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ing to the order in which they stand on the list | EVIDENCE OF AGE TO BE REQUIRED FROM CANDI-
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, Lon-
don, S.W., from whom the proper form for the
purpose may be obtained.

FORM OF APPLICATION TO BE FILLED UP BY
CANDIDATES.
To the Secretary, Civil Service Commission.
SIR, —
Date.
I beg to inform you that I desire to be a Can-
didate at the forthcoming Examination for the Civil
Service of India.
As required by the Regulations, I transmit here-
with—

• (1.) A certificate of my birth, showing that I
  was born on the
  day of
  18
  and that therefore my age on March 1, 1872,
  will be above 17 years (complete) and
  under 21 years.
  † (2.) A certificate signed by
  of my having "no disease, constitutional
  affection, or bodily infirmity unfitting me
  for the Civil Service of India."
  ‡ (3.) Proof of my moral character, viz. :—
  (1.) A testimonial from
  (2.) A testimonial from
  § (4.) A statement of the branches of knowledge
  in which I desire to be examined, viz. :—
  I have also to state, with reference to section 2,
  clause (a) of the Regulations, that I am a natural-
  born subject of Her Majesty.
  I am, Sir,
  Name in full
  Address
  Your obedient servant,

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
binding 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 £1 10s.
(4.) Candidates rejected at the Final Examination of 1874
will in no case be allowed to present themselves for re-examina-
tion.

• (1.) If a General Register Office certificate cannot be
  obtained, the instructions printed on the other side will show
  what evidence should be supplied. If evidence is already in
  the hands of the Commissioners, strike out "A certificate of
  my birth," and insert "Evidence is already in the possession of
  the Commissioners."
  † (2.) The terms indicated by the marks of quotation
  must appear in the certificate, which must be given after
  personal examination, and bear date not earlier than 1st January,

1872. ‡ (3.) Two testimonials must be sent bearing date not
      earlier than 1st January, 1872. One of them should be given
      by an intimate acquaintance (not a relative) of not less than
      three or four years' standing; the other, if the candidate has
      recently left school, should be given by his late schoolmaster, or
      if he has had employment of any kind, by his late employer.
      If the candidate has been at any University, he should send a
      certificate of good conduct from his College tutor.
      § (4.) If mathematics be named, state whether pure or
      mixed, or both, are intended; if natural science be mentioned,
      state which branches.
      DATES FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.
      I. Every Candidate born in England or Wales
      should produce a certificate from the Registrar-
      General of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, or from
      one of his provincial officers. This certificate may
      be obtained at Somerset House, or from the Super-
      intendent Registrar of the District in which the
      birth took place.
      II. A. Candidate who is a Native of India must
      have his age certified by the Government of India,
      or of the Presidency or Province in which he may
      have resided.
      III. Every other Candidate not producing the cer-
      tificate mentioned in clause 1, must prove his age by
      statutory declaration, and should also, if possible, pro-
      duce a record of birth or baptism from some official
      register; under which term may be included the
      parochial registers of baptisms, the non-parochial
      registers of baptisms and births deposited at Somer-
      set House under Acts of Parliament, the register
      kept at the India Office of persons born in India,
      &c., &c. This regulation applies—
1873. To all Candidates not born in England or Wales.
1874. To Candidates who, though born in England
      or Wales, cannot produce the Registrar-
      General's certificate.
      The Civil Service Commissioners reserve to them-
      selves the right of deciding in each case upon the
      sufficiency of the evidence produced, but they subjoin
      the following general rules for the guidance of Can-
      didates:—
      (a.) The declaration should specify precisely the
      date and place of birth, and should, if pos-
      sible, be made by the father or mother of the
      Candidate. If made by any other person, it
      should state the circumstances which enable
      the declarant to speak to the fact. If an
      entry in a Bible or other family record be
      referred to, the Bible or other record must
      be produced at the time of making the
      declaration, and must be mentioned in the
      declaration as having been so produced.
      (6.) If the Candidate was born in England or
      Wales, the declaration must contain a
      statement that, after due inquiry, no entry
      has been found in the books of the Regis-
      trar-General, or a separate declaration must
      be made to that effect.
      (c.) If no extract from any register is produced,
      the declaration must contain a statement
      that, after due inquiry, no such record is
      believed to exist, or a separate declaration
      must be made to that effect.
      (d.) Statutory declarations must be exactly in
      the form prescribed by the Act 5 and 6
      William IV., c. 62. A printed form, if
      required, will be supplied on application to
      the Civil Service Commissioners.
      N.B.—Clergymen, as such, are not qualified to
      take declarations.
      15th July, 1871.

[CIRCULAR.]
Downing Street, 11th August, 1871.
SIR,—Mr. Charles Cowper, formerly Colonial Secre-
tary in New South Wales, and now Agent of that
Colony in England, having recently applied to my
Department for the most recent and authentic infor-
mation on the system of preventing excrement nui-
sances by the use of dry earth, it occurred to me
that similar information would be acceptable to the
Colonies generally. I accordingly applied to the
Privy Council and the India Office for documents of
recent date, showing the results of the Dry Earth
System as far as it had come under the observation