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1874. NEW ZEALAND.

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD. ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1873-74.

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

Office of the Civil Service Examination Board, Sib,— Ist July, 1874. I have the honor to submit the following report of the proceedings of the Civil Service Examination Board during the year ending 30th June, 1874 : — DECEMBER, 1873, EXAMINATION. Thirty-five candidates presented themselves for the Junior Examination, and 15 for the Senior Examination. Of these, 27 passed the Junior Examination, and 12 the Senior. The names of those who passed, placed in the order of merit, are as follows : —

JUNIOR EXAMINATION.

Name. Residence. Where Educated. Blackburne, George Herbert... Richardson, Josephus Hargreaves Hales, William Prior Eavvson, Thomas Harold Mowbray, Ernest ... Clapham, Thomas Joseph, Holmes, Robert West Sealy, Arthur Leonard Laing, John Adolphus Maitland, Herbert ... Hunter, Ashley John Barsby Hartland, William ... Hill, George Cole ... Luxford, Henry Jabez Marshman, George ... Kennedy, Charles Dugald Fulton, Arthur Robert William Lundon, Robert Davie, Mortimer Kane, Augustine Robert* Smith, Charles O'Hara* Irvine, Somerset Win. D'Arey Lynch, Robert Francis Charles Gibbs, John Alfred Osborne ... Woodward, James Cole Thompson, John Lee, Louis Edward George ... Nelson Nelson Auckland... Oamaru ... Wellington Wellington Gteymouth Nelson Wellington Dunedin ... Auckland... Christchurch Christchurch Wellington Christchurch Napier Napier Greymoutb. Christchurch Wellington Wellington Napier Wellington Auckland... Wellington Wellington Picton Auckland. Nelson. Tasmania. Taranaki, Auckland, and Nelson. Wellington. Wellington. England. Nelson. Wellington. Otago. England. Canterbury. Canterbury. Wellington. Canterbury. Hawke's Bay. Otago. • ■ Auckland. Canterbury. Wellington. Ireland. England and Hawke's Bay. Ireland and Auckland. Auckland. Wellington. Wellington. Canterbury. * Exsequo.