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quiries as may be necessary will be instituted
by the Civil Service Commissioners.
4. The Examination will take place only
in the following branches of knowledge:-*
English Language and Literature. Marks.
Composition - 500
English Literature and History,
including that of the Laws and
Constitution - 1,000
1,500
Language, Literature, and History
of Greece - 750
Rome - 750
France - 375
Germany - 375
Italy - 375
Mathematics, Pure and Mixed - 1,250
Natural Science; that is (1.) Che-
mistry, (2.) Electricity and Mag-
netism, (3.) Natural History, (4.)
Geology, and (5.) Mineralogy - 500
*** No candidate will be allowed
to be examined in more than
three of the branches of
knowledge included under
this head, and the total
(500 marks) may be ob-
tained by adequate profi-
ciency in any three.
Moral Sciences; that is, Logic,
Mental and Moral Philosophy - 500
Sanskrit Language and Literature - 375
Arabic Language and Literature - 375
7,125
5. The merit of the persons examined will
be estimated by marks, and the number set
opposite to each branch in the preceding
regulation denotes the greatest number of
marks that can be obtained in respect of it.
6. No candidate will be allowed any marks
in respect of any subject of Examination
unless he shall be considered to possess a
competent knowledge of that subject.†
7. The Examination will be conducted by
means of printed questions and written
answers, and by vivâ voce Examina-
tion, as may be deemed necessary.
8. The marks obtained by each candidate,
in respect of each of the subjects in which

• It should be understood that candidates
  are at liberty to name at their pleasure any or
  all of these branches of knowledge (subject only
  to the restriction above mentioned as to Natural
  Science), and that no subjects are obligatory.
  † No candidate will be considered to "pos-
  sess competent knowledge" unless he obtain
  in Mathematics, Pure, ONE TENTH of the
  maximum.
  " Mixed, ONE TENTH of the
  maximum.
  " Classics - ONE SIXTH of the
  English
  Oriental Languages
  maximum.
  Moral Science
  ,, Chemistry
  ,, Geology
  ,, Mineralogy
  ,, Natural History
  Electricity and
  Magnetism
  }
  ONE FOURTH of the
  maximum.
  Modern European Languages, ONE HALF
  of the maximum.

he shall have been examined, will be added
up, and the names of the candidates who
shall have obtained a greater aggregate
number of marks than any of the remaining
candidates will be set forth in order of merit,
and such candidates shall be deemed to be
selected candidates for the Civil Service of
India. They shall be permitted to choose,
according to the order in which they stand,
as long as a choice remains, the Presidency
(and in Bengal, the division of the Presi-
dency) to which they shall be appointed.
9. In June or July, 1865, a further Exa-
mination of the selected candidates will take
place in the following subjects:-
Sanskrit - Marks.

1. Vernacular Languages of
   India (each) - 500
   400
   *** Each candidate may name
   one or two languages; but
   he must pass either in
   Sanskrit or in a vernacular
   language current in the
   Presidency or division of
   Presidency which he has
   selected.
2. The History and Geography
   of India - 350
3. The General Principles of
   Jurisprudence and the Ele-
   ments of Hindu and
   Mohammedan Law - 1,200
4. Political Economy - 350
   In this, as in the preceding Examination, the
   merit of the candidates examined will be
   estimated by marks, and the number set
   opposite to each subject denotes the greatest
   number of marks that can be obtained in
   respect of it. The Examination will be con-
   ducted by means of printed questions and
   written answers, and by vivâ voce Examina-
   tion, as may be deemed necessary.
5. No candidate will be permitted to
   proceed to India until he shall have passed
   the Further Examination, or after he shall
   have attained the age of twenty-four years.
6. The selected candidates who at the
   Further Examination shall be found to have
   a competent knowledge of the subjects speci-
   fied in Regulation 9 shall be adjudged to
   have passed, and to be entitled to be ap-
   pointed to the Civil Service of India.
7. The seniority in the Civil Service of
   India of the selected candidates shall be
   determined according to the order in which
   they stand on the list resulting from the
   Further Examination.
8. No person will, even after passing the
   Further Examination, be allowed to proceed
   to India unless he shall comply with the
   regulations in force at the time for the Civil
   Service of India, and shall be of sound bodily
   health and good moral character. The Civil
   Service Commissioners will require such
   further evidence on these points as they may
   deem necessary before granting their Certi-
   ficate of Qualification.