754

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Vernacular* Languages of India
(each)
Marks.
400
(2.) 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 pur-
    suing the prescribed course of training, will be liable
    to have his name removed from the list of selected
    candidates.

11. 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.

12. Applications from persons desirous to be ad-
    mitted 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.

June, 1872.

The Civil Commissioners are authorized by the
Secretary of State for India in Council to make the
following announcements :—

(1.) Selected candidates will be permitted to choose,† accord-
ing to the order in which they stand in the list resulting from
the open competition, as long as a choice remains, the Presidency
(and in Bengal the Division of the Presidency) to which they
shall be appointed, but this choice will be subject to a different
arrangement should the Secretary of State or Government of
India deem it necessary.

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

(3.) 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.

(4.) It is the intention of the Secretary of State 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 satis-
faction of the Commissioners, and shall have complied with
such rules as may be laid down for the guidance of selected
candidates.

(5.) 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.

• 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.

† This choice must be exercised immediately after the result
of the open competition is announced, on such day as may be
fixed by the Civil Service Commissioners.

(6.) 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.

(7.) Candidates rejected at the Final Examination of 1875
will in no case be allowed io present themselves for re-
examination.

CIVIL SERVICE OF INDIA.

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, 1873,
will be above 17 years (complete), and under
21 years.*

(2.) A certificate signed by
of my having "no disease, constitutional affec-
tion, 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,
Your obedient servant,

Name in full
Address

EVIDENCE OF AGE TO BE REQUIRED FROM CANDI-
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.

Note.*(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, 1873.

(3.) Two testimonials must be sent bearing date not earlier
than 1st January, 1873. 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 certifi-
cate 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.