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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
stitutional affection, or bodily infirmity,
unfitting him for the Civil Service of
the East India Company.
(c) A certificate of good moral character,
signed by the head of the school or
college at which he last received his
education; or such proof of good moral
character as may be satisfactory to the
Board of Commissioners for the affairs
of India.
(d) A statement of those of the branches
of knowledge hereinafter enumerated
in which he desires to be examined.
3. The examination will take place only in
the following branches of knowledge :-
English Language and Literature.
Composition - 500
English Literature and History
including that of the Laws
and Constitution 1,000
1,5000
Language, Literature, and History
of Greece - 750
" " Rome - 750
" " France - 375
" " Germany 375
" " Italy 375
Mathematics, pure and mixed - 1,000
Natural Science, that is, Chemistry
Electricity and Magnetism,
Natural History, Geology,
and Mineralogy - 500
Moral Sciences, that is, Logic, and
Mental, Moral, and Political
Philosophy - 500
Sanscrit Language and Literature - 375
Arabic Language and Literature - 375
6,875
4. The merit of the persons examined will
be estimated by marks, according to the ordi-
nary system in use at several of the Universi-
ties; and the number set opposite to each
branch in the preceeding paragraph denotes the
greatest number of marks than can be obtained
in respect of it.
5. No candidate will be allowed any marks
in respect of any subject of examination, unless
he shall obtain, in respect of that subject, one-
sixth of the number of marks set against that
particular subject.
6. The examination will be conducted by
méäns of printed questions and written answers,
and by vitâ voce examination.
7. After the examination shall have been
completed, the marks obtained by each candi-
date, in respect of each of the subjects in
which he shall have been examined, will be
added up, and the names of the twenty candi-
dates who shall have obtained a greater aggre-
gate number of marks than any of the
remaining candidates will be set forth in order
of merit; and those twenty candidates will be
appointed to the Civil Service of the East
India Company, in the Presidency of Bengal,
provided they comply with the regulations in
force at the time for the said Service.
Printed and Published by W. C. WILSON, for the New Zealand Government, at the Printing Office,
Shortland Crescent, Auckland.
8. The Commissioners for the affairs of
India will be ready to receive, at any time
previous to the 1st of May, 1858, the testimo-
nials of persons desirous of being appointed to
the office of Examiner: but no such appoint-
ment will be made until after the date above
mentioned.
9. All Papers relating to the above-men-
tioned examination are to be sent, and all
inquiries are to be addressed, thus :-
"The Secretary,
"India Board,
"Westminster.
"E. I. C. Civil Service "S.W."
"Examination."
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, May 18, 1858.
THE attention of the various Postmasters is
directed to the following Despatch from
the General Post Office, London, and they are
enjoined to use especial care in assorting
Letters by the Overland Mails not to place
those marked via Marseilles in the boxes sent
to Southampton.
E. W. STAFFORD.
General Post Office, London,
9th February, 1858.
Sir, - I am directed by the Postmaster-
General to draw your attention to the circum-
stance that it has from time to time been
observed that a considerable number of Letters
for this Country specially addressed via
Marseilles, have been made up in the
Southampton portion of the Mails from
Australia.
I am, &c.,
F. HILL.
The Postmaster-General, &c., &c.
Auckland, New Zealand.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, May 18, 1858.
HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to
be notified that Writs issued for the elec-
tion of Members to serve in the House of Re-
presentatives for the Pensioner Settlements and
Southern Division have been returned with cer-
tificates to the effect that
JOHN JERMYN SYMONDS, Esq., and
THEODORE MINET HAULTAIN, Esq.,
have been duly elected.
E. W. STAFFORD.
Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, May 18, 1858.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to appoint
CHARLES HENRY MONTRESOR SMITH,
Esq., J. P.,
to be a Resident Magistrate.
E. W. STAFFORD.