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REGULATIONS RESPECTING EXAMINATIONS UNDER "THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT, 1866." 1. Every candidate for examination must apply to be examined in a form to be prescribed by the Board; such application to he addressed to the Secretary, and, in the case of persons not now in the Civil Service, or candidates for employment therein, to be accompanied by a fee of two guineas. 2. 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. 3. Every candidate must pass the Junior Examination (see section 8) before he shall be eligible for any appointment in the Civil Service. Exceptions :— (1.) Any candidate who shall have passed the annual examinations by the New Zealand University shall be considered as eligible for appointment in the Civil Service : Provided that the Civil Service Examination Board is satisfied that the candidate has passed in all the subjects required by the Civil Service Regulations, and that a certificate to that effect is given in each case. (2.) A degree in any University cited in Statutes VII., VIII., and IX., of the New Zealand University (viz., Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Aberdeen, St. Andrew's, Edmbiu-gh, Dublin, Durham, London, Queen's University of Ireland, Sydney, or Melbourne) shall enable the recipient to enter the Civil Service of New Zealand without further examination. 4. Every person appointed under these Regulations must pass the Senior Examination (see section 9) before he shall be eligible for promotion. 5. 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. C. 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. 7. Examinations shall be held at such times and places, and before such persons, as the Board may from time to time appoint. 8. Juniok Examination. English. —lncluding dictation, reading, spelling, grammar, and composition. Arithmetic. —Including vulgar and decimal fractions. History. Geography. 9. Senior Examination. Compulsory Subjects. English, Latin, Arithmetic, and Geography. Optional Subjects. Greek, French, German, Maori, Plane Trigonometry, Algebra, Geometry, Physical Science, History, Book-keeping, Shorthand. The candidate raus.t pass in at least two of the optional subjects in addition to the compulsory subjects. But 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 in respect of the other branches of the service. 10. Any candidate may undergo the Junior and Senior Examinations at the same time ; but no candidate shall be eligible for the Senior Examination unless he has passed the Junior Examination. 11. Every passed candidate may receive a certificate, signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Board, on payment of a fee of one pound. 12. A register of candidates who have been examined shall be kept by the Board, and lists of those who pass shall be published from time to time in the New Zealand Gazette.

AMENDED BULES FOR CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS. Colonial Secretary's Office, Wellington, 6th May, 1878. The following amended Rules for the conduct of Examinations, having been prescribed by the Board of Civil Service Examiners, and approved by his Excellency the Governor, under the regulations of the 15th June, 1876, are published for general information, and arc to come into force on the Ist day of January, 1879. G. S. Whitmore.

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