570
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Marks.
History of England—including that
of the Laws and Constitution ... 500
English Language and Literature 600
Language, Literature, and History of
Ditto Greece 750
Ditto Rome 750
Ditto France 375
Ditto Germany... 375
Ditto Italy 375
Mathematics (pure and mixed) 1,250
Natural Science; that is—
(1.) Chemistry, including Heat;
(2.) Electricity and Magnetism;
(3.) Geology and Mineralogy;
(4.) Zoology; (5.) Botany 1,000
*The total (1,000) marks may be obtained
by adequate proficiency in any two or
more of the five branches of science
included under this head.
Moral Sciences; that is, Logic, Mental
and Moral Philosophy 500
Sanskrit Language and Literature 500
Arabic Language and Literature 500
Candidates are at liberty to name, before February
1, 1871, any or all of these branches of knowledge.
No subjects are obligatory.
5. The merit of the persons examined will be esti-
mated 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 viva
voce examination, as may be deemed necessary.
8. The marks obtained by each candidate, in respect
of each of the subjects in which 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, provided they appear
to be in other respects duly qualified; and shall be
permitted to choose,† according to the order in which
they stand, as long as a choice remains, the Presi-
dency (and in Bengal, the division of the Presidency)
to which they shall be appointed. Should any of the
selected candidates become disqualified, the Secretary
of State for India will determine whether the vacancy
thus created shall be filled up or not. In the former
case, the candidate next in order of merit, and in
other respects duly qualified, shall be deemed to be a
selected candidate.
9. Selected candidates, before proceeding to India,
will be on probation for two years, during which time
they will be examined periodically, with a view of
testing their progress in the following subjects:—

1. Oriental Languages :
   Sanskrit 500
   *"Nothing can be further from our wish than to hold out
   premiums for knowledge of wide surface and of small depth.
   We are of opinion that a candidate ought to be allowed no
   credit at all for taking up a subject in which he is a mere
   smatterer.”—Report of Committee of 1854. A deduction of
   marks will be made under each subject, including Mathematics.

• This right must be exercised immediately after the result of
  the Examination is announced, on such day as may be fixed by
  the Civil Service Commissioners.
  ‡ Full instructions as to the course of study to be pursued will
  be issued to the successful candidates as soon as possible after
  the result of the open competition is declared.

Vernacular* Languages of India
(each) 400
2. The History and Geography of
India 350
3. Law 1,250
4. Political Economy 350

In these Examinations, as in the open competition,
the merit of the candidates examined will be esti-
mated by marks, and the number set opposite to each
subject denotes the greatest number of marks that
can be obtained in respect of it at any one Examina-
tion. The Examination will be conducted by means
of printed questions and written answers, and by
viva voce examination, as may be deemed necessary.
The last of these Examinations will be held at the
close of the second year of probation, and will be
called the "Final Examination," at which it will be
decided whether a selected candidate is qualified for
the Civil Service of India.

10. Any candidate who, at any of the periodical
    Examinations, shall appear to have wilfully neglected
    his studies, or to be physically incapacitated for
    pursuing the prescribed course of training, will be
    liable to have his name removed from the list of
    selected candidates.

11. No candidate will be permitted to proceed to
    India before he shall have passed the Final Examina-
    tion, and received a certificate of qualification from
    the Civil Service Commissioners, or after he shall
    have attained the age of twenty-four years.

12. The selected candidates who, at the Final
    Examination, shall be found to have a competent
    knowledge of the subjects specified in Regulation 9,
    and who shall have satisfied the Civil Service Com-
    missioners of their eligibility in respect of age, health,
    and character, shall be certified by the said Com-
    missioners to be entitled to be appointed to the Civil
    Service of India, provided they shall comply with
    the regulations in force at the time for that Service.

13. 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 Final Examination.

14. Applications from persons desirous to be
    admitted as candidates are to be addressed to the
    Secretary to the Civil Service Commissioners, London,
    S.W., from whom the proper form for the purpose
    may be obtained.

23rd July, 1870.

NOTE.—(1.) The Secretary of State for India in Council has
authorized the Civil Service Commissioners to state that it is
his intention to allow the sum of £50 after each of the three
first half-years of probation, and £150 after the last half-year,
to each selected candidate who shall have passed the required
Examinations to the satisfaction of the Commissioners, and shall
have complied with such rules as may be laid down for the
guidance of selected candidates.

(2.) All selected candidates will be required, after having
passed the second periodical Examination, to attend at the
India Office for the purpose of entering into an agreement bind-
ing themselves, amongst other things, to refund in certain cases
the amount of their allowance in the event of their failing to
proceed to India. For a candidate under age a surety will be
required.

(3.) After passing the Final Examination, each candidate
will be required to attend again at the India Office, with the
view of entering into covenants and giving a bond for £1,000,
jointly with two sureties, for the due fulfilment of the same.
The stamps payable on these documents amount to £3 10s.

(4.) Candidates rejected at the Final Examination of 1873
will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examina-
tion.

• Including, besides the languages prescribed for the several
  Presidencies, such other languages as may, with the approval of
  the Commissioners, be taken up as subjects of examination.