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1877. NEW ZEALAND.

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD (REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Chairman, Civil Service Examination Board, to the Hon. the Colonial Secretart, Office of the Civil Service Examination Board, Sir,— Wellington, 10th July, 1877. I have the honor to submit the following report of the proceedings of the Civil Service Examination Board for the year ending 30th June, 1877. DECEMBER, 1876, EXAMINATION. Fifty-eight candidates presented themselves for the Junior Examination, and 26 for the Senior Examination. Of these, 35 catrdidates passed the Junior Examination, and 19 the Senior. The names of the candidates who passed, placed in order of merit, are as follow: —

JUNIOR EXAMINATION.

Name. Residence. Where Educated. )rder. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Carruth, William Andrew Rhodes, Charles Thompson, Frederick Augustus Bannister, William Edwin Pcaehoy, Frederick Bullard, George Henry Du Moulin, Louis Eugene Norrie, David Smith, Henry Martin Harding, Samuel John Lupton, Charles Henry . Auckland Auckland Nelson Wellington Auckland Nelson Auckland Auckland Auckland Auckland Auckland Otara School, G years ; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 2 years 10 months. Otara, 1_ year; Pokeno Hill, 2-i years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 2 years. Provincial Government School, Richmond, 8 years ; College, Nelson, 4 years. Wesleyan School, Christchurch, 6 years ; Mr. Brann's, AVellington, 4 years. College, Auckland, 1_ year; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 4i years, Provincial Government School, Motueka, 5 years; College, Nelson, 5 years. Mr. Baird's, Auckland, 6 months; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 4J years. Papakura School, 8 years ; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 8 months. Private tuition, 3 years; College and Grammar School, Wellington, 4 years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 1£ year. Dr. Ividd's College, 6 months ; Coromandel School, 2 years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 4 years. Mrs. Williams', Otahuhu, 2£ years ; Otara School, 5 years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 8 months. Normal School, Christchurch, 7 months. Church of England Grammar School, Parnell, 4J- years; St. John's College, Auckland, 1 year. Waitahuna Main District School, 10 months. Bridge Street School, Nelson, 3 years; St. Mary's, Nelson, 3 years. Grammar School, Napier, 2 years; English High School, Wellington, 2 years. High School, Auckland, 2 years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, l-£ year. Clevedon House Grammar School, 4_ years ; Te Aro Grammar and Commercial School, 4& years. Western Academy, Auckland, 5 years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 9 months. Haileybury College, 4 years ; United Services College, Westward Ho, 1 year. Church of England Grammar School, 3 years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 2_ years. Blenheim Borough Schools, 8 years; Renwicktown School, G months. College, Auckland, 15 months; Mr. II. Worthington's, 13 months ; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years. 12 13 Brock, William Dyer, Robert William Christchurch ... Auckland 14 15 Browne, John Collins Wylie, Andrew Havelock, Otago Wellington 16 Harding, Alfred Ernest Wellington 17 Chceseman, Frederick Thomas Auckland 18 Kemble, Charles John Wellington 19 Stevenson, Alexander Auckland 20 Tuke, Charles Lawrence New Plymouth 21 Purchas, Arthur Challenor Auckland 22 McCallum, Robert ... Blenheim 23 Buchanan, Archibald Auckland