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Departmental Officers on Loan with other Administrations. The following officers of the New Zealand Public Service are on duty with the Administrations named : —

E XAMINATIONS. Officers are encouraged to continue their studies along lines likely to equip them for the better performance of their duties. It is the practice to grant double increments on the passing of such examinations as the Law Professional, the Accountants' Professional, and University degrees, provided the officer is not above Class VI. In certain Departments— e.g., Land and Income Tax, Audit, and Public Works—salary bars have been instituted above which officers cannot proceed without having passed a higher qualifying examination. In selecting officers for promotion recognition is also given to examination qualifications. The Public Service Act, 1912, has now been in operation for twenty years, and the following table illustrates the great improvement in this direction which has been attained as a result of the policy adopted : —

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Administration. Name. Department from which loaned. High Commissioner's Office .. Wright. W. .. . . Agriculture. Taylor, F. H Valentine, (i. M. .. „ Rutherford, J. P. .. Audit. Steere, H. C. .. Lawrence, K. W. .. Customs. Mitchell, T. Mitchinson, Miss E. .. Internal Affairs. Jervia, l>. ?ii. .. „ Sandford, F. T. .. .. Labour. Wright, N. L. . .. Scientific and Industrial Research. Mackay, A. R. \<\ .. Treasury. Samoa .. .. .. Peddie, J. J. G. .. Agriculture. Gair, C. J. M. .. .. Audit. Nicol, R. S Boyd, G. B. .. . . Customs. McKay, C. G. R. .. External Affairs. Quin, C. E. H Tumbull, A. C. .. .. Internal Affairs. Nome, J. A. .. „ Me Bride, W. . . . . Land and Deeds. White, A. l>. .. .. Lands and Survey. Pound, J. G. W. T. . . Prisons. Gratton, F. J. H. .. Public Trust. Sapsford, H. B. .. Public Works. Lofley, W. G Wadsworth, J. .. .. Scientific and Industrial Research. Wyman, T. S. .. .. State Forests. t'rowther, W. J. . . Treasury. Cook Islands .. .. Nottage, I. L. .. Agriculture. Wright, J. B. .-. .. Cook Islands. Cook, L. M. .. .. ,, McMahon-Box, J. P. .. Customs. Bell, M. V. .. .. Native. Luckham, A. A. .. Prisons. Secretarial to League of Nations Chapman, J. H. .. Customs. Fiji .. . . . . Lindsay, Miss G. .. Internal Affairs.

L913. 1914. 1924. 1926. 1929. 1931. 1933. Accountants' Professional, B.Com., M.Com. 18 26 160 195 228 280 349 Law Professional, LL.B., LL.M. .. .. 43 55 88 147 177 211 221 Engineering degrees and diplomas .. 159 146 175 196 200 199 228 Other University degrees .. .. 21 47 163 158 197 224 243