CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD (ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1874-5.)

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1875 Session I, H-13

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1875. NEW ZEALAND.

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD (ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1874-5.)

Presented to both Souses of the General Assembly by Command of Sis Excellency.

Office of the Civil Service Examination Board, Sib,— Wellington, 9th July, 1875. I have the honor to submit the following report of the proceedings of the Civil Service Examination Board during the financial year ending 30th June, 1875 : — DECEMBER 1874 EXAMINATION. Thirty candidates presented themselves for the Junior, and 12 for the Senior Examination. Of these, 26 passed the Junior Examination, and 10 the Senior. The names of those candidates who passed, placed in the order of merit, are as follow :—

JUNIOR EXAMINATION.

Name. Residence. Where Educated. lattray, Robert Henry ... Auckland ... High School, Auckland, 4 years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years. High School, Auckland, 4 years ; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years. Bishop's School, Nelson, 2 years. Taita School, several years, occasionally; Mr. Godwin's School, Wanganui, li year. Church of England Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years; St. John's College, Auckland, 4J years. Waimea West School, 6 years ; College, Nelson, 3J years. Rev. Mr. Nicholl's School, Wanganui, 1 year; Mr. Godwin's School, Wanganui, 5 years. Mr. Hayes' Grammar School, Guernsey, S\ years; Mr. Marshall's School, Pohui, Hawke's Bay, 1 year; Mr. Thompson's School, Napier, 1 year. College and Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years; College, Wellington, 7 months. High School, Dunedin. Te Aro Grammar and Commercial School, Wellington, 2 years. Crofton Grammar School, Wellington, 2\ years ; College, Wellington, 6 years. Queenstown School, 8 months ; and Private Tutors. Mr. Brann's School, Wellington, 6 years. College and Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years. Mr. Godwin's School, Wanganui, 6 years. Mr. Godwin's School, Wanganui, 5 years. Mr. Godwin's School, Wanganui, 6 years. Private Schools, Cambridge, 11 years. Masterton School, 1J year; To Aro Grammar and Commercial School, Wellington, 10 months. Glasgow Academy, 2 years,; Larchfield Academy, Helensburgh, \\ year ; Dr. Mercer's School, Guernsey, 2 years ; Victoria College, Jersey, li year. ReT. Mr. Stanley's School, Dunedin, 2J years ; High School, Dunedin, 4 years. Mr. Brann's School, Wellington, 5 years. Halswell School, 4 years. East Taieri School, 8 years. Private Tuition, 1 year; Lower Moutcre School, 15 months ; Mr. Brann's School, Wellington, 6 months. Beveridge, John ... Auckland ... Ulport, George ttason, Maurice ... Wellington ... Wanganui ... letley, Charles Frederick Wellington ... )'Connor, Daniel iim, William Alexander Nelson Wanganui ... barter, Alfred Napier £irk, Henry Borrer Wellington.,. tfartin, Alfred Bowden ... 3rown, James William ... )ransfield, Frank Wellington ... Wellington... Wellington ... 'iekett, James Edward ... lolmes, William firk, Thomas William ... ftxon, Arthur Edward Turton ... Jowell, Frederick William ackson, Freeman Lawler lall, Henry John dcMaster, John Oamaru Wellington... Wellington... Wanganui ... Wanganui ... Wanganui .. : Wellington ... Wellington... Bremner, Charles Edward Wellington... HcGlashan, George Cotton Wellington... kledley, Ernest Samuel ... Gordon, James Stuart Fones, John Henry ?ickett, Edward William Wellington... Chris tchurch Dunedin Oamaru

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SENIOR EXAMINATION.

Note.—-Ist, 2nd, 3rd = passed in Ist 2nd or 3rd Class ofMerit. N.P. = Not passed. - =Did not take up the subject. * The Candidate whose name is marked with an* passed his Examination in accordance with the proviso to clause 10 of the Regulations, which says,—" In respect of Cadets in the Engineer's branch of the Public Works Department, Plane Trigonometry may be substituted for Latin as a compulsory subject; but any Candidate availing himself of the exception ■will not be considered as having passed the Senior Examination iv respect of the other branches of the service." JUNE 1875 EXAMINATION. Twenty-two Candidates presented themselves for the Junior, and 13 for the Senior Examination. Of these, 15 passed the Junior, and 10 the Senior Examination. The names of those Candidates who passed, placed in the order of merit, are as follow : — Junior Examination. Name. Residence. Where Educated. WMtwell, Frank Nelson ... j Bishop's School, Nelson, 7 years; College, Nelson,2 years. Irvine, Arthur Trevor D'Arey ... Napier ... Private Tuition, and Grammar School, Napier, 3 yrak Gordon, George Christchureh Christ's College and Grammar School, Christchureh, 7 years. Ambrose, Thomas William .... Christehurch Wesleyan School, Christchureh, 5J years ; High School, Christchureh, 1£ year. Leech, John Bourke Massey ... Auckland ... Private Tuition, Ireland; Giinther's Institute, Brunswick, 2 years; Grammar School, Auckland, 1 year. Bunny, Charles Edward Nelson ... High School, Dunedin, 2 years ; Grammar School, Wellington, 1 year. Frank, Christopher Joseph ... Nelson ... St. Mary's School, Nelson, 8} years. Turner, Charles Barker Rosa ... Wellington... Papakura School, 2 years; Church of England Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years ; Tauranga District Grammar School, 3 years'; Private Tuition, 1 year.

Name. Residence. Where Educated. •A 2 I ■a i a » a 5 | ft I s 1 B I C3 n S M O o pq 1 o 72 2nd 2nd 1st 1st Rattray, Robert Henry Auckland ... High School, Auckland, 4 years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 3 2nd Is! 2nd Beveridge, John Auckland ... years High School, Auckland, 4 years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years Fisher and Hullett's School, 3 years ; High School and Grammar School, Auckland, 5i JOT. Taita School, several years, occasionally ; Mr. Godwin's School, Wanganui, 1^ year Waimca West School, 6 yrs; College, Nelson, 3£ years Bishop's School, Nelson, 2 yrs. Church of England Grammar School, Auckland, 3 yrs; St. John's College, Auckland, 4| years Mr. Brann's School, Wellington, 6 yrs Mr. Sergeant's School, Cheltenham, 2 yrs; Grammar School, Cheltenham, 7 yrs Mr. Godwin's School, Wanganui, 6 years 1st. 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st *Wilson, John Alexander Auckland ... 3rd 3rd 1 It 3rd 2nd Is! 3rd 1st Mason, Maurice Wanganui... 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd N.P. 1,1 Ut 3rd ■ y Connor, Daniel Nelson N.P. 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st Ulport, George Wellington 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd N.P. 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st isr.p. Setley, Charles Frederick Wellington 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd Ulapham, Thomas Joseph Wellington 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st. 2nd 2nd Powell, William Maxwell Hawke's Bay 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd Nixon, Arthur Edward Turton Wanganui... 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd Ut 3rd 3rd

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T/NTOH iXAMINATIOJf — COtl. 'inud Residence.] Where Educated. Name. Cotterill, Walter George Prain, George Thomson, John William... O'Neill, Felix Theophilu3 Widdowson, William Christchurch Dunedin Hokitika Wellington ... Christchurch Christ's College and Grammar School, Christchurch, 7 years. East Taieri School, 7 years ; High School, Dunedin, 2 years. Mr. Greg's School, South Yarra, 6 years ; Mr. Scott's Academy, Hokitika, 3 years ; Mr. Patterson's Academy, Hokitika, li year; Mr. Ashton's Academy, Hokitika, 1 year. St. Mary's School, Wellington, 4 years. High School, Christchurch, 3 years ; Mr. Cook's School, Christchurch, 2i years; Christ's College and Grammar School, Christchurch, 2i years. Mr. Shaw's School, Dunedin, 2J years ; High School, Dunedin, 6 Little, Francis Tamlyn ... Dunedin Gentil, Alfred Herbert ... Auckland ... years. High School, Auckland, 3 years ; Grammar School, Auckland, li year. Sino Exa: fATH IX. Name. Residence. Where Educated. g 01 B 3 a s i 8 c5 c C3 6 11 Ej H i to ■ S S o m o a S "5 5 p 'a. S § a ■ o 3 I i I 3rd 1st 1st 2nd 3rd Whitwell, Frank Nelson ... Bishop's School, Nelson, 7 yrs.; College, NelBon, 2 years. Private Tuition, and Grammar School,Napier, 3 years. Private Tuition, Ireland; Gunther's Institute, Brunswick, 2 years; Grammar School, Auckland, 1 year. Mr.Haye'sGrammar School, Guernsey, 3£ years ; Mr. Thompson's School,Napier, lyear;Mr.Marshall's School, Pohui, 1 year. Crofton Grammar School, 2J years; College, Wellington, 7 3rd 3rd 2nd lst Irrine, Arthur Trevor D'Arey Napier ... 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd "2nd Leech, John Bourke Massey Auckland... 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd lst Carter, Alfred Napier ... 3rd 1st 2nd lst 2nd 1st 3rd Dransfield, Frank Wellington 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd N.P. lst 3rd 2nd * Fitzgerald, Gerald Wellington yeurs. Private Tuition, and Grammar School, Wellington, 9 months. Church of England School, Hackney; KingslandBirkbeck School. West Taieri School, 5 years; Private Tuition, 1^ year. HighSchool.Dunedin, 2 years; Grammar School, Wellington, 1 year. Mr. B r a n n' s School, Wellington, 7 yrs. 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd Ut 1st 3rd * Holmes, Robert West Greymouth 3rd 3rd Lit 3rd III 3rd Fulton, James Edward Napier ... 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd fj» 3rd 2nd 3rd Bunny, Charles Edward Nelson 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd Callcotl, Walter Charles Wellington Lst 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd N.B.—1st, 2nd, 3rd = passed in 1 Lst, ! ind, or 3rd Class of 1 Merit. . $:. = N< ot passed. * The Candidates whose names are marked with an * pn Regulations ; —"But in respect of Cadets in the Engineer's 1 for Latin as a compulsory subject; but any Candidate avail Examination in respect of the other branches of the service." issed bram ling their esamin ;h of the Pul himself of th lation in aci blic Workl le eiceptioi pordan Depai a will ice wit] rtment not be he foil •lane '. onside [owing provii 1 rigonometr 'red as havii jo to y ma; agpa :lause ] be buI ised thi 10 of the Mtituted s Senior

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StJMMABY OF THE YeAB. Underwent Junior Examination ... ... ... ... 52 Candidates. Do. Senior do. ... ... •■■ , ... 25 do. Passed Junior do. ... ... ... ... 41 do. Do. Senior do. ... ... ... ... 20 do. EMPLOYMENT OF PASSED CANDIDATES. As far as the Board can ascertain, 23 out of the 41 Candidates who passed the Junior Examination during the year have obtained employment in the Civil Service ; the remainder are either still at school or in private employment.

EXPENDITURE.

EXAMINATION PAPEKS. I forward herewith, in duplicate, copies of the Examination Papers prepared for and used in the December 1874 and June 1875 Examinations. I have, &c, W. Gisbobne, Chairman. By Authority: Geouge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB7s. Price 3d.]

oted by Parliament for the purposes of the Board £ s. d. 200 0 0 Fees to local examiners Preparation of papers Books ... Hire of desks £ s. d. 76 13 0 ... 56 6 0 5 9 10 10 0 Total ... Balance unexpended ... £139 8 10 ... 60 11 2 £200 0 0 £200 0 0