§ I. Declaring that the following persons were appointed without Civil Service certificates through inadvertence on the part of the Heads of their Departments, viz.:—John Roberts, turnkey, Consular Gaol, Yokohama Consular Service; James Alfred Dawson, rural postman, Post Office Department.
§ II. Declaring that for the due and efficient discharge of the duties of the office of Sanitary Surveyor under the Board of Trade (Mercantile Marine Services) professional or other peculiar qualifications not ordinarily to be acquired in the public service are required.