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UNDER REGULATIONS of 21st FEBRUARY, 1873. JUNIOR EXAMINATION.
Enclosure 2 in No. 1. Regulations eespecting Examinations tjndee " The Civil Seevice Act, 1866." 1. No person can enter the Civil Service as a probationer, or a as subordinate of the fifth class, unless he shall be of the full age of seventeen years, and not more than twenty-two years. The Board of Examiners may, however, examine candidates who are not younger than fifteen years. 2. Every candidate for examination must apply to be examined in a form to be prescribed by the Board, such application to be addressed to the Secretary, and to be accompanied by the following certificates: — Age. —Certificate from Registrar of Birth. Any person unable to procure such certificate to account for its non-production, and to prove his age by satisfactory evidence. Health. —A certificate of health signed by some legally qualified Medical Practitioner. Character. —A certificate of general good conduct from some Clergyman or Schoolmaster. 3. The examination shall be divided into two branches, —the one qualifying for appointment, the other qualifying for promotion to any class above the fourth. One branch shall be called the Junior Examination, and the other branch shall be called the Senior Examination. 4. Every candidate must pass the Junior Examination (see section 9) before he shall be eligible far any appointment in the Civil Service. 5. Every person appointed under these regulations must pass the Senior Examination (see section 10) before he shall be eligible for promotion to any class above the fourth. 6. The Board shall have power, subject to the Governor's approval, to vary the optional subjects, and to frame such further rules for the conduct of examinations as they may deem fit,,due notice of which shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette. 7. Every candidate must pass a certain standard of proficiency, to be fixed by the Board of Examiners. The Board, in publishing the result of examinations, shall classify the successful candidates according to merit; but the examination is not competitive for office, the Government being entitled to select any successful candidate for appointment at its discretion. 8. Examinations shall be held at such times and places, and before such persons, as the Board may from time to time appoint. 9. Junior Examination. English. —lncluding dictation, reading, spelling, grammar, and composition. Arithmetic. —Including vulgar and decimal fractions. History and Geography.
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