Reserves, Domains,
and National Parks Act 1928, His Excellency the Governor-
General, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive
Council, hereby appoints
John McKay Archibald,
Arthur Robert Black,
Ivan Morris Hellier,
Leslie Robert Humphries,
John Dawson Mawdsley, and
Robert Parker
to be the Brydone Domain Board, having control of the land
described in the Schedule hereto, and hereby appoints Monday,
the 7th day of April 1952, at 8 o'clock p.m., as the time when, and
the Brydone Public Hall, as the place where, the first meeting of
the Board shall be held.

SCHEDULE
SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT-BRYDONE DOMAIN
SECTION 152E, Edendale Settlement, Block X, Lindhurst Hundred :
Area, 4 acres 3 roods, more or less. (S.O. plan 3674)
T. J. SHERRARD,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
(L. and S. H.O. 1/362 ; D.O. 8/27)